A Parting Gift

For most of our Grade 12s (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ), 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, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ!