At Penguin Girl's school, they make a really big deal about moving on to middle school even though the school is K-8, same building, mostly the same kids. The school counselor even came to class every other week this year to talk to the kids about next year. Penguin Girl says she is a little nervous. I asked her if she was nervous before all the visits from the counselor. She said no and she really hadn't given much thought to it because it's not really like she'd be going to a different school.
Car Guy and I both went to the Moving On Ceremony. It was similar to all such ceremonies in that it seems much longer while you are sitting there and the seat is never as comfortable as it needs to be for the length of the event. Afterwards, Penguin Girl made a beeline for the celebratory cake. J's dad was kind enough to hold her folder of certificates while she stuffed her face.
Afterwards, all her other classmates either went home early or went to a roller skating party. Penguin Girl is not friends with roller skating so she elected to stay at school and ended up being the only one left with Ms. L. It must have been a nice quiet afternoon for Ms. L with Penguin Girl as her helper. Thanks to Ms. L for a great year!
