Graduations Continued

After Seminary graduation came Breck's Eighth Grade graduation. I am still quite not sure the reason for an eighth grade graduation, especially when the students here move onto the ninth grade which is in its own building, and technically not a part of high school. Anyway, this pictures show only half of   Breck's graduating class.

The Eighth Grade choir and band played. Breck shares a stand with a friend from church, Ashton Barber, the only other member of the church in his grade.

Ashton was also the winner of the Middle School talent show, and played her winning piece for graduation. 

Breck then did the typical ceremonial walk with his good friend Samuel, and received his diploma.

Breck then had the privileged of saying the closing prayer at graduation. Breck was in a special leadership class this year and was very much respected by both his teachers and peers, which was evident went they asked a Mormon to say prayer in the predominantly Baptist Bible belt in which we live.

The final graduation was Brittney's High School Graduation. We went to a nice dinner the night before graduation with Grandma Heelis, and Brittney's good friend Daniela and her parents. Brittney and Daniela were the only two Seniors from our church, out of a graduating class of 500 students.

Aubrey dressed up on Brittney's graduation day because the band was an important part of the ceremony (who else was going to play Pomp and Circumstance a million times over for 500 graduating Seniors?).

Because there were so many students and spectators, High School Graduation took place in the Frankfort KY Convention Center.

Brittney sang with the other graduating seniors in the choir. . .

And Aubrey played her flute until her fingers ached.

The rest of us enjoyed the program from the nose-bleed section which explains why my pictures are so fuzzy, and why I was unable to get a picture of Brittney receiving her diploma (the little zoom on my camera is not that strong).

We made up for that by taking lots of pictures after graduation was over.

Everyone had a great time at graduation, and we all had a wonderful week with Grandma Heelis. We are very glad she was able to celebrate this important mile-stone with us!