At Union High Schoolโs 2026 Academic Awards Assembly earlier this morning, Friday, 16 January, the highly coveted ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ was proudly presented to Grade 12 learner ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐.
The blazer was presented to her in recognition of her well-deserved Honours Award. (๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.)
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, having maintained an impressive academic average of 90% throughout her Grade 10 and Grade 11 years.
Achieving success at this level is no small accomplishment. Samantha approaches every endeavour with purpose and determination and, while she is actively involved in all aspects of life at Union, she maintains an unwavering focus on her academic pursuits – a commitment that has allowed her to excel consistently.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ since its inception in 2004, when it was first presented to Carl Bezuidenhout. She now joins an esteemed group of recipients who have had the honour of donning the white blazer: Sulette Damons (Class of 2007), Lynne Mugglestone (Class of 2007), Kelsey Minnaar (Class of 2017) and Caitrin Spence (Class of 2023).
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข – ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ!
