Acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS From the Student Committee

We thank our teachers, from kindergarten to the utmost place in twelfth grade. The individuals with love and deep care have guided us and given us the tools to fight in this world and the vision to bring light into it. Those who devoted their time and efforts to accomplish this. Those who placed our education before their lives and put their souls into the craft of making us more humane people. There are no words to express our gratitude to all of you who took part in this long journey. On behalf of the students’ committee (Prom 2020), we would like to send you all, “A huge thank you for the outpouring of love and support for the past 14 years of greatness”

We would also like to pay our sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the architect of our book, The Aw kening Of Young Adul s. You put a part of your souls into each word and action, and in doing this, the fruit was inevitably sweet. In the end, these words feel like an understatement, they truly do. You are forever with us.

Finally and yet importantly, we pay respect to our English teacher, Issa Muvunangoma. You ignited the spark of this project and set our hands, minds, and hearts in the way of crafting a legacy of our education thus far. As we face the ending of all we know, and the beginning of all that we will create, this book is a testament, proof of our determination to never back down, like you have done Issa. Thank you.

PROM 2020