Fifth-grade teacher Drew Dalton was eating dinner one evening in 2006 when he tuned in to a TV show featuring children in need of parents. When one of Dalton's students -- Devon, a shy boy who had spent much of his life in foster care -- appeared on the screen, he decided to help.

On Saturday, after more than a year together, the dapper pair officially became father and son in an adoption ceremony at DC Superior Court, part of Washington's 23rd annual celebration of Adoption Day.