I often talk
about PS261 as though I’m a student there. When we first started there,
correction – when Errolyn first started there, the Pre-K teachers asked the
parents to do an art project. We were asked to make paper doll
self-portraits. Ms. Vivian remarked that she and the other teachers had
never seen parents get so involved in a project. You would have thought
we were being graded on our work, if you could have seen the way the parents
took to that glue and passed those scissors. Monet himself would have
been proud.
One Dad stands
out in my memory, but I didn’t know his name. He was just The Hilarious
Guy who made his Paper Doll-Self Wearing Shorts. Funny thing is, Pete
also made his paper doll wearing shorts. For that whole first year, when he
would come up in conversation, he was That Guy, remember that funny one, whose
paper doll was wearing shorts? And Pete would know who I was talking about.
Turns out he is a
lawyer. And his name is Curt Iiams. Huh, who knew?
If you were
at 261’s Spring Bash last year. Sheila Iiams is the one who made the Lumpia,
which are Filipino Egg Rolls, my favorite!
Curt, Sheila, Isa
and Santiago Iiams
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