End of School Year Awards

We could not be MORE PROUD today...... Jack & Caroline had their last third grade awards today and they did stellar these last 9 weeks! Aside from receiving their Honor Roll awards, Caroline also received a Citizenship Award and Jack received a medal for perfect score on his History SOLs!!!! I was certainly beaming with pride today at the awards assembly and texting Mommy the whole time. I wish she could have been there this morning to see them get their awards. We are so proud of both of you today for your third grade accomplishments. You are officially FOURTH graders now! Oh my gosh....... Below are photos of each of them with their awards, but I also wanted to take a few others. Caroline and Ms. Hineman, her third grade teacher who has been absolutely wonderful for Caroline this year. We found out the other night that Ms. Hineman is moving and won't be returning to LCES next year. After putting the kids to bed, Caroline came back downstairs crying and told us the news. She was very sad that she won't see Ms. Hineman in the hallways next year. Ms. Hineman has been her favorite teacher so far. It was heartbreaking to see Caroline go through this the other night. The other photo is of Jack with his third grade buddies, Kyle and Nicholas. They have been buds since Kindergarten and absolutely love hanging out together. I hope they will continue to be friends and have lasting friendships for years to come. I look at the kids and realize how fast they are growing up and find myself with mixed emotions; happy to see them grow and develop into independent, mature, caring, smart, loving, kind people; but then sad realizing how quickly they seem to slipping away as they grow into themselves and find their identities. Pretty soon, they won't be 'needing' us. As parents, we will continue to do our best to guide them and prepare them for their future and hope for the best. We love you so very much and know you are going to do great in 4th grade. CAROLINE'S HONOR ROLL AWARD JACK'S HONOR ROLL AWARD CAROLINE'S CITIZENSHIP AWARD JACK's SOL HISTORY AWARD - PERFECT SCORE! CAROLINE & MS. HINEMAN JACK & HIS BUDS, KYLE and NICK