I
am in Mrs. Karr's fourth grade class at Laurelhurst School in Portland,
Oregon. I love it! I have always liked my schools. I have always had an
aide to help me. Right now my aide is Lana Craig. She is cool! Lana helps
me with work at school. She always tells me to "hustle." She wants me
to be faster. Lana has a dog named Kola.
I
had to read a book and tell the story to my class. In this assignment
I have to pretend I am a character in the story. I chose Cinderella. My
Mom and I went to a thrift store and bought a gown. I wore an old, dirty
sheet over the gown and when it came time to go to the ball I tore off
the sheet and everyone could see my gown. I did a good job.
This
Spring we studied rockets. I got a plastic bottle. I put water, vinegar
and baking soda in the bottle and then hurried to put the cork in. After
a little while the pressure from the bottle blew the cork off and it was
a rocket.
Some
things in school are easy and some are hard for me. Math is hard but I
don't do the same math as my friends. I go to a room once a day and do
math and reading with my other teacher. Sometimes Lindsay is there too.
She is in third grade and has Down syndrome like me.
I
just turned twelve. I had a party at a swimming pool and forty kids came.
We swam and then had cup cakes and juice and I got tons of presents. Mrs.
Karr came too. I met my friend Amy at camp. She lives in Salem. She came
to my party. She has Down syndrome too. So there were three of us with
Down syndrome and everyone else doesn't have Down syndrome.
My
friends said it was the best party they have ever been to. I got two Barbie
dolls but I have to take them to my grandparents because my parents don't
let me have them at our house.
Right
now I am starting to play softball on a team. I will get a uniform. I
already got a new softball glove. Next year I will be in fifth grade at
the same school. Next year I will have a new aide because Lana wants to
have a baby. I will miss her.
School
has always been fun for me. Most of my friends are there and I love my
teacher.
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