Fifth-grader survives brain tumor, being homeless; family soon to move into new home

  • Diette Courrégé Casey
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  • Sunday, October 28th, 2012
    Megan Burns can still write, draw, read, smile and laugh with her friends at Belle Hall Elementary.

    Megan Burns can still write, draw, read, smile and laugh with her friends at Belle Hall Elementary.

    Photographs by Grace Beahm/staff Isabella DeLong (left) shares a desk pod with her friend Megan Burns, who has returned to Belle Hall Elementary School after having brain surgery. Despite undergoing the delicate operation, Megan still knows her math and reads on grade level, but at a slower pace.

    Photographs by Grace Beahm/staff Isabella DeLong (left) shares a desk pod with her friend Megan Burns, who has returned to Belle Hall Elementary School after having brain surgery. Despite undergoing the delicate operation, Megan still knows her math and reads on grade level, but at a slower pace. Buy this photo

    Megan Burns has returned to school, where she spends time in her fifth-grade class and receives speech and psychical therapy at school.

    Megan Burns has returned to school, where she spends time in her fifth-grade class and receives speech and psychical therapy at school.