The End of Soccer and 3rd Grade

The business of spring is drawing to a close

Matthew finished up his soccer season

 GPM--Golden Parasitic Mailmen

(can you tell a bunch of 9 and 10 year old boys came up with the name)

had a great season and Matt had a great time

This week his class had their final presentation

The "Pass the Torch" Ceremony

Matthew is in an awesome program where he is in a multi-age classroom

His class consisted of 3rd and 4th graders.

At Pass the Torch, the 4th graders pass the "torch of leadership"

to the incoming 4th graders who will mentor the 3rd graders next year.

They each read a favorite poem

The gave out class awards to each student.

Matthew received the "Most Outgoing" award

(Really?! He must be a different kid at school!)

Then he congratulated his 4th grade mentors as they moved up to 5th grade

And he received the "torch" from them

I can't believe he's going to be in 4th grade.

Only 2 years and then he's in middle school!

He's had a great school year and is so excited to read and learn this summer-

We have a summer reading bribe in place, so he's hoping to finish lots of books!