Excellence

Today I was lucky enough to recieve an invitation to Benny's school for the year-end awards ceremony.  Benny has earned several awards this year!

I have to say, as I said earlier with Sam's post, that fourth grade sure flew by.  This was the year both boys transitioned to new schools:  Sam to middle school, and Benny moved from Primary to the Elementary school next door.  He was nervous, but big brother gave him lots of reassurance.  I remember endless conversations between those two, going over each teacher Benny might get, and whether or not they were nice.  Sam kept telling him, yes, that one is nice.  That one, too. And that one....in fact, Sam could only come up with one teacher was "kind of not nice," and a couple he didn't know well enough to comment on.

The fretting continued but no fears.  Benny's teacher has definitely been nice. Not only that but she has made sure Benny has gotten an excellent fourth grade education and had some fun along the way.  I have not heard one peep from Benny this year about "not liking school."  And I am so grateful!

This year, Benny made honor roll. He also got the following awards:

Excellence in Reading

Excellence in Language Arts

Excellence in Science

I'm very proud of him, for so many reasons.  Here he is getting his award.  That is his prinicple handing it to him, and his teacher at the microphone. 

And now he's checking them out, moments before the audience gave all the winners a huge round of applause.

Great job, Benny!!

I'm going to miss Elementary school!  Much like primary school, this place felt like a big family.  There was a good sense of caring and cohesiveness and calm, happy kids in this school.  I thought both schools were great.

Next year Benny becomes a fifth grader, which hardly seems possible. And once again he'll move.  The county is changing up the grade levels and moving things around, so next year fifth and sixth grade will be held at the county middle school, and Sam's middle school will house seventh and eigth graders.  It's going to be weird seing my ten year-old walking the halls of a middle school, regardless of the fact that all his other little ten year-old friends will be right there with him.

Time is definitely passing by pretty fast.

But for now, it's summer.  And summer never goes by fast.  Summer meanders, wanders, and eventually drags.  So for the next few months, at least, time will slow down.

Happy summer everyone!