A Virginia high school crowns students with Down syndrome as their prom king and queen. Students at Jefferson Forest High School in Virginia selected for their prom king and queen, Zane Wales and Anna Anderson, classmates who also happen to have Down syndrome. According to teacher Heather Hevener, the campaign to build support behind them started with a few students as far back as February.
Wales and Anderson’s classmates wanted to show them how important they are to them. "They see these kids every day," Hevener says. "They walk the same halls with these same kids, and they just feel like they're part of them, so they wanted to make sure that they also really felt part of them."
The community around the school pitched in to make the evening even more special, with one company providing a limousine for the couple and a local bridal salon donating attire for the couple. Wales and Anderson were kept in the dark about the titles until it was announced at the prom. It was a night that no one at Forest High will soon forget.
Source: People