SUSAN LOESCH

CATS IN THE STACKS

It didn’t rain on our parade today! We all came to school this morning hoping the
weather would cooperate so that our Homecoming Parade could happen, and it did.

The final decision wasn’t made until after first period; Alex occupied his time by visiting classrooms and showing off his gold bandana with the black lion on it – after all, we are the School for the Blind Lions and this was Color Day!

He spent some time in an English class; he seemed to be thinking that Chris might need some help on the paper he was working on. Read the rest of this entry →

SUSAN LOESCH

CATS IN THE STACKS

I’ve always thought of January and February as the draggy, dull months in the school year. Alex assures me that isn’t so, at least for him.

Last week, our secondary social studies students staged a history parade, complete with costumes, signs and drums. Alex had to go out and see what was happening in the hall, and he had his picture taken with the group.

One student in the parade was our exchange student from Turkey. Read the rest of this entry →

SUSAN LOESCH

CATS IN THE STACKS

What IS it about a cat’s tail that makes it such an object of fascination for my very youngest students?  When they visit with Alex they will hold his tail way faster than they will feel his whiskers or even begin to pet him.

My kindergartners were here for a story hour and a visit with Alex last week, and sure ‘nuf when he sat down with them it was all hands on the tail! I remember Jordan, while she was in preschool, meeting Footsie for the first time, immediately grabbing his  tail and gazing at it like it was magic.  She is a grown-up kindergartner this year and now Alex’s tail amazes her.

One of her classmates,  after spending lots of time admiring Alex’s tail, went on to pet him and said to me, “I feel his bones. Why do you feel bones on the outside of his body?” I pointed out how he could feel the bones in his wrist and fingers and spine and we decided that it was much the same as feeling Alex’s bones. Read the rest of this entry →