๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to all the Union High School learners who received awards during our special Winter Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 18 August 2023.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
We take great pride in having been able to present ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ to these learners and congratulate them on this wonderful achievement!
๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ were presented to Leah Marais (hockey), Brigettรฉ Oelofsen (hockey) and Hlakanipha Skepe (rugby).
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Brent Hesselink, Anna Pringle, Tara Ferreira (Re-award) and Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award) on being awarded ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ for tennis.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Cadee Arends, Sasha Cochrane, Johan du Plessis, Vivian McEwan, Arno Nell, Sobuhle Nyambali and Shona Zana on achieving ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ for participation in cultural activities!
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.
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We take great pride in being able to congratulate Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ on having been awarded his Full Eastern Cape Colours in Endurance Riding.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
During the Winter Awards assembly on Friday morning, 18 August, the newly elected prefects were each presented with a prefect tie and badge.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s new prefect body of 2023/24: Joshua Basson, Tyra Binney, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Ethan Linch, Nangawethu Macanda, Naโeem Mahomed, Bontle Mashiane, Sadรฉ May, Joy Merifield, Joshua Neill, Sobuhle Nyambali, Lolitha Saki, Camran Swartz, Uyanda Tele and Sarah Wilmot!
Front, left to right:ย Joshua Basson, Ethan Linch, Naโeem Mahomed, Camran Swartz
Front, left to right:ย Joy Merifield, Sadรฉ May, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
We would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the outgoing prefects. Your immense contributions, unwavering commitment and remarkable leadership have left an indelible mark on Union High School. You have been instrumental in guiding and inspiring your peers, and ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐.
As we embark on this new chapter, let us remember the words of John C. Maxwell, “๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.”
May this quote serve as a constant reminder for our new prefect body to lead with integrity, empathy and vision. Together, let’s create a legacy that inspires and empowers others!