Teacher uses rap song to welcome students on first day

A promising young Chicago educator made his debut to students by using a catchy rap song.

Fourth grade teacher Dwayne Reed created a video called “Welcome to the 4th Grade.” Since then, then video has gotten hundreds of thousands of views.

He created a song to replace the typical “Welcome Back” newsletters the school gives out, and has been suprised by how popular it’s been.

“I just wanted to kind of spice up the old fashioned newsletter, so I thought, ‘man I’m kind of good at music, I know how to put lyrics together well, let’s go ahead and put a song together that will get kids excited,” Reed said.

“Hellooo, I’m your teacher. My name’s Mr. Reed and it’s very nice to meetcha. I’m from Chicago. I love eatin’ pizza and I dress to impress, but I still rock sneakers!”

Dressed in a chemist jacket with chemical formulas written on the blackboard, Reed sings that they’ll “learn about science” and he bets the students will like it.

Reed added he was more excited than nervous for the first day of school.

You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=172&v=XBLcuGunRxU.