Luke Stevens had a good reason for missing his U.S. history class and a test at Centennial High School. But his teacher wasn’t buying it.
Sure, the creator of “Hamilton” is coming to your house for lunch.
But Luke had video proof, which he sent to his teacher. Not only did the teen’s mother approve of him missing class, but so did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the playwright, actor, and singer who has risen to fame for his work telling the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The hit play recently completed a run at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre.
“This is Lin-Manuel Miranda, I’m sorry he can’t be in U.S. history class right now, but he’s with me, we’re gonna go over the Bill of Rights, and anything you may be covering right now,” Miranda said in a video sent to the teacher and posted on social media. “We cover a lot in about two-and-a-half hours of ‘Hamilton,’ but we’re gonna go over it in specifics now. So this is not lost time, thank you for excusing him from class.”
How could teacher Meggin Rosner argue with that? After seeing the video, the excited teacher quickly replied to the note Luke sent.
“OMG!!!!!!! I AM FREAKING OUT DURING THE TEST AND I CAN’T SCREAM BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCENTRATING AND I AM FREAKING OUT!!!!!!” Rosner wrote.
Rosner said she planned to use “Hamilton” to teach lessons this week in class.
“Tell him I just saw the show for the first time and I love it!” Rosner said.
Miranda was in town Wednesday to attend a fundraiser that Luke’s mother, Tamara Stevens, helped organize. A luncheon was held outdoors in her Roswell backyard, Stevens said. When she grabbed her phone to take a short video of Miranda and Luke, Miranda grabbed her phone and made the video himself, she said.
“He was as nice as he could be,” Stevens said Friday.
Miranda admired the family’s Halloween decorations and even posed for a picture with a UPS driver. He also sat down at the piano and sang to Stevens, who was celebrating her birthday the same day.
By Friday, Stevens was getting calls not only from various media outlets but also former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton agreed to allow Stevens to record a quick video encouraging students to register to vote for Luke’s audio and visual technology class.
Luke was back at school Friday afternoon and also unavailable for comment. But his mom said he’s already taken the test he missed.
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