Kindergarten Graduation

Some of you know and others will not be aware that we transferred Hadden to a new school at the end of January.  He moved to the Thomas Edison Charter School, where he learned a great deal and was extremely happy!  The school is very traditional and very academic.  Hadden is a bright boy and needed different academic environment to succeed in.  I cannot even begin to express how amazing the teachers, faculty and staff at this school are.  We were SUPER worried about making this change for him, especially mid-year, but they welcomed him with open arms, caught him right up with his class, and challenged him to learn and apply himself in areas that were difficult for him.  We are so proud of him!

Always serious about life, this kid is!

I pledge allegiance…

They learned a song entitled, I Am Ohana, from their recess monitor, Mrs. Meatonga.  She is a cute, spunky 80-year-old, Hawaiian woman who is out on the playground with those kids every day.  We are so thankful for her and the other dedicated staff at Thomas Edison!  The song was all about how they are great kids, who can give kindness and love all around.  It was beautiful!  Here is Hadden poking his head up right before it starts.

Mrs. Larsen, his Teacher.

Mrs. Griffiths and Mrs. Peterson.  They were both full-time “aides” in his class.  They really were like 2 more teachers and were so great with the kids.  They welcomed Hadden into their class and helped him to excel. 

Each child got a personalized certificate for the year.  Some were silly, some were funny, some were serious.  Hadden got the Super Student award.  They talked about how he came in the middle of the year and did his best and fit right in with his class and really applied himself to lean what they taught.  His was the first certificate to be handed out because, it went along with…

The spelling bee champ award.  We were stunned!  Hadden is amazing at reading, great at math, super-inquisitive, and very intelligent.  When he got to Thomas Edison, he really couldn’t spell.  I’m not exaggerating.  He hadn’t had any formal spelling at his other class and he didn’t know any rules of spelling.  He obviously put in a lot of work to get to the point where he could win the spelling bee.  We are so proud of his dedication and desire to learn!