Here are the long anticipated photos of Aidan's graduation. The last picture is of Aidan and his two buddies, Bradley and Jalen, who are also moving to Papua this summer. In the other photo the kindergarten class is singing an action song for us, very cute.
Just want to brag a little.... if I may.... Mikah recieved a few awards this year. One award was the Eagle of the class award. This is given to one student from each class who displays a clear Christian testimony, excellence in character and outstanding academic performance. She was also on the honour roll the entire year (as was about 80% of the rest of her class...), she also received an emerging musician award from the music teacher for enthusiastic participation and emerging talent. She sure likes to sing her heart out! She also got a medal for the physical fitness tests that they had to do. On some she did better than others, but the most important one, the long run, she achieved gold in and as it is worth double compared to the other tests, she got a gold medal. What I'm most proud of is that she did her best and was a good friend to her classmates this year.
Christiaan also had a really good year. He had a great teacher who was full of fun and enthusiasm. He really learned a lot this year and made some good friends, unfortunately none of whom are moving to Papua.
Aidan also had a good year. We were wondering how he was going to do in kindergarten given his free spirit, but he did okay. The most important thing is that he learned how to act in a classroom setting. He also blew away his teachers with his creativeness. He has this amazing ability to create things out of blocks or lego. We'll have to encourage that talent and channel it in the right direction... We will also have to keep working with him over the summer so that he will be ready for grade one.
All in all the kids had a great year and really enjoyed their time at Bandung Alliance International School.