Getting Ready for Kindergarten!

Here are some pictures from this week's meetings at James' new school.
It's called Woodway Elementary School.











Here is a Google Map of the location:

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His teacher is Mrs. Cook, here's the class website.


Here's James with his backpack in front of a mural at school,
and the daily schedule for his class.

He's in afternoon kindergarten, from 12:40-3:10, riding the bus both ways!

Park Video

Here's Braden running and singing at the park. He's singing "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" from Veggie Tales.

At the Park

Here are the boys at the park a few weeks ago.
James wore his glasses the whole time, and climbed some "ladders"
on the playground that he hasn't before!

R-Word Video

As part of the response to the "R-word" respect campaign for people with intellectual challenges, Will Schermerhorn, known for several videos on kids with Down syndrome (his son, Mason, was born in 2000), has created a video montage with the Arc of Northern Virginia. Very moving.

Join the R-word campaign and pledge your support at http://www.r-word.org/. (This is a site hosted by Special Olympics which has been prompted by the use of the r-word in this summer's film TROPIC THUNDER. But the response has galvanized numerous groups and brought wonderful new visibility to the abilities and accomplishments of all kinds of people!

Here's the Video: