a post from Toni
One of our last groups of students from the first semester of our fifth-grade in-school program, PS Broadway, went to see Mary Poppins on Broadway yesterday.
Once a semester, we provide tickets to every fifth grader in each school we teach, in addition to their teachers, chaperones, and administrators. Inevitably, given inaccurate counting and absenteeism, there are sometimes extra tickets. In that case, we encourage schools to invite their own "VIP's" to ensure that no ticket goes un-seated! Yesterday, I received this lovely email from one of our schools' administrators:
"Toni, Here's a sweet story. A little girl came in yesterday morning to sign up for 4th grade. She was referred to us from the domestic violence shelter across the street. One of our 5th grade teachers had an extra ticket so the mom signed the permission slip, and she went on the trip. Her mom felt like she really got the star treatment. Can you imagine starting a new school and the first day going to see Mary Poppins? What a gift!"
Like Rosie says, every kid deserves a chance to sit "in the velvet"...
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3 comments:
Toni!
I'm in tears...what a heartwarming story. RBK does it again!
This story gave me goosebumps!!
What a delightful way to enter a new school! A memobable first day for sure.
how wonderful!
and ro is right
all should sit in the red velvet seats~
have fun
:)
smile's and peace
and dance and music make the world go round~
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