Please take a moment to read the below article, “𝘈 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢”, written by Deloris Koan, as published in the The DailyDispatch on Tuesday, 19 Augusts 2025.
On the morning of Monday, 18 August, Union High School proudly announced its 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 for 2026 during a very special assembly in the school hall.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 as the newly elected prefects stepped forward to sign their pledge of service and leadership. Each was then presented with their prefect tie and badge – 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 – which were quickly and proudly donned with the assistance of the outgoing prefects.
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, listed in alphabetical order, on their appointment as prefects for 2025: • Josh Arends • Amber Bezuidenhout • Masixole Bhayi • Liso Booi • Anna Bouwer • Samantha Charles • Peter-Daniel Clegg • Taegen Hamid • Xarah Hoffman • Yaaseen Kazi • Athayanda Mahlati • Misha Newton • Katelyn Trollip • Lisa Vutula • Yonela Wana
Back: Samantha Charles, Xarah Hoffman, Misha Newton, Katelyn Trollip, Anna Bouwer Front: Taegen Hamid, Amber Bezuidenhout, Lisa Vutula