WILTON – Kindergartner Savannah Hurley resembled a dainty princess dressed in pink Friday as she and fellow classmates at Cushing School boogied to “Shakin’ Down the Sugar.”

Savannah, 6, of Wilton, has dyed her hair pink because she knows she’ll be losing it soon as chemotherapy treatment takes its course on Wilms’, a kidney cancer that now is in her lungs.

Friday was “Pink Day” at Cushing School, and students and staff did it up big in Savannah’s honor.

They wore pink evening gowns, fancy pink party dresses, pink neckties, pink hair ribbons, pink boas, pink hair, pink glasses and lots of other pink accents.

This is Savannah’s second bout with cancer.

Last year, she was diagnosed with a Wilms’ tumor and had one kidney and part of her abdomen removed.

The cancer came back recently and Savannah spent Thanksgiving at Maine Medical Center in the Barbara Bush Wing in Portland for her first round of chemotherapy.

She most likely will be in the hospital again at Christmas, Savannah’s dad, Brian Hurley, said.

Savannah is enduring four sessions of chemotherapy in five days and is a candidate for a stem cell transplant at the Dana Farber Institute, her father said.

She is the oldest of three children with siblings, Kiara, 4, and Donovan, 2.

Savannah loves to dance, play sports and read.

“She’s doing a lot better now,” Hurley said. “She’s on serious medication, taking 11 medications daily.”

Savannah’s mother, Melissa, was having minor surgery Friday and was unable to make the special day for her daughter.

The couple’s son, Donovan, is having the hardest time with the situation because he misses his mother when she goes with Savannah for her treatments, Hurley said.

Savannah’s teacher, Heidi Osgood, sprayed pink coloring in kindergarten teacher Christine Harrington’s hair prior to the school’s morning meeting. Harrington covered her eyes as Osgood sprayed.

“Anything for Savannah,” Harrington said. Savannah had asked her to wear a fancy pink dress, and she did.

At first, Osgood only wanted a streak of pink sprayed in her own hair. But she ended up giving herself a good long spray of pink.

Schoolchildren seated in the gymnasium ate breakfast with most wearing shades of pink.

Trevayne Jackson, 8, wore a pink paper tie and pink clothing as he sat next to his sister, Annaset, also in pink, who is a good friend of Savannah’s. “I’m wearing pink for Savannah. It’s her favorite color,” Trevayne said.

As the morning meeting began with recognition of birthdays and awards for good citizenship and readership, children sat on the floor of the gym.

Savannah sat amongst her friends looking much like a princess.

“She’s a big-time princess lover,” her father said. “Her favorite princess is Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Savannah’s dog, an AKC golden retriever, is named Princess Jasmin.”

Savannah got into the music of “Shakin’ Down the Sugar” as she used her hands to drum and shook her hips in a twist to the tunes.

She smiled at times but just as quickly it was gone.

Students and staff stuffed money into purses for the Hurley family. When it was over, they had raised $800 for the Savannah Fund to help her family with traveling and medical expenses.

Savannah, who her father calls “Peanut,” is very shy, Hurley said. She answered questions with a shake of shoulder and finally said enough to photos with friends.

“She takes a while to get going,” Hurley said, “but when she’s among friends, she is probably the chattiest one there.”

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