The word “graduate” comes from the Latin gradus, meaning “step”. Last week our Grade 5 students took their next step in education as they Graduated from Junior School. Celebrating the culmination of hard work and effort of the past 8 years, they crossed the stage to receive their diploma and then later the Quad to join Middle School. The ceremony ended with the burying of a time capsule, which they hope to uncover on the day of their Grade 12 Graduation, filled with letters to their future selves, full of messages of hope and good luck.
Alison Thompson
Grade 5 Teacher and Junior School Mathematics coordinator