It's summertime (for E and M, finally)

The last day of school was June 1st.  Yay!!  Elizabeth and Michael are excited about the summer - no more early mornings, plenty more friends over, and the absence of homework - happy faces all-around.  They both had another great year at Western Elementary; it is so hard to believe E's 6 years there are over.  They genuinely loved their teachers this year (photos below) and all of their hard work paid off, evidenced by the school's Awards Program.

 

Michael earned all A's for the year, received the Math Master Award, and achieved perfect attendance.  His class had awards for enrichment classes, and Michael received both the Spanish Award as well as the Music Award (given to the student who progressed the furthest playing the recorder). He also was one of 2 students to be recognized for the Secret Closet Reading Society, as well as Writing Wizards (an enrichment program).   

Elizabeth also had perfect attendance for the year - her fifth year of perfect attendance!!  She received all A's for the year and was one of a few in her class to receive the Certificate of Excellence, given to students who earn all A's during the four years letter grades are given in elementary school.  Because Elizabeth earned over 1000 Accelerated Reader points during her elementary school years, the school designated May 13th, 2011 Elizabeth McKenzie Day and she received several prizes, rewards, and acknowledgements as a result.  We are so very proud of our children's accomplishments.

I know they're sad they won't see their school friends each day now, but I think the excitement they feel about summer break outweighs that sadness.  I personally am super-psyched about spending more time with them, especially because that time won't involve homework, spelling words, and permission slips!  Summer 2011, here we come!