The school year is finally done.
Saturday we had an end of the year
celebration for the kids that finished their homeschool classes. We started
this homeschool program because of the ages of some of our kids. Because of
their situations from before they came to us, their ages were a lot older than
their current grade, and at that rate they would not be able to enter the
Christian high school, which has an age limit of 12 (for the 7th
grade, where everyone must start). The program allowed us to teach two grades
in one, and now allows our kids to enter the high school at that age.
Three of which “graduated” from 6th
grade. In the valley that I live in, it is common for kids to not finish 6th
grade, or even if they do, not really be able to read and write because the
teachers just pass them on, unless they apply themselves or have parents that
help them.
The 6th grade girls also
passed the exam to enter into the private Christian high school next year and
are super excited to be attending there next year. Daysi could barely read and
add and subtract as an 11 year old when she started this year, and exceled in
her studies and completed 6th grade. She came to the property last
December and because of her previous situation had not attend school, and came
with a very low level of schooling.
This year was a blast for me as I started
out teaching English with a friend, and then moved to homeschooling Javier and
Carlos. I learned a ton this year and had super fun trying to teach them math,
social studies, science and Spanish. Thankfully it was at a 3rd and
4th grade level so I understood it for the most part.
At the ceremony for the 6th
graders we also gave the 4th graders their certificates from the
year, but the boys didn’t know we were going to do that. After they announced
the 4th graders, Javier was waiting to be called, and his face was
priceless. He couldn’t contain his smile, first trying to cover it with his
lips and then he had to use his hands. It was like an almost giggling and
crying face at the same time, but out of excitement.
There are more pictures and videos on Facebook as the video was file was too big to post here:
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