SECOND-GRADER DRESSED AS HER TEACHER FOR SUPERHERO DAY
An 8-year-old second-grader in Bentonville, Arkansas, skipped the capes and dressed as her teacher for Superhero Day at R.E. Baker Elementary School on March 3, 2023. Caroline Carlson chose Jaime Deigh as her hero because, her mother said, she had spent the whole week insisting that Deigh already was one.
It was the last day of a spirit week built around a “Super” theme, with Monday through Friday each getting its own label, including “Super Comfy Day,” “Super Kind Day,” “Super Bright Day” and “Super Silly Day.” KATU reported that students were asked to come as their favorite superhero to end the week.
Many kids, as the station put it, go with the usual suspects like Superman, Wonder Woman, Thor or Iron Man. Caroline went with the woman who teaches her.
“All week Caroline was saying, ‘I want to be like Miss Deigh. She is a superhero,'” Caroline’s mother, Cortney Carlson, told Fox News Digital.
A matching outfit, down to the curls
Caroline wore a pink T-shirt under a denim jacket with blue jeans, the same getup her teacher had on, according to KATU. Caroline also asked her mom to curl her hair so it would match Deigh’s, CafeMom reported.
The New York Post reported that Cortney Carlson and Deigh had coordinated the outfits ahead of time. Both wore R.E. Baker Elementary T-shirts, denim jackets, jeans and tennis shoes, and My Modern Met reported that both shirts were pink.
Deigh described the moment Caroline walked in. “We immediately grabbed hands and gave each other a hug, and then I just wanted to show everybody,” she told the Post.
The pair did exactly that. “We just really wanted to parade around the school. We were so excited,” Deigh told Fox News Digital, and the Post reported that faculty appeared to love seeing them side by side.
“My heart completely melted,” Deigh told FOX Television Stations, in comments published by LiveNOW from FOX.
Her class had read “Almost Super” by Marion Jensen during the week, and she said students usually turn up as fictional heroes such as Spider-Man, Batman or Wonder Woman. In her 19 years of teaching, she told LiveNOW from FOX, no student had ever done this for her. She told Fox News Digital she had taught at R.E. Baker for eight years.
The school’s Facebook post
Bentonville Schools shared the moment on Facebook the same day. The district called it “the feel-good Friday moment we all need today!” and wrote that Caroline had dressed like her teacher for the end of the week.
“Forget the cape. Throw on a jean jacket and change the world wherever you are today, Bentonville!” the post said. It showed Caroline and Deigh together.
Commenters piled on quickly, according to KATU. “She even has the curls to match. Loving this,” one wrote.
Others aimed their praise at the teacher. “Love this for so many reasons! Thank you Jamie for your love and care of our children. You are Fabulous!” said one person, while another wrote, “Jaime IS a superhero!”
A fourth commenter summed up the whole thing: “This is very sweet! Not all super heroes wear capes!”
