Promotion Time!

Can you believe it? We have one leaving 5th grade. One leaving 8th grade and one who will go onto his senior year!?!? Where has all the time gone?
Sam had promotion this Tuesday. He was awarded the Presidential Award of Achievement. There were 8 students out of 125 that were given this award. His team of teachers gave it to him because of his outstanding growth both academically and socially this year! We are proud of him!

Nathan was promoted today. The ceremony was beautiful. He was recognized with a group of students as being proof that it is okay to be smart! He was awarded with a Volunteer Award for helping out in the La Cima school community. His teachers had so many positive things to say about him. He is a born leader. I think he will go far in life. He was in National Junior Honor Society, Choir, track and in all honors classes. He will go into high school with two math credits under his belt. (If we can only do something about the hair!:)!)

I promoted 24 5th graders today. As we walked through our final walk through the hallways of the school for the last time I thought about what this year has been both at school and at home - it has been a challenge, a year of growth, a time for friendship and sharing good times, being positive leaders and role models, learning about how important health, family and friends are, growing spiritually, and of course about love! I wasn't sad to see my little kiddos go off to be middle schoolers, but a piece of me always leaves with them as they walk out those doors for the final time. I put a lot of time and love into them - and hope that they leave with a sense of how important they are in this world. They can all make a positive mark - a unique one for some of them!