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Maria Morgana (technology teacher) and Susan Saab (Title 1 teacher) of the McKinley School in North Bergen were sitting in the talk show host's audience when the screen flashed to their school back in New Jersey.
Standing there waving were all of their students and an Ellen DeGeneres Show staff member, who surprised them with a check from Walmart worth $50,000.
Morgana said she was going to be more than a teacher for her students when in the first month, one child came to school without a backpack.
"I instantly fell in love with these kids," said Morgana, "and I needed them more than anything."
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