Oh, The Places You'll Go!

This Thursday marks Andrew's final week in North Point's Weekday Preschool program, and two events from Monday sort of crystallized the idea that a chapter in his life is closing.


On Monday morning we met with Ms. Sherrie, Andrew's lead teacher in his Pre-K class. We were so encouraged by what she had to share. At times this has been a challenging school year; there was a stretch in the fall and early winter where he hated school. Every day he would ask whether it was a "home day" or a "school day" and when it was a school day he would start to cry. On the green/yellow/red day scale, he had more yellow and red days than green days. These days, not only is he far more excited about school, but he has shown marked improvement in so many areas, from attitude to writing to coloring in the lines to using scissors. He is ready for Kindergarten, which was very much in doubt six months ago.

On Monday evening, the Pre-K classes held their "graduation" ceremony, which was kind of like their Spring Show mixed with highlights from the year. The kids were also presented with their diplomas at the end. In past shows, Andrew has been either severely stage-frightened or highly distracted, but in this show he did an incredible job. He knew and sung all the words, did the hand motions, stayed quiet when he was supposed to, and smiled the whole time. We are SO proud of him.

We have been very blessed for Andrew to participate in the Weekday Program over this past five years, and we are incredibly grateful for all those who have invested in him and loved him, both in good times and in hard times. A huge, heartfelt thank you to:

• Ms. Sherrie and Ms. Vickie (Pre-K)


• Ms. Jen and Ms. Kathy (Pre-K)


• Ms. Linda and Ms. Melissa (3's class)


• Ms. Kris and Ms. Janis (2's class)


• the various women who cared for Andrew between birth and 2's, whose names I don't know, but whose impact was very significant.