J.Lo Drops in on Staten Island Graduation

Yesterday a group of 8 autistic children graduating from P.S. 37 had a treat in store as Jennifer Lopez stood amongst the audience. The school is in Staten Island's Great Kills neighborhood, and the 10 and 11-year-old kids were performing her song and dance routine for "Let's Get Loud." SI Live reports on the singer's cameo.

The class was first introduced to Lopez's music a few months ago when they had to choose a song to dance to at graduation. Teacher Kathy Amati and paraprofessional Rose Mondella showed the students the "Let's Get Loud" video as a suggestion, and the class of eight boys loved it. They wanted to watch it every day and learned all of the lyrics and dance moves from the video.

"The kids don't even really understand how famous she is," said Ms. Amati. "They just really like her singing and dancing."

After some letters were sent off to J.Lo's fan club, Amati didn't expect much more than an autograph sent in return -- but yesterday afternoon one of J.Lo's reps called the school inquiring about the graduation ceremony time, and the singer showed up!

Photo via SI Advance.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on June 18, 2008 10:21 AM

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sonyactivision

"And if you stay in school and study hard...you can have an ass as big and fine as mine!"

Gothamist_Cynic

that woman in that picture looks nothing like J. Lo unless she has aged really bad.

Jen Chung

I love this story! Yay, Jenny, and yay, graduates of PS 37!

JRod5417

Kudos to J.Lo. I guess some celebrities actually read their fan mail.

jenspellnogood

Very nice, glad that it was kept low key and it was all about the kids. When celebrities realize that some people hold them in such high regard, it's nice to see them honor it. Good for her.