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Crazy Hat Day
I gave them a little bit of information about cancer and told them that the best way to help me was to be themselves, and to smile! I explained that I am wearing scarves and hats because I have no hair as a result of the chemotherapy, and that I hated the wig! We made a deal. I told them that if they brought in a hat that made me laugh, I'd wear it in the dining hall.
Olivia L. '10 made me a very wild hat, all piled up a la Carmen Miranda with flowers, fruit, birds, and I wore it. But then I was out for chemo for a whole week. When I returned, I came into my classroom to find flowers, balloons, notes, cards and gifts. I saw two of my advisees in the hall wearing hats, and I thought, "Oh, how sweet--my advisees are wearing hats to make me laugh!" Then I saw Becky Walker with a cowboy hat, and Lucy Martin with a giant English garden type of hat. I started to realize that every 6th grader I saw had a hat on, and when I went to the morning meeting in the Horn Theatre, almost the entire 6th grade, including teachers, was wearing hats! Darren Ford welcomed me back to school, and I thanked everyone. Later on in the morning, Bo Dixon walked into my room wearing a gold glitter top hat.
The morning sessions of Cancer Awareness Day are devoted to education; the afternoon is devoted to Relay for Life activities. American Cancer Society staff members and volunteers are working together with McDonogh staff and volunteers to coordinate the events.
As a cap on the day the entire group of students and volunteers will spell out the word "hope" on the stadium field.
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I gave them a little bit of information about cancer and told them that the best way to help me was to be themselves, and to smile! I explained that I am wearing scarves and hats because I have no hair as a result of the chemotherapy, and that I hated the wig! We made a deal. I told them that if they brought in a hat that made me laugh, I'd wear it in the dining hall.
Olivia L. '10 made me a very wild hat, all piled up a la Carmen Miranda with flowers, fruit, birds, and I wore it. But then I was out for chemo for a whole week. When I returned, I came into my classroom to find flowers, balloons, notes, cards and gifts. I saw two of my advisees in the hall wearing hats, and I thought, "Oh, how sweet--my advisees are wearing hats to make me laugh!" Then I saw Becky Walker with a cowboy hat, and Lucy Martin with a giant English garden type of hat. I started to realize that every 6th grader I saw had a hat on, and when I went to the morning meeting in the Horn Theatre, almost the entire 6th grade, including teachers, was wearing hats! Darren Ford welcomed me back to school, and I thanked everyone. Later on in the morning, Bo Dixon walked into my room wearing a gold glitter top hat.
The morning sessions of Cancer Awareness Day are devoted to education; the afternoon is devoted to Relay for Life activities. American Cancer Society staff members and volunteers are working together with McDonogh staff and volunteers to coordinate the events.
As a cap on the day the entire group of students and volunteers will spell out the word "hope" on the stadium field.