High School

Once Jon's elementary school years were done he moved on to high school.

There he joined another special needs class. After being there for 4 months we found that funding for him at the developement centre directed by enVision, was in place. Although we would have wanted him to stay at the high school a little longer as he seemed to enjoy it there we knew we couldn't let this funding slip by and knew that he would be needing it in a few years anyway. So he moved to the centre. That June he graduated with the rest of the Grade 12 students at the high school:) We tease our daughters about this..wondering why they didn't graduate that quickly! While in high school Jon learned more of the basic life skills, a continuation of what he had learned in elementary school. Jon's grad went really well, he actually sat down for the meal with the rest of the high school grads, the regular classes as well as the special ed class; the school gym filled with grads and parents. He looked really good in his black dress pants with a black vest, a mustard colored shirt and new shoes that didn't have velcro closures:) He knew it was his special day and smiled a lot. The gym where the meal was held was filled with a lot of helium balloons and that being a favorite of his, held his attention for most of the meal time, surprising his teachers and his parents!! His sister was his escort and Jon was thrilled to have her at his beck and call:) After grad we took Jon to our place of business where we sold chainsaws, another favorite of Jon's, and had pictures taken of him and his Dad with the chainsaws.

Note to self..locate and scan some of these grad photos so I can post them.