Celebrating a year of transitions

SWAN VALLEY – "We made it," said Swan Valley School Principal Ralph King June 8 at the Swan Valley School Kindergarten promotion and eighth grade graduation. This set the stage for an evening of celebrating successes, overcoming adversity and looking towards the future.

Prior to presenting the completion certificates, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Teacher Chris Mauldin applauded the kindergarteners for rising to the added challenges this year with masks trying to understand what Mauldin and their classmates were saying and feeling, as well as social distancing and not being able to free...