Principal Mike Davis hands Olivia Mace-Holt the "Principal's Award" during the sixth-grade promotion ceremony at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. Teachers and Davis acknowledged 37 students who just finished their sixth-grade school year and will advance to Auburn Middle School in August. In addition to her "Principal's Award," Mace-Holt received an "Award for Educational Achievement" and the "Future Equestrian Award." Davis handed out two "Principal's Awards." Isaac Walton received the other.

Olivia Mace-Holt holds her "Principal's Award" during the sixth-grade promotion ceremony outside Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. Mace-Holt was one of just two students to receive the award; Isaac Walton received the other.

Walton Elementary School student Hannah Young walks away with her "Future Preschool Teacher Award" and her "middle school survival packet" during the sixth-grade promotion event at the Auburn school.

Darwin Kochis receives the "Amazing Trivia Award" from his sixth-grade teacher Marissa Hutchins during the sixth-grade promotion event at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Walton Elementary School sixth-grade teachers Marissa Hutchins and Erin Breau made "middle school survival packets" for each of the 37 sixth graders who are headed to Auburn Middle School next year.

Devan Fortier-Dostie receives the "Future Video Game Designer Award" during the sixth-grade promotion event at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Lily Slocumb gives her teacher, Erin Breau, an air hug after receiving the "Future Bee Keeper Award" during the sixth-grade promotion event at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Kelsie Coombs, center, receives the "Caring Award" during the sixth-grade promotion event at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Sixth-grade teachers Erin Breau, left, and Marissa Hutchins join principal Mike Davis and Auburn School Resource Officer John Chamberlain for the sixth-grade promotion ceremony at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Riley Morrison receives the "Tech Support Award" from his sixth-grade teacher, Erin Breau, during the sixth-grade promotion ceremony at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. The ceremony is traditionally held in the school gymnasium, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students pulled up with their parents outside the school one at a time.

Brooke Herbest, left, receives an "Award for Educational Achievement" from principal Mike Davis during the sixth-grade promotion ceremony at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. Herbest was also given the "Future Historian Award." Pictured from left are Herbest, her father Randy, teacher Louise Whalen, Davis and teacher Erin Breau.

Leonard Kimble, second from left, takes a picture of his son, Max, during the sixth-grade promotion ceremony at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday.

Parents and students line up to approach staff one family at a time during the sixth-grade promotion event at Walton Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. The ceremony is traditionally held in the school gymnasium with all students in attendance, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students were acknowledged one at a time.