The Personal Best Award

Jack's school has an awards ceremony on the last day of school. We were thrilled to find out that Jack was going to be honored with a "Personal Best Award"--but we had to keep it a secret from him so he would be surprised. Jack's teacher wrote us the nicest letter about what a pleasure Jack was to teach, and how special he is...it brought tears to my eyes, to tell the truth.

A Personal Best award is a great achievement for a student--in order to get one, a student has to receive all 5's in conduct for the entire school year, excel academically, have outstanding attendance, and show good citizenship. We were so proud that Jack achieved in all of those areas! I took pictures of Jack walking up to get his award, but they turned out dark and fuzzy, unfortunately. However, rest assured that he was thrilled. He told me afterward that he kind of had "stage fright" as he stood up in front of the whole school with the other winners. He also said, "Mom, did you know they said my name in front of over 600 people?" He seemed really awed by the whole experience. What a great kid.