as rachel norton said, we are a community-based class that focuses on life skills and getting studentsrepared for after public education and getting ready for adult programs. and we look for our students' passions and learn to foster those passions. this was an incredible example of finding a talent and fostering that talent. being a community-based program, we are lucky we get to find the san francisco master arts program. we are volunteering, working, learning life skills and visiting places, which was a fun place to visit all those mural. when we were learning about ruth asawa, i learned about her art and met her. and i got to share my students' letters with her and pictures of our process and art work and things we had been doing and it was a touching experience to have that. steven and joel are fabulous and i will be missing them this year. they are graduating and going to an adult program for adults with developmental disabilities where they will continue to make art. i'm thankful to my principal and susan for helping this become a reality. i have an amazing administration. the v