Deon's Recognition Day

Been a while...

Last week my eldest finally graduated from pre-school, at the local Barangay Child Learning Center. A month before, their teacher told us that Deon would be one of the top 4 students in her class, the class was divided into 2 groups, ages 5 and up and 4 year olds, and Deon is part of the later group. The teacher would not tell us Deon's actual placing in the the top 4, telling is its a surprise. That's a month of suspense for you...

As a parent, you would love to see your child get the top honors making you proud and all, but it never really mattered to me as long as Deon learns what she has to learn and go forward to the next step. Unfortunately, Deon only got the second spot, the award given was "Most Creative" with the top being "Most Outstanding". But she did go home with the most medals... 3 in all... "Miss Daycare", the one who usually wins in school competitions; "Top 2", top 20 students got a medal and "Most Creative".

Before, I made an agreement with Deon that I would buy her a bike if she was the top of the class, so I had to explain to her that she won't be getting it because she was only second. But I promised her that I would get the bike a birthday gift instead... and that made her smile.

Next stop would be Prep... schools won't accept Deon in Grade 1 because she's only turning 5 this August.

I'll be posting pics of the recognition day on my next post...

Update: Here's the pics...