End of the School Year

It's hard to believe another school year has come and gone.  Lily has finished 2nd grade with Mrs. St. Hill and Mia has finished Kindergarten with Mrs. Keesee.  It's been wonderful years for them both!  We have loved these two teachers!  Here are a few things that were going on the last couple of weeks of school.

I was thrilled to help chaperone Lily's class trip to the Renaissance Festival. I remember going once when I was a kid, and I thought it was really cool.  I truly was looking forward to going back.  Even after all these years I enjoyed it!

Lily with some of her friends as we walked in (Emory, McClendon, Lily, Avery and Raegan). 

 Preparing for the joust!  This was everyone's favorite event.

 Lily and Emory choose to spend their souvenir money on making sand art.

 It was a lovely day!

 Mrs. Hobson's 6th grade class also went, so here's a picture of both classes together just before we headed home.

 History Day is always a fun celebration.  The kids love to dress up and enjoy a school-wide feast.  Each class has a different time period: Lily's was Renaissance-era and Mia was Biblical times.  Lily choose to dress up as Christopher Columbus while Mia went as Mary.

 The last day of school is always a half-day and ends with a picnic on the playground.  The last 1.5 hours of the day are the awards ceremony and 8th grade graduation.  It's always a fun event filled with joy and excitement.  At the awards ceremony, Mia received a certificate for winning the poetry contest recently, and she was recognized for excellence in art and music.  Lily was also recognized for excellence in art.  It was so fun to see them receive recognition for their hard work!

Before the school-wide awards ceremony, Mrs. Keesee recognized each child in her class with a character award.  Mia received one for Compassion, defined as "feeling the hurts of others and doing something about it."  We were so proud of her.  What a wonderful characteristic to have.

The girls had lots of fun getting their friends to sign their yearbooks.  Mia was ecstatic when she saw this picture in the yearbook.  In case you can't read it, the caption below says "Yearbook theme inspired by Mia Hooks' spaceship.  Thank you Mia!  Mrs. Rodriguez."  This was Mia's favorite piece of artwork she had created all year, and she loved that it inspired Mrs. Rodriguez in her yearbook production!

It's hard to believe the school year is over, but I'd say it's been a success!