Friday, 17 October 2025, will long be remembered as a day filled with emotion, reflection and pride as Union High School bid farewell to the Class of 2025 during a heartfelt ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ service held in the school hall.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
After the singing of the School Hymn, the ceremony opened with a meaningful Bible reading and prayer delivered by Deputy Head Boy, ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, and Deputy Head Girl, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น, setting a reverent tone for what was to follow.
Headmaster Mr William Pringle then addressed the gathering, delivering words that resonated deeply with both the learners and parents – ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ and of the lifelong connections they will always share with their alma mater.
This was followed by the Head Prefectsโ Address, in which Head Boy ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ and Head Girl ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ reflected with warmth and sincerity on their journey through the school – a journey marked by laughter, challenges, growth and unbreakable friendships.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ and of the teachers and friends who shaped their years here.
Adding to the emotional atmosphere, the matrics performed a moving rendition of โ๐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅโ by One Republic, a song choice that beautifully summed up their message – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
As the slideshow of memories played, capturing moments from their Grade 12 year, there was laughter, nostalgia and quiet tears – a vivid reminder of how quickly time passes and how much these young men and women have grown.
Finally, as the School Song echoed through the hall, the Class of 2025 stood together one last time as Union learners – united in spirit and tradition.
Then came the moment that always stirs the heart: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐. One after the other, they made their way from the hall, pausing at the Centenary Bell – a beloved symbol of Unionโs enduring legacy.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น – a tradition that marks both an ending and a beginning.
In that moment, surrounded by proud parents, staff and friends, the Class of 2025 stepped into the next chapter of their lives – ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ – your story will forever be part of Unionโs proud history.
As we celebrated ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, we could hardly believe how many of our very own staff members were bidding farewell to their own children in the Class of 2025!
This year, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ said goodbye to her eldest, Daniel; ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด to her youngest, Kyle; ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น has a double farewell with twins, Kenza and Alex; ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ celebrates her youngest, Erin; and ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป watches his eldest, Trystan, take this big step.
