>> the entire school came out and jill bass, her name is jill bass, and she is joining us live and good morning, everyone there. good morning. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. looking good, jill. you have your friend linda who coordinated everything, another third grade teacher there. >> yes. >> so, okay, jill, when you came back and you saw that, what was going through your mind and your heart when you saw that reception? >> oh, my goodness. robin, it was so overwhelming and obviously you don't expect anything like that. emotion and to see the entire student body out there all in pink, all of the staff members at rowlett, it was just overwhelming and then they started singing and it just put it over the top. i couldn't believe it. >> those beautiful little voices. linda, how did you do this? and, first of all, how did 900 students keep a secret like that and how did you come up with this idea? >> well, it's incredible. when jill was first diagnosed, shock, i mean, she's a 35-year-old vibrant, beautiful woman, and we just couldn't believe it. and everyone, everyone wanted to do something,