Farewell Winchester

Unravelling a Journey of a Decade and Some More!

Adonia Joseph, Secondary Head Girl

Adonia has been in Winchester since FS1. Always a game changer, she has been a part of multiple projects and initiativesshe was the official RJ of the WIN Radio, the founder of the Social Support Club, and the main organiser of multiple Awareness Assemblies. As an active debater in the school team, Adonia has represented Winchester in a variety of competitions like Debate Dubai, Gulf Debates, and World Scholars Cup. She has also been both a Delegate and a Chair in several MUN conferences and has an impeccable record within the Student Government, completing 8 years as a dedicated Student Leaderthe last one as the Secondary Head Girl. In her role as the Head Girl, Adonia has spearheaded several impactful initiatives like the WIN Radio, the Winchester Yearbook and the Interschool Youth Leadership Summit.

As she bids goodbye to Winchester, Adonia is all ready to begin her tertiary education. WIN Times is grateful to Adonia for sharing her graduation speech, which captures some of her most precious memories.

“I’ve been told to keep this speech short, which is difficult, given that I have to unravel an entire journey in just a few moments. So, here is for all the good times we had. The time we entered sixth form and infamously broke the coffee machine within the first few weeks. The time we had a Christmas party and danced and sang our hearts out to Mariah Carey, until the classes downstairs complained. The time our grade was literally caught in the rain, because we had our PE lesson outside. The time we bonded over poetry, stories and feelings that one fateful afternoon. The time we spent in class, the times we teased our wonderful teachers, the times we laughed with our friends, all of it! But we should also appreciate the time we didn’t have. The time we should have spent saying a proper thank you and farewell to our teachers. The time we should have spent making last-year memories with our friends. All the last times we were deprived of. The last time we sat in a classroom, the last time we ate from the canteen, the last time we sang songs while some talented student strummed the ukulele. But it all worked out for the best, because it made all the times we did have even more special. So thank you to our teachers, our parents, our siblings, and our school for giving us these beautiful moments and memories, and congrats class of 2021! We did it!!”