Day 8 - Graduation Day!!!

Day 8   -11-7-2014

Today was the big day for Top Class!  At the Rock of Ages Academy, it was time for the 5 year olds to graduate from their class, and move into primary 1 class (1st grade).  When we drove up to the school, there were three tents set up and music was blaring!  I was expecting a simple and sweet little graduation ceremony, but boy was I wrong!  Each class would come out of their classrooms dancing, ready to perform in front of their families and friends!  Every class had prepared one special poem for the audience.  Their poems were about many things like,

loving moms, loving dads, hating mosquitos, the awful consequences of AIDS, and the importance of education.  This was a whole school event!  It was very adorable!  If I were a mom, I would be very proud of my child!  By the way, Syd was invited by Abdu and Betty to be the guest speaker.  What an honor!  She always does a great job.

    Once it was time for, last but not least, Top Class, they put on their cute caps and gowns.  Diplomas were passed out, and we had the privilege to hand out the pictures that Pam took of them during the week.  After this, the kids got so

me yummy cake, and lunch was also provided.  It was our last day to “enjoy” rice with the kids.  Soon after the all of the organized events were finished the whole school turned into a dance floor!  Everyone was dancing to the energetic music!  It was so very fun to see all the different dance moves!  In Africa, nobody cares what they look like; they just let their joy all out, even if it looks silly!  I’m also learning, on a new level, that Americans are so self-conscious.  Here nobody even thinks twice on if they are looking dumb or not.  It’s a wonderful freedom feeling!  

 Thanks 4 reading!!!      

 By Kelsey and Team 