๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐, who has been awarded the prestigious Rupert Achievement Award after being named the ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
This award, which includes a generous cash prize towards her tertiary studies, is a fitting tribute to Erinโs exceptional academic journey at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.
We are immensely proud that this achievement marks the ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ that our school has produced Graaff-Reinetโs top matriculant – from ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ (2020) to ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (2021), ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป (2022), ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (2023), ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (2024), and now Erin in 2025.
Erinโs results speak volumes.
With a final average of 87%, she achieved distinctions across a wide range of subjects, including Accounting (93%), Life Sciences (93%), Afrikaans FAL (87%), English HL (86%), Physical Sciences (81%), Life Orientation (89%) and Mathematics (80%). She further challenged herself by completing Further Studies Mathematics, achieving a commendable 72%.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ, Erin embraced school life fully. Her leadership and service are evident through her involvement as a Prefect, Mentor, Mathematics Tutor, Media Team member and Blood Peer Promoter, as well as her long-standing commitment to the RCL, Interact (serving as Treasurer and later Secretary) and First Aid, where she held the role of Head in both 2024 and 2025.
๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
Erin was also invited to the AAD based on her top Physics performance in Grade 11 in the Sarah Baartman District.
Erin, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ and sister to Old Unionite Ethan Gedult, has accepted her final offer to study MBChB at Stellenbosch University in 2026.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ as she embarks on this exciting next chapter.
In the words of her mother, Abigail Gedult, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
This success truly reflects the power of a supportive school and community working together.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป. Your hard work, humility and excellence inspire us all.
