Off to middle school!

It’s only fitting that fifth-graders in the district’s globally-focused school welcomed families and guests to their moving-up ceremony on Tuesday in eight different languages!

Students in Parwaiz Faizy’s class at Albany International Center and Djemila Stevens’ class in the Dual Language Program greeted their well-wishers in English, Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Pashto, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili.

After awards, presentation of certificates and a special musical number, the now-middle-schoolers met up outside school for an ice cream social.

Check out a Facebook photo album from the celebration. (You don't need a Facebook account to see the photos linked in the highlighted text. A window may appear that says, "To see more from Albany City Schools on Facebook, log on or create an account,” but you can dismiss it by clicking “not now.”)