A high school principal went above and beyond to show support for graduating students. The dedicated educator's actions were kind, sweet and completely unexpected. Watch the short but powerful clip to see what the high school principal did that meant so much and caught the graduating seniors by surprise.

Graduation, whether from high school or college, is a milestone that should be recognized and celebrated. It’s a big step in life, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. What happens after someone walks across the stage and accepts their diploma is often unknown and can be frightening.

Those graduates typically have many questions, dreams and fears about their future. That’s why they need to know they are loved and supported as they set out for the future and the unknown. Students who graduated from one high school in Texas know they are loved and supported after what the school’s principal did for every member of the graduating class.

A clip posted on YouTube tells of how Jason Mutterer sat down and wrote a note to all 443 members of his school’s graduating class. These weren’t form letters where he signed his name at the bottom. He personalized them, spending hours after work learning about the students. The notes informed each student how they had personally impacted the school for the better.

“So, I wanted them to be able to pull that out and be a reminder that there’s something very special inside of them,” he said.

One student mentioned he teared up while reading the personalized, handwritten card from the school’s principal.

Even during their graduation ceremony, the high school principal, while speaking, actually turned his back on the crowd at one point and addressed the students specifically one last time.

“He made every single one of us feel seen and loved that day,” one student said.

What a beautiful and powerful act of kindness!

Luke 6:40 “The disciple is not above his teacher: but everyone when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.”