June 8th was a busy day! We had a half day of school with class parties, end-of-year chapel, awards, goodbyes by younger students and finally, graduation. 14 students from 10 nations graduated from Heritage International School. The outside ceremony was beautiful, complete with student speeches, special music, and all the other pomp and circumstance due the occasion. After the ceremony we had a lovely banquet for the grads, accompanied by a jazz band and delicious varieties of foods.
An Eritrean who will remain nameless (but her name spelled backwards is "tiabaN") was late for the ceremony, so we had time to have a few before grad photos- unfortunately just without her in them! We missed her in the pics!
The seniors asked Miss Kate, their English teacher, to be their speaker during the service. She is pretty awesome and they had a great relationship with her! It was hard to say goodbye, right Kate?!
There was much laughter and many memories shared during the ceremony.
The backdrop of the international flags and the beauty of the HIS campus made for a really gorgeous setting.
And the "tossing the caps" tradition continues... :)
Above: Yes all these beautiful women are related. I've SO enjoyed having 3 of the sisters at HIS for the past few years.
I nearly missed getting this photo (thus the blurriness). This was after the banquet the seniors had on the school property along with about 200 of their friends and family. It was a wonderful ending to a great day.