First Day of School

Tuesday the kids went back to school and I, Alice, went back to work. Technically, the kids never stopped going to school. We homeschool them year round, but we went up to the school building to do our learning on Tuesday.

Here is our incredibly goofy children on their "first day of school" 2012.

Sir Gavin

Miss Macy

Sweet Clara

Princess Arwen 

The enrollment this year is less than ideal. Including our 3, there are only 9 students enrolled. October (count month) is just around the corner! We will need 10 students to keep the school open.

Just another day at the office

These are the only children who came to school this particular day. 

End of the school year!

This past Saturday we held a graduation a Promotion ceremony for our Kindergarteners and 8th graders. All the students were involved in the ceremony. Every child received an award from Joe and had a memory, poem, or advice to share. My favorite poem was read by Macy. Macy was one of two Kindergarten graduates and was the first speaker for the entire ceremony. She marched up to the podium with a mix of nervousness and confidence and stood on her tiptoes in order to reach the mic and recited this poem...

My Teacher Calls Me Sweetie Cakes

My teacher calls me sweetie cakes. My classmates think it's funny to hear her call me angel face or pookie bear or honey. She calls me precious baby doll. She calls me pumpkin pie or doodle bug or honey bunch or darling butterfly. My class is so embarassing I need to find another; just any class at all in which the teacher's not my mother. --Kenn Nesbitt Copyright 2007-All rights reserved  (found here) It took all I had not to tear up (ok maybe I did a little) but how could you not? She looked right at me with that big ol' grin on her face when she read that last word. I am so proud of her! The other Kindergartener went next. Joe did his speech and started handing out the awards to the students not graduating being promoted. Gavin, being the shortest, received his first. His award was for the Most Enthusiastic and states "for being ready to do anything with unbridled excitement." It's so true. Gavin has a great attitude (most days) at school. He also read a poem by Ken Nesbitt, but his was called "A Shark is a Pet." If Macy wasn't so darn cute in that cap and gown he would have won the best speaker award because he was so clear and confident! He was by far the best.  There were other awards for Most Energetic, Strongest Personality, Most Improved Attitude, and Most Promising Musician, to name a few. Everything went wonderfully... well except when the 8th grader "lost" his speech and Joe improvised and eventually had to reprint the speech when we realized it was not to be found. The K & 8th grades received their fancy certificates and handshakes from their principal (Joe) and the Second Chief. After the ceremony, we ate a hotdog and hamburger lunch and watched the 45 minute iMovie I put together. It went well, but we forgot to lock up the student laptops and realized too late that the majority of the students were on the laptops in the classroom instead of watching the video or eating lunch... ah well. Ultimately it was a fantastic day... one more day of class tomorrow, and then we are on to summer break! YAHOOOO!