Kindergarten Completed

William's last day of kindergarten was today. He had a great year and has come a long way. He doesn't seem as sensitive and emotional as he was at the beginning of school. I still remember how he had such a hard transition to school and I had to stand and wave at the bus until it was out of sight while he pressed his face against the window. He missed me, he said.

He doesn't seem to miss me as much and has gone happily to school since October or so. A lot of this has to do with his teacher. Ms. Renee is fantastic and did such a good job with William. We love her and will miss her next year!

Yesterday the kindergarten had their end of year program. They all sang a lot of songs - seriously, they could have cut the number of songs they sang in half and still been fine - and had a slide show with all the kids pictures. Ms. Renee's class had something extra to show us after all the other classes were dismissed - dancing! The kids learned how to do the Virginia Reel (I was working in the classroom the first day we taught it to them and am still recovering) and how to do some Hawaiian dances as well. Here is William with his poi ball:

He had some trouble with it, but they all did. And they were wearing their cowboy hats and bandanas in anticipation of the Virginia Reel, which Jay tried to get on video but it didn't turn out well. You can't really tell what's going on because they kept getting confused so it just looks like a lot of kids intermittantly clapping and jumping around.

So kindergarten is over. Next year will be a big year for William - first grade (and I'm kind of dreading it because I think he'll have a hard time adjusting to going to school all day, although maybe he'll surprise me) and a new school (they changed school configurations and boundaries in our district so the kids will be at a new school that will be K-5). Until then, summer awaits. If the temperature will ever get above 70.