Graduation

My daughter graduated from kindergarten today.

She and roughly 100 other kindergarteners shared what they learned in five areas this morning. She had the privilege of introducing her unit, a parade of animals.

This afternoon, she brought home a couple of certificates and what functions as a kindergarten report card. Her certificates praise her reading skill and emotional balance. My wife and I joked that emotional balance must obviously be a scarce resource because our daughter is all out of it by the time she gets home.

The report listed skills in five categories:

• Social Skills
• Communication Skills
• Self-Management Skills
• Research Skills
• Thinking Skills

Every single criterion in every single category got a checkmark. In the report’s words, my daughter is “Exceeding Expectations.”

I’m proud of her (and told her so) for three reasons: she made friends, cemented her love of reading, and demonstrated her academic capability. I pray that God will continue to bless her as we enter the summer.