Make-A-Wish Foundation

School is a place for students to learn and grow. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports for one Dallas ISD 5th grader, school is much more than that, it helped save his life.

School is a place for students to learn and grow, but for a fifth grader in Dallas ISD, school is much more than that, it helped save his life.

The start of school at Marcus Leadership Academy in the Dallas ISD didn’t have the traditional bell. It had police sirens, police officers, princesses, and cheerleaders.

Mia Aguilar has been fighting leukemia for two years. On Wednesday, she found out her Make-A-Wish to go to Disney World was granted.

The elementary school students participated in “coin wars” which allowed them to make the donation to Make-A-Wish.