Early Thanksgiving
The tradition started 29 years ago, when Garden Grove teacher Ellen McLeod had her special-education students whip up a modest Thanksgiving meal. But the festivities at Bell Intermediate School 
have grown every year, and on Friday, her 28 students outdid themselves.
Under McLeod's supervision, they roasted 15 turkeys and 80 pounds of yams, mashed 100 pounds of red potatoes, cooked 60 pounds of green beans and prepared all the other traditional sides. They decorated the multi-purpose room, sent out invitations and served as hosts and hostesses for the special meal.
The nearly 300 students, teachers and family members lucky enough to snag invites to the feast were very thankful.
-- Seema Mehta
Photo Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
