Your Character Matters: This Visalia student is a friend everyone wants to have

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Memphis Babb astatine Sycamore Valley Academy is the benignant of kid who makes schoolhouse a small brighter for everyone astir him. His teacher says what makes him peculiar isn’t conscionable what helium does— it’s who helium is.

When you locomotion into Ms. Brenner’s schoolroom astatine Sycamore Valley Academy, you’ll perceive a teacher hard astatine work, spot students concentrating connected learning and find a pupil who softly leads done kindness.

"I recommended Memphis Bab for this grant due to the fact that he's ever precise kind, precise considerate," said 4th and 5th people teacher Amara Lee Brenner.

She archetypal noticed it connected a tract trip. While trudging done the mud and doing immoderate outdoor activities, Memphis was ever bringing up the process of the group, not due to the fact that helium was falling down but becuase helium was falling backmost to assistance his chap classmates.

"So past I realized, wow, Memphis does this each the time. Why did I conscionable announcement now, erstwhile we're extracurricular of our setting? And then, truthful past I started looking astir and I realized, wow, Memphis does this everywhere. He goes, he's affable to astir everyone,” said Ms. Brenner.

Memphis has a mode of lifting others up, particularly erstwhile they’re down.

"Um, whenever anyone's benignant of down oregon anyone's having a atrocious day, and I accidental 'Oh, oh, bash you privation to speech to maine astir it?' Sometimes the kids say, 'Uh, no, but tin you nonstop maine retired Memphis?'" Ms. Brenner said.

He’s the benignant of person everyone wants to have.

 “It's conscionable like, he's funny. Nice. And helium similar helps a lot," said 5th grader William Mosetick.

And adjacent Memphis himself says helium doesn't springiness kindness a 2nd thought, it conscionable comes naturally.

“Cause I don't truly deliberation of it, I lone deliberation of it truly arsenic similar conscionable a, conscionable to assistance others. But erstwhile idiosyncratic brings it up, past I get similar focused connected it. Like, ohio wait, I really did bash that,” Memphis said.

And that earthy kindness isn’t conscionable bully for students.

“It's benignant of bully to person a kid similar him around," said Ms. Brenner.

Congratulations to Memphis Babb.