One mother is taking the internet by storm with a few waves of her magical pen after she wrote an unexpected absence note to her son's school. The fourth grade boy recently missed three days of school ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for a chance to meet Bruce Springsteen and got the best absence excuse note of all time - signed by "The Boss" himself. Michael Fenerty ...

A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for the chance to meet rock legend Bruce Springsteen and "The Boss" gladly played along by signing the boy's absence excuse note. The Philadelphia Inquirer ...

No paper note for a student’s absence will be no problem this year in the Allegheny Valley School District. One of the additions in the Springdale-area district will be an electronic excuse form for ...

To the age-old classic "dog ate my homework," we raise you a new and improved school excuse: Bruce Springsteen said so. Springsteen gave one young fan the excuse note of a lifetime by signing an ...

Wanting to follow school procedure, the boy’s father brought along a pre-typed note that Springsteen signed to excuse his son’s absence. Springsteen told the boy that he would have to read the note ...