Ready for her big day!
Gwen has spent the last two years in a Montessori Mandarin immersion class. It has been a wonderful environment for her... we are so grateful for the time she's had in this class! Graduation day was bittersweet. Below is the entrance to her school, announcing the day's big event.
We started in Gwen's classroom for one last circle time with Lao Shi Sharon. She told each graduating child how special they are and much she would miss each one of them, and then gave each of them an album of pictures from the years they spent in her classroom.
After the circle time, there was a drawing for each of the students to win one of the large group art projects that the class created throughout the year. We lucked out with a paint footprint rainbow that could be rolled up... some families took home large cardboard creations. :-) Then cake and fruit was served before the ceremony began outside.
Gwen and friends!
Time for graduation!
There were songs...
Smiles...
A dance...
... and an announcement of the graduates from the Mandarin, English and German classes!
Whoo-hoooo!
With her sweet teacher~
With the guys~
Kindergarten graduation seems like a funny little rite of passage, but it was still a special day with our girl. She was so pleased to have all of us there. :-)
Girlfriends!
...and after it was all over, it was time to play! Hurray!
Gwen has spent the last two years in a Montessori Mandarin immersion class. It has been a wonderful environment for her... we are so grateful for the time she's had in this class! Graduation day was bittersweet. Below is the entrance to her school, announcing the day's big event.
We started in Gwen's classroom for one last circle time with Lao Shi Sharon. She told each graduating child how special they are and much she would miss each one of them, and then gave each of them an album of pictures from the years they spent in her classroom.
After the circle time, there was a drawing for each of the students to win one of the large group art projects that the class created throughout the year. We lucked out with a paint footprint rainbow that could be rolled up... some families took home large cardboard creations. :-) Then cake and fruit was served before the ceremony began outside.
Gwen and friends!
Time for graduation!
There were songs...
Smiles...
A dance...
... and an announcement of the graduates from the Mandarin, English and German classes!
Whoo-hoooo!
With her sweet teacher~
With the guys~
Kindergarten graduation seems like a funny little rite of passage, but it was still a special day with our girl. She was so pleased to have all of us there. :-)
Girlfriends!
...and after it was all over, it was time to play! Hurray!
