Madison Elementary fourth-grader's robot

Madelyn Schible is a fourth-grader at Madison Elementary who has cerebral palsy and is therefore too "medically fragile" to attend class.

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Fri., Dec. 10, 2021

Fourth-grader Madelyn Schible looks at her classmates from the screen of her "robot" at Madison Elementary School Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Spokane, Washington. Schible is able to attend school via the robot, which can navigate through hallways and put her whichever classroom she needs to be in throughout the day. Madelyn, who is disabled by cerebral palsy, can drive the robot from her laptop at home. Because of her fragile health, she attends school with the robot, which was provided by Wishing Star, a charity that helps kids with terminal or very complex illnesses. Wishing Star only has a handful of the machines and only provide them to children who have medically qualified through their screening process.

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Fourth-grader Juliet McLemore, center (holding her hat) performs the duties of "bot buddy" and looks out for obstaces while she walks beside classmate Madelyn Schible , right, who appears on the screen of her "robot" while it rolls through the halls at Madison Elementary School Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Spokane, Washington. Schible is able to attend school via the robot, which can navigate through hallways and put her in whichever classroom she needs to be in throughout the day. Madelyn, who is disabled by cerebral palsy, can drive the robot from her laptop at home. Because of her fragile health, she attends school with the robot, which was provided by Wishing Star, a charity that helps kids with terminal or very complex illnesses. Wishing Star only has a handful of the machines and only provides them to children who have medically qualified through their screening process. Above Madelyn's screen is a camera, which she can tilt up or down while driving through the halls.

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Classmates wait while fourth-grader Juliet McLemore, (holding hat), performs the duties of “bot buddy” and looks out for obstacles while she walks beside classmate Madelyn Schible, right, who appears on the tiltable screen of her “robot” while it rolls through the halls at Madison Elementary School on Monday in Spokane. Schible is able to attend school via the robot.

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Fourth-grader Madelyn Schible watches her classroom at Madison Elmentary, along with her classmates, from the screen of her "robot", which she can steer through the hallways to get from class to class. Because of cerebral palsy, she is medically fragile and uses the robot, provided by Wishing Star Foundation, to go to school.

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Fourth-grader Madelyn Schible watches her classroom at Madison Elmentary, along with her classmates, from the screen of her "robot", which she can steer through the hallways to get from class to class. Because of cerebral palsy, she is medically fragile and uses the robot, provided by Wishing Star Foundation, to go to school. The camera above her screen can be tilted up and down while she drives the robot to class.

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Fourth-grader Juliet McLemore, right, leads Madelyn Schible's robot through the hallways as the assigned "bot buddy" and looks out for obstaces while she guides classmate Madelyn Schible, who appears on the screen of her "robot," through the halls at Madison Elementary School Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Spokane, Washington. Schible is able to attend school via the robot, which can navigate through hallways and put her in whichever classroom she needs to be in throughout the day. Madelyn, who is disabled by cerebral palsy, can drive the robot from her laptop at home. Because of her fragile health, she attends school with the robot, which was provided by Wishing Star, a charity that helps kids with terminal or very complex illnesses. Wishing Star only has a handful of the machines and only provides them to children who have medically qualified through their screening process. Above Madelyn's screen is a camera, which she can tilt up or down while driving through the halls.

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While other fourth-graders learn about sound waves by listening through a balloon, fourth-grader Madelyn Schible is seen on the screen of her robot, at left, doing the same exercise with her mother at home during class at Madison Elmentary School on Monday. Using the camera on her robot, Madelyn can steer through the hallways to get from class to class. Because of cerebral palsy, she is medically fragile and uses the robot, provided by Wishing Star Foundation, to go to school. The camera above her screen can be tilted up and down while she drives the robot to class.

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Madelyn Schible, a fourth-grader at Madison Elementary in Spokane, works on her school work from home while a robot at school represents her Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Because she is medically fragile, she attends school via the robot, which she drives through the hallways of the school, watched over by her "bot buddy."

Photo By Jami Schibel