A "cafeteria fight" that turned into a birthday surprise for the principal

When someone told Principal Bobby Davis that a fight had broken out in the cafeteria at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School in Georgia, he ran down the hall. He found students circled up with their phones out, pushed through the crowd, and grabbed a student he knew well.

Then everyone yelled "Happy Birthday!"

It was Davis's birthday, and the student he'd grabbed had planned the whole thing. The student told TODAY that Davis had changed his life for the better. Davis had encouraged him to write poetry and music and to think about a future as an auto mechanic.

Davis summed up his approach in one line: "If your kids don't feel like they're loved and respected, they're not going to learn."

Why it matters for schools: relationships are the real curriculum. Stories like this remind families what great principals and teachers do every day, and they're worth telling on your own channels.

Source: Good News Network, Oct 20