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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Megan Doherty

ACT school rallies around brave classmate with some very crazy hair

Calwell Primary showed what a magnificent school community it is on Wednesday, raising money for local cancer patients and their families and supporting year two student Zach Jego who has been in Sydney since last October receiving treatment for leukemia.

Zach's teacher, Jack Beattie, has been keeping him connected to the school with a fortnightly video call so Zach can tell his classmates what he has been doing and his friends can keep him in touch with what's going on in their lives.

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