Senior students at a high school in the USA had nearly $8,000 saved up for a class trip to celebrate their graduation.

The students ended up finding a much better use for the funds.

Their principal had a tumor removed from her left arm in April but waited until the end of May to explain why she would be missing a considerable amount of school. She had been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, an aggressive soft-tissue cancer.

In the days following the meeting, her students grew concerned for the principal they all adored.

“Every one of us has a connection with her,” Chrisopher Sirois, the senior class president told WMUR News 9, “She’s given so much to us that we just wanted to give back.”

The class took a vote and unanimously decided to skip their trip and donate all of the money to their principal instead.