It has been one heck of a school year, hasn't it folks? Whether you have attended school face to face or virtually or a combination of the two- it has certainly been 'one for the books'! Someone remarked to me the other day something that really hit home to me: sometimes it's hard to remember that 'this' has happened to EVERYONE on a GLOBAL scale. Think about that for a second- when I am busy complaining about something or being completely frustrated with some situation... I need to sit back and remember: the ENTIRE WORLD is going through this at some scale. Every child will have this year as an imprint on their memory. What a massive thing to imagine?! And it helps me to put it into perspective and realize how absolutely LUCKY and BLESSED we were and ARE. I am truly thankful.
My kiddos had an amazing school year. They started the year going every other day in person for 4 weeks and then went every day for the remainder of the school year (mom went every day from the start). Kaitlyn loved her 5th grade teacher: Mrs. Foster and her class. She made some new friends that ended up being her core little 'trio' throughout the entire year (so cute!). She was also able to continue cheer throughout the year. Mikey started a gifted and talented class which was pretty tough and for him to figure out how to manage the workload through the year along with all of his extracurricular activities. This meant he had two classrooms this year and two teachers: Mrs. Warren for homeroom and Mrs. Keckeis for GT both of whom he adored. He also was able to start back into sports which started up for him in the spring (yay for spring soccer and football- he was SO pumped!). With all of the added bumps and hiccups along the way I am super proud of my two band members and ELATED to say that Mikey finished the year on the A/B honor roll (SO SO SO close to all A/'s.... with that pesky 89 on his Math grade getting him on the end 😄-- he'll get it next year!). He was also given the 'Group Genius Award' by his teacher which he was MOST proud of because it was the first time he was NOT given the 'Class Clown Award' (be still my heart). Kaitlyn finished elementary on the A honor roll having gotten A's for the entire YEAR (proud mama alert) as well as getting the Math award for her class and a Ambassador Award for Leadership and being a Positive Role Model.
And on that note- this WAS Kaitlyn's last year of elementary school and now she's on to Middle School (can you believe it??)! Normally, there would be a 'Promotion Ceremony where all parents would be invited to attend and watch the students receive their awards and certificates but with circumstances being what they are, the ceremony was still done but then sent to parents via email so that we could watch it / attend 'virtually' (I have to say, I think Kaitlyn rather preferred this method as opposed to having a room full of adults staring at her and applauding every 30 seconds for each student.... and I have to admit, I don't entirely disagree!). We had a nice family dinner at home and were able to watch her on our big screen in the comfort of our living room while we 'hooted' and 'hollared' for our girl-- much to her embarrassment.
Now we can move on to enjoying what little of a summer we will have this year (the shortest one we have ever had!).... but we will do our best!!
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