Alex and Steph came to visit over Memorial Day weekend. Since we were not sure if we would see each other again before the girls' graduations, we presented them with their gifts:
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| The anticipation |
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| Michigan M and Ann Arbor gift cards |
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| Money lei in black knight colors |
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| Happy girls |
Each year, CBI has a special Shabbat service to honor the graduating seniors. Because of a combination of factors this year (Rabbi Tom taking a sabbatical, Rabbi Jess being unfamiliar with the process and starting very late, the seniors being unusually busy), we had a very hard time finding a date, so it ended up being a Saturday evening Havdalah service with just the senior's families present. It turned out to be a particularly lovely service that we all enjoyed and the high schoolers formed up for an impromptu song circle after cake, much to the amusement of their parents:
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| In the courtyard |
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| Teachers lit the parents' candles and then the parents lit their students' candles |
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| Eli, Caroline and Abby in the newly refurbished sanctuary |
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| Catching up with Sherry Kraft, one of their Hebrew High teachers |
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| Micah Skadron joins the girls |
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| Song circle |
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| Benji joins in |
Rod and Kristina had a former student taking pictures at the play, including lots of backstage shots:
Benji played Basil, the desk man/bellhop in the first scene, but was most excited to be the lighting chief:
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| Benji was one of the cast members to come out to make announcements before the play began |
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| Benji as Basel, the desk clerk |
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| Full cast bow (there were almost 60 kids in this play!) |
Krispy Kreme had a day last week where the offered a free dozen donuts to all 2022 grads, so of course we swung by to pick one up:
On their last day in the lab, the FTC/BACON team decided to leave their mark:
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| They each made a screensaver for the robot driving phones |
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| And signed the robot side plate for the demo robot |
