A Parting Gift

For most of our Grade 12s (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺), their journey at the Union Schools came to an end today, Friday, 2 December, having written their final matric examination!

As has become tradition, the matrics took off their school shoes upon finishing their exam and left them behind on their examination desks.

As we watched the matriculants leave the school in high spirits – either barefoot, in flip flops, or wearing only their socks – our hearts swelled.

At Union, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥.

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