Last Day of Kindergarten
This last week was an incredibly fun time of enjoying students, meetings, graduations, talent show, and planning our summer fun!
Yesterday was the last day of school. Riley chose to get really dressed up and wore a pale pink dress with lace and tulle layers in the skirt. So adorable! One of my favorite parts was that she wore her tennis shoes with the dress because none of her other shoes are fitting! And it is over 90 degrees (just barely) so it made it easy to run and play.
As we were getting into the car in the morning, I said "Wow Riley! It's your last day to be a Kindergartner." She replied with "Uh - Mom! Don't say that! Call me 'First Grader Riley Grant!" She is so incredibly ready for First Grade and so very ready to be a big girl. Or bigger girl anyway and move into a new hallway.
She had a fun Splash Fun Day at the park and aquatic park at the beginning of the week. They celebrated in class and got their Kindergarten Diploma Certificates and made Memory Books. Mrs. E will always be such an incredible and special person in our lives. So thankful for all the time she poured into Riley this year.
We had our "Donut Fridays" on Thursday this week since school ended on Thursday. The girls and I always stop for donuts every Friday for a special treat and it's something to look forward to at the end of the school week which is nice. They love it! I walked in to get the donuts and one of her favorite families was in there eating together. They paid for our donuts which was so thoughtful. Completely not expecting it and told them that they really didn't have to. Then they replied "Well, I know we don't have to! We want to!" Then they thanked me for a great year. The Hartley family was such a blessing and I'm so blessed to get to teach their beautiful girls!
The last day was a half day and students got out at 12:30pm. The Fifth Graders did their walk-through and walked all the halls before exiting. Always a very sweet and tender time watching them walk through the last time. Especially this year as Madi walked the halls for the last time too. I'm thankful she was able to be at Ethridge the last two years.
Riley found me in the hallway and got really excited to find out who her teacher for next year was going to be. We opened her report card to find the letter from Mrs. Townzen, her First Grade Teacher! Riley is very excited! She came out of the office and I asked if I could bring her down to her room just to see it and meet her. She was up for it so we came down to her room about two hours later to give her some time to clean up and prep for summer.
We visited Mrs. E to take a final picture before Kindergarten ended and to thank her for all that she did through this entire year.
God sure knew what He was doing when He chose Mrs. Townzen for Riley!! Her theme is Puppies!! And her room theme color is blue - blue chairs, blue table, blue boards. Riley loves blue and really loves puppies. Her eyes were so big as Mrs. Townzen talked about it. I could see Riley getting excited about next year and her love for learning growing as the two of them talked about what they do in First Grade.
Mrs. Townzen offered to let Riley take an entire set of books home for the summer to read. She could choose between books about puppies or books about cats. She chose the puppies. Then Mrs. Townzen asked if she had a journal. I told her that she did, but she then said "Well, one more would be good!" She gave Riley a blue notebook to write in for the summer and she could write about the stories that she was reading. Already Riley has read two books with us and has written a few sentences about her books. She keeps telling Julia "Jules! I have to do this work for my teacher! She asked me to write in it so I want to do it!" She's so excited!
They had a great discussion about the Magic Tree House book series. Then we thanked her and left to go get my room all finished up. Riley clung to her notebook and told everyone she saw about how her new teacher gave it to her so she could write in it.
Throughout the day, Riley kept asking "Mom, what is my new teacher's name?"
Then we'd see Mrs. Townzen in the hall and Riley would say "Hi New Teacher! (whispering) Mom, what is her name again? (shouting) Hi Mrs. Townzen!"
My parents picked Riley up around 5:30pm since I had to stay late. Riley was so tired and had a great time with them until she came home for bed.
Yesterday was the last day of school. Riley chose to get really dressed up and wore a pale pink dress with lace and tulle layers in the skirt. So adorable! One of my favorite parts was that she wore her tennis shoes with the dress because none of her other shoes are fitting! And it is over 90 degrees (just barely) so it made it easy to run and play.
As we were getting into the car in the morning, I said "Wow Riley! It's your last day to be a Kindergartner." She replied with "Uh - Mom! Don't say that! Call me 'First Grader Riley Grant!" She is so incredibly ready for First Grade and so very ready to be a big girl. Or bigger girl anyway and move into a new hallway.
She had a fun Splash Fun Day at the park and aquatic park at the beginning of the week. They celebrated in class and got their Kindergarten Diploma Certificates and made Memory Books. Mrs. E will always be such an incredible and special person in our lives. So thankful for all the time she poured into Riley this year.
We had our "Donut Fridays" on Thursday this week since school ended on Thursday. The girls and I always stop for donuts every Friday for a special treat and it's something to look forward to at the end of the school week which is nice. They love it! I walked in to get the donuts and one of her favorite families was in there eating together. They paid for our donuts which was so thoughtful. Completely not expecting it and told them that they really didn't have to. Then they replied "Well, I know we don't have to! We want to!" Then they thanked me for a great year. The Hartley family was such a blessing and I'm so blessed to get to teach their beautiful girls!
The last day was a half day and students got out at 12:30pm. The Fifth Graders did their walk-through and walked all the halls before exiting. Always a very sweet and tender time watching them walk through the last time. Especially this year as Madi walked the halls for the last time too. I'm thankful she was able to be at Ethridge the last two years.
Riley found me in the hallway and got really excited to find out who her teacher for next year was going to be. We opened her report card to find the letter from Mrs. Townzen, her First Grade Teacher! Riley is very excited! She came out of the office and I asked if I could bring her down to her room just to see it and meet her. She was up for it so we came down to her room about two hours later to give her some time to clean up and prep for summer.
We visited Mrs. E to take a final picture before Kindergarten ended and to thank her for all that she did through this entire year.
God sure knew what He was doing when He chose Mrs. Townzen for Riley!! Her theme is Puppies!! And her room theme color is blue - blue chairs, blue table, blue boards. Riley loves blue and really loves puppies. Her eyes were so big as Mrs. Townzen talked about it. I could see Riley getting excited about next year and her love for learning growing as the two of them talked about what they do in First Grade.
Mrs. Townzen offered to let Riley take an entire set of books home for the summer to read. She could choose between books about puppies or books about cats. She chose the puppies. Then Mrs. Townzen asked if she had a journal. I told her that she did, but she then said "Well, one more would be good!" She gave Riley a blue notebook to write in for the summer and she could write about the stories that she was reading. Already Riley has read two books with us and has written a few sentences about her books. She keeps telling Julia "Jules! I have to do this work for my teacher! She asked me to write in it so I want to do it!" She's so excited!
They had a great discussion about the Magic Tree House book series. Then we thanked her and left to go get my room all finished up. Riley clung to her notebook and told everyone she saw about how her new teacher gave it to her so she could write in it.
Throughout the day, Riley kept asking "Mom, what is my new teacher's name?"
Then we'd see Mrs. Townzen in the hall and Riley would say "Hi New Teacher! (whispering) Mom, what is her name again? (shouting) Hi Mrs. Townzen!"
My parents picked Riley up around 5:30pm since I had to stay late. Riley was so tired and had a great time with them until she came home for bed.
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