Meet the Teacher Night

It was meet the teacher night at the elementary school.  I debated whether to go.  You see we have done all the kindergarten informational meetings, round-up, etc.  It’s a lot of information, but little to none actually pertains to Bella.  So when this next night in the line up of teacher-parent information came up, one that required you get a sitter because kids were not allowed, I wasn’t quite sure if it was worth it.  And when we couldn’t find a sitter, well, I debated even more.

In the end I figured I should go.  I didn’t want Bella to be the only child whose parent didn’t show up, even if the information I was going to hear didn’t pertain to her.  Jesse stayed home with the kids and I headed over by myself.

Every single parent was at that meeting, so I was extremely glad I had made the choice to go.  It was a 30 minute session where the teacher laid out all the things the kids will be doing in the classroom and what they will be bringing home for homework, etc.  In most cases Bella will not be participating in their normal routines, she will not be bringing home the homework to complete, she will not be doing the reading assignments, etc.

But at the end of the meeting, Bella’s Kindergarten teacher made a point to talk about Bella.  She talked about how much they loved her, and how special she was to all of them.  She said how they were all super disappointed and asking where she was on the day she was sick and stayed home.  She said that even though Bella can not communicate with them, she still teaches them so many things.

Then she said that every time Bella comes into the class room they all sing her a song.

It goes like this:

HELLO, BELLA, COME ON IN.

HELLO, BELLA, COME ON IN.

WE LIKE YOUR SMILES AND YOUR WHEELCHAIR TOO, WE ALL WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU.

HELLO, BELLA, WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE.

One of the mom’s later on, said her son was singing this song at home, and she had been trying to figure out where it came from.

Bella’s teacher also went on to say that her class and all the kids at Morse were going to benefit so much from Bella and the other kids like her in the FOCUS program at their school.  The love they will learn from these kids would impact them in great ways.

She quoted to us from the local news something she had just heard that evening “The level of love you allow yourself to reach for a person of unfathomable innocence is far beyond any love than most people will ever know in their lives.  That is their greatest gift in life”.

She basically talked about Bella for about 5 minutes and kept thanking me for having Bella at the school.  Both of us were near tears at the end of her speech.  I thanked her for all that she is doing, and that I am delighted to have Bella in school with them.

And I walked away thanking God again for the people he has put into Bella’s life.  In this respect I know we are blessed.

These are picture of Bella’s classmates in the Focus Room.  They were told to bang on drums as loudly as they could to get Bella to hold her head up.  If she stopped holding her head up they had to stop.  They were very excited when she held her head up so they could make noise!  And as you can tell from the photos she enjoyed watching them and was having a good time herself.