The last week of school was a busy one for Ammon. After completing testing in his classes, though, it was a fun kind of busy!
The music concert was the night of Thursday, May 22. The Savage Band played 3 songs, and he was a soloist in one of the songs. He was so glad the day he found out that he'd have a solo part. He did a good job, and we were so proud of him! Unfortunately, I'd forgotten my camera in the car (long story), and his band was the first group to perform and the song he had the solo in was the first song at the concert, so I didn't record it. During the 2nd song, though, I ran out to the car and got my camera, and took a photo of the band playing during their final song. It was an awesome concert! We enjoyed listening to every group perform!
The 8th grade went on a field trip to Discovery Hill in Salmon the last week of school. He brought his bike from home, and the students all rode their bikes on a trail up there. They were provided with a hot dog barbecue for lunch, and then they played frisbee golf on a wild hillside course there that afternoon. He said he had a fun day, but it was super hot, and the kids had a water fight after lunch with all the drinking water, and by late afternoon they were regretting it because they all got super thirsty!
There was a middle school party the day before school got out that lasted all afternoon at the school. There was a barbecue lunch, a softball game, inflatables, and laser tag.
On the morning of the last day of school, the middle school had an awards assembly. Ammon received an award for having a 3.9 or better his entire time at SMS. There were only 5 students in his grade that received this award, and we are so proud of him for working so hard to achieve this academic success!
School was out early on the last day, and the final event for his last week of school was 8th grade graduation. This is the last graduating class from Salmon Middle School. Because the bond attempts have failed for so many years to build a new school, this school is no longer safe and usable and will be torn down. Portable buildings are being brought in this summer to add to the high school and the elementary school. The high school will now become a Jr./Sr. school with students from 6-12 grades, and the 5th grade will be added to the elementary. So this 8th grade graduation included many "lasts".
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| The last graduating class from SMS. |
The night before graduation, Mrs. Cook (the principal) called and ask Ammon to be one of the speakers. She asked the 3 valedictorians (who had a 4.0 GPA during their 4 years at SMS) to speak for a few minutes. Ammon wasn't sure he wanted to do it, and he told Mrs. Cook that he's not a good public speaker, but she told him he was a leader and that he only had to speak briefly for a minute. Kaitlyn Burgess & Jett Kauffman gave the other "valedictorian" addresses.
He gets his mumbling speaking abilities from his father. Unfortunately, Josh wasn't able to attend the graduation because he was out of town. So, I recorded Ammon's brief speech for him...but it's hard to understand what he's actually saying during this 30-second talk (the sound system doesn't help much, either: it's too small for the giant-ceilinged gym).
It was a nice graduation, complete with an excellent speaker (Mrs. Burgess), a nice musical number by the SMS choir ("For a Moment"), a talk by the principal Mrs. Cook, and a slide show set to music of all the classmates. The slideshow included these two pictures:
Then all the students received their diploma certificates by the school board president and retiring math teacher Mr. Goodell.
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| The 8th grade cheering at the end of graduation! |
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| Hunter, Jett, Ammon, Garrett, Ethan |
I can't believe my oldest is now a high schooler!!! Also, he just won't stop growing taller: he's going to be tall like his dad (well obviously he didn't get his height from me because he's already surpassed me!).
Congrats to the last graduating class from Salmon Middle School! (Can you find Ammon's signature below?)
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