School Awards

 
I wanted to document the kids little awards that they got at the end of the year from school, because who knows when they will get scrapbooked. In our area they have a special "Breakfast of Champions" for the older students who were on the Citizenship & Honor roll. Tanner qualified again this year, so it was Jeff's turn to experience the event, as I got to go last year. They have an early morning breakfast, two speakers to encourage the kids to keep achieving their goals and then they hand out all the awards. Tanner was also lucky to receive the Presidential Academic Award for excellence. I was glad he was able to make it this year, as the school/district has a new grading system that is wacko! The whole community is outraged as it does not encourage students, but is very subjective depending on the teacher. However that is a soapbox post for another time. We are just happy that he was able to do well.
 

Tate received special awards for science and astronomy. I think Santa brought him a astronomy book a few years ago, so he has taken a little interest in that topic & shared it at school, hence the award.
 
Tucker did well and also brought home several awards. A little side note. Did you notice the change of decor on the fireplace? Yes, the Christmas/Winter stuff finally came down at the first of May, and all the patriotic decor came out. Jeff jokes that we can now leave that stuff up until November and put Christmas back up, then we would only have two changes per year instead of all the different holiday deco we have stored away.
 
Preschool is more about the experience so Tommy wanted to show the treasures that he had made through the year, that his teacher turned into a book. It was darling.

We are glad to get through another year, and hope for the best in the fall.