Longacres High School has welcomed 47 new Grade 8 learners into their high school during The Grade 8 Blazer Ceremony held on 21 January.
This ceremony indicates the end of their initiation week where they had to wear a name board around their neck, displaying a baby photo and embarrassing information like when last they got a hiding and the reason for it, their nickname given to them by their parent and the name of their potato-child.
During this ceremony they discarded their temporary name boards and were handed their official name badges and blazers.
“We are excited for 2019 and can’t wait to show to the community and the rest of the West Coast District what we can achieve; especially in this year’s systemic tests,” explained the high school principal, Pieter Bosman.
“The learners are already hard at work and have already written their first test of their Thursday test series.”
