8th Grade Gratuate

This spring, Patrick finished his education at St. Patrick's School.  With the Covid-19 craziness, he finished the last 2.5 months at home on the computer.  So the school came up with a new way of celebrate with yard signs.

Becca, along with some of the neighbors, planned a celebration of their own for Patrick and Rachel, another 8th grader from Central.  This first picture is really out of focus, sorry.

There has not been a traditional graduation yet, but the class did a photo session in the church parking lot.  In case you haven't seen him in person for a few weeks, Patrick has gotten really tall.

See, really tall.  And he's probably even taller now as this was taken a month ago.

The parents next took (most of) the kids to take pictures in front of the fountain on the square.

We finished the photo session at Washington Park with 12 of the 16 kids.

The men of 2020.

Believe it or not, his shot only took 2 attempts.

Not all of the kids could make it to the photo session but our amazing school photographer made this beautiful collage.  There were only 16 kids in this class but they definitely left their mark on the school.

The week after the photo session, Patrick and I dropped into school to pick up his awards and his Star Reading poster that was made in 5th grade.

On the way out, I notice all the names of the 8th graders around the main doors.

Spring of 2020 has been nothing if not memorable.  Patrick is already in the last week of his first high school class and starts marching band next week.    He's also been finishing up several merit badges and making plans for his Eagle Scout project.  Where does the time go?