Chicago Teachers Surprise Students with "Thriller" Flash Mob (Video)

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Chicago Teachers Surprise Students with "Thriller" Flash Mob (Video)

Teachers at Chicago's Gary Comer College Prep surprised their students this week performing a flash mob performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller". The South Side school principal James Troupis says his team didn't come up with the idea—they borrowed the idea from suburban Palatine High School, which staged one last December. WATCH the video below..

Teachers at Chicago's Gary Comer College Prep surprised their students this week performing a flash mob performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

The South Side school principal James Troupis says his team didn't come up with the idea—they borrowed the idea from suburban Palatine High School, which staged one last December.

WATCH the video below..

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