Candlelight ceremony
20 May 2009 08:12 am
At the end of each term at the Vocational School for the Disabled a ceremony is held for all the graduating students. With everyone wearing white, the students and teachers gather together, the students to give thanks for the education and support they have received and the teachers to wish the students luck in their future lives. Candles are lit and the students say a few words to the assembled group, thanking the teachers, giving support to their fellow students and thanking the school for giving then a chance of a decent life. It is a beautiful ceremony, one where the graduating students have grown as people and now have the confidence to lead lives as equal members of society. Each staff member then ties a small piece of white string on to the wrists of the students as a sign of good luck.