Caitlyn

On the last week of school, the kids had their last trimester honor roll assembly. The previous principal always neglected to bother to do this and it always bothered me. The kids still worked really hard and should be recognized for it. They were too busy planning for 6th grade promotions and endless parties. I guess the previous principal was also already looking forward to the summer break and didn't want to do any more.

Caitlyn had her assembly first on Monday morning. The lighting in the multipurpose room is awful though. I can never get decent pictures. Between not wanting to use an obnoxious huge flash and being distracting and annoying, the bad lighting and the other rude parents blocking the way because they are all taking pictures one foot away from their kids with their iphones, you can't get a good picture.

We were so proud that Caitlyn got high honors for this last trimester plus she got special honors for getting honor roll all year long. That is one of the new awards this new principal has created for the kids. They even gave out medals for those who had perfect attendance all year. The girls were super disappointed to miss out on that one. Caitlyn missed two days this last trimester from sicknesses and Emily missed by one day this trimester and I think she missed one in the first trimester as well.

After the assembly, the first graders got to go out to the park adjacent to the school and have a picnic.

They just got to play all morning at the playground. They played tag and a few other games...and for those who needed a break, they had coloring and other activities they could take a break doing. They had their lunch out there and there were tons of juice pouches and snacks for after lunch.

The girl in the yellow t-shirt that appears in almost all of Caitlyn's pictures is one of Caitlyn's closest friends this year. Even Emily played with the two of them sometimes during certain recesses that they shared. I really liked her because she was a good kid who involved and taught Caitlyn to play more active games like soccer and things that I don't think Caitlyn would have otherwise joined in on. Plus, she is a pretty big girl and there was less of a chance anyone would mess with Caitlyn with her around! That's always a good thing!

Unfortunately, she lives on the eastside of town and will be changing schools with the re-alignment of the school boundaries that came with the closing of Hyatt. I think Caitlyn is losing several friends because of this.