J got promoted from lower school to middle school (5th grade to 6th grade), and W graduated from middle school entirely and will enter another high school later this year.
In addition to his diploma, W was one of the students who got an academic achievement award, basically for having a high grade point average.
Along with all of his classmates, J gave a short speech recounting his favorite memories of lower school.
Mr. F, the head of school (seen above with W), had been avoiding me for a couple of months, seemingly thinking that I was somehow angry at him or the school. I most certainly never was, but I was really bothered by his apparently avoiding me, so yesterday and today, I finally cornered Mr. F at each event and shook his hand and thanked him. Today especially, the relief in his response to me was palpable, and he relaxed enough to ask what our summer vacation plans were.
After graduation, we spent time congratulating W’s classmates and their parents. This evening, Hsuan and I took the boys out to dinner at Roy’s, and I gave W his graduation present — an iPad mini 4.