Drama One Acts

Yes, the girl in the top photo has black around her lips. She played a very strange customer.

C was a cast member of the Mark Experience (the gospel of Mark, abridged) play which was presented on Tuesday June 8th. Run time was over one hour. C had a major role and displayed talents of which we weren't aware! His roles were the voice of God, a storyteller (narrator), an unclean spirit, a Pharisee, and Pilot.

This is C playing Pilot.

This is C with the young man who played Jesus. David was the goalie for A's soccer team and graduated with A.

A was a cast member of the play called Paper or Plastic, a comedy about working in a grocery store, presented on June 9th. A played the assistant manager Carl.

Here he is in action.

Yesterday the "Besties" were given out which are awards given for the directors and actors. These last few days A has been spending a lot of time editing the video footage of the six different plays and clips of the nominees for the many awards. He caught a cold last weekend so he's been doing this work while feeling pretty terrible.

My boys have loved their time in Drama class. This past year they were in  Bible and Drama together which was the first time they had ever been in the same classes.

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Star Rank

Monday night was the first in person Court of Honor for Scouts since the start of the pandemic. C achieved the Star rank.

These are the Boy Scout ranks:

1. Scout
2. Tenderfoot
3. Second Class
4. First Class
5. Star
6. Life
7. Eagle

If C is to achieve Eagle, we figured out that he would need to get to Star by age 16 and Life rank by age 17. You need to finish requirements for Eagle before your 18th birthday.

This felt like a graduation for C and unlike A's graduation which was never in doubt, C's advancement was an uphill climb. 

He also completed two merit badges which are required for Eagle: Citizenship in the Nation and Citizenship in the World. 

Since C is the Senior Patrol Leader he led the flag presentation. It was the first time that I had seen him do the up front duties. He is no longer a "little scout" but is one of the older boys.  I'm very proud.

Instead of the usual potluck at a Court of Honor, each family brought their own picnic food and we ate outside sitting in folding chairs. I made sausage rolls and fruit salad which were both gobbled up quickly by my boys. 

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High School Graduation

 

Well, the big day has come and gone. I have a high school graduate! The ceremony was on Saturday June 5th at 1 pm. We were seated alphabetically so we had great seats (third row).

Here is the order of ceremony:

Processional (Pomp and Circumstance)

Prayer and Pledge

Faculty Speaker

Revelation Choir

Timothy Awards (for those who were in Christian education from K-12)

Caleb Award (most encouraging student)

Faculty Award (with scholarship)

Salutatory Address

Senior Ensemble (Choir)

Valedictory Address

Presentation of Diplomas

Blessing and Presentation

I love hearing Revelation Choir so here is a photo of them.

I caught this photo of A walking by us.

The graduates were listed on the program under various headings. There were 62 on campus students and 13 home school students called Independent Studies. A appeared under the heading: College Preparatory Honors Graduates. He also had STEM next to his name since he did the Science Technology, Engineering and Math program. He also had an asterisk next to his name for having a grade point average of 3.5 or above as of his last semester. For Honors and STEM he wore 2 medallions but he couldn't wait to take those off!!! I did get a photo of him wearing them. This is him with the superintendent, Mr. Bryant.

The blue cord signifies membership in the National Honor Society. The yellow cord is for an on-campus student with a G.P.A of 3.5 or higher as of semester 7.

They announced each graduate's full name. It was interesting learning kids' middle names. A's history teacher was one of those announcing and after rehearsal (on Friday) he said he was impressed with Winston being A's middle name. 

I wish that all the graduates stood up on the platform for a formal group photo. That didn't happen. They threw their caps into the air at the end. There were official photos taken but we haven't seen them yet. I was disappointed (along with many other moms) that there wasn't an opportunity to display photo boards. Typically there is a reception in the gym after the ceremony. Not so this year.

Photos of the board that I made.

panel one (far left side);

panel two (centre)

panel three (right side)

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I loved making the board. It was like scrapbooking which I used to do quite a bit of. Maybe we'll have a birthday party and I can display it then.

A with his English teacher

After the ceremony we took some photos and went home to rest and change. 

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The kids could decorate the top of their cap if they desired and if it was approved by the principal. A's friend's cap is decorated with the colours of the Nigerian flag.

A doesn't like white dress shirts but he agreed to wear one for graduation. I bought a new dress, shrug, and shoes. I had my hair curled by my hairdresser. Here I am by the climbing rose which is going wild!

I (along with 6 other moms) helped plan the after graduation party. This was a paid event. It started at 5 pm, meeting up at the school, with boxed Chick Fil A and drinks for the kids. Then they boarded charter buses and went to a golf course to do mini putt.  I helped check the kids onto the bus. All the events were kept a surprise for the kids but they were told to bring swimsuits. I was thankful to have a clubhouse to hang out in while the mini golf went on. The weather wasn't great that day. 

Next, the buses took the kids to a home of one of the graduates. They have a large house which includes an outdoor heated pool. I was surprised how many kids got into the pool. The diving board was popular with the boys.

We hired a D.J. who played dance music and one area (inside) was a designated dance floor. I was skeptical about the boys being interested in that but it we actually had more boys dancing than girls! I did a bit of dancing with another mom. 

The house has a ping pong table, foos ball and an air hockey table.

We gave the kids a "swag bag" when they arrived at the house. It contained a nerf gun (donated by a mortgage company), a cup with 2021 on it, water bottle, sunglasses, and a coupon for chick fil a. 

It rained for quite a while during the party. Here's a photo of some of the snacks available.

One of the moms created a slide show of photos submitted of the kids and that was shown on the big TV. At the end of the party there was a devotional by the teacher who serves as chaplain for high school. She is a Biola graduate. The party went until about 12:30 am. The kids were bussed back to the school were they had parked their cars. 

 

 P.S. This is the yard sign given to us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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