Going Green for Kayla: Celebrating Lungs

On April 5th our entire community wore green to remember a very special girl, Kayla Baker, who received a new lung after years of awaiting a transplant. Since our children have been so intrigued with the human body they were naturally very connected to young Kayla's story.

The chiildren had many questions about Kayla:

"Why is Kayla's lungs sick?"
"Can she die?"
"Did God give her, her new lung?"
"How will she get the new lung in her body?"

As a class we had a very honest and intimate conversation about Kayla's story and we tried our best to answer thier complex questions.

The children, I feel, developed a sense of empathy towards Kayla-it was wonderful to see their support and hear the loving and kind words they had for her on this day. It was a beautiful day...one of the most memberable of my career for sure.

Thank you room 1 JK/SK

M.R and T.F find out how many children have worn green.

 

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