Ms. Mirel started the cry when saying goodbye to Elliot, and said how much she will miss him. She is from Philadelphia (Montgomery County), not far from where I grew up, and is returning there to teach at her mother’s preschool.

June 2, 2022. Last day of The Purple Room at the Garden Preschool. Graduation ceremony for the Blue Room (children one year older than Elliot). Elliot’s class, the Purple Room, sang the Alphabet Song and another song — in Hebrew. It may have also been the alphabet; I could not hear it very well.