Fifth-grade teacher Alexandra Stamps didn’t hesitate to ask her students to be her bridesmaids and groomsmen on her special day.
The Science and Technology Elementary School teacher from Wichita, Kansas, married her fiancé, Mason McDowell, in July after dating for nearly a year.
Mason, a third-grade teacher, also wanted his students to be a part of their big day.
@alexandrastamps This was such a sweet & touching moment — several of us cried! 🤍 #teachersoftiktok #engagement #bridalparty #5thgradesquad
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The couple not only invited their students to their wedding but also asked them to be their bridesmaids and groomsmen.
“I love them and they are part of my life. I want them to be with me because they are my biggest fans,” Alexandra told the Wichita Eagle.
Alexandra recorded the moment she asked her students and shared it on TikTok, where it quickly went viral with over 19 million views.
Alexandra begins the video by saying, “I’m about to ask my students to be part of my wedding.”
@alexandrastamps Announcing my engagement in front of my 5th graders 💍 #teachersoftiktok #engagement #5thgradesquad
It then shows her in her classroom as she tells her students: “Okay, so I have a really important question to ask you guys.
“Khloe, Mary, Reagan, Angelina, Esmeralda, Lucy, Lily, Bella, Harley – will you guys be my junior bridesmaids in my wedding?” she asks, to which the girls respond: “Yes!”
“Bryland, Max, Eric, Emilio, Kayden, Will, Conner, Jessie, Jose, and Sebastian – will you guys be my junior groomsmen?” she then asks to which the boys immediately reply with: “Yes!”
Alexandra said her students were so excited when they were asked the question and about six or seven of them started crying.
@alexandrastamps Today was so fun at the Zoo with 8/9 of my 5th grade girls!! 🤍 Like for pt. 3 👀 #weddingtok #bacheloretteparty
“We spend over forty hours a week with them and we both love our students so much,” Alexandra explained of why she and her husband asked their students.
“And so I thought it would be fun to include them in the festivities instead of just having them in the audience.
“I just want to give them this special part of my life. I want them to be a part of it because I’m very proud of the hard work that they’ve done this year, and the fact that they’ve not only survived the pandemic — but thrived in it — and watching them grow as people in this school year, they deserve to be up there with me.”
Alexandra said she first checked with the students’ parents to make sure it would be okay for them to take part and gifted the girls faux pearl necklaces and the boys colorful sunglasses. After she proposed to the students they all got rainbow-striped lollipops.
What a wonderful way to honor her students, I cannot imagine how excited this group of students must have been.
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