Big Red Star!

A few months ago, I received an email from Maddy's school principal!

No, she wasn't in trouble --
he wanted to nominate her 

as an outstanding 8th grader to receive a Big Red Star

from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

I gave him some details of her background including the sports, clubs

and volunteer work she has been involved in and he added

the academic information.

About a month ago, we received the news that she and 

another student from her school were selected as outstanding 8th Graders!

Last week we attended the Big Red Star awards ceremony

with about 320 students from all over the

State of Nebraska!
(We thought it was just a Lincoln event, but there were only
about 12 students from Lincoln and
the rest were from various cities around the state.)

There were presentations on getting ready for college and

what to think about and classes to take in high school to prepare.

The keynote speaker, Peter Ferguson, was funny and

kept every one's interest. 

Near the end of Pete's address, he mentioned

how his daughter (who is a high school freshman)

constantly does the "teacup" pose with her friends and

he thinks it is SO odd!

He also mentioned he's been mistaken for Michael Jordan!

Well, we saw him on the way to lunch 

and what did he and Maddy do for their photo?

The teacup pose!  :)

It was really a super proud moment for us and Maddy.

I've always thought of her as an
outstanding 8th grader.