Olivia's Graduation Ceremony 2019

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Olivia's Graduation
American Embassy School, New Delhi
May 25, 2019

Emma returned to New Delhi for Olivia's graduation.  Last Saturday, the AES facility folks transformed the gymnasium into a Wonderland of flowers and color.  Truly amazing!

Click or double-click on any photograph to see them all in large format.  Click right arrow to scroll through them.

Photos are unedited at this point.

Photos of other students are friends of Olivia's.  Photos where we look back are the fault of the photographer.  :)



Oh, the flowers of India!


Modern Family, Circa 2019


A musical welcome and pots overflowing with flowers....an Indian custom.




The Sopranos, Season 9




The Sopranos, Season 10







A friend of Olivia's from Morocco

























Lighting a set of oil lamps, to mark the start of auspicious occasions.  An Indian tradition.  The students acted like they didn't know how to handle lighters. 






Emma C. and Bo (BoSeung) P.



Alphabetical seating.  T's are always in the back row.


Jo


Jo


Nasser




Jo and Nasser




Ruth and Family


Students whose family are faculty are presented their diploma by their parents.  I think this is a tradition that should be extended to all parents who wish to participate.  


Paul J., the principal, was also in Rabat, Morocco, when we were in Casablanca.



Jim L., the director, is a fine leader.



Diego meets the big wigs



Emma C. sits patiently as the back row is called to stand.


The back of Ruth's dad's head.  Very cool and kind fellow.


Oh, now the back of my head.  Gee.




Obviously, the photos are unedited.






Family Hug














Smile










Reese and Olivia





Sara from Morocco

(I still love Morocco most.)



Sara seems to agree.




Hoopla!





Diego's first step as a young adult.


His third step as a young adult.

(I'm not sure the students were buying the whole ceremony, but we were.)


Reese and Olivia





Olivia


Olivia's first step as a young adult, per the ceremony narrative.



India overflows with flowers on occasions like these.


Looking south, you can see this is a gymnasium.  The transformation was beautiful.

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