To Graduate or Not to Graduate, That is the Question

All these graduation pictures on Facebook ... and all our poor boy gets is a shove out the front door and a hug when he reenters.  No gown, no mortarboard hat, no rolled up piece of paper with his name on it, no "Pomp and Circumstance" or cheers from a crowd.  But, I couldn't be any more prouder of his hard work and determination.  As far as homeschool goes, he is done and graduated in my eyes.  I will no longer be teaching him at home.  (Granted, he still has a couple more weeks to wrap up his KONOS studies and his mathematics.)  However, in the eyes of the school district, he is a Junior in Running Start ... his education isn't quite over.  Because of that, he is NOT officially a senior in their eyes.  So, we will keep his studying going with small unit studies to earn his BSA merit badges.  He'll walk again in two years, but then it will be with a bit more ceremony.