On 30 May 1998, Emily Marie Barkhaus graduated from Kindergarten, along with 10 other children from our homeschool support group. They were all so cute up there on stage in their lil' caps and gowns. They worked hard all year to get to this point. There were a lot of proud moms and dads out there!


This was my first year homeschooling her and it was a lot easier then I had expected. I used the A Beka curriculum and would highly recommend it to anyone. I'm pretty much leaning towards using it again for Emily for first grade.



Here is another one of our rehearsal days ( #1 & #2). They also practiced at the church twice.

The ceremony opened in prayer at 10:30 am. There were over 50 people in attendance. Program guides were handed out prior to the start of the ceremony. All the children did extremely well. They had a spelling bee, sang songs and recited...

"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he gets older, he will not depart from it." ~Proverbs 22:6

Then there was the awarding of the diplomas and the children went into the back of the church and took their cap and gowns off. All those other children not in Kindergarten went on stage to receive their participation awards. Then the Kindergartners went back on stage and they all received best subject awards for the year. It concluded in song and prayer by 11:00 am.



Afterwards everyone met at the Country Buffet restaurant by noon. A room in the back was reserved for us and was wonderfully decorated with confetti, ribbon, balloons, candles and graduation paper caps. During the conclusion of the banquet, goodie bags and balloons were handed out to all the children.

Many pictures were taken and both the ceremony and banquet were video taped. Copies will be made for each family. Individual pictures were also taken while each child received their diploma/certificate. Copies of these will be made into 5x7 sizes.


Come check out my graduation photo album!



Many, many thanks to my sister, Melanie, for all the special graphics she made for me to make this page possible!!



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