First United Methodist Daycare and Preschool director Jane Butto and teachers Tracy Lintner, Vivien MacMahan, Susan Turner, and Debbie Holly shared a mixture of pride and sadness with parents and grandparents as 39 children graduated from preschool Wednesday, May 21.

Photo, from left to right, starting with the back row: Blake Custer, Jayden Edgell, Meridth Moran, Zabien Grochowski, Madi Givens, Isaiah Deweese, Cecilia Fraticelli, Megan Painter, Giancarlo Marletta; Third Row: Adam Warren, Joseph Hall, Morgan Becker, Taylor Schoonover, Grace Snyder, Cameron Wiley, Juwan Jackson, Taylor Bolen; Second Row: Payten Richardson, Elli Underwood, Jordan Gearhart, Ethan Morrell, Greyson Bane, Conner Fletcher, Ashlie Maynard, Jack Routt, Devyn Crisco, Alida Schreuders; First Row: Catherine Chisum, Katie Robertson, Gracie Pickle, Ethan Justice, Spencer Cross, Loretta Dredger, Cheyanne Huffman-Hippensteel, Emma Robarge, Jake Miller, Kaitlyn Carter. Not pictured- Grace Ferris, Caroline Bryant. Photo courtesy of First United Methodist Preschool.