If this video of kids from Washington, D.C.'s Orr Elementary School doesn't get you into the back-to-school spirit, we don't know what will. But according to the school's YouTube page, the footage of students performing "School Is Awesome" is designed to do more than that.
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It's just one part of a schoolwide approach meant to counter negative environmental influences and "establish a positive school climate; build social, emotional and intellectual proficiency; and show the global community that the opposite prevails for most youth stigmatized by geographical location and schools with limited resources." We think they have the right idea (and, on a lighter note, they're adorable).
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