REACH School 2011 Graduation June 16

REACH School's graduation and final concert of the year was held June 16 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in St. Lambert.

The school, which provides specialized education for children, aged 4-21, with intellectual disabilities, celebrated the achievements of three young graduates and presented a number of awards, accompanied by an inspirational concert program.

Included in this year's awards were, the James O'Donnell Memorial Award, the Bill Clahane Memorial Award, elementary and secondary awards from the Riverside Teachers' Union, the Sheila Woods Memorial Award, the Riverside School Board Bursaries Achievement Awards, the REACH Certificate of Merit, the Riverside Administrators' Awards, the Commissioner's Awards of Merit, The Sports Merit Award, the Travel Training Award, the Work Study Award, the Music Award, the Robert Hobbs Memorial Award, and the Michael Poirier Memorial Award.

Congratulations to this year's three graduates, to all the award winners and to all the students and teachers of REACH for another successful year!


Members of the entire community joined in for a rousing rendition of the REACH Song, which is as follows:

The REACH Song

When the world leaves you feeling blue, you can count on me
I will be there for you
When it seems all your hopes and dreams
Are a million miles away, I will reassure you
We got to stick together, good friends there for each other
Never ever forget that I got you and you got me, so

Chorus:
Reach for the stars, climb every mountain higher,
Reach for the stars, follow your heart's desire,
Reach for the stars and when the rainbow's shining over you
That's when your dreams will all come true.

There's a place waiting just for you, it's a special place
Where all you dreams all come true,
Fly away, swim the ocean blue, drive that open road
Leave the past behind you
Don't stop, gotta keep movin'
Your hopes, you gotta keep buildin'
Never ever forget that I got you and you got me

Chorus

Don't believe in all that you've been told
The sky's the limit, you can reach your goal
No one knows just what the future holds
There ain't nothin' you can't be
There's the whole world at your feet

REACH, Climb every mountain
REACH, Reach for the moon
REACH

The song was written by a member of the REACH community a few years ago. It would be much appreciated if someone could fill in the name of the author by way of a comment.