End of the School Year

Another school year has come to and end. This time, we had two kids ending their years with programs. We are so proud of Riley and Kamryn and the work that they put in this year. I borrowed an idea from a friend and made a crayon wreath for both of our teachers and they loved it. We also had each girl write a note and draw them a picture. We're thankful that they both had great teachers and learned so much, especially Kamryn.

Riley and her awards

Riley finished up all her stuff and spent basically the last two and a half weeks of school just playing around. She had an awards ceremony were we found out that she made the Principal's honor role (all A's) for the nine weeks and the year. We have a deal with Riley that she has to keep her grades up to get the Christmas present she wants (a wii). She had also gotten little awards for reading and math as school was ending. I think she read the most books or scored the most points on AR tests (questions on books they've read they answer on the computer) for her class because she got a really nice hat from her teacher and she said she was the only one. We can really see a difference in her reading. She's always been a good reader, but we weren't sure she would make that leap to chapter books since they take longer to read. So far, it hasn't been a problem. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep it up through the summer. I'm up for suggestions on books she might like.

Her class had a great end of year party. We had a luau theme and one of the moms had awesome decorations. The girls all had grass skirts and some of the boys wore Hawaiian print shirts. They made bracelets or door hangers, colored pictures, ate pizza and chips, and played games. Then we went outside for ice cream and the limbo contest. I do have to say that I did as well as most of the kids, but had to eventually stop as they got too low. They really enjoyed their day and it was a fun way to end a wonderful year. Even Riley's teacher Mrs.Powell had fun!

Kamryn was in an end of year program at her school on Friday (the last day of school). She learned all kinds of songs, verses and poems to perform. Her class (pre-k 3) was very cute and they all knew their parts. I'm sure it's daunting to be up on the 'stage' in from of all the parents for their class and those for k-4, but they did great. Kamryn was in the center and was the loudest it seemed like (taking after her sister I suppose). It's amazing how much kids can retain! While Riley would always do the whole program for us in the weeks leading up to it, Kamryn would only do parts and pieces here and there. Actually, it turned out that she knew parts from the k-4 class presentation as well as hers.

Kamryn and her class saying a poem

Singing a song

Kamryn with her best friend Taylor

Kamryn getting her awards.

She received an award for Bible, letters, phonics, numbers and counting. She also got one for getting all 'outstanding' in her subjects all year. Then, she got a surprise award - the citizenship award. We are very proud of her for this. This particular award only goes to one student in each class. Kamryn's teacher. Mrs. Wise, said that Kamryn was the recipient as she was most teachable all year, was a good listener as well as a good student, and was a good friend to all in the class.This is one area where she is definitely diferent than Riley.