Class of 2025 Graduates Reflect on Transformative Experience, Thanks to Walt Disney 4th gr. Teacher

Here’s a heartwarming story of #PHMExcellence that’s come full circle … Eight years ago, 4th grade Walt Disney Elementary teacher Jodi Cramer-Berry nicknamed her students “Team Cramer,” modeling them after the Chicago Cubs. When the Cubs defied all the odds winning the 2017 World Series, Mrs. Cramer-Berry told her students that they too could do anything, from passing ISTEP, doing well in school, going to college one day, and even going to a Cubs game. Many of the students had never been out of the area, much less to a MLB game. Some of the students were immigrants and spoke very little English. When this story made it all the way to the Ricketts Family, the owners of the Cubs, “Team Cramer’s” dream became a reality.