GRAAFF-REINET NEWS — Union High School recently hosted a dinner in the Tony Burrell Union to celebrate the connection between the School and the Salisbury Cathedral School in the United Kingdom.

For 27 years, Union’s Grade 7 learners have been going to Salisbury as exchange students for a term, followed by the Salisbury learners spending a term in South Africa. Quite a few of these learners then go on to do a Gap Year at Salisbury after completing their matric year.

Monday’s event was attended by all of the exchange students from 2013 to date, as well as their parents. After principal William Pringle welcomed all the guests, Bruce Maree, one of the founder members of the Exchange Programme, gave a short history, and amused the audience with a few tales of events that have happened over the years.

Thanks to Bronwen Langmead, the learners and parents were entertained with a collage of memories of their time in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Each learner was also presented with an Exchange Student badge, which they will wear for the duration of their years at Union High.

The Salisbury Exchange Programme is such an important part of Union life, and this event was a great celebration of the connection between the two schools.

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