When senior Dhani Miller walks into Mrs. Sinopoli’s kindergarten classroom these days, he does not do so as the wide-eyed 5-year-old he once was, but as a leader, role model, and member of Montverde Academy’s national basketball team. Yet, for those who have known him the longest, it feels as though time has folded back on itself.

Dhani began his MVA journey in Mrs. Sinopoli’s class in 2013–2014. Like all kindergarteners, he was paired with a “basketball buddy”, an older student who guided and encouraged him. Now, 12 years later, Dhani has stepped into that very role, returning to Mrs. Sinopoli’s classroom as the basketball buddy, as part of the Adopt-A-Class program, for her newest group of kindergarten students.

For Mrs. Sinopoli, the moment is deeply touching. “Dhani Miller was in my

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