Students celebrate Mother’s Day with families

by Meena Gudapati, Reporter|May 11, 2015

Sumer created a painting of his mother as a gift. Though children now often purchase gifts from stores, they were originally meant to provide their mothers with sentimental gifts such as handmade cards or poems.

Courtesy of Sumer Kohli

Sumer created a painting of his mother as a gift. Though children now often purchase gifts from stores, they were originally meant to provide their mothers with sentimental gifts such as handmade cards or poems.

Mother’s Day, a celebration meant to honor mothers around the world, was celebrated on Sunday by many Upper School students.

Though children now often purchase gifts from stores, they were originally meant to provide their mothers with sentimental gifts such as handmade cards or poems.

To thank their mother for everything she does, Sumer Kohli (9) and his little brother created portraits; they each drew and digitally edited paintings of their mother.

Nick Nguyen (12) and his family went to brunch at a Chinese restaurant in Santa Cruz.

“We went to a park and took pictures, and we went to brunch with our family,” he said. “We went to this chinese dim sum place called Fortune Garden.”

Similarly, Lauren Napier (9) and her two siblings took their mother to breakfast in Los Gatos and later went on a hike.

“First we went to breakfast with my best friend Shannon [Richardson] (11), my brother who just came back from college, my sister, my dad and my mom and we took a nice two-mile walk from Los Gatos to Campbell,” she said.

While many students went out for breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner with their mothers, Edward Sheu (11) chose to make a home cooked meals.

“I made breakfast with my mom, took her out for a nice meal and [we] went shopping,” Edward said.

The tradition of Mother’s Day began in the United States in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial service for her mother, Ann Jarvis, a peace activist who assisted wounded soldiers in the Civil War. The day was to honor mothers for everything they did for their children.

The holiday was officially recognized in 1911 in the United States; Mother’s Day is now celebrated in countries around the world in spring.

Siblings Charley Huang (9) and Kaylan Huang (11) made a bath for their mother, using a Lush Bath Bomb, assorted magazines, homemade cards, incense sticks, scented candles, body butter from The Body Shop and flowers.

“I basically wanted to give her an opportunity to relax and enjoy time for herself, since she’s always running around doing things for me and Charley,” said Kaylan.

Charley and Kaylan set up a bath for their mother on Mother's Day. Though children now often purchase gifts from stores, they were originally meant to provide their mothers with sentimental gifts such as handmade cards or poems.
Courtesy of Charley Huang
Charley and Kaylan set up a bath for their mother on Mother’s Day. Though children now often purchase gifts from stores, they were originally meant to provide their mothers with sentimental gifts such as handmade cards or poems.