School is where my friends are
by Eleanor Bailey |
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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. 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. 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. 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. |
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Eleanor is the daugher of Michael Bailey, who wrote for this issue about what it takes to keep Eleanor in a real class, with her friends, and what happens to kids whose parents don't or can't fight that hard. To read that story, click here. Michael and Eleanor and Jonna and Taylor live in Portland, Oregon. To send them an email, click here. |
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