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Reflections by Our Head Boy Reflections by Our Head Girl
I’ve come to the end of my journey here at the The year 2021 has been challenging, more chal-
school and the end is often a great time to reflect lenging than I expected. The final year of high
on the past. school is always the most daunting because so
much needs to happen and will happen in a small
I arrived at the College in 2017 after being at As- span of time. This coupled with the effects of the
sumption Convent for 8 years and it was initially a pandemic created plenty obstacles to overcome.
shock. CBC was so much bigger than my previous These challenges and how the college responded
school and I would have to adjust from being to them reminded me of the words by Bob Marley,
head boy the previous year to being the baby of “You never know how strong you are, until being
the high school. I can say with certainty that 2017 strong is your only choice.”
was one of the most enjoyable years of my entire I was inspired by the resilience with which the
life. college and its members met the challenges of this
year. CBC fought hard and won in many ways.
The orientation, playing basketball for the first
time and making friends who have been with The resuming of sports programs at the college,
me throughout my time at the school are some of the great use of the hybrid teaching system, the
the many highlights of that year. Every year from involvement in the ERS and the annual Public
then on has been equally enjoyable especially Speaking Festival are all testaments to how the
because of the people in the school. school has grown in the midst of struggle. The
college in this year was able to return to a sense
Faith, leadership and excellence are the three of normality that was dearly missed.
values of the school, but excellence is particularly
important to me. It is hard to ignore the impact of Covid-19. The
inability to welcome the grade 8’s and engage
It is something I’ve strived for since I was a little with them as much as we had hoped being one.
boy and I’m glad to have been in a place that The overall engagement with people decreased
challenged me to achieve excellence wherever I which saddens me.
could, be it in academics, sport or culture and that
has helped me be a better person. I am grateful The beauty of engagement, especially in the
to my family, friends and teachers who pushed college, is that it allows for knowledge and
me and cheered me on to becoming the confident wisdom to pass from the seniors to the juniors.
and intelligent person I am right now. I would also Engagement allows deeper relationships to form
like to thank the school more generally for being between people and CBC has lost out on that due
the place where I grew up in and being the place to the pandemic.
I met people who have changed my life forever.
In spite of things that we may have lost out on
Yann Mulumba there is much to be grateful for. I have truly
been blessed to be the head girl of CBC Mount
Edmund. Roles of leadership come with heaps of
responsibility and work, but it has been a great
opportunity to serve this family that I love so
much! The time I’ve had to serve my peers and
the staff has helped me grow as an individual
and I’m so grateful to the college for trusting me
to lead this year.
The matric class of 2021 are a group of people who
I am proud to be a part of. From day one at CBC,
I found my family in the hearts of these beautiful
people. As family’s do, we have experienced strife
but we have come through it together. I have no
doubt that each of us will continue to brighten up
the world in the way that only we can.
