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| Congratulations 6th Grade! |
The start of a week of celebration began on December 8, 2011 with the promotion of kindergarten. There were 5 “graduates” that will begin 1st grade next school year. This was an adorable ceremony where they even did a dance for all of us!
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| Congrats Paula! |
Just a quick note: Paula, who just was promoted to 1st grade and is shown above, is probably thee biggest tomboy I have ever met for a little girl. She is also someone that isn't fast to give her trust...Ryan relates her to the personality of a cat - you have to work for any affection. After almost 3 months, she finally is giving us the time of day, and we have fallen in love with her. She also doesn't like girly things and has somewhat of a "tough-girl" attitude...BUT when we saw her in her beautiful dress this night, she couldn't stop smiling. She was so proud of herself, and we were all proud of her.
In addition to the promotion of kindergarten, 6th grade also gets promoted. In Honduras, this is a big deal because the majority of students who attend primaria or primary school, don’t even finish all the way to 6th grade, and if they do complete 6th grade, they don’t continue to colegio or high school. At AFE, completing 6th grade is a big deal, too, and there are incentives to continuing to colegio. Starting in 7th grade, students receive a uniform – which here in Honduras is a special deal – and they also have multiple teachers as opposed to staying with one teacher for the entire day.
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| Congratulations, Leily! |
This was a day full of many miracles because there were 16 graduates from 6th grade including 3 adults from the afternoon school! This was the FIRST graduation with adults! Praise God!
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| Lindsay, Nancy, Me, Hollie |
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| Elise, Me, and Becky |
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