Category: Cultural

It was our great honour to host 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗮𝗻-𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, one of the leading emerging pianists of his generation, for a memorable recital in our school hall on Thursday evening, 19 February.

Although only 15 years old, Christiaan-Peter is already studying full-time at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, and has an impressive list of awards and achievements to his name.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.

The recital programme featured masterworks by Beethoven, Schumann, Bartók, Liszt and Mozart, offering the audience an evening of depth, brilliance and musical storytelling. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 – Christiaan-Peter undoubtedly belongs to the latter.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.

In the accompanying photograph, he is seen with Union music educator, Mrs Sanette Brink, who shares in our pride and appreciation for an unforgettable evening of music.

Today, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is proud to recognise Baden-Powell Day (celebrated annually on 22 February) with a special civvies day in support of the Graaff-Reinet Scouts.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯-𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

We are especially proud of our Union Scouts (𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 20 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭), some of whom are pictured here in their uniforms today, who represent these ideals with commitment and pride.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 and celebrating the spirit of Scouting.

We are very proud of the excellent results our primary department music students achieved in their piano examinations at the end of last year.

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢-𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 Shana Theron (Grade 7, 2026), who completed two grades in a single year – passing Grade 3 with Distinction in Term 1 and achieving 96% Distinction in her RSL Grade 4 exam. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗼 Kate Scott (Grade 7, 2026) for 90% Distinction in Grade 2, Nieke van Jaarsveld (Grade 8, 2026) for 91% Distinction in Grade 1 and Mia Labuscagne (Grade 7, 2026) for 83% Merit in Grade 1.

Recently, unfazed by the blazing Karoo sun, seven Scouts from the 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗽 and two adult leaders gathered bright and early at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall – hats on, water bottles filled, spirits high and 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

With a troop full of new, eager faces, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. From knot work and pioneering to building a mock campsite that looked straight out of a survival guide, the Scouts threw themselves into every task. Each activity became a lesson – not just about Scouting, but about teamwork, problem-solving and leadership.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.

Of course, not everything went perfectly – a few wobbly lashings here, a tent that didn’t quite stand there – but that’s what Scouting is all about. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲.

After a morning of hard work, everyone gathered for a well-earned braai – boerie sizzling, laughter flowing and a true sense of camaraderie in the air. 𝘈 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱!

On Monday evening, 13 October, Union High School hosted its much-anticipated 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚, this year themed ‘𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻’.

The event showcased the school’s incredible senior musical talent – 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵é 𝘖𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘧𝘴𝘦𝘯.

Beautiful décor by Mrs Abigail Gedult set the perfect stage for a night filled with harmony and heart, while music teacher Ms Zelda Oosthuizen’s dedication and passion shone through every polished performance.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – a fitting finale to a night that celebrated artistry, hard work and Union’s rich musical spirit.

As the stage lights dimmed, the grand piano lid was closed and the final contestant left the hall, the organisers and adjudicators breathed a collective sigh of happiness as the 3rd annual Camdeboo Eisteddfod concluded after 𝗮 𝟯-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.

Sponsored by Montego Pet Nutrition, the Eisteddfod has grown exponentially since its first year with 496 entries being received in the categories of Creative Writing, Dance, Art, Drama, Vocal, Choral and Instrumental.

An eisteddfod is defined as “𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.”

Participation is treated with reverence and comments from the adjudicators give an opportunity for development and growth. For some, this is the first time on the stage, and the nerves were sometimes evident. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Our adjudicators: Lynne Gouws, Kelly Westraad, David Langmead, Belinda Grewar and Bronwynne Kingwill carefully evaluated each participant, considering creativity and technique.

A carefully thought-through programme and slick system of evaluation allowed for each contestant to immediately be provided with their certificate and report. The highly sought-after and elusive ‘Cum-Laude’ awards were received with much excitement and joy!

𝗔 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆. Gratitude must go to each teacher, coach and parent who encouraged and guided each performer. A huge thank you to Mr Donald Kingwill and the ground staff for their unwavering commitment and their tirelessly work behind the scenes of this years’ Camdeboo Eisteddfod!

Thank you to Mrs Abigail Gedult and moms Karen Scott, Kat Ott and Vanessa Copeman who decorated the hall so beautifully.

Marsha Bouwer and Marie-Louise Oosthuizen assisted each adjudicator with certificates and provided gentle support throughout the week. Thanks to Elsona/Truth catering for delicious meals and to Suliza van Wyk for assistance with spelling and translation.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 and could not have happened without the passion and hard work of Eisteddfod Director, Ms Zelda Oosthuizen. Thank you to Mrs Mariette Burger and the magic she works, a spark of creativity and excellence has been ignited for which the Cultural Department at Union High School is extremely grateful.

This past weekend, the Union High School boys affiliated to the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop participated in one of Scouting’s best known and most loved traditions – camping!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.

They honed their survival skills by learning how to build shelters, tried their hand at backwoods engineering and told stories around a crackling campfire, all under the watchful guidance of their seasoned scout leaders.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

Today, Union High School’s Scouts are proudly wearing their scarves to school in celebration of 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗙 𝗗𝗔𝗬.

𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 1 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1907 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

The Scout scarf, introduced by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, has since become far more than just part of a uniform. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 – 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰.

𝗔𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 – a simple yet meaningful reminder of their identity and the global community they’re part of.