Although his preschool career was rather short, Coop has changed so much since last fall. His teachers really emphasized with us how much more confident, self assured and outgoing he has become amongst his school peers and teachers.
Now we need to enjoy the summer and help prepare him for kindergarten. Unfortunately, most of his best buddies still have another year of preschool ahead of them. Cooper has figured this out and has been concerned that he won't have any friends in kindergarten. We're hoping summer camp will take care of that. He moved up to the Kindergarten/1st grade group at camp as well so he'll have all summer to make some new buddies. We assured him all of his younger buddies will still be his buddies. He just gets to test things out before they do and can show them the way.
Coop's school did an awesome job of making his graduation special. The kids put on quite a show, the teachers compiled an awesome video montage of the school year and then they made a big deal about those going on to Kindergarten. The ceremony was followed by a potluck dinner with all the families and lots of good-bye/thank-you hugs with his amazing teachers. Of course, a few tears were shed by Mama.
Unfortunately, Mark left the day before on his first fire assignment of the season so he didn't get to partake in the celebration. Have no fear though, I took lots of pics and video so he didn't miss out completely.
Here's a little video edit.......(pay no attention to Coop flippin' the bird at the audience at the end of his first song. I promise it is innocent and wasn't a skill he learned in preschool).
We are so proud of you, buddy!! Congrats!!
Coop's Graduation from A Mendonca on Vimeo.
1 comment:
What a great program! Coop is adorable, right down to that last rude little monkey swinging from the tree. (No wonder the alligator snapped him up.)
I recall a time when you wondered how your little guy would do in preschool. So glad he did AWESOME!
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