La Rochelle Yearbook 2024

AFSKEIDSBOODSKAP – MEV. ELSABÉ CONRADIE

So matrieks, binnekort gaan julle vandag van La Rochelle, julle gister raak. Ek wil julle aanmoedig om moeite te doen om bymekaar uit te kom na skool. Woon die reunies by. To meet up with old school friends feels like putting on your favourite sweater… it is warm, and it is comfortable, and you can just be yourself. Ek wil vir die leiers van 2024 baie dankie sê. Nalene, Aysha en Kelsey by die skool en Mia-Mickay en Marcél in die koshuis. Dankie vir die manier hoe julle voorgestap het. I gave you a couple of challenges this year and you certainly did rise to the occasion. Dankie vir julle pragtige geskenk aan die skool. Die ou koperklok was weggesteek in ’n hoekie by die Gasvryheidstudieklas. Ons is nie presies seker nie, maar ons dink dit dateer uit vroëe 1900’s, toe die skoolgebou opgerig is in 1902. Vandag word hierdie gedenkstuk in eer herstel en het ons daarvoor sy eie monument opgerig. Dit is dan gepas dat die matrieks van 2024 op uitstapdag nie die elektroniese klok nie, maar hierdie koperklok sal lui, wanneer hulle vir oulaas by die deure van die skool uitstap. So matrics, let us remember, the beauty of the “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” plant lies not in any single flower, but in the cycle itself. Yesterday’s memories, today’s lessons, and tomorrow’s dreams are all connected. Your past has prepared you for this moment, and today equips you with the strength to embrace the future. Class of 2024, as you stand on the threshold of a new chapter, take the lessons of yesterday with you. Live fully today , and face tomorrow with hope and confidence. The world beyond La Rochelle awaits you – ready to see the unique colours you will bring to it. Matrieks van 2024, ons wens vir julle... mag julle aanhou blom in elke seisoen van julle lewe. En Avant! Mev. Elsabé Conradie

Mev. Elsabé Conradie

herinner ons dat verandering deel is van die lewe en dit is juis in hierdie oomblikke van verandering waar ons die meeste groei. Finally, we come to “Tomorrow,” symbolized by the white bloom. This is the phase you are stepping into now. And just as the flower is white, this new page in your life is also white, a blank canvas, waiting for you to write your own story. As you leave the familiar halls of this school, you are stepping into the unknown – your tomorrows are full of promise, potential, and possibility. Each one of you has the power to shape your future, to bloom in a way that is uniquely your own. The world is waiting to see your colours – and to me it is important that you will always be yourself. Ek het vir mnr. Swart gevra om die liedjie “True Colours” van Cindy Lauper te speel, nou nou as julle op die verhoog kom. Dit is om julle te herinner dat julle altyd net julself moet wees. Die woorde is as volg: But I see your true colours Shining through I see your true colours And that’s why I love you (that is why we love you matrics) So don’t be afraid to let them show Your true colours True colours are beautiful Like a rainbow

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