On Monday afternoon, 29 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Class of 2025 took a meaningful step into the future as they were warmly welcomed into the Old Unionite Association (OUA).
This annual ceremony, so deeply rooted in Union tradition, carries with it both pride and poignancy.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 12๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
With grace and sincerity, Headmaster Mr William Pringle opened the occasion, inviting the learners to reflect on all they have achieved during their years at Union. His words paved the way for guest speaker Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the OUA committee, whose heartfelt message of encouragement reminded the learners that ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ.
The ceremony closed with the ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ sharing a joyful lunch together – an afternoon filled with laughter, memories and the quiet recognition that ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.
