Students sing for classmate battling cancer
Updated: 12:21 PM CST Mar 8, 2016
Students gathered Tuesday morning for a very special birthday party for a first grader fighting cancer hundreds of miles away.Ella Goering has been battling brain cancer for months. Her fight began in Des Moines at Blank Childrens Hospital.Since then, Ella has received treatment at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and she's now in Houston.Whittier Elementary officials gathered the entire school in the gym Tuesday morning and recorded the students singing happy birthday to her.Teachers say the recording will be sent to Ella in Houston.Students also wore funny socks and colored shirts in honor of her courageous fight.
INDIANOLA, Iowa —
Students gathered Tuesday morning for a very special birthday party for a first grader fighting cancer hundreds of miles away.
Ella Goering has been battling brain cancer for months. Her fight began in Des Moines at Blank Childrens Hospital.
Since then, Ella has received treatment at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and she's now in Houston.
Whittier Elementary officials gathered the entire school in the gym Tuesday morning and recorded the students singing happy birthday to her.
Teachers say the recording will be sent to Ella in Houston.
Students also wore funny socks and colored shirts in honor of her courageous fight.