MaeLyn's Musings

A couple weeks ago, I received a phone call that John was going to receive a reward at the 8th grade awards ceremony. I attended the ceremony, and watched as teachers passed out certificates to students who had shown outstanding work in each area, math, science, leadership, creativity, etc. The ceremonies were nearing the end, and John had yet to receive anything. I started to wonder if they had changed their minds or if there had been a mistake. And then John's name was called. He received an award they called, "The Sir Isaac Newton Award for Scholarship". He had earned the highest over all GPA over the three years of middle school of all the 200 or so students in the 8th grade at his school. Wow! I am very proud of him and all his hard work.

It is the last day of school! No more seminary. No more homework. No more uniforms. No more tests. No more concerts.  At least for a few months, anyway. Joshua and Mrs. Overton Yesterday morning as we were preparing to leave for school, Josh told me, "Oh yeah, the awards celebration is this morning at 8:00! I was supposed to make you an invitation, but I was doing MAPS testing and forgot." Luckily, I didn't have anywhere else to be that morning, so I got to attend Joshua's Celebration for 5th grade. The celebration was held in an engineering lab that had been decorated with streamers and balloons. They started off the program by showing a slideshow of pictures taken through the school year. Then they had some student presentations followed by the handing out of awards. What I liked best about this celebration were the many different cheers that the two fifth grade teachers had the parents and students do for the students being recognized. They had a different ...

Last week, the young women in our ward had their Night of Excellence, a chance for them to show off the projects they have been working on throughout the year. The theme for the evening was lighthouses. Hannah shared the washcloths that she has been working on knitting. Other girls sang, played piano, learned to bake treats, did family history indexing, and submitted applications for college. Earlier that day, Steven and I attended an awards ceremony where Hannah received an award for achieving a 4.0 GPA for her first trimester this school year. Way to go, Hannah!