BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The community is coming together in support of a brave 9-year-old girl who is about to embark on a journey many take for granted, attending school for the very first time.

And similarly, "My mom wrote us a letter the night before the first day of school every year, she gave me a box with all of them the night before my first day of senior year." — emily.schroeder 5.

It was seven years ago when I first stepped into the army school as a little girl full of dreams in her eyes, nervous but ...