Only the head cheerleader goes out with the high school quarterback right? Not so at McCamey High School in West Texas, where a girl with Down syndrome got the surprise of her life.
Cesyli Prieto, a high school student with Down syndrome, just wanted to go to prom like everyone else.
That’s when Adrian Alonzo, the varsity quarterback, asked if she would be his date.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” said Adrian, who presented Cesyli with flowers and a tiara with his prom-posal… the tiara she refused to take off.
Adrian is “one of the most polite, most conscientious, high-moral character kids that we have at this school,” said Jay McWilliams, McCamey’s principal.
Cesyli’s mother echoed the sentiment in a Facebook post where she thanked everyone who made her little girl’s dream come true.
On the night of the prom, Cesyli shined in a sparkly back dress and her tiara, of course.
But soon the tiara would have to come off to make room for something else… the prom queen crown.
Cesyli beamed as she spent the rest of the night doing what she loved most… dancing.
US high schools are depicted in popular culture as being places where ‘mean girls’ and jocks reign in terror. But this story shows quite a different side to the ‘popular’ kid image — here he is kind, compassionate, and simply a wonderful human being. Kudos to him.
