{"id":2746,"date":"2019-06-14T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2019-06-14T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:04:06","slug":"8th-grade-graduation-for-emma-and-prom-night-for-the-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/?p=2746","title":{"rendered":"8th grade &#8220;graduation&#8221; for Emma and prom night for the boys."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back when us old guys were in school, when we graduated from 8th grade it was exactly that, graduated from 8th grade. These days , at least in this area of California, no such animal.  It is now called 8th grade promotion. I kid you not. So Emma has been &#8220;promoted&#8221; from the 8th grade to a freshman in high school. All the same flare and theatrics with speeches and music and awards, but the MC&#8217;s and the program only mention &#8220;promotion&#8221; and never mention the word graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8080-e1560434457572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8080-e1560434457572.jpg 480w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8080-e1560434457572-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8094-e1560434472550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8094-e1560434472550.jpg 480w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8094-e1560434472550-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Very proud of Emma. She received the Presidential Award for scholastic achievement and another award for maintaining 4.0 gpa throughout Middle School. She is excited to be a freshman!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prom night for the boys..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0761-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0761-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0761-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0761-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0761.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0819-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0819-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0819-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0819-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0819.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0853-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0853-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/synstwinsfins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0853.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back when us old guys were in school, when we graduated from 8th grade it was exactly that, graduated from 8th grade. These days , at least in this area of California, no such animal. 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