The last student from a small, remote island school graduates

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Thirteen-year-old Gwen Lynch is the only student in a one-room schoolhouse on Massachusetts' Cuttyhunk Island. Friends and family flocked to witness Cuttyhunk Elementary's last graduation ever. Here's Steve Hartman, "On the Road."
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@nczioox1116 5 лет назад

She's at the top of her class... And the bottom

@gseric4721 5 лет назад

@zumabeachbum4479 5 лет назад

NCZIOOX 😂😂

@mafaldarox 5 лет назад

She's in a class by herself!

@TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 лет назад

She's also average

@TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 лет назад

@John Kugelfischer the news should have used that one

@Malepical 5 лет назад

Can you imagine her mother's face if she had come home one day saying she was being bullied at school?

@magu9841 5 лет назад

Mal Mack By the teacher?

@ownedbystark4810 5 лет назад

by herself

@pawneko5248 5 лет назад

Soo spooky

@VenusVoice 5 лет назад

We all bully ourselves somedays

@danor6812 3 года назад

By her imaginary friend?

@cewe2003 5 лет назад

No one is talking about the teacher who is now out of the best job ever- working one on one with a student! Seriously though, I hope she was able to find a good job elsewhere.

@sav2040 5 лет назад

C Ewe I was thinking about this

@scorpioninpink 5 лет назад

Story of teacher's life in America.

@shellybee9322 5 лет назад

She can teach online classes

@cellogirl11rw55 5 лет назад

She can be a tutor.

@phugindomas 5 лет назад

She likely didnt really even get paid from teaching one student. It was most likely just her being a great woman. So I imagine she'll be fine.

@Chris.Pippin 5 лет назад

That school must be the only school in America with a 100% graduation rate for 2019. Lol

@Salman.khan786 4 года назад

Yooooo Facts hahaha

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

I own 2 houses there, she is my distant cousin, and my entire family has been there for 419 years now. :)

@calciumpill 3 года назад

Actually my school had a 100% graduation rate a couple of years ago, but they send "problem" kids to a different school 😬

@joannezhao9513 3 года назад

@@calciumpill Help I was just about to say the exact same thing 💀

@vicarious8552 3 года назад

Fax

@vibin2813 5 лет назад

Calling in sick would be a off day for the teachers

@christopherortega6483 5 лет назад

Pitbull Clan Teacher*

@divingstarr4 5 лет назад

Table chair lmfao right

@donnawoodford6641 5 лет назад

I don't think a teacher could take the entire day off. There generally are duties an educator can't get done while instructing. Although, there are fewer papers to grade, fewer grades to record, less time to report an absence. What's left to do? There's always lesson plans to prepare, with materials to gather, development of evaluation criteria. Oh yeah, in a one room school, there's the chalkboard to clean, mop the floors all before nap time. What a crazy schedule to have! Time to retire.

@Gabriel_Jr476 5 лет назад

Emotional day for both the Teacher and the Student n everyonethere.....Good luck to them.

@joe972 5 лет назад

Donna Woodford blah blah blah

@yallknowwhoiam7036 5 лет назад

12 people on the island ?? Sounds like an introvert heaven to me 😂😂

@alita8900 5 лет назад

Introvert heaven if you're fine with being a hermit too lmao! i don't think I could live without a publix or pizza place to get pizza from.

@archive.brooke8621 5 лет назад

yallknow whoiam - ya I’m planning on moving there in like 20 years

@hoseoksleftkidney6652 5 лет назад

Pareidolia true there’s no way I could live without Publix fried chicken 😂

@jesuschristiscomingsoonwak4433 5 лет назад

@@archive.brooke8621 count me in aswell👌😀

@ratedx123 5 лет назад

I’d love that

@RC.41 5 лет назад

That’s sad it was open since the 1800s and closing 😢

@alita8900 5 лет назад

At least that means it can probably be turned into a historical landmark, maybe- probably?

@inlovewiththeweasleys 5 лет назад

146 yrs :/

@affanorama 5 лет назад

I know right! I love school

@PrinceJes 5 лет назад

The island will get a new school. BET

@cellogirl11rw55 5 лет назад

Well, with a population of only 12 people, there probably aren't any students to attend school there.

@samanthamiller5393 5 лет назад

Oh she’s graduating middle school......I was confused why they said she’d be attending a high school on the mainland

@CJ-mn6iw 5 лет назад

Samantha Maria I don’t know if the guy messed up or not but he said elementary school.

@moo3oo3oo3 3 года назад

@@CJ-mn6iw Some places have middle school and elementary school together

@tommilano2000 3 года назад

I'm the 1000th like - quite happy!

@SomebodyWon 3 года назад

@@CJ-mn6iw Right I got so confused I thought it was high school and then he started saying elementary its just so weird

@andrewbui8295 2 года назад

@veevyo yes. in some parts of the USA, K-8 is called “grade school” rather than the separate elementary and middle school (junior high). i happen to grow up in an area where elementary, middle, and high school was the norm. only later on in my life did i learn the weird words of grade school and junior high lol

@2ngmangs 5 лет назад

Hands up to the teacher. For teaching this kid. What an amazing Dedicated woman

@TheWolfbay 4 года назад

yeah somehow i think its easier than teaching a class of 40

@cademancaden 5 лет назад

So is the teacher unemployed now?

@ronsmith9714 5 лет назад

😭😭😭😭

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

@iliterallycantdeal6122 3 года назад

Probably a private tutor

@GospelGirl1Cor15 5 лет назад

She’s 13? She looks 18 to me. Best wishes!

@unomad9698 5 лет назад

@Adrián Durán Why does it matter if it's not relevant?

@roseblossom2023 5 лет назад

@Adrián Durán it's only a thought. not everything in the comments has to be related to the video

@Skelly5962 5 лет назад

@Adrián Durán Your comment is even less relevant, so there's that.

@nicolesumski1233 5 лет назад

She looks 13, tall people can be 13 too lol.

@yucol5661 3 года назад

It would be irrelevant (and creepy) if it was about her looks. But I honestly thought she was graduating high school and going to college until they said boarding school. Specially with how the ceremony was

@Frenite 5 лет назад

She is the valedictorian of her school!

@kevinfranco871 5 лет назад

also the last rank of the school

@TheWolfbay 4 года назад

she is the valedictorian and yet her grades are only average

@venitakbennett-bonaparte1986 5 лет назад

This Young Girl, was Homeschooled by a Teacher, who was dedicated to her getting the best education, possible. Respect and gratitude to the Teacher, and congratulations to the Young Girl, who was blessed to have a great leader, and was an exceptional student. Respect and Honor to her Parents, for choosing not to leave the island.

@JoseGarcia-kt9xj 2 года назад

💚🤍🖤💙

@randomgurl561 5 лет назад

At least she wasn't stressed about giving presentations

@alec2979 3 года назад

A paradise for introverts lol

@andrewbui8295 2 года назад

i’d trade places with her in a heartbeat lmao

@sharonsolana 5 лет назад

Looks like a beautiful place!

@2ngmangs 5 лет назад

Yeah Peacefull

@mikeartillery6956 5 лет назад

Peaceful before the Native Americans got slaughtered for that land....

@glennanderson4554 5 лет назад

it is a beautiful little island. I have sailed and stayed many times over my life time.

@gustavolugo9558 5 лет назад

Mike Artillery Sucks to such doesnt it

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

Its the best place in the world, you could visit there in the spring if you wanted, or summer

@workingchristianmom 5 лет назад

And here I was thinking that my graduating class of under 80 kids was small. 😂

@ericl8743 5 лет назад

Where do you live? In Iowa, USA, there are a lot of schools with 40 people or less

@workingchristianmom 5 лет назад

@@ericl8743 I grew up in a small town in California. :) I know there are smaller schools my own state as wel but all the nearest high schools are huge, so mine seemed tiny! Haha

@ericl8743 5 лет назад

@@workingchristianmom that's cool! I was just curious. I grew up near an Amish town (Kalona, Iowa) you so school life was kinda boring here. I always thought it would be cool to visit a bigger city. Have a lovely day!

@Theoneandonly-ph8ju 5 лет назад

Wow that’s crazy, I live in Georgia and my graduating class was 1,100

@Jedikeri 5 лет назад

My graduating class was 64 students.

@ericrossoni 5 лет назад

Her HS reunion is going to be lit 🔥

@juliakercsmar6587 5 лет назад

She was graduating middle school. She's going to go to boarding high school on the coast.

@gwenlynch4741 3 года назад

LMAOOO this is my fav comment about me

@ericrossoni 3 года назад

@@gwenlynch4741 Oh wow your the girl in the video! So cool! You have a great story! So glad you found my comment of yours funny 😆

@warmateo6261 3 года назад

@@gwenlynch4741 you have been blessed by youtube recommendations

@nancyforoughi5517 5 лет назад

My graduation class was so big we had to graduate at Texas Stadium when it was in Irving Texas.

@yakamarezlife 5 лет назад

Jesus my school had 400 how big was your school

@chicagobricks1008 5 лет назад

tony gilbert mine was 4500

@trucksandtennisrock5789 5 лет назад

Nancy Foroughi What school was it? I live in the Irving area. My class is around 900-1000.

@nancyforoughi5517 5 лет назад

@@trucksandtennisrock5789 Mcarthur High

@ohrosie342 5 лет назад

My school graduates at an arena- there are 5,000 students yikes-

@bobmeyer854 5 лет назад

Wish her all the best in the future. She will have a unique story to tell to her peers at boarding school.

@foxja1 3 года назад

“Any friends from middle school” “No.” “Oh small class?” “Yeah something like that”

@cheer4syd3 5 лет назад

I wish she ended it like Elle woods... "congratulations class of 2019... I DID IT!!"

@brett8460 5 лет назад

@Zachary Khan She lives on an island, not somewhere in a third-world country.

@brett8460 5 лет назад

@Zachary Khan Not all of them. I don't understand why you'd assumed she wouldn't have TV or cable just because she lives on a tiny island.

@brett8460 5 лет назад

@Alessia N That's still a stupid argument. The beauty of DVDs, cable, and the Internet is that you can watch a lot of stuff that came out before you were born. Movies don't just disappear from existence after they were made.

@brett8460 5 лет назад

@Alessia N What do you mean why would she watch a movie from 2001? Legally Blonde is an iconic movie.

@TheCommunistColin 3 года назад

I just realized that, if she graduated in spring 2019, and started high school in fall 2019, that means that the pandemic cut her first year of school with other students short and now she's theoretically back on the island. Hope she's doing alright, must be such a bummer. :(

@Rose-zh5xg 3 года назад

At least she wouldn't have to wear a mask?

@utubefreshie 5 лет назад

Small class size but big graduation! CBS was there and they weren't even there for mine! 😜 She may not see it now but she did have an idyllic sheltered childhood with her parents and far away from the craziness of other bigger public schools. She will do just fine! 😊

@alison4316 2 года назад

She'll look back and be so grateful for the childhood she's had. So wonderful 💖

@simpleplanfan011 5 лет назад

She seems happy and kind. She is so lucky to have partially grown up away from the cruelty of other kids. Wishing her all the best at high school. 💞

@julesdropemoff5379 5 лет назад

so i guess playing hookey isn’t that easy :/

@jesussonofgod2450 5 лет назад

She looks older than 13, until they said her age, I thought she was 17ish

@maxxh5331 3 года назад

I thought that, too.

@shawnbeckmann1847 5 лет назад

I would live there in a Heartbeat!

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

PROBLEM, not enough houses and is 100% cold in the winter

@shawnbeckmann1847 3 года назад

@@kingcrab5631 I hate summer and love the cold

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

@@shawnbeckmann1847 there is no snow, and no heaters, but the summer is great, except for the boaters who trash the beach, sometimes. It is very hot there in the summer, there is no food supply you and yah but overall, the best place in the world

@shawnbeckmann1847 3 года назад

@@kingcrab5631 I checked housing prices yikes I think I'll stay where I'm at

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

@@shawnbeckmann1847 yah its kinda hard to bye a house on a island

@a-paige 5 лет назад

i live in massachusetts and i’ve never heard of this island... WHAT

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

HOW???!!!

@lolalove1555 3 года назад

Me too girl and I have never of heard of this place either.

@johnster02 3 года назад

her college essay would be amazing. she could get into harvard for sure. all her stories and top of her class haha

@Kirsten_is_cursed10 5 лет назад

What a sweet girl! Wishing her the best of luck in high school! 💙

@MultiY4 3 года назад

I love hearing about unique and interesting stories like this one.

@greensteelusallc7862 5 лет назад

I got 3 students that would love to be there.

@Hooverpixie24 5 лет назад

Ummmm. What if someone there has another kid. There are literally no other kids there?

@ajgerbi 5 лет назад

Boxer Mom / Didn’t they say the population was only like.. 12v

@celeste-ol3tv 5 лет назад

i also imagine most of the ppl living there are older and already have had as many kids as they're going to

@nicolesumski1233 5 лет назад

Other parents who'd rather not let their kids go to that school, probably.

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

I stay there all my summers

@brianroloff31 5 лет назад

Congratulations and good luck in high school

@diddlebug7241 5 лет назад

Thank you for posting very heartwarming.

@adampersie6818 5 лет назад

Congratulations on your graduation day!! One advice for her, be careful in high school there's a lot of cruel and maniac students there, especially the naughty boys. A lot of cruel people out there.

@markcalvelo1909 5 лет назад

Yeah she’ll wish she was back. Poor child. Befriend the good people! Don’t associate yourself with bad people.

@adampersie6818 5 лет назад

@HazyDay I agree that everyone should deal with the real world but she's just too young to face it yet.

@willenajohnson2235 5 лет назад

Congratulations sweetie. Continue to soar

@doralevitt2879 5 лет назад

Wow- what an incredibly beautiful place!! I wish her all the best!

@lynnecarnivale5085 5 лет назад

The view of this island is beautiful! The funny thing is... I have lived very close to this island and have never taken the ferry over. Maybe this year! God bless her in the days ahead. God bless her parents, family and teacher. Peace, Lynne

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

Hope you come soon

@lynnecarnivale5085 3 года назад

@@kingcrab5631 Hi jake! Thank you. I wasn't able to go this Summer. We stayed home most of the time due to virus concerns. I'm sure it's a lovely place to visit or stay. May God bless you. Peace, Lynne 🍃💜🍃

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

@@lynnecarnivale5085 You to, stay safe

@lynnecarnivale5085 3 года назад

@@kingcrab5631 Thank you! 🍃💜🍃

@jeffblunte 3 года назад

I lost track of how many times that reporter interrupted her. Jesus dude, chill

@ginadelsasso288 5 лет назад

I hope she makes planty of friends and brings them home for the summer to see what an amazing place she got to grow up in.

@ashley.the.swiftie 5 лет назад

And here I am with my class of nearly 500

@Jaycourageous 5 лет назад

That's a terrible life. I'm so sorry.

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

Its a great life actually, until it turns winter but...

@kristinerivera6637 5 лет назад

Congrats!!! Well done!!! 🇵🇭

@dylpicklethebugslayer 5 лет назад

So I guess that makes her Valendictorian!🤷🏻‍♀️

@JimRockford853 3 года назад

I imagine that’s the shortest version of “Pomp and Circumstance”: bomp bomp-bomp bomp bom- Principal: “sit down”

@zamokuhledlamini7032 5 лет назад

In 2019...not even in Swaziland in Africa..where I live.....truly this is on the road

@nktigger99 5 лет назад

What a blessed young lady!

@LindsayDaly 5 лет назад

Aw, she sounds like a sweet girl! Hope she has a great time at boarding school.

@SaltiDawg2008 5 лет назад

Very nicely done piece. Nice young lady!

@rachelgarber1423 5 лет назад

She's so sweet, lots of luck to her in her high school

@TheStuport 5 лет назад

Gwen was raised humble.....Kudos to her Parents, Her Teacher AND to Gwen herself!

@mpalmer7800 5 лет назад

This is a beautiful story

@jantruitt9241 4 года назад

WoW Great Story! Thank You Steve

@p.t5146 5 лет назад

Looks like the type of place where a horror movie would take place

@kingcrab5631 3 года назад

No it is not all, it is the best place in the world, look it up.

@wil-fri 3 года назад

or a SyFy series

@nosatechsolutions 5 лет назад

She ran track and came second in her school. Well done!♥️

@rombarker3129 5 лет назад

Flap your wings little Gwen. There's a whole world waiting for you. We hope that's just the beginning of a life full of adventure and emotions. Good luck.

@mars9313 3 года назад

I’m an introvert so honestly having such a small school and being like the only student sounds perfect to me

@discobikerAndRosie 5 лет назад

What an awesome place to grow up! I was moved from my hometown, to the city at age 6. I hated every year of it! After graduation, I moved back to my small hometown & I've been here ever since (over 35 yrs ago)!

@maitrivlogs3060 3 года назад

Yes i play all the parts! The whole island is mine and the school too! quarantine is depressing, i cant wait to go to a bigger school with lots of people!

@skyrobin4008 5 лет назад

Feel sorry for the teacher. Hope she has another job.

@Shamuto7 5 лет назад

This is such a cool event. The village really attend the ceremonies to see the final moments of the school.

@ProfessorSassypants 5 лет назад

Looks amazing to me. I hope this young lady gets to enjoy a fabulous school experience at boarding school.

@amoylawrence2131 3 года назад

I don't know why this made me cry

@npeace312 4 года назад

She is going to have so much fun but will also run into a lot of situations she may not be used to. I wish her the best! And how beautiful is that little island?! I could handle living there.

@stephanieln 5 лет назад

That island is what summer dreams are made of 😍 so peaceful!

@christinenayshsuarez6046 5 лет назад

I want to live there. So peaceful

@OntheRoadagain1969 5 лет назад

I would never leave. 💙congratulations! Good luck in your future endeavors 🤓

@bettyfra2020 5 лет назад

I could so live there

@geekykitten7824 5 лет назад

aw cuttyhunk, it’s a super sweet island! I went in that school house without realizing that it was still in use haha

@SB-000 5 лет назад

I went to a one room school too! Maybe six to eight kids. The teacher would babysit us when my parents needed to go somewhere.

@katrina1389 5 лет назад

She has such a neat story and this is so unique! Congratulations

@silverlxt4251 5 лет назад

i go here every year! never thought there was only 1 student

@Nowehi305 5 лет назад

Great story ,brave girl 👍and great people ❤

@OhiostateKar291 5 лет назад

“so it was pretty empty in there” 😂

@chongpymisao4830 5 лет назад

God bless both the teacher n the student .

@ShutYoMoufWideOpen 3 года назад

Look how the parents are "Cheezing" lmao 😂😂🤣😂 like Look at my baby 🤣 and the dad's tears took me out 🤣😂😉😅

@shellybee9322 5 лет назад

I teared up a little

@katie-oy7wn 5 лет назад

Aw, this makes me so sad. This seems like such nice little island to live on.

@taay_thegreat2057 5 лет назад

This is awesome

@kc-gr9rj 3 года назад

i am mind blown, i can’t believe there was a school like this.

@amberagee7294 5 лет назад

Awww... The last of an era.

@Vihloah 5 лет назад

her parents kept their attractiveness with their age and the child surprisingly doesn’t seem socially awkward or shy.

@hlengiwezungu8152 5 лет назад

It's lovely

@YummyFood454 5 лет назад

That’s pretty cool but strange lol. She seems super positive and like an amazing girl. Congrats on your degree.

@Peggers 3 года назад

I really love this reporter

@KevinTheMatine9293 3 года назад

I just notice that I’ve been admiring a 13 year old.

@sev6379 5 лет назад

She's adorable!

@ailsamaclaren397 5 лет назад

I went to a small school too (big compared to this one though) where in my final two years there were only 30 girls (all girls school) in my yeargroup when we'd started five years earlier with 50. However I got to know my teachers very well and we had incredible bonds and with it being boarding school the other girls became like my sisters. In my final year I had three classes, in two of them there was only one other student (same student in both classes and teachers always said we acted and fought like an old married couple) and the other I was the only student. My graduating class went through a lot together and saying goodbye was an extremely emotional day for everyone both staff and students because some of us including me having been there from the age of 11 but there were some who'd been there since the age of four