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| Jarom in the Parking Lot |
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| Jarom & Mom (aka Me) outside the Maverick Center |
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| David (aka Dad), Jarom and Amber |
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| Meagan and Jarom |
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| Zac, Grandma and Grandpa |
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| Jarom walking in (he's right near the back) |
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| Jarom walking in farther... |
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| Meagan - "posing" for the camera |
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| Jarom playing with the band |
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| Jarom walking back to his seat after the band played |
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| Jarom on the front row |
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| and again... |
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| Jarom, walking up to graduate - one of the final graduates... |
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| A little closer to walking across the stage |
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| And there he is - officially graduated! |
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| The Hunter Class of 2013 |
It's true. I'm finally blogging - after a couple month's hiatus. Mostly 'cuz I told Dad I'd post some photos. Now I'll have to decided on a couple to post on Facebook. Unfortunately David's Olympus camera that has a 12x zoom died at the beginning of graduation. Not quite sure why? We thought it was the battery, but it wasn't. The Fuji only has a 3x zoom, so I had to sneak up closer to the arena/stage to get anything at all close. Oh well. At least I got some photos!
Jarom got a dark blue cord (high GPA), a silver cord (high CPA) and a white
cord (for being honored at the Awards Banquet the previous week). He
also got a Diploma of Merit in College Prep, Math and English. He could
have gotten Social Studies, too, but he didn't know that til it was too
late. And he got a college scholarship, too. Jarom did very well in High
School!
Before the graduation ceremony, all of Jarom's friends were MIA, so I wasn't able to get any photos of him and his friends in their caps and gowns. Sadness. Maybe we should have had them meet him at a certain spot? Too late now... I think the same thing happened with Meagan and Cameron. We'll have to remember for Amber.
The crowd was a lively bunch. The back half of the graduates did the wave when the student body president walked across the stage. Since Jarom was in the front, he didn't even know 'til we told him. Everyone was told not to use artificial noisemakers, but I heard a couple of airhorns and a few drums in the crowd. And people on the balcony above us tossed paper airplanes and expired coupons on us. Wonder if the high school will have to pay an extra cleaning fee?
The graduates were pretty well behaved, but the audience could have been quieter. While the student body president was speaking, I felt like going up and telling everyone to "give me five" like we do in Primary, so they'll quiet down. (And it usually works!)
After the graduation, we saw the Newsomes and a few other people we knew, then we went outside to try to find Jarom. There was a band playing, so we thought he'd be there, but nope. It was a mariachi band. It was a pretty good band, but no Jarom. So, we waited by the van until Jarom showed up. By the time we got home, it was almost 10:00 pm. Jarom seemed happy to be graduated, and we were happy, too.
