Isaiah's pace Isaiah is quiet, patient. He tells you through his eyes that he's listening. When he got to HOPE, Isaiah could not write his name. He didn't know all his colors or how to completely tie his shoes. Ms. Bates, his kindergarten teacher, told Connie not to worry.
All kids develop at their own pace.
Isaiah is beginning to reach his pace. Connie likes the order she has seen in his classroom, the teachers' control, the learning. She volunteers twice a week. Isaiah's classmates were at first distantly shy, then curious, but now reach out to touch her when she arrives. It really is an academically based school,'' she says.