The Graduations
29 June 2006This was as close as we got
to a picture of Rachael in
her gown, because she was out the door before breakfast. We
got there a bit later, found our seats in the end balcony, and
soon 
the graduates spilled out into 
the rink. Rachael was in
the W's, third 
from last. But it wasn't
really all that long before she marched 
across to pick up her
diploma and pose for the official 
picture (here it 
is> and on
back 
to her seat
. And it wasn't long again
before they announced individual prize winners and she was asked to
stand 
as the winner of
the fine arts prize -- and then, a while later, she went back up 
onto the
platform as one of the top ten students at Halifax West (number 8, we learned; here's that 
picture). Outside
afterward we met her art 
teacher, and
took 
pictures 
in the 
parking 
lot. I just missed a
sisterly hug, but got this 
one. Then it was
off to the celebratory lunch 
at 
Montana's.
Graduation at Brookside was a little, um, lower key. Here's Rhi
on her way in. We didn't
actually lay eyes on her again till it was all over but the shouting.
Luckily, there was a good deal 
of that. She did get the
requisite piece 
of paper, and some 
motherly 
grandparently 
approval. There was lots
of 
smiling 
and schmoozing 
and sharing 
of memories.
Here are the pictures Jif sent later of the prom dresses. We love the pose (Jif says, "Snow White and Rose Red, eh?"
We also liked Rhi's hat 
and Rachael's hair 
-- and this is us with Rachael 
outside the convention centre. And here's Rachael 
with her friends at the prom.
to a picture of Rachael in
her gown, because she was out the door before breakfast. We
got there a bit later, found our seats in the end balcony, and
soon
the graduates spilled out into the rink. Rachael was in
the W's, third from last. But it wasn't
really all that long before she marched across to pick up her
diploma and pose for the official picture (here it 
is> and on
back to her seat. And it wasn't long again
before they announced individual prize winners and she was asked to
stand as the winner of
the fine arts prize -- and then, a while later, she went back up onto the
platform as one of the top ten students at Halifax West (number 8, we learned; here's that 
picture). Outside
afterward we met her art teacher, and
took pictures in the parking lot. I just missed a
sisterly hug, but got this one. Then it was
off to the celebratory lunch at Montana's.Graduation at Brookside was a little, um, lower key. Here's Rhi
on her way in. We didn't
actually lay eyes on her again till it was all over but the shouting.
Luckily, there was a good deal of that. She did get the
requisite piece of paper, and some motherly grandparently approval. There was lots
of smiling and schmoozing and sharing of memories. Here are the pictures Jif sent later of the prom dresses. We love the pose (Jif says, "Snow White and Rose Red, eh?"
We also liked Rhi's hat 
and Rachael's hair 
-- and this is us with Rachael 
outside the convention centre. And here's Rachael 
with her friends at the prom.