Handsome kid, don't you think? The elementary school made a big deal out of promotion. The gym was totally decorated and the kids all dressed in Sunday best -- dresses & ties! All the boys had boutonnieres and the girls corsages. What an impressive looking group! Their behavior was excellent as well and everyone cheered for everyone as they marched across the stage to get their advancement certificate.I played "Pomp and Circumstance" a bazillion times while all the kids (over 100 of 'em!) walked across the stage, so this is a darn good picture considering that Mark was the camera man with a new and unfamiliar camera AND he was wrestling Matthew at the same time. This is Jared shaking hands with the school principal and the graduation speaker, Ivan Paz, a former Mets player.
A couple more photos:
Jared was surprised to receive a President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, signed by Obama and everything. He was one of 2 or 3 in the class that received the award. That made him feel really good. He has worked hard all year to get excellent grades and we're very proud of him.
4 comments:
Congrats to Jared! I love how he is wearing running shoes with his dress clothes. Classy!
How much did you have to pay him to let you take a picture of him?
I had to make sure those shoes were in the picture so that we could tease him about it when he's much older.
Amazingly, he didn't even fight me for the photo op!
That's super cool! I don't think our school does anything like that - guess I'll find out in 4 more years.
It looks like Jared is well on his way to Vawdrey man hood - just needs a short polyester tie to go with the running shoes ;).
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