Real Talk!

It's hard to believe... but my little girl has completed high school! They aren't kidding when they say they grow up fast!!!

It seems like it was just yesterday....
Catherine Elizabeth Stewart (Katie) came to join us

Then, not even a year old... she started walking AND talking! & she loved to visit the zoo....

She was born independent!

She began driving, before she was 2

Then, it was time for her first day of school....

where she accumulated many friends and fans... and got excellent grades...

and she got a lot of practice speaking in front of groups and being on stage...

she mc'd the grade 8 graduation, the year before her own... and she was Miss Bancroft... and Miss Pioneer... and she won numerous poetry contests... and volunteered for all kinds of stuff!!!

Then, she went on to high school... and became more worldly...

and joined the improv team....

and started working at a local jewellry store of her own volition, at the age of 15

she also got involved at the Village Playhouse....

in various different roles....

and made some good friends...

lots of them... especially during the 4 years of improv....

she did a fabulous job as Erma in NHHS's musical theatre production of Anything Goes (singing and dancing, too) ... getting special notice on the radio... and special attention from the crowd!

Oh... did I mention that she never gave me any problems and always made me proud?

Recently, she went to her prom, with one of her bffs...

Her boyfriend showed up later (his prom was the same night... a nearby town, but different high school)...

and next week... she is Valedictorian at the Commencement Ceremony...

Her grades are near to perfect... and she is a joy, indeed...Fabian and I are so proud... her grandparents (John and Pat Noyes of Bancroft & John and Ellen Stewart of Lindsay) are proud and her father Patrick and his wife are, too....

and next year... she's off... to Queen's... we're going to miss her and all the crazy stuff she does around here...

CONGRATULATIONS KATIE!

addendum:

Last evening, June 29, 2010 we enjoyed the commencement ceremonies at North Hastings High School...

Katie gave a moving Valedictorian Address...

AND took away a number of awards...

The Dramatic Arts, University Preparation Award

A North Hastings High School Scholarship (for a student who excels in academics)

The Principal's Award for Studen Leadership (for a senior student who displays outstanding leadership throughout the school community)

A Quinte Arts Council Bursary (for students who have demonstrated active involvement in the arts both within their school and the wider community)

The Magister Award for Top University-bound student (yes, she got the top marks for six grade 12 courses, all at university level)

The Bancroft Theatre Guild Appreciation Bursary

An "Ontario Scholars" certificate

The Level 3 House Award

Member of the Honour Society

and we're not even touching on the Wasmund Family Memorial Scholarship that she's been awarded!