Students show their gratitude to woman who waves to them every day on the walk to school

After moving to a house near Highland Secondary School in Comox, British Columbia, Tinney Davidson noticed that as kids walked by, they would often peer inside her front window.

Davidson "just liked the look of the children," she told CBC News during a 2014 interview, and thought, "if they're looking in, I'll wave to them." The great-grandmother has spent the last 12 years sending students off to school with a smile and a wave. The kids think Davidson is great, and for Valentine's Day in 2016, they brought her cards and decorated the outside of her house with paper hearts.

When they found out Davidson, who is 88, is moving to an assisted living home, they knew they couldn't let her go without a final wave. Last week, about 400 students walked together from school to her house, with some standing on her lawn and the rest spilling out into the street. They brought her flowers, and carried signs that said "Thanks 4 Being Awesome" and "We Love You Mrs. Davidson."

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Davidson was surprised, and after clapping her hands in delight, she thanked the teens for being there. "I was shocked again that there's so many kids that want to say goodbye to me," she told CBC News.