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Cheering on ‘the school cheerleader’

Dorothy Fox Elementary School staff bring parade, joy to teacher recovering from cancer surgery

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Dorothy Fox Elementary School staff and their family members wear the school's signature "fox ears," and gather in front of Julie Savelesky's Camas home on Friday, May 13, 2022. The staff members wanted to bring some joy to their coworker and friend while Savelesky (background, pink shirt), a second-grade Dorothy Fox teacher, recovers from cancer surgery. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Dorothy Fox Elementary School teacher Julie Savelesky had no idea what her Dorothy Fox peers had planned.

It was a balmy spring Friday afternoon, and Julie was sitting with her husband, David Savelesky, outside the couple’s Prune Hill home, waiting for what she believed to be an impromptu visit from a close friend.

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