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The CHIME Institute of Woodland Hills, a progressive, K-8, independently run charter school known for its "inclusive program" that teaches gifted to severely disabled children together in the same classroom, has renamed itself in honor Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"'It doesn't matter how many Mr. Universes or Mr. Worlds you win ... it is a very different kind of honor to have a school named after you,' the former bodybuilder and actor said during a ceremony at the CHIME Institute Schwarzenegger Community School," reports the Daily News. Touched by the news, he promised he'd be back. You know he did.
The school has been on the Schwarzenegger/Shriver radar for a while, according to the Daily News. Maria Shriver's mother founded the Special Olympics and, "was a vocal advocate for special-needs children and adults." Said Shriver to reporters, "This school is leading the nation...This is the way we should all be conducting our lives."
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