Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Proud Mama Moment

They had awards day at manBoy's school today. As you can see, he was honored multiple times. The one I was most proud for him is the flame shaped glass trophy presented to one student in each grade for selfless efforts to make the school and community better. He earned this award through his work with our church's special needs ministry, organizing a shoe drive at school, and the MS150 (or MS72) bike ride. I'm so thrilled that he attends a school where service is honored as well as academic achievement. The school requires a minimum of 10 hours of community service to pass to the next grade. There were many certificates given for those who far surpassed the minimum requirements. The learners and facilitators as they are called each have a t-shirt that says (insert name of school here) Gives Back. This is the first year for this school and I'm so pleased that this is the culture that is developing.

We are indeed blessed! I just need to remember that the next time I'm picking up stinky shoes and snack leavings from the living room. He is still, after all, a teenage boy.



8 comments:

Unknown said...

Amen to that.

HulaHeart said...

Hurray, manBoy!!!!! I am so very proud of you! :) Congratulations! :)
Much heart :)

zorra said...

Wonderful! He is a special young man. The Scientist and I were very impressed with him when we met him.

revkjarla said...

Yay!!!! Congrats and AMEN!!!

WCM_2009 said...

awesome... He's an outstanding young man, and you have every right to be VERY proud!

I look forward to these proud mama moments that are coming with the princess, too! :)

DogBlogger said...

Oh, the coolness! We are proud of him over at our house, too.

Korean Cowgirl said...

That gives me a warm-fuzzy feeling. Way to go, especially for a teenager!

St. Casserole said...

Proud of him! What a great school!