Social media erupted with the story of a Colorado girl who was suspended from school after going bald to support her friend in chemotherapy because it violated the schools dress code. She has now been allowed to return, her mother announced on Facebook. 

9-year-old Kamryn shaved her head in solidarity for her friend Delaney Clements who is cancer-stricken. Clements, 11, underwent chemotherapy as treatment for a rare childhood cancer, according to a website reporting her struggle.

Jamie Renfro said in a Facebook post that Caprock Academy in Grand Junction, Colorado sent her daughter home on Monday after she arrived without any hair, and claimed she violated her school's dress code.

The academy said in a statement sent to the Grand Junction Sentinel newspaper, that its ban against shaved heads is part of a dress code.

In her Facebook message, Renfro said school officials supported her daughter's decision to shave her head, but "just made a decision to enforce their dress code, which we are asking to be changed."

"We are pleased with the decision that our school made to let Kamryn back in school today," the Facebook post said. "She got up, got ready, and held her head high as she walked into her classroom this morning."

Campbell's mother, Wendy, said in the KUSA report that Kamryn "was really brave" to shave her head for her friend. "I thought it was a huge statement and it builds character in a child," she said.

The Denver television station said Kamryn, shaving her head "felt like the right thing to do" and her friend said she valued the action.

"It made me feel very special, and that I'm not alone," she told KUSA.

This admirable gesture has inspired other friends to shave their heads in support of Delaney. 

(Photo : facebook.com: Jamie Olson Renfro)