Editor: I would like to publicly thank and acknowledge Mr. Laurence Greeff and the Focus program at 91原创 Secondary School.

My son鈥檚 father died suddenly a few years ago, and we were heartbroken and depressed. Because of financial reasons and my return to school, we moved a lot.  At each school he entered, I went to staff and was open about our situation. We were promised help, but were then forgotten about. My son got more and more behind, and more and more depressed.

I was very scared about his future and it looked bleak.

His situation and outlook has changed drastically. It is solely because of the teachers in the Focus program.

He will be a high school graduate, and feel worthy and capable in life, because Mr. Greeff cared about him and didn鈥檛 give up.

And I would also like to note that they accomplished this, while dealing with all that has gone on this year.

I hope everyone remembers that a lot of us were blessed by special teachers.

Thank you to principal Dawne Tomlinson who supports this program.

A. Heitsman,

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