'Flash mob' fetes retiring Mount Prospect gym teacher
Lori Many, a physical education teacher at Westbrook Elementary School in Mount Prospect, is retiring at the end of this school year and she'll be missed by students and staff alike, say co-workers who describe her as a school favorite.
So they decided to surprise her Friday during an event she planned, the Wellness Walk.
A "flash mob" of kindergarten and first-grade students and staff danced to "Walking on Sunshine," and a former student of Lori's, Abigail Valpatic, 10, who is now a fifth grader at Fairview School, came to the school to sing the song.
PE teacher Lori Many, right, who will be retiring at the end of the school year, hugs Bonnie Bridges-Valpatic, whose daughter, Abigail Valpatic, sung "You are my Sunshine" to Many.
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Principal Mary Gorr, center, is among the colleagues of PE teacher Lori Many dancing during a surprise flash mob Friday. Many will be retiring at the end of the school year.
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PE teacher Lori Many, who will be retiring at the end of the school year, dances with students including first grader Maja Matela, left, after being surprised with a flash mob of kindergarten and first-grade students at Westbrook School in Mount Prospect Friday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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