{"id":429,"date":"2011-06-14T23:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=429"},"modified":"2011-06-14T23:22:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:22:55","slug":"ready-set-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/06\/14\/ready-set-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready, Set, &#8230;Finish!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the school year is a long distance race to be completed &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/2010-11-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-440\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/2010-11-sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/2010-11-sign.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/2010-11-sign-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this past week has been the sprint finish&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It began back 10 days ago when the 12th grade class lead chapel and then departed for their Senior trip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_430\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Senior-chapel-singing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-430\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Senior-chapel-singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Senior-chapel-singing.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Senior-chapel-singing-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior chapel marks the beginning of the final week of school<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then exams&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_434\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/AP-Chem-final-Arno-and-Forrestercomp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"size-full wp-image-434\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/AP-Chem-final-Arno-and-Forrestercomp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/AP-Chem-final-Arno-and-Forrestercomp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/AP-Chem-final-Arno-and-Forrestercomp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Chemistry students completing their final lab project.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MS Celebration &#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_436\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Science-7-students-leaf-project-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Science-7-students-leaf-project-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Science-7-students-leaf-project-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Science-7-students-leaf-project-comp-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science 7 students celebrate their completed projects!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parent meetings and High School Celebration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>then final Graduation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_437\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Valedictorian-Philipp-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Valedictorian-Philipp-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Valedictorian-Philipp-comp.jpg 270w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Valedictorian-Philipp-comp-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valedictorian and RFIS Student of the Year - also one of my AP Biology students. WELL DONE Philipp<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Graduation was held in a new location this year.\u00a0 It had plenty of space but the lack of electricity was a challenge.\u00a0 Fortuantely the low voltage available stayed on giving us some lighting until the recessional\u00a0was just finishing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Graduation-choir-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-438\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Graduation-choir-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Graduation-choir-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Graduation-choir-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The choir sounded great even if they were a bit hard to see.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And then Keith arrived from the airport as we arrived at the staff and graduate reception.<\/p>\n<p>So now the season of tears is in place as people leave for a few weeks, months, a year or more permenantly.\u00a0 It is hard to see each year the departure of those to whom we have become close and invested our lives in.\u00a0 But even in this there are unexpected blessings.\u00a0 Friday night the SN Brussels flight had mechanical problems resulting in a twenty-four hour delay in departure.\u00a0 So\u00a0a group of us had the opportunity to renew a\u00a0longstanding friendship in person, when friends from Kinshasa had an unexpected stop-over in Yaounde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to the slower pace of these coming weeks before we gear up for the race to begin again!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=429&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the school year is a long distance race to be completed &#8211; this past week has been the sprint finish&#8230; It began back 10 days ago when the 12th grade class lead chapel and then departed for their Senior &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/06\/14\/ready-set-finish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ready, Set, ...Finish! 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