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Mass. principal greets his students with the Nae Nae on first day of school

Sept 2, 2015

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The first day of school can be daunting, you've been out of the classroom for a few months, you have new teachers with new classroom rules, sometimes you even have new dance trends.

Students going back to school at Remington Middle School in Franklin, Massachusetts were greeted by Principal Brian Wildeman dancing to "Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) as they walked into the building.

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