Teacher Gets a Sweet Surprise Bridal Shower from Her Texas Preschool Class Before Wedding 

A preschool teacher in Texas had a sweet surprise when her fiancé and her preschool class teamed up to throw her the perfect mini bridal shower.

Zoe Kampf and her fiancé Sean Folloder got engaged on Dec. 23, 2024. Ahead of their January 2026 wedding, Folloder, who is a high school geometry teacher and football coach, enlisted his fiancée’s preschool class to help celebrate the special occasion. 

“When I walked in, I was really surprised,” Kampf, who works at Shlenker School, told the Jewish Herald-Voice in a Thursday, Jan. 1 interview of the Dec. 12 mini bridal shower. 

She added, “They had cookies and decorated the classroom. They gave me a sash and a veil and crown. It was really cute.”

All the kids in the classroom got dressed up for the special occasion, wearing floral tiaras and bow ties.

“It was great to surprise her at school,” Folloder said. “She is such a great teacher and everyone, from her kids to her kids’ parents to the staff, loves her.”

Folloder and Kampf just got engaged at the end of 2024, but the soon-to-be husband and wife have known each other for decades. 

Both attended Shlenker school, and Kampf’s grandfather, former Rabbi Samuel Karff, founded Shlenker School in 1967.

“We definitely have a lot in common, both being raised at Beth Israel and at Shlenker,” she said. “It is nice to be in touch with our Jewish heritage and have that in common.”

Folloder’s grandmother Barbie Freedman also has ties to the school, as she’s the longest tenured teacher at Shlenker, currently in her 41st year. She was present at the mini bridal shower and just may have had a significant role in the couple’s love story. 

“I’ve been here a while and I taught Zoe when she was a toddler,” Freedman told the JHV.

Years later, Folloder and Kampf’s paths reconnected while helping children in the summer of 2021.

“I was the summer camp director and Sean was volunteering and helping me,” Freeman said during the interview. “Zoe was on one side of the building and he was on the other side with me. I would send him over on errands when Zoe would need anything, and then they just started hanging out together.” 

“I remember Barbie said, ‘You guys should really date.’ We were like, ‘Okay,’” Kampf recalled. “I guess we took her advice!” 

After summer camp ended, Folloder asked her out for sushi.

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“They are a wonderful couple and really devoted to one another,” the grandmother said. “It has been really fun to watch them grow up and grow together.”

Folloder and Kampf are set to wed in Houston, but Freedman can’t say for sure whether or not she will still be teaching at Shlenker if and when the next generation of her family attends. 

“I don’t know about that. I’m going to be 82 soon,” she said while smiling. “I’ll try and see how things go. Shlenker is such a wonderful school and that would be such an amazing thing.”