Dear Sawyer,
JieJie has loved her time at Garden School, so when it came time for you to apply to middle school, it was a no-brainer that you would also submit an application to Garden. Knowing how much work is needed for the application (four essays, an interview and a merit exam), I had you start your essays and interview prep last summer. You wrote many, many drafts and spent many, many hours preparing answers for possible interview questions and rehearsing them. I know it wasn't fun and I know it was a bummer whenever you had free time and I barked at you to use that free time to work on your Garden application (especially as the deadlines began to loom closer) but you never complained (openly to me, anyway) and responsibly did what you had to do. And all that perseverance paid off because you received your acceptance letter from Garden School last night!!! You're in!!!
When JieJie received her acceptance letter, we handed her the letter and threw blue and white confetti (Garden's school colors are blue and white). I did the same for you this morning and when you realized that you'd been accepted, you cried and gave me a long (relieved?) hug. I'm so proud of you, Sawyer! I am so happy that you will be following in JieJie's footsteps and I hope that you also love your time at Garden!
Love,
Mom
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