After 40 years continuous service as a school cleaner at Kaukapakapa School, Raewyn Gray is retiring.
While her final days will be spent over the holidays, we made a big song and dance about her one the last day of term (Friday September 23), literally. Students made card and a gold dust pan to present while singing a rewritten version of Sadie the cleaning lady. At a morning tea held in her honor she received gifts from the staff board and community.
Raewyn Gray with Hayden Jones & Aria Morehu
Principal Tony Westrupp said, “Our school is indebted to the care (she) has taken to present it in a most pristine condition.”
Raewyn and her late husband Arthur raised their family through Kaukapakapa School and as a team contributed hundreds of hours to voluntary service to our school, on top of her cleaning duties. We wish her will on her retirement.