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Volume 35 - 12 November, 2013 Dear Parents and Students This Friday we celebrate, with a definite sense of pride, the graduation of the Class of 2013. I congratulate them on their most successful year. As seniors, they have led the school well; with enthusiasm and energy. They have applied themselves diligently to their studies and they have encouraged and supported each other generously and cheerfully. In this year of Justice they invited us to “see truth; feel gratitude and act justly”. They promoted the notion that justice begins with being true to oneself and in striving for right relationships with others. Justice, as represented by their ‘tree’ banner, grows from compassion, empathy and a grateful heart and this bears fruit when we act for others. I thank the Class of 2013 for their generous leadership and the legacy they leave us. I also thank them for their vibrancy, vitality and spirit. Girls, on behalf of the community I wish you every success for the future and encourage you to always ‘see the wondrous and welcome the impossible’. May God Bless you and keep you ever in the palm of his hands. You go forth now “to do good and to do it well” (Mary Ward). You Shall Above All Things You shall above all things be glad and young. For if you’re young, whatever life you wear it will become you; and if you are glad whatever’s living will yourself become . . . I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. e.e. cummings
Sincerity
Freedom
JUSTICE
Verity
Felicity