Another school year complete! Izzy will never again be a preschooler (sniff) and Evie is on her way to 4th grade! Yesterday was the prize
giving ceremony at their school, which is always a fun event for the
kids. They each got to sing a song in French (as well as another song or
two in English) and cheer on their friends for the end of the year
prizes. In between the two prize giving ceremonies was a little festival with jumping castle, crepes, hot dogs, and a musical performance by a singer from the Ivory Coast. (I missed this interlude because I went back to work for those 2 hours while Patrick played with this girls)
The big news is that this year Genevieve won a prize! Recall, if you
will, last year Izzy won the responsible prize for the preschool. Well
the preschool gives prizes based on the key characteristics that the
Cambridge learning system encourages. The junior school kids, however,
receive prizes for by academic subject (each language, math, science,
art, music, and PE). In each subject one child from all grades receives
the subject prize... and this year Genevieve won for science!
In introducing the prize the school's science teacher said that she was
impressed by Genevieve's commitment to doing her science fair project,
her constant hard work in class, and that she shows a love for
environmental sciences in particular. Not only that but she received a
120% on her year-end exam! She recommended that Evie consider a career
in science, particularly one that involves "creativity and chaos" :) Her
prize was a certificate, a cool optical illusions book, and a set of
super strong magnets. Way to go Evie!!
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