Today was the last day of school for this kiddos and the last day of elementary school for Lex!! They had their end of year ceremony and 5th grade graduation. It was so sweet. He has such a wonderful class! It makes me sad that they’ll be separated into different teams in the middle school.
5th graders enter the gym to great applause. Everyone else (all the classes, plus 5th grade parents and families) were already seated.
There were a lot of awards to sit through. Fortunately everything moved along pretty quickly.
Lex won an award for “Most Improved Musician.”
As he walked back to his seat, his classmates all called his name and put out their hands for high-fives. It was soooo sweet! I didn’t see them do that for anyone else. They all knew about his musical challenges and I think they were proud to see him rewarded for his success. I love his class.
Where there are words, Lex will read them. :)
When I asked Lex later if he was surprised to win a prize and he said, “Not really.” I laughed at his honest, then he clarified, “I was surprised that it was a music award though.” I love his confidence!
These two teachers are retiring after 25 and 30 years in the district. They got many standing ovations. Mrs. Torrey, in the white sweater, is Lex’s teacher this year, and Mrs. Shattie , in the blue dress, was his teacher in 3rd grade. Both are excellent, caring teachers and will be missed by many in the district!
Each kid got a little “diploma” saying they successfully completed 5th grade.
Good bye elementary school!! I’ll have to dig up his “first day of school” photo and compare them. Later.
When Lex said, “Mom, will you take a picture of us?” I said, “Oh yes, of course!!” :)
Oh yeah, this little lady moved up to 4th grade today. She is exited. The 4th grade works on an “open-classroom, co-teaching” model in which two fourth grade teachers (in years past they were in individual classrooms) co-teach, sharing the class and work-load. One is an accomplished math teacher and the other a recognized ELA teacher, and they have very compatible personalities. We attended an open house last week to learn more about the model and how well it works for them last year, their first year co-teaching. Eve is pretty excited that all of her friends will be in her class.
She wanted to make sure Daisy was in the picture with her. :)
Eve got very excited that Daisy looked at the camera too. :)