LeBron’s I Promise Students Send Notes Of Thanks For Symphony, Opportunities

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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez for Sports Illustrated here with another update from the I Promise

00:06 School, public school in Akron, Ohio, that was started by LeBron James.

00:10 Well, the kids recently before the pandemic got to go to the Akron Symphony and most of

00:15 them it was the first time.

00:17 So they sent LeBron a bunch of cute letters and the LeBron James Foundation posted some

00:22 of those letters.

00:24 Very heartwarming to see those.

00:26 And another thing that's very heartwarming and neat to see is the school is continually

00:31 progressing, adding programs.

00:33 You see they've just posted that they're hiring a Spanish teacher, they're hiring another

00:37 music teacher.

00:38 So very neat to see that they are not just resting on their laurels, they are doing all

00:41 sorts of different programs, different ways of learning and teaching the kids, many of

00:45 whom have behavioral issues.

00:48 But doing things like that, letting them have an opportunity to go to the symphony.

00:52 Again, always expanding their horizons and we think it's neat and we wonder if some other

00:57 public schools in Ohio or elsewhere may be following some of these programs as well because

01:02 it really seems like they're working.