She has just made phenomenal progress and that's because of being here at the school.' 'Today, she used her walker to walk down the fashion show.
'She's gone from barely being able to be in the classrooms,' said mom Julie Jewett. It's things they love-flowers, dinosaurs-they pick out their outfit and they are so happy to strut down the runway,' said CHEO School principal Mari Murray.Ĭlassmate Lily Jewett chose Kool and the Gang's 'Celebration' for her walk out song, much to the delight of her family. 'The parents have no idea what their child has selected. It's a tradition for students to strut down the runway to their favourite song, dressed in a carefully curated outfit funded by the CHEO Foundation. The five-year-old Ottawa resident is one of 30 students at the CHEO School, a program that serves children with physical disabilities and complex medical needs.
Sheamus McElhone shimmies down the runway as he bids farewell to the final days of kindergarten.
