WASHINGTON - An elementary teacher made the shot of a lifetime for her third-grade students in Washington, D.C., earning them a delicious cup of hot chocolate.
And as it turns out, the viral basketball shot was no Christmas miracle.Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a teacher at Holy Trinity School in the Georgetown neighborhood of the nation’s capital, had promised the treat to her students if she sank the full-court shot on Dec.
17. A video posted by the Catholic elementary school shows Fitzpatrick on the opposite side of an outdoor basketball court, going for the shot.
Much to the elation of her students, she made it. The video shows all the kids screaming and jumping in the air around her, going wild for their teacher’s "Hail Mary" shot and a future.