Snoqualmie Valley School District schools wished students and staff a happy summer Wednesday, June 17, with send-off celebrations throughout the district. At Fall City Elementary, though, there were mixed emotions.
“I’ve been crying all morning,” admitted Wendy Stone, while she and husband Chris waited for their middle-school-bound daughter Claire to come out for a celebratory ride on Dad’s motorcycle.
“This school has been very important to us,” she added, since her father had taught there, she’d attended the school herself and later, returned there to teach.
Her last moments at the school were spent closely observing how secure Claire’s helmet was, and then wishing father and daughter a happy ride.
Inside, students danced out of their classrooms as the bell rang, and one girl proudly shouted “I’m a fourth grader!”
Then it was time for Otter Pops, big sunglasses, and a short show-and-tell of Glossary, the bearded dragon, who was going home with the Donaldson family for the summer.
Bus driver Natalie DeVoe is decked out in colorful leis for the last day of school.
Claire Stone hold still while her parents, Wendy and Chris, secure her helmet for a celebratory last-day-of-elementary-school motorcycle ride.
Glossary, the bearded dragon, also seems excited about going on summer vacation.
