For most of our Grade 12s (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ), 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, ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ!