Imagine beginning your high school journey in 2020. You’ve just met new friends, joined your first sports team, and are looking forward to your first camp. Then, halfway around the world, disruption begins, and soon enough, it reaches your doorstep.
For the college’s graduating Class of 2025, the traditional high school experience began under extraordinary circumstances. While some students had already joined Braemar in earlier years, it was in 2020 that this cohort came together to start what should have been a familiar five-year journey of learning, friendship, and growth. Instead, their early high school years were marked by isolation, uncertainty, and the challenge of adapting to a world turned upside down.
Those years, however, also forged something remarkable. They taught this group resilience, empathy, and the ability to adapt to change. They learned to stay connected in new ways, to find motivation within themselves, and to support one another, lessons that no textbook could ever fully teach.
Now, as they approach the final weeks of their Year 12 journey, these young people stand as a testament to strength and optimism. They have grown from quiet determination into confident leaders, ready to step into the broader world beyond Braemar College. Their collective story is one not just of overcoming challenge, but of shaping character and community through adversity.
The college community is immensely proud of the Class of 2025, proud of their achievements, their spirit, and the way they have carried themselves through such defining years. They remind us that education is not only about what happens in classrooms, but about how we face the world and rise together.
We wish them every success as they take their next steps beyond Braemar.
