Samuel Goes to Prom

Prom was a huge success, except that the camera didn't work well. So the pictures are a little blurry, but you can still tell the kids had a wonderful time and the entire staff at Pioneer Education Center is beyond amazing.

Here is Samuel with his date, Katie. Notice the beautiful corsage on her wheelchair. All the girls had them, matching their dress. And look at Katie's hair. They put it up in a French twist. It was beautiful. The professional photographer had already been in to take all their pictures. We will get them next week, framed. Because as the principal said, "We don't do anything half way. Our students deserve it!"


Then it was time for the promenade. All 25 students who were going to prom were called by name and either walked or rolled through the arches. Then the walked/rolled around the entire gym while everyone clapped and took pictures. There were some college students totally decked out for prom that helped escort the students. It was so much fun. One teacher went through an entire box of tissues crying from watching how grown up and beautiful all of the students were.

This is another one of Samuel's friends from his class. Again--beautiful.

After the promenade it was off to the multipurpose room for a catered luncheon. Each prom guest was assigned a table. As you can tell from even the poor quality pictures, the faculty did a great job decorating the room and setting the tables.

After the luncheon, I can't tell you exactly what happened, because parents do not go to proms, only students go to proms. They made all of us parents leave. After all, they are in high school now, we shouldn't be around all of the time : ) I do know that Samuel came home with a plastic blow up guitar and those light up necklaces. He was keyed up from the day and very happy.

What an amazing day. What an amazing school. Thank you to every single staff person who works at Pioneer and to all those that volunteered to make the day so special. The kids loved it and so did all of us parents.