Last Thursday, Zach "graduated" from preschool and the William O'Conner School had a ceremony to comemerate the occasion. We all showed up at St. Patrick's Auditorium in Bay Ridge at 10:30 and were treated to quite a show. There were about 200 people in attendance and another 150 students and staff, so it was quite a full house.
It was a very cute affair though somewhat quirky - let me elaborate: Many of the kids that go to this school are on the autism spectrum and have the corresponding issues. Thus, when they were marching the kids in and Pomp and Circumstance started blaring over the PA system, many of the kids started clutching there ears and looking about to find the source of the offending racket.
Getting a bunch of special needs kids to do a coordinated show is a lot like trying to herd cats - and I give the staff great credit for not only trying, but actually succeding in pulling it off. Zach's class did "The Stick Song" and each kid had two wooden sticks that they tapped and banged in accordance to the words in the song. Zachy did pretty well, but seemed to lose interest about half way through the song, at which time he put his sticks down and covered his ears. You could tell that it was well rehearsed, however, as he and the other kids knew the song and were able to anticipate the lines and manipulate the sticks accordingly.
Miranda came suitably attired and was a bouncy joy to sit with. She watched her Zachy do his song from Daddy's shoulders and clapped along with everyone else.
We were also treated to "The Potatoe Song," "The Monkey Song," and a host of other fine selections. The proceedings wound up with a long slide show of all of the kids in the school set to music, followed by cake and soda. After the show we were reunited with our Zachy who seemed quite happy to see us and equally ready to go.
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