End of Year Party and Summer Plans

Emma and Analise wrapped up their school events with the end of the year party. Emma hung out with Tabi, Cassidy and Lily. After the beach party, the 8th grade headed to Ava Carr's house for another evening gathering. A variety of sports were played and people hung out for one last time.

Analise hung out with Tessa, Ella and Ellie. Then Analise went over to Tessa's house for more hours of fun. She came home exhausted.

Emma and Analise both are going different directions with their interests this summer. Emma is taking a biochemistry class online and Analise is taking a weather class. They both want to explore art a bit more as well. Analise will be focusing on her gymnastics an additional day of the week over the summer while Emma starts to tutor an elementary student in math.

Here are some current photos of the girls as Analise moves onto 7th grade and Emma moves onto 9th. High school here we come!

Top Golf and a Revisit of Last Year's Retreat

This is a photo from last year's end of school retreat to Lilli Putt mini golf. I missed adding it into the mix last year. Emma golfed with Cassidy, Tabi and Grace.

This year the group went to the driving range called Top Golf. The crew has changed a lot over the course of a year. They are much more mature and ready for what awaits in high school and beyond. Emma golfed with Nevaeh, Tabi, Lily and Lilynn. Emma said that the members of her team all played golf and many had been to Top Golf before. So competition was stiff in her group.

As for Analise's experience at Top Golf, she said the event was like bowling-just with a club instead of a bowling ball. Everyone got a chance to swing multiple times and then points were added up. She was proud to win one round and hit the ball out the farthest. Of course everyone was in the house colors. Analise was part of house Hope. They won the kickball tournament this year. Emma was in house Justice.

Ella, Analise, Ellie, Tessa, Fiona

Sixth Grade Graduates

Analise's group was excited to celebrate the end of the year together. Analise and all of her friends received academic achievement awards. Analise has worked hard to be in the 4.0 and above academic group this year. The group had fun with their end of the year outings to the driving range in Woodbury and all school track events. Below are some photos of Analise's artwork from this year. All of her works turned out beautifully but her favorite was the zentangle piece. Dan liked her seed art crane, Erin and Emma liked her dragon eye.

Emma and Friends

Emma is excited about her next adventure at St. Croix Prep. At the same time, she is also sad that her friend group is going different directions in the coming year. We wish the best to them all. We know that we can always go back to Liberty if St. Croix doesn't work out, but we are really hoping the change will be a positive one.

Emma and Lily

Lily, Emma, Tabi, Cece, Svea, Olivia

Emma and Tabi

Nevaeh, Lilynn, Eloise, Lily, Tabi, Emma, Hannah

Tabi, Eloise, Lilynn, Cassidy, Nevaeh, Emma, Lily

The Core Four

Olivia, Eloise, Tabi, Nevaeh, Hope, Lily, Lilynn, Hannah

Lily, Cece, Tabi, Eloise, Cassidy, Nevaeh, Emma, Gracie

Eighth Grade Graduation

Emma's class had a special graduation this year. The school did a slideshow with baby pictures that juxtaposed student current school photos. They also had a slideshow with all the special group events that have occurred for her group since kindergarten. Awards were given for academic achievement as well. Emma has worked hard to be on the A honor roll each semester and was part of the student council this year. As part of the graduation, Emma's classmates had to come up with top words to describe her then the teachers compiled the words and narrowed the choices down to four personal traits. Emma's four words were: sweet, logical, studious and graceful. As parents, we received a handwritten thank you note from Emma detailing how much she appreciated us sending her to a private school for her middle school years. Emma received a white rose along with her awards for the year and the event ended with confetti tubes that surprised the whole group. Of course one tube didn't pop and the boy group had quite an interesting time finding ways to make it explode.

Here are a few photos of Emma with her artwork from this year.

Biking the Dakota/Luce Line Trail

We spent some time biking on the Luce Line Trail for Memorial weekend. The weather was a bit colder on Saturday but it still felt nice for biking. The gravel trails gave us the feeling of being back in a simpler time. We have all been overtaxed with work and school and are very much looking forward to summer and a calmer feel to our days.

Track Meet Take 2, 3 and then State

Emma's second track meet had nice weather. They met at Hill Murray high school in Maplewood. Emma participated in the 400m, the 800m and the 2x400 relay. She ended up 3rd in the 400m and 1st again in the 800m. She was disappointed that some teammates needed to leave early so the 2x400 didn't score as well but the team tried hard and that is what matters. Below is a team photo shoot and a photo of Emma running the 400m. The third track meet had similar results to the second. Emma got her 800 m time down to 2:48 which was an all time best.

The final state meet had the group returning back to the St. Thomas field. Emma took first at state with a time of 2:48 for the 800m and she got 4th for the 400m with a time of 1:10. She participated in the group 4x400 as well. Temps were high, reaching into the 80s for the final race of the day. The group of Liberty 7/8th grade girls ended strong and got 2nd place overall.