As the school year comes to a close,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย bids a fond farewell to Mrs Belinda Grewar, who will be retiring.
๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง, ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ช๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ-๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ.
Before joining our school’s staff in 1995, Mrs Grewar embarked on an impressive journey in education. After graduating from Stellenbosch and UCT, she taught at various institutions, including Knysna High School, Capricorn High, Pinedene Primary and Vaal High School in Gauteng.
Later, at Jansenville High School, she held the position of Head of the Languages Department and established a resources center for schools in the area. This period was filled with personal growth for Mrs Grewar, despite facing challenging circumstances.
๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Her learners were lucky recipients of her innovative and engaging lessons. Many past learners fondly recall how Mrs Grewar nurtured their critical thinking and enhanced their creative writing skills, lessons that have served them well in their current careers.
๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง’๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก, where she made a significant impact as the Subject Head of English. Not only did her learners benefit greatly from her expertise, but many new staff members were fortunate to receive her mentorship and guidance as they embarked on their own teaching careers.
As a National Senior Certificate examination marker for eleven years and Deputy Chief Marker of English for the past three years, Mrs Grewar’s immense knowledge, experience, and expertise proved invaluable to both learners and staff at our school.
๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
While we will deeply miss Mrs Grewar’s numerous tangible contributions, her delightful dry sense of humor and infectious spirit of fun will leave a significant void within our school community.
She will always be remembered for her cheerful personality. However, it is her deep Christian faith, which has been a source of inspiration and comfort for so many throughout the years, that will leave the greatest void.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
May they find abundant joy, peace and well-deserved rest. May God bless them abundantly for their unwavering dedication and countless contributions.
