Overview

• U.S. Army Pvt. Serra Ce Watts appeared at Cleveland Bailey Elementary in Midwest City to present her son’s award during a school assembly.
• First-grader Kyslan Washington was named Student of the Month on his seventh birthday, setting up the planned reveal.
• The gym erupted as Washington cried and hugged his mother, with several relatives present for the moment.
• Watts said she left March 31 for basic training and spent six months in South Carolina and Missouri, though an earlier report described her absence as more than a year.
• Mother and son plan to relocate to Hawaii next month for her three-year stationing.