diff --git a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDao.java b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e45673028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.literacyapp.dao;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.literacyapp.model.Student;
+import org.literacyapp.model.enums.Locale;
+
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+
+public interface StudentDao extends GenericDao<Student> {
+	
+    Student read(String uniqueId) throws DataAccessException;
+    
+    List<Student> readAll(Locale locale) throws DataAccessException;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/jpa/StudentDaoJpa.java b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/jpa/StudentDaoJpa.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c966f06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/dao/jpa/StudentDaoJpa.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.literacyapp.dao.jpa;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.persistence.NoResultException;
+import org.literacyapp.dao.StudentDao;
+
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+
+import org.literacyapp.model.Student;
+import org.literacyapp.model.enums.Locale;
+
+public class StudentDaoJpa extends GenericDaoJpa<Student> implements StudentDao {
+
+    @Override
+    public Student read(String uniqueId) throws DataAccessException {
+        try {
+            return (Student) em.createQuery(
+                "SELECT s " +
+                "FROM Student s " +
+                "WHERE s.uniqueId = :uniqueId")
+                .setParameter("uniqueId", uniqueId)
+                .getSingleResult();
+        } catch (NoResultException e) {
+            logger.warn("Student \"" + uniqueId + "\" was not found");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Student> readAll(Locale locale) throws DataAccessException {
+        return em.createQuery(
+            "SELECT s " +
+            "FROM Student s " +
+            "WHERE s.locale = :locale")
+            .setParameter("locale", locale)
+            .getResultList();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Device.java b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Device.java
index 456f4227a..ca4e12e33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Device.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Device.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import javax.persistence.EnumType;
 import javax.persistence.Enumerated;
 import javax.persistence.FetchType;
-import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
 import javax.persistence.Temporal;
 import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Device extends BaseEntity {
     @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
     private Locale locale;
     
-    @OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+    @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private Set<Device> devicesNearby = new HashSet<>();
 
     public String getDeviceId() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Student.java b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Student.java
index 5e038eebc..1a515fb18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Student.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/model/Student.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.literacyapp.model;
 
 import java.util.Set;
+import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.EnumType;
 import javax.persistence.Enumerated;
@@ -12,23 +13,29 @@
 
 @Entity
 public class Student extends BaseEntity {
-
+    
     @NotNull
-    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
-    private Locale locale;
+    @Column(unique = true)
+    private String uniqueId; // "<deviceId>_<Long>"
     
     @NotEmpty
     @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private Set<Device> devices;
+    
+    // TODO: avatar
 
-    public Locale getLocale() {
-        return locale;
+    @NotNull
+    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
+    private Locale locale;
+    
+    public String getUniqueId() {
+        return uniqueId;
     }
 
-    public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
-        this.locale = locale;
+    public void setUniqueId(String uniqueId) {
+        this.uniqueId = uniqueId;
     }
-
+    
     public Set<Device> getDevices() {
         return devices;
     }
@@ -36,4 +43,12 @@ public Set<Device> getDevices() {
     public void setDevices(Set<Device> devices) {
         this.devices = devices;
     }
+
+    public Locale getLocale() {
+        return locale;
+    }
+
+    public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
+        this.locale = locale;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/rest/v1/JavaToGsonConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/rest/v1/JavaToGsonConverter.java
index 1506a6523..d3560a49f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/rest/v1/JavaToGsonConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/literacyapp/rest/v1/JavaToGsonConverter.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import org.literacyapp.model.admin.Application;
 import org.literacyapp.model.Device;
+import org.literacyapp.model.Student;
 import org.literacyapp.model.content.Number;
 import org.literacyapp.model.content.Word;
 import org.literacyapp.model.admin.ApplicationVersion;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.literacyapp.model.content.multimedia.Image;
 import org.literacyapp.model.content.multimedia.Video;
 import org.literacyapp.model.gson.DeviceGson;
+import org.literacyapp.model.gson.StudentGson;
 import org.literacyapp.model.gson.content.NumberGson;
 import org.literacyapp.model.gson.content.WordGson;
 import org.literacyapp.model.gson.admin.ApplicationGson;
@@ -150,6 +152,20 @@ public static DeviceGson getDeviceGson(Device device) {
         }
     }
     
+    public static StudentGson getStudentGson(Student student) {
+        if (student == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            StudentGson studentGson = new StudentGson();
+            
+            studentGson.setUniqueId(student.getUniqueId());
+//            studentGson.setAvatar(null);
+//            studentGson.setDevices(null);
+            
+            return studentGson;
+        }
+    }
+    
     public static ImageGson getImageGson(Image image) {
         if (image == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml
index b9d51e50c..a06091931 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     <bean id="numberDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.NumberDaoJpa" />
     <bean id="signOnEventDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.SignOnEventDaoJpa" />
     <bean id="storyBookDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.StoryBookDaoJpa" />
+    <bean id="studentDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.StudentDaoJpa" />
     <bean id="videoDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.VideoDaoJpa" />
     <bean id="videoRevisionEventDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.VideoRevisionEventDaoJpa" />
     <bean id="wordDao" class="org.literacyapp.dao.jpa.WordDaoJpa" />
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDaoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDaoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a33f995d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/literacyapp/dao/StudentDaoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package org.literacyapp.dao;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.literacyapp.model.Device;
+import org.literacyapp.model.Student;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaSystemException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration("file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jpa.xml")
+public class StudentDaoTest {
+    
+    private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(getClass());
+	
+    @Autowired
+    private StudentDao studentDao;
+    
+    @Autowired
+    private DeviceDao deviceDao;
+    
+    @Test(expected = JpaSystemException.class)
+    public void testCreateStudentsWithNonUniqueIds() {        
+        Student student1 = new Student();
+        student1.setUniqueId("4113947bec18b7ad_1");
+        studentDao.create(student1);
+        
+        Student student2 = new Student();
+        student2.setUniqueId("4113947bec18b7ad_1");
+        studentDao.create(student2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStoreStudentWithOneDevice() {
+        Set<Device> devices = new HashSet<>();
+        
+        Device device = new Device();
+        device.setDeviceId("4113947bec18b7ad");
+        deviceDao.create(device);
+        devices.add(device);
+        
+        Student student = new Student();
+        student.setUniqueId("4113947bec18b7ad_1");
+        student.setDevices(devices);
+        studentDao.create(student);
+        
+        Student studentStoredInDatabase = studentDao.read("4113947bec18b7ad_1");
+        assertThat(studentStoredInDatabase.getDevices().size(), is(1));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testStoreStudentWithTWoDevices() {
+        Set<Device> devices = new HashSet<>();
+        
+        Device device1 = new Device();
+        device1.setDeviceId("2223947bec18b7ad");
+        deviceDao.create(device1);
+        devices.add(device1);
+        
+        Device device2 = new Device();
+        device2.setDeviceId("679b35bb2322c6e4");
+        deviceDao.create(device2);
+        devices.add(device2);
+        
+        Student student = new Student();
+        student.setUniqueId("2223947bec18b7ad_1");
+        student.setDevices(devices);
+        studentDao.create(student);
+        
+        Student studentStoredInDatabase = studentDao.read("2223947bec18b7ad_1");
+        assertThat(studentStoredInDatabase.getDevices().size(), is(2));
+    }
+}