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Dear Grade 12s

You have truly risen above the challenges of this year; stronger and

more beautiful than any Phoenix from the ashes. I have faith that

you will succeed in all your future endeavors. I am immensely proud

of you and will miss you so much.
- Ms O'Reilly

Dear Matrics

Whatever we thought about this year in January was certainly not

what we finally received.
However, you have gained much: you have learnt how to be resilient

and study on your own; you know how to maintain relationships

with a few close family members and with a wide circle of friends - in

ways you never imagined; you have had time to reflect on who you

are and what exactly you want from next year; you can smile with

your eyes and use your eyebrows to communicate.
Of course, there are regrets and a sense of what was taken from

you, but remember 'Tho' much is taken, much abides', and what you

have become is a solid foundation from which to face the

challenges yet to come.

'God speed* [you] well.'

* Just in case: The noun “speed” (spelled 'spoed' in Old English)

originally meant “success, prosperity, good fortune; profit,

advancement, furtherance,” according to the Oxford English

Dictionary. I wish you all of those.
- Ms Unterslak

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you

have imagined.”

– Henry David Thoreau

- Ms Van Niekerk

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