Kindergarten Graduation

Well, Jaren is down to 3-1/2 days of Kindergarten and can't wait to be done! If his teachers ever read this, please note that he thoroughly enjoy Kindergarten, but is just ready to see what Miss S has in store for him in 1st grade. He has had a terrific year which is only possible because of the wonderful teachers, Mrs. DeBruin & Mrs. Harris. He has blossomed so much this year socially, spiritually & academically which as a parent is a great blessing to see.

On Friday, they had a small ceremony for the kids. Each child drew a letter out of a hat and had to come up with a costume representing that letter. The kids were so creative in what they came up with and many parents put a lot of time into making the costumes. Jaren drew the letter "U". He first wanted to be an umpire, Kurtis encouraged him to be a pair of underwear, but he finally decided he would really like to be the United States of America. I outlined the United States on poster board and Jaren helped color the individual states in. He topped off the costume that said "Future President". Mrs. DeBruin took the time to interview each child about their costume. It was so fun to see and hear what the kids had to say. Then they recited a bunch of memory verses that they had learned throughout the year. Mrs. DeBruin then had the kids come down one by one to read what their favorite memory verse was and why. It was a special teacher/student time where Mrs. DeBruin said a special good-bye to each one. She ended the ceremony by singing a very special song that talked about living in this moment because you don't know when it will be the last and the time goes by so fast. If I can find the words sometime I will post them because it was such a neat song.

The future President proudly waiting his turn to interview

Mrs. DeBruin (green) & Mrs. Harris (blue) pulling memory verse items out of the bag. These items were used to help the children remember the verses.

Most of the 26 students in alphabet costume.

What graduation would be complete without a cake?
The 3 most important men in my life!

Mrs. DeBruin's interview with Jaren.

Mrs. DeBruin had to come up with all her questions/comments on the spot because she did not know ahead of time what the kids were going to dress like. She is a very creative woman!