Video: Kids Find Their Voices in “High-Five Choir”

By Kevin Tibbles

They may have many voices, but they’re united in just one goal:
to teach themselves and those who will listen to their music that
children who are different in some ways can be alike in other ways
that matter.

At New Trier High School in suburban Winnetka, developmentally
disabled students sing alongside classmates without those
challenges. As all of the children learn skills like sign language,
they also learn to respect and enjoy the company of one
another.

It’s called the “High-Five Choir,” and the founder is director
Susan Vaughan.

“The bigger picture is for young people to go out in this world
and to see people for who they are from the inside, regardless of
the packaging we’re given on the outside,” she said.