Margaret had her 8th grade graduation. She managed to match her sister with all A’s (a principal scholar). They are going to allow her to go the 9th grade next year. We were worried.
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5th Grade Graduation
One graduation down. Two more to go. Sam had his graduation (they call it promotion) from 5th grade today. We are done with Van Meter after 13 years. Well, Elizabeth will still do a lot of clay there, but I won’t have to go there again. We are no longer have an elementary school kid.
Margaret got a pretty new dress for her 8th Grade dance. I am a bit worried about how excited she was about going to the dance. I expected her to be more sullen. Seems like she had a good time. Not sure who she danced with. I don’t know if I will have to worry a lot about this one and boys.
Tonight was LGHS Awards night. It was done well, most of the time was spent talking about the students. Katy received 2 scholarships. One from the Home and School Club, the other from CASA. Seeing her in her cap and gown really hit me that she is graduating and going away to school very soon.
We hadn’t been to Maker Faire in a few years. Seems like we hadn’t missed much. Still lots of good stuff there, but harder to find. Many more people than in the years past. We ended up getting tired pretty quickly so we didn’t stay too long. It has inspired Sam to design a 3-d Tardis. Once he gets it done, we will have to figure out how to print it. I am planning on making a geodesic dome as a family project (I just can’t get the family to agree).
Tonight is prom. Lots of very dressed up kids. It seems strange that these kids will be all over the country next year.
I think that the (in)decision was made around May 1st. We are not sure if Katy decided to go to Michigan or that it was just more trouble than it was worth to fill out the paperwork to go to Kenyon. When I asked her the morning that she was supposed to make the decision, she said, “I DON’T KNOW”. I guess she yelled it more than said it. It does seem that she is getting more and more excited about it.
We went back to the exploratorium for the first time in a long time. It has moved since the last time we visited. This time we took George and Susan. George does some of these experiments for his students, just not with materials that can hold up to the abuse. We had fun, we joined for the year, so we will be back.
Katy’s diving career is over. In her last year as a diver, she made CCS (Central California Section). There were 48 girls there. I guess this is the last diving meet I will go to as well. I am curious how the team will do next year without Katy’s coaching. The team has gotten a lot better over the last 4 years.
The last home meet for the year was senior day. The day to recognize all of the seniors on the LGHS Swimming and Diving team. Katy got a nice plaque, some flowers, and they said some nice things about her. They will be in trouble next year without Katy helping out with the coaching.