6th grade promotion

How handsome and tall is Max getting?!

He had his 6th grade promotion today from Highland Park Elementary School.  Nona came to see it, and Ben came from his 3rd grade classroom to watch, but then scooted off to recess. And Andrew was at kindergarten water day, but the rest of us were there. Andrew informs me that they watched the 6th graders sing their songs yesterday for the school.

Max was presented with the Hope of America award for a large service project he did with some friends. They volunteered many Friday afternoons at a senior living center.  This morning they invited parents to come up with their child, but Millie chose that moment to be really thirsty, so I tried to take a picture of JB with Max and here is the fuzzy far away result.

That head in the front there is a friend of ours. He turned and said, "It's too bad JB and Max look nothing alike!"

He was also recognized for helping with the Safety Patrol all year.

Max has gone to this school for 8 years. They stopped hosting the preschool after him and before the rest of our boys.  Here is his preschool graduation:

Other Max school posts include
-First day of preschool
-celebrating his birthday at preschool
-preschool graduation
-First day of kindergarten
-last day of kindergarten/celebrating birthday (which includes one of my favorite Max pics ever)
-first day of First Grade
-last day of First Grade
-first day of Second Grade (no last day of 2nd Grade pics. I was about to have baby James)
-first day of Third Grade (a 3/4 split class that year)
-last day of Third Grade
-first day of Fourth Grade (when I thought he could never get any older)
-last day of Fourth Grade/Max's class opera (featuring a solo)
-first day of Fifth Grade (I swear this was just the other day, I remember writing the post so clearly)
-last day of Fifth Grade
-first day of Sixth Grade
-Christmas program (featuring the shoulder shimmy)