Category: Cultural

Bulletin, Cultural

There was plenty to listen to – and quite a bit to think about – at the Union High School Primary Department’s annual 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 today, as 17 young speakers from Grades 5, 6 and 7 took their turn on the stage.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱.

Learners spoke about everything from kindness, friendship and bullying to protecting animals, working hard for your future and the realities of social media.

There were some lighter subjects too, including weird and dangerous hobbies, whether people really need dogs and even 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Between the speeches, the Grade 6 choral verse groups provided some lovely entertainment and gave the programme a different rhythm.

At the end of the competition, 𝗚𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝘂 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇 was named the Grade 5 winner, with 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗽 runner-up. In Grade 6, 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗲 took first place, followed by 𝗦𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗼𝗺, while 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 won the Grade 7 section, with 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗮 𝗢𝘁𝘁 as runner-up.

Congratulations to our winners and to all the young speakers who took part.

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦.

Bulletin, Cultural

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘄𝘂𝗹𝗮, 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀 recently had the opportunity to represent the Sarah Baartman District at the provincial speech competition in Qonce, hosted by the Department of Water and Sanitation.

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥.

𝗔 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲, who was selected as one of just six speakers to represent the Eastern Cape at the national competition.

He will travel to Johannesburg at the end of October for the 3-day event, where he will compete alongside learners from across the country.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.

Bulletin, Cultural

Last week, Union High School had the pleasure of hosting the Department of Water and Sanitation‘s 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 public speaking competition.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.

We are proud of our Union team – 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘄𝘂𝗹𝗮, 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀 – whose preparation and confidence were evident throughout the competition. Konke secured 1st place, Abigail 2nd place and Antonia 3rd place, giving Union a clean sweep of the top three positions.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 at the provincial public speaking competition in King William’s Town on 24 July.

We congratulate them and wish them all the best for the next round.

Bulletin, Cultural

Congratulations to Grade 6 learner 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽 on achieving an outstanding 90% – a Distinction – for her RSL Classical Grade 2 Piano Practical examination.

The examiner praised Kirsten’s “𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵”, as well as her “𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺” throughout the performance – a wonderful reflection of her hard work and musical talent.

Bulletin, Cultural

Union High School’s 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 has enjoyed a creative and productive term working on bird portraits.

Using masonite boards kindly donated by Mr Niël Keyser, the learners were taught how to sand, prime and prepare the boards before starting their acrylic paintings.

They also practised enlarging their reference material using the gridding technique, helping them plan their compositions carefully before painting.

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 as the learners explored colour, texture, line, tone and form throughout the project.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

Bulletin, Cultural

Last night we had the privilege of hosting our 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 for our Grade 10 to 12 learners – and what an inspiring evening it was!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, with each participant speaking confidently and with conviction. In fact, the judges took a full half hour to deliberate – a true testament to the quality and depth of the 16 entries received this year, more than ever before.

Congratulations to our top three speakers: Jasmine Abercrombie (1st), Konke Gawula (2nd) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd).

𝗪𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 – Mrs Tess Neill, Miss Sasha Bosch and Mrs Kelly Westraad – for their time and careful consideration. Mrs Westraad remarked on the learners’ confidence, their excellent preparation and how powerfully they spoke with passion about matters they truly believe in.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭!

Bulletin, Cultural

This evening we had the privilege of hosting our 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 and what a wonderful evening it was.

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 8 𝘢𝘯𝘥 9 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

From powerful reflections on believing in yourself, to the influence of role models, to the thought-provoking question of whether happiness is a choice – 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.

We are incredibly proud of every learner who participated. Public speaking takes bravery and our juniors rose to the occasion beautifully.

Bulletin, 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.

Bulletin, Cultural

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.