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102 THE CLARENCIAN 2024-2025School Captain%u2019s AddressSchool CaptainAna Johanna FlemingsonShe respectfully acknowledged the Chief Guest, Mrs. Sharon Joseph, members of the Clarence Educational Trust and Board of Management, the Administrator, Principal, staff, parents, and families.She began by thanking God for His providence and expressed heartfelt gratitude to the leadership for their steadfast guidance and discipline. Quoting Arne Duncan, she praised the faculty, led by Principal Mrs. Ruth Manoj, as extraordinary mentors who shaped not only academic excellence but also character and conviction. She noted that even those who once resisted sentiment later realised there were no teachers like those at Clarence.On behalf of the batch, she thanked parents and families for their sacrifices and unwavering support, crediting them for shaping the young men and women present. She recalled treasured memories %u2014 KG nap times, Student of the Week, CLADS, and lively canteen moments %u2014 while affirming that the verse, %u201cThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,%u201d would remain their guiding light.Ana Johanna Flemingson, the School Captain, addressed the gathering at the Valedictory Function, as is the practice, reflecting on how swiftly the years at Clarence had passed and how no amount of time could have truly prepared the Graduating Batch of 2025 to say farewell.Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.%u2014 Aldous Huxley