Graduation
Day! June 15, 2007. Pete graduates from Robinson
Secondary School...
The event was wonderful. Sisters Diane and Eleni attended with us and it was such a happy day.
The GMU Patriot Center was filled with nearly 800 graduates, their families and teachers. The diversity that was evident in hearing the names called was remarkable. I'm so glad my kids are growing up in an area like this.
We spotted Pete the moment he came into the room and had the perfect view of him the entire time (he was on the end of a row--on our side). He beamed the entire time and the resemblance to his dad was amazingly evident.
To see the man he has become after starting high school as such a little squirt is great. As much as he looks like his dad, he is so much like Homer--the wonderful Papou he lost just a few months ago. It was great to feel both Yia Yia and Papou there with us.
Our fabulous Greek luncheon was divine. We had a table in the garden under the trellis and feasted on a buffet of Greek delicacies. Mmmmm... soul food.
[When we left the Patriot Center to head for home before going out to lunch, Pete and Eleni took off for his car, which he had driven separately to be there much earlier. When they arrived at the house, they said they had stopped at the cemetery to visit their grandparents. Aren't kids great?]
A friend pointed out to me today that high school graduation isn't a given in much of the country (national rate for public high school graduation is only around 70%). I have always thought of it as something taken for granted, but I'm very proud of my son--and our entire family--for his success (my parents included).
The event was wonderful. Sisters Diane and Eleni attended with us and it was such a happy day.
The GMU Patriot Center was filled with nearly 800 graduates, their families and teachers. The diversity that was evident in hearing the names called was remarkable. I'm so glad my kids are growing up in an area like this.
We spotted Pete the moment he came into the room and had the perfect view of him the entire time (he was on the end of a row--on our side). He beamed the entire time and the resemblance to his dad was amazingly evident.
To see the man he has become after starting high school as such a little squirt is great. As much as he looks like his dad, he is so much like Homer--the wonderful Papou he lost just a few months ago. It was great to feel both Yia Yia and Papou there with us.
Our fabulous Greek luncheon was divine. We had a table in the garden under the trellis and feasted on a buffet of Greek delicacies. Mmmmm... soul food.
[When we left the Patriot Center to head for home before going out to lunch, Pete and Eleni took off for his car, which he had driven separately to be there much earlier. When they arrived at the house, they said they had stopped at the cemetery to visit their grandparents. Aren't kids great?]
A friend pointed out to me today that high school graduation isn't a given in much of the country (national rate for public high school graduation is only around 70%). I have always thought of it as something taken for granted, but I'm very proud of my son--and our entire family--for his success (my parents included).
Pete’s Thea Eleni and Thea Diane were there to celebrate the day with us!