7-year-old Hudson Ward says he didn’t want Roosevelt Elementary Principal Shawn Tegethoff to feel alone as she battled cancer, so he shaved his head in solidarity.
NAMPA, Idaho — Shawn Tegethoff is the principal at Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary in Nampa. She has been there for over ten years.
In recent months, things have been a bit more challenging for Tegethoff. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in October, and she has still been working.
“At first, I thought I’d keep it private, and that was not working, so I decided why not be visible, this is something that women go through… we need to just own this, and go for it, so our counselor went to every single classroom and talked to them about what happens when someone you love has cancer,” Tegethoff said.
The 550 students at Roosevelt call her Mrs. Shawn, and she said she has the best support system.
Her diagnosis was a shock, she said.
“I went in for …
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