Hempfield Homeschoolers' Spring Concert and Learning Fair

Last night we enjoyed a beautiful concert by the choirs of the Hempfield Homeschoolers. Ivy is in the 4th - 6th grade choir and they did a great performance! They have been practicing every Thursday all semester and it paid off well. I am so thankful for the wonderful choir directors and teachers in our homeschool group. What a blessing to be a part of it for the past 7 years!

Above is the combined K-6th grade choirs.

This is Ivy's 4th -6th grade choir. She is in the middle row, 5th from the right.

After the concert, the gym was opened up for the Learning Fair. Ivy's Art classes displayed some of the students' work and there were many other projects on display including several science projects. All the kids did a fantastic job showing things that they learned throughout the year.

Ivy's paper is displayed on the top right. Below is her dolphin painting.

Joel's Future City Engineering Team showed off their model and did the oral presentation that they did for the competition in January. Next weekend, they will be going as invited guests to Philadelphia to present their model and presentation to the Electrical Engineering Institute at a dinner and reception. Way to go Future City Team!!!

Here is Joel on the left during the oral presentation. The model city is on the table in front.

It was a wonderful evening and I was very proud of all the students! There were a couple of bad moments though...... In the middle of the choir concert between songs, Jaden yelled out, "I'VE GOT TO GO PEE!!!!!!" We were sitting up in the balcony and his outburst seemed to reverberate through the whole sanctuary!!! The teenagers were sitting across the aisle from us and they laughed so hard I thought they were all going to burst!

Then during the learning fair, Jaden was knocked over by an older child who was running in the Fellowship Hall and he fell flat on his face - WHAM! right on the hard floor. He cut his upper and lower lips and had blood covering his mouth and nose. Poor thing! I was in a different room and didn't see it happen, but thankfully Ivy was nearby and scooped him up and found us. He had a bruise on his forehead too but he's doing fine. He sure got a lot of attention last night!!!! And every last born child loves that!