School Prepares For Pope's Visit.
BANFIELD: As the pope visits the United States, one of the most exciting things to watch is his interactions with the people, particularly little people, children. He kisses the babies. And he hugs the little ones. Just a short time ago, this was the scene in Washington, D.C., adorable. He greets the older boys and girls. He gives them blessings. They all have their phones out, taking selfies and their parents are taking the most memorable shot perhaps of their life. And at 4:00 P.M. tomorrow, the pope is going to make a visit to a lot of little people, those who go to Our Lady Queen of Angels School. He's going to meet with families of migrants in Harlem. Joanne Walsh is the principal at Our Lady Queen of Angels, she's here with me live along with eighth grader Shaila Cuellar who is going to present the pope with a gift. I'm so excited to have you. But probably nowhere near as excited as you are for tomorrow. Tell me are you -- do you get butterflies in your tummy?</s>SHAILA CUELLAR, STUDENT OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS: Yes, a lot of butterflies.</s>BANFIELD: You've been doing a lot of preparations, Sheila?</s>CUELLAR: Yes, many preparations at school.</s>BANFIELD: Do you think you're ready for this?</s>CUELLAR: Yes.</s>BANFIELD: Because you know you've been watching all that coverage and you seen the pope moving his way through all these events in Washington. Do you think it's going to be as big of a deal when he gets to your school?</s>CUELLAR: Yeah, really big deal.</s>BANFIELD: What's the gift you're giving him?</s>CUELLAR: It's a book of prayers called Spiritual King. And that's from all the students of all the schools, the archdiocese of New York.</s>BANFIELD: How did you end up being the very lucky little girl who got the job of giving the pope a gift?</s>CUELLAR: We had to write an essay of the people who were interested of meeting the pope. And then they chose out names. And I was one of them.</s>BANFIELD: So you were the best. Joanne, this is so exciting.</s>JOANNE WALSH, PRINCIPAL, OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS: Oh, it's wonderful.</s>BANFIELD: How did it come about he was going to end up in your school?</s>WALSH: I think there was a committee that made that choice. But I think in the end it was the fact that at Our Lady Queen of Angels many of the things that Pope Francis had asked to be able to interact with children. We have children.</s>BANFIELD: You got a lot of them.</s>WALSH: And also with some of the clients of catholic charities. And we work closely with catholic charities even in our building. So it just was a natural choice for his visit since he's here such a short time.</s>BANFIELD: So during the break when we were getting ready to go live and talk to our audience, I asked you, wow, you must have closed the school a day early and got the security preparations all in order. No. Shaila had a math test this morning so it's business as usual at the school this morning.</s>WALSH: It is business as usual. I think that's the beauty of this whole event that Pope Francis is coming into a living school, into a living community, where they -- he's just well loved. But we're about educating children, everyday counts. And so this morning, we did dismiss early, but it was business as usual. And I have to say, with all of the preparations that were taking place on the first floor, I just asked Shaila myself, "What was it like upstairs?" And she said "It was just school."</s>BANFIELD: It was just school. How did you do on the math test, do you know? (OFF-MIC)</s>BANFIELD: OK, so here's the big question. I'm sure you've been thinking a lot about it. You're going to present the pope with the book of prayers. Are you going to ask him anything? Are you going to tell him anything? Are you going to say anything to him?</s>CUELLAR: Yes.</s>BANFIELD: Tell me.</s>CUELLAR: I am.</s>BANFIELD: Is it a secret or can you share?</s>CUELLAR: Well, I'm going to say to him that this is a gift from all the students to him. We give this to him with all our love.</s>BANFIELD: Now, did you memorize this? Are you just going to go off the cuff? Are you going to read it? How are you going to present? What do you think?</s>CUELLAR: I memorized it in Spanish.</s>BANFIELD: You memorized it in Spanish? You're going to speak to him in Spanish?</s>CUELLAR: Yes.</s>BANFIELD: Can you say it to me in Spanish?</s>CUELLAR: (Speaking Foreign language)</s>BANFIELD: OK, I don't speak Spanish, but that was I almost brought a tear to my eye. Thank you, my dear. Good luck tomorrow. I'm so jealous and I'm very excited for you.</s>WALSH: For Sheila's family, this is very important.</s>BANFIELD: Wonderful.</s>WALSH: I think she's going to share with Pope Francis about her little brother who was born last year. And...</s>CUELLAR: Yes.</s>BANFIELD: Congratulations.</s>CUELLAR: Yeah, he -- we named him Francisco in honor of Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi.</s>CUELLAR: Oh, OK, I'm so excited to watch this live tomorrow. Thank you both, Sheila, thank you Joanne, good luck tomorrow, we'll be watching closely. And we sure appreciate you coming on today. Thank you. And thank everyone for watching. It's been great to have you with us. CNN continues it's coverage after this quick break.