By Cortney St. John
Round Table reporter

The Middletown High School Knee High Knights graduated preschool on May 13.

Parents/Guardians, Grandparents, and siblings came to celebrate this event. The graduation was held in the cafeteria at 10:00am, and then refreshments followed in the Child Development classroom. The graduation ceremony was originally to be held at the Middletown Community Park, but due to the weather the ceremony was held indoors.

During the ceremony, the preschoolers recited their number 1-25, and the alphabet. They sang the days of the week song; “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”; and they sang and danced to a song called, “Tootie Tot,” where they dance and sang with their thumbs out, arms back, feet apart, knees together, bottoms up, tongue out, eyes shut, and turning around. After they sang and danced they received their preschool diploma and then the ceremony concluded with a few final words.

“The ceremony was unique, cute, and entertaining. It was sad to see the preschoolers graduate but it was a great experience working with them and watching them learn and develop over the year” said junior Kelsi Harshman.

The Knee High Knight Preschoolers come Monday through Thursday from 8am-12pm for 24 weeks out of the entire school year. This year, the preschoolers came for 13 weeks in the fall semester and 11 weeks in the spring semester.

The Child Development 1, 2, and 3 classes are instructed by Gretchen Martin. She has taught Child Development for 4 years, and this is the third year for the Knee High Knight Preschoolers. The first year MHS had Child Development classes they went over to the Primary School to observe and teach Preschool and Kindergarten classes. Now MHS has 10 preschoolers that come 4 times a week to learn and have fun.

Freshman Brieze Stockman said, “I enjoy teaching the preschoolers the most because they each have their own personalities and it is fun to see how they act in a comfortable environment.