It is no secret that the time is drawing near for the Union Schools to bid farewell to two of its most cherished figures – ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.
Their presence has become woven into the very fabric of Unionโs story – a story marked by care, steadfastness and a quiet, enduring passion for the school and all it represents.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, the Kingwill siblings have presented a remarkable gift to the school – a large yellow frame, reminiscent of the iconic โyellow tourism framesโ that can be found at treasured landmarks across South Africa.
This special frame, ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ, stands as a tribute to their parentsโ lifelong service and deep-rooted love for the Union Schools.
It invites all who pass through our gates to pause, reflect and capture a moment within the same landscape that shaped generations of learners – ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.
As we look toward their retirement with both gratitude and heartbreak, this frame will serve as a symbol of the enduring impact they leave behind – ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
