First grade awards

Friday morning we gathered in the Northwestern Elementary cafeteria for the first grade honors program. Owen has had an amazing year with a wonderful teacher, and he's worked hard & flourished all year. Over the course of this school year he discovered a love of reading, a strong curiosity for science & math, and that just maybe girls aren't so bad after all.

His awards: Citizenship/Courtesy Award, Athletic Award, Straight A's all year, Perfect Attendance, Reading Award, Champion of Conduct Award.



Cole wanted to be in a shot with his big brother:

At the beginning of the year Owen set a goal for himself to not get any check marks for conduct. Students can get an A in conduct for each day even if they get a few check marks (the number varies as the year progresses), so this was a pretty ambitious goal. He was so proud to accomplish this (despite one substitute's effort to derail him by announcing that the entire class got a check mark one day), and this was his reaction when we told him we'd get him a guinea pig for his reward. He's been asking for one for months, and I LOVE the pure joy on his face here:

And here is Cole again, hamming it up for the camera. Jacob, as usual, had no interest in being photographed.