Photos: New Orleans student with perfect attendance wins a perfectly new car
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Mcailen Davis, right, who just graduated from The Willow School, leaps into the air upon finding out he won a 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, who just graduated from The Willow School, can't help but smile as he sits in the driver's seat of the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE he won on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, center, who just graduated from The Willow School, gets a huge hug from his mom, Kim, moments after finding out he won a 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, who just graduated from The Willow School, can't help but smile as he sits in the driver's seat of the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE he won on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, center, gets help from Toyota of New Orleans sales consultant Jermaine Youngblood with figuring out how to operate the radio in the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE he won on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, who just graduated from The Willow School, sits in disbelief in the driver's seat of the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE he won on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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The 28 New Orleans high school students with perfect attendance records wait for names to be pulled from a basket to see who would randomly win a car donated by Troy Duhon, right, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Some of the 28 New Orleans high school graduates with perfect attendance records watch as Toyota of New Orleans sales consultant Jermaine Youngblood shows off some of the features to the 2023 Corolla LE. One lucky student, whose name was drawn randomly from a basket, took home the new car on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Kim Conner-Davis, waves to her son, Mcailen, who won the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Troy Duhon, right, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, and Dr. Avis Williams, superintendent of NOLA Public Schools, randomly pull names from a basket to select the finalists for the car winner at Toyota of New Orleans on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. One lucky student with perfect attendance won the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Keeping calm was definitely the name of the waiting game for the 28 New Orleans students with perfect attendance who had to wait to find out who would take home a 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at Toyota of New Orleans. Tristan Thompson, left, wore the right t-shirt for the surprise announcement. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Mcailen Davis, who just graduated from The Willow School, can't help but smile as he stands next to his 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Davis was among 28 high school graduates with perfect attendance records. Names of the students were randomly drawn from a basket by Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Parents and family take photos of the 28 New Orleans high school graduates with perfect attendance records. One lucky student, whose name was drawn randomly from a basket, took home a new car thanks to Toyota of New Orleans on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Staff of Toyota of New Orleans stand near their offices watching New Orleans students with perfect attendance records wait for their names to be called on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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A red bow covers the top of the 2023 Toyota Corolla LE on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at Toyota of New Orleans. Twenty-eight high school graduates with perfect attendance records were waiting to find out who would win the car thanks to Troy Duhon, founder and owner of Premiere Automotive in New Orleans, who donated the car. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)