A devastated school has paid tribute to a "remarkable" student after she lost a gruelling two year battle with cancer.
Silvija Milciute was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at the age of just nine.
Despite suffering daily with the disease, the Hull pupil kept a high attendance at The Greenway Academy up until her death.
After Silvija died on Monday, July 8, tributes flooded in for the "beautiful", "incredible" and "remarkable" student, Hull Daily Mail reported.
A spokeswoman for her school said: "She was a beautiful little girl and had been poorly for two years.
"She battled and had been amazing and had fantastic attendance and was only absent from school when she was poorly from the treatment but she even came in in a wheelchair when she couldn't walk. She was attending school right up until she died on 8th July.
"She had some professional pictures done before she got poorly and one set she was in a prom dress, they were really beautiful.
"She was an absolute superstar. Our motto is to 'find your remarkable' and she really was remarkable.
"We were all really close to her and her family. They are such a lovely, hardworking family. We were so lucky to have had her and what a beautiful girl she was."
According to the spokeswoman Silvija's family were shocked to discover a Gofundme page had been set up to support them.
She added: "It was something we decided to do because parents of the children had been so lovely and they were asking how they could help and what they could do.
"When she was having treatment her family had to take a lot of time out of work and haven't asked for any help but we want to give them as much as we can.
"They mean so much to us."
So far more than £1,300 has been donated by well wishers keen to help her family get the schoolgirl's ashes home.
One donor wrote: "It’s so sad such a young life has been tragically cut short and I hope her parents have some peace knowing their little one is going home."
Another added: "Your story brought me to tears. Rest in peace Silvija x"
