Ann Arbor Open graduation was tonight. We've put 16 years into this school, and we're going to miss it.
In the great Ann Arbor Open auditorium
there was a fake balcony
and purple and white balloons
and a mobile of. . . the world.
And there were many family members sitting on chairs
Goodbye music instruments
Goodbye music room
Goodbye mural
Goodbye stairs
Goodbye chairs
Goodbye chairs
Goodbye to all the friends (kids and parents) I've made there.
Goodbye teachers everywhere! (at Ann Arbor Open)
Goodbye to the Ks (Kit, Kathy, and Karen)
in the A2O office too
Goodbye to me, and Goodbye to you.
in the A2O office too
Goodbye to me, and Goodbye to you.
Goodbye cafeteria
Goodbye whale jumping over bookshelves
Goodbye.
And good luck graduates!
I didn't attend the ceremony, but C & Z both did. Caleb was quite impressed by Joel's poem. He said it reminded him of Billy Collins (which was definitely a compliment).
ReplyDeleteThanks Tricia! Joel has given me permission to post the poem but I'm hoping one of my friends who taped it will send me the tape so I can put the reading up! I give a lot of credit to Scott Beal for his poet-in-residence program that he did with the 5th/6th grade a couple of years ago. [Read more about Scott here: https://www.spokenwordredux.com/index.php?option=com_poet&task=detail&id=PDB873&Itemid=68]
ReplyDeleteZane did poet-in-residence with Scott as well (2 years ago, when Scott was with Mike's class).
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