George and Avery at Special Olympics.
Me and My Buddy,
George Special Olympics, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program are long-standing Upper School traditions that set our school apart. As an IB student, senior Avery Lynch reflects regularly for the CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) component of the program, which challenges students to consider what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown as an individual through their extracurricular experiences. 10
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# REFLECTION I have always loved little kids and have been anxiously awaiting the time when I would be eligible to participate in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program through Rama Road Elementary. In October, Ms. Ellis, the leader of the Bigs program, told me she felt I was the perfect match for a first-grader named George, who had some special circumstances. George has Down Syndrome and communicates in his very own dictionary of words, signals, and a lot of personality that takes a little extra work to keep up with. All this aside, George was eager to have a big brother or sister like the rest of his classmates, and I was thrilled to be paired with him.
