Turns 18, to Get Academic Award for 2nd Year

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Hi everyone

It has been an eventful week again in the Shipp family. turned 18

Tuesday and will graduate from high school June 10. He is very active in drama

and dance and writes stories and plays. He is taking regular English, science,

social studies, drama, and one othe regular class I can not think of.

received a letter today that he will receive an Academic Achievement

Award again this year on April 21 at the high school. He is on the A-B honor

roll and is active in music lessons, 4H, scouting, Special Olympics, church, and

other activities. Most of his classes are resource classes but he is also doing

the mail route at school as part of life skills and job skills. He loves it.

Kristi is doing well and finishing up her junior year. She still loves to

sing and dance but does not like to talk on the phone. She is real good at

math.

is doing well at state school. He is trying to talk and tried to say

" school " the other day.

We are all looking forward to joining each other in California in June and

will go to camp out there in July.

Dad to , Kristi, (all three who have Down syndrome) and

(who has Cri du chat syndrome)

Husband to C. in Mo.

Uncle Daddy to and in Calif.

BIL to in Calif.

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