Graduation Day

Today was graduation day!

We put on a show for our parents, which went well despite the fact that I have a hard time loving those kinds of things. While I love having a parent in my classroom helping out, having 20+ family members in my little classroom, with my sugared-up kids, frays my nerves.  However, I tell myself to suck it up because I know these things are important for my families.

We sang 3 songs and recited 2 poems that we have learned throughout the year.  After the show, I called each student up and gave them a little certificate and shook their hand.  A co-worker had tri-fold diploma holders as well as a cap and gown, so I took a picture of each student in the cap and gown, glued it in the middle of the folder, then put a Kindergarten diploma on one side and the child's hand print with a poem underneath on the other side.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of that, but they were adorable.

After the show, I only had 5 students left so I put them to work helping me take some things off my walls and  pack up.   The first thing that I ripped down was that calendar wall - it will fall down no more!  Ripping it down felt so good.  Only 5 more days to be all packed up and out of that room!