End of Year Honors

 The end of the school year, and especially the end of Benjamin's senior year, have been full of final concerts, awards ceremonies, and robotics competitions.  May has been very busy.

Christian's team got the Inspire award at their most recent competition.  It's the award that goes to "the best team that didn't win," as he put it.  It's an award for the team with the best sportsmanship, community involvement, presentation, etc.  It can also be the team that won, but it is independent of the robot.  His team has a lot to be proud of this season.

Benjamin, Bella, and Christian all had their final band concert of the year on the same night at the same time.  Kelly couldn't attend any of them.  I managed the boys' because they were in the same building and I prioritized Benjamin's since it was his very last one.  Thank goodness it was before his broken wrist!!

During the concert, they put up a slide about each senior.  It was fun to see his cute pictures up there.  The red text is hard to read.  It says, "Wind Ensemble - Percussion  /  Marching Band - Center Snare  /  Drumline Captain."

It's always nice that Benjamin is standing during concerts so he's easier to spot.

Christian isn't so easy, but could be worse.  They both sounded wonderful.

Benjamin will graduate Summa Cum Laude (GPA over 3.95).  He was honored by his principal and other administrators at honors night last week.

Sadly, his number one aspiration wasn't realized.  His team lost water wars.  Eliminated when his gun's automatic shut-off engaged and he hadn't realized it and thus couldn't fire back fast enough.  Dang electric guns - pros and cons for sure.  He took it much, much better than I thought he would given his devotion to the game.