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365: Day 120- Welcome Visit at School

4/30/14: Wednesday morning was the Welcome Visit at Zoe & Silas' new school!


Their classroom was packed for the visit - lots of new families starting next year, current parents who helped out with the visit, the teacher, principal, and paraprofessional - even the school nurse was there! 


We are so excited for them to start the next educational chapter of their lives, so I was very surprised to find myself tearing up as the principal gave opening remarks...


With only one class per grade, the school is very small. There are less than 150 total students, so all the teachers get to know every student. There is also a strong autism integration component which I'm pretty psyched about.


Surprisingly, Zoe was anxious and shy during the visit; Silas was unphased. We'll do lots of verbal prep over the summer and make plenty of visits to the playground. It sounded like some of the families might get together for playdates in advance of school starting, so that would be great too!

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