I can't believe Ty finished 5th grade, nor can I believe he finished elementary school! He is officially in middle school!! (That just makes me want to cry!) As part of the 5th grade curriculum students have the choice to earn The Great American Award. This is not required. I thought it would be great if Ty wanted to do this, but I did not think he wanted to nor did I think he had the motivation! Boy was I wrong! To earn the Great American Award students must: write the pledge of allegiance in cursive, memorize the states, capitals, memorize the Gettysburg Address, Memorize the Preamble to the Constitution, memorize the presidents of the United States, memorize the Star Spangled Banner, and take a citizenship test (over 100 questions). Ty not only completed all requirements but was the 2nd person in his class to finish!! I am so proud of Ty! What an amazing accomplishment!
The 5th grade students had an award ceremony for all those who earned the Great American Award and they also had a fantastic patriotic program. The students sang songs, repeated some of the requirements for the award, and played a song on their recorders. It was amazing! I was very impressed with the talents and abilities of the 5th graders!!
I think Ty would agree with me on this: but the best thing about 5th grade was all the awesome friends!! I just love these boys! We could not have asked for a better group of boys! I am so grateful Ty has so many friends his age and can head off to a big-new school with a good group of amigos!!
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