Yesterday morning Jon graduated from Sunny View Public School in a lovely ceremony attended by students, staff, friends and family (and a surprising number of non-municipal politicians).

A bagpiper leading the presenters and graduates into the auditorium.

Each student was lead in by a chaperone—Jon’s was his teacher, Denis. Jon looks like a gibbon in his wheelchair—all arms and legs hanging over the edges—because it’s too small and we’re within weeks of getting a new one!

Each graduate was introduced to the audience with a nice speech by his/her homeroom teacher.

On the right-hand stage were all the school awards presented to deserving students. Shiny!

Jon even won one of the awards: The Ruth Ellis Award for Physical and Occupational Therapy, named after a former therapist at Sunny View, and presented to the student who made best progress in PT or OT. It was presented to him by a smiling Ruth Ellis.

After the ceremony, we gathered in the school’s central atrium for cake and snacks (and much posing for pictures, after which the grads rolled off to a separate room for a pizza lunch.)

Jon and Denis.

Jon and Ruth Ellis, again. The award came with a $50 cheque, and all grads also received a $100 bursary provided by a local company. Thank you all for a memorable graduation and ten great years at Sunny View!

Our graduate.