I was touched, when I awoke this morning to read an article about the young Nicholas Shanks. An inspiring young man who recently delivered the valedictory speech at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia, a school deemed as one of the more challenging in the city. At 18, Nick is class valedictorian; he graduated with a 3.91 GPA; he has received a 4-year scholarship to Shippensburg University; he's excelled in advanced physics and calculus, as an AP student, and plans to attend the Art Institute of Philadelphia in September. However, Nick is one of the over 6,000 homeless students in the Philadelphia School District.

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