To My Friends in the "Fours"

It's been wonderful working and playing with you this year, my friends. And now you're going into the "fives". Much success to each and every one of you.

From left: Ms. Forbis, Ms. White, Ms. Haley


Ms. Rossi, Ms. Paula (with Nadia), Aidan


Audwin, Dustin, Franklin


Grace, Landon, Matthew


And many thanks, Lisa Ward, for so many of these wonderful photos.
Adieu, my friends, and God bless you all!
"Mr. Pat"

Crazy hair and zoo animals

Who feeds zoo animals despite warning signs not to?
Who makes crazy hair and wears it to school?
Who hunts for lions in the piano?
We do!
And it's fun!

Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
(from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens.)

To review:
"Better to hunt lions than for the lions to hunt you!"
— Ancient saying (or it should be)

Neither is the playground a stranger to crazy hair and zoo animals.
(Thanks to Lisa Wald for these terrific photos!)


"Visualize a circus ring. Look at the lions and tigers – what are they doing? The lions and tigers have been taught to jump through hoops of flame. If we can teach elephants, lions and tigers to behave in public, we can certainly teach our children with disabilities to behave [and to do many other things] in public too [...even on a bad hair day]."
— Dr. Meena Hazra, pediatric neurologist from Virginia (formerly from India)