The 27th of June marked the Graduation Day for our S5 and S7 students when they received their certificates from the Guest of Honour, Ms Jane Cheng, MH, Canossian Education Consultant.

Ms Cheng, who led the formulation of the School Development and Accountability framework in 2003 and devoted herself to the promotion of school development, highlighted the significance of lifelong learning in her address and gave the graduates a direction to work for by urging them to continuously upgrade themselves.

Mixed feelings pervaded the evening, particularly when the school paid tribute to the retiring staff, Mr. Cheung Chi-keung, Mathematics teacher much beloved of many generations of Holy Familians, and two janitor staff.

As our graduates embarked on a new phase in their life, Reverend Father Ferdinand Lok reminded their junior counterparts in the Thanksgiving Mass that the end of the school term meant only the beginning of a new stage in their learning, and encouraged the Holy Familians to always look ahead and be prepared to learn.

The achievements of the students were given recognition in the Prize-Giving Ceremony that followed, and the prize-winners joy was shared by both schoolmates and the parents who looked on with pride. While she called on all Holy Familians to do the best, Mrs. Lucilla Yip, our Principal, expounded on the Canossian spirit of humility and stressed its importance in our growth and all our endeavours to serve God.

The school year came to a formal close in a festive mood with the presentation of Long Service Awards to two staff members amidst the cheers and applause of the whole school.