My Kindergarten Graduate

Dear Kaedyn.....

Today you graduated Kindergarten.  Today you made us so proud.  (You make us proud every day.)  In my day, Kindergarten was full of writing your name, coloring, playing, cutting, writing....  but we didn't have homework like you do.

You are so smart, I can't even express how brilliant you are.  You amaze us EVERY DAY with something you say that we wouldn't expect you to know.  The other day you asked me how long to microwave a sandwich and I said "1.3.0.  A minute and a half."   and you said ... "basically 90 seconds" ...  I looked at your dad and I said "did you hear that?"  ... lol...

I cried the day you started Kindergarten.  As you reluctantly took a step forward and then hid behind me.  You begged me not to leave, which just broke my heart because I never want you to be afraid.  Leaving you was always hard when I took you to school, but somehow you would manage to find some brave deep down inside you and go find your seat.  I would give you a hug and kiss goodbye and if I forgot you would chase after me.  You can never let us separate without a big hug and kiss.  And no, you didn't even care who saw.

This year you were one of the only Kindergartners to get a "Self Manager Badge" ...  What does that mean?  

Otter Club/ Self Managers: Each student has the opportunity to join the Otter Club and become a self manager. The Otter Club is for students who consistently demonstrate an understanding of our school’s rules and behavior expectations.  Applications are available from classroom teachers.

What is a self-manager? Students who demonstrate the following behaviors:

Respectful and Polite, showing respect with both words and actions

Kind, treating others the way you want to be treated

Honest, being truthful and taking responsibility for your actions

Cooperative, cooperating and interacting positively with others

Attentive, staying on task and following school expectations

Managing, displaying the desire to solve your own problems

Responsible, being a self-directed learner

Otter Oath:

I pledge to respect myself, others and my

community.

I will be responsible for myself, practice patience and kindness, and make good choices.

Again - you amaze us!  You got some special perks for being a Self Manager.

This year you learned a lot.  You learned to ride your bike with no training wheels.  You lost a couple of teeth!  You learned that you can be more independent and nothing bad will happen.  You've learned to make some friends.  Most of all - you are learning to be YOU!  

And that is all we could truly want for you.

Your Kindergarten Teacher was Mrs. Crane ...  she was also Nathan's Inclusion Teacher his first two years of school.

Nathan came with - he just wanted to look at the fish and play in the water.

Kaedyn and his friend Huston.

We got some cupcakes to celebrate the end of the school year!!