Daniel and Kati move on to 5th grade...

I remember like it was yesterday. Switching classes rather than just staying with your one teacher. It was scary at first, and hard to figure out where you were supposed to be and when. But then it became normal and you realized you were growing up, at least a little bit. This is what's on the agenda for Kati and Daniel next fall. Kati was pretty emotional and talked all day about "the big separation" of never being with this teacher and her classmates again, but I didn't see her shed tears (as most of the rest of the kids in the class did). The teacher had nice things to say about everyone and encouraged them to try even harder next year. The kids crowd around as their teacher reads a part of the letter that Kati wrote to her: "She forgave us for our bad grades. Our teacher is like a mom that I will never forget."
It took everything just to get Daniel in the van to come to this end of the year celebration. But he remembered his lines and sang along with everyone else. Here he is with David, who has worked so patiently with him (and Zorro and Janos) this year.