Pre-K Graduation Brings Plenty Of Smiles
There was a lot of excitement in the air as Southside Elementary School held its graduation program for its preschool students on Wednesday, May 31.
“It’s a bright and sunny day in the adventure of parenting,” principal Tara Thomas said.
She explained that the hand prints on the young graduates’ T-shirts indicated how they were part of the community of learning in Wolf Point, the Fort Peck Tribes and northeastern Montana.
“Parents are the first and most important educators,” Thomas said during the program.
She stressed to parents the importance of having their children attend classes on a daily basis.
“We need you here in order that 13 years from now, they are marching at the high school,” Thomas said.
The graduates, for the senior class of 2036, included Dayson BadHawk, Keenan Chamberlain, Dezmond Cruse, Sebastian Desjarlais, Samuel George, Marina Gonzales, Mahpiyah Grey Bear, Ziya Guldborg, Eli Stump, K’Maiya Lone Bear, K’Larae White, Paxton Wolff, Aviana Berglee, Blakelyn Copenhaver, David Gorder, Abigail Grey Bear, Kaisen Hamilton, Hayden Herzog, Archer Higgins, Christian Iverson, E’Mara Kawasaki, Trace Kirn, Ella Kurokawa, Kora McGowan, Neeve Standing, Ka’Anuhea Villaluz and Tatym Vine.
