Tanner has been a busy body, riding in 2 parades with his sister, reading up a storm to take over the top reader in his class, he got 160 AR points this year, up from 92 he had last year!!!! WOW!
Today was awards day at school and he got 3 awards! He got one for Academic Excellence in Accelerated Math, Academic Excellence in Accelerated Reader and he got a gold seal award from the President of the United States of America! It is from the President's Education Awards Program and he got it for Outstanding Academic Excellence, along with a letter from the President! This now makes TWO letters he has gotten from the President in 2 months time!
We are very proud of him. He is a wonderful student and he is so helpful to the other kids that need it. He loves to read and I think that shows by what his points were at the end of the year.
School is officially out tomorrow, but today was his last day as we are spending the day at a 5 day Memorial Day symposium and tomorrow will be a day for Iraq veteran's and those serving presently. Of course, his big sister GySgt Batten will be there, so he wanted to go along to. He and Taylor will get the huge honor of meeting LCpl Christopher Bendall, Tin's son. She is a member of the Patriot Guard Riders and her son has been bravely serving our country and has been over in Iraq. He just got home and will be here in Michigan for about a week before he has to head back to his base. He is giving up one of his precious days away from family and friends to come down and be with Taylor and Tanner. VERY COOL!
Tanner is now officially a 5th grader! Way to go buddy!!!
(I tried to get that darn certificate to turn the other way but can't!)
