Graduation is such a special time, but honestly, for a homeschooling mom/teacher/lead learner, I think it is extra thrilling. All those years ago, when it was time to think about sending Havalah off to pre-k, this former classroom teacher and her husband looked at each other and said, "what if...." Many, many, MANY prayers, and 14 years of homeschooling later and we have a high school graduate on our hands. I couldn't be more proud of this wonderful, hardworking, precious girl.
We were fortunate to have Grandma and Grandpa fly in from Chicago for the graduation festivities, which included a graduation dinner at Taste of Texas, a church graduation ceremony, and an end of year celebration with our homeschooling co-op Classical Conversations.
Last January Havalah made the best decision for her and opted out of the city wide homeschooling (traditional) graduation ceremony deciding instead to keep things on a smaller scale celebrating with our church group and co-op. We had no idea what to expect from the ceremony at church, but it was so well done. It was a luncheon that began with a slide show of each of the kids, followed by each of the parents sharing some words of wisdom to their child, then most kids stood up to talk about what's next for them, and finally our youth pastor (pictured below with Havalah) shared a special message. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos from the end of year CC celebration, but I did grab a screen shot from a video. It was a lovely weekend of celebrating this milestone, and my heart was/is ready to burst with pride for my darling Havah.
Each graduate was assigned a table done in their favorite colors
Her CC class
Last official day of high school! Whoop whoop!
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What a sweet milestone for your whole family! I'm so glad she was able to have a celebration with friends and family.
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