It has been so long since I’ve blogged but not because there hasn’t been anything to write about! It seems that in the “UC Community” there are special moments every day; events and memories that will last long after we leave the halls of UC.
Since the lock-in (my last post), UC students have marched in the Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, put on an amazing spring musical (congratulations on the Rising Star Nominations for the lobby display), participated in Career Day, attended pep rallies, hosted grammar school teachers and principals at a “Roundtable Dinner”, congratulated athletes for all their accomplishments at an athletic dinner (especially the track team for running at Penn Relays), crowned a new Mr. UC, hosted 7th grade students at the annual Anti-bullying Workshop, helped the admissions office host a very successful Spring Open House, took their Physics final at Great Adventure and enjoyed ice cream sundaes after their academic awards night. They have raised over $120,000 for the fight against and cancer and walked in the Relay for Life in Scotch Plains. They have attended their junior or senior prom and the funeral of a beloved guidance counselor.
These events fill our calendars and our days blend into months which blend into the end of another school year. It is so very hard to believe that the Class of 2009 has graduated, the Class of 2010 has inherited the courtyard, the Class of 2011 has ordered their class rings and UC "Big Brother and Sisters" are busy planning to welcome the Class of 2013 at their BBQ on June 17th.
This afternoon several of us were commenting on how quiet the building is without the Class of 2009. Each class brings a unique personality to our building and the Class of 2009 was no different. They leave UC having earned over 14 million dollars in scholarships and they leave having earned numerous awards academically and athletically. They leave UC with the memories of first loves, first victories and first defeats. They leave having made life-long friends and having learned life lessons both in and out of the classroom. They have grown up here at UC; grown into young men and women ready to take on the next phase of their life journey and leave their Alma mater behind. What does Alma Mater mean? It means “Our Mother” ~ so Class of 2009, your Alma Mater…your mother…will never forget you and will always welcome you home!
God Speed Class of 2009
Next blog…update on the Class of 2013 BBQ and Big Brother/Big Sister Roller Skating Event!!
