The annual induction ceremony hosted by the Old Unionite Association, is always such a special rite of passage for Union’s matrics.
In a memorable ceremony, held on Tuesday evening, 10 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Class of 2023 embarked on a new chapter of their journey as they were officially inducted into the Old Unionite Association (OUA).
The highly anticipated annual event commenced with the distribution of OUA membership cards and a gift to the Grade 12 learners, symbolizing their entry into the Union High School alumni community. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐จ.
Headmaster Mr William Pringle extended a warm welcome to the Grade 12s, setting the tone for an evening filled with pride and reflection, after which guest speaker Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the OUA committee, seized the opportunity to share invaluable words of wisdom with the young learners. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด.
The memorable event came to a close with the Class of 2023 coming together to enjoy a delightful meal, fostering camaraderie and nostalgia among the matriculating learners.
