“A Time To Cherish And Cheer The Nonracial Heart Of South Africa” By Delores Koan

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

Please take a moment to read the below article, โ€œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ขโ€, written by Deloris Koan, as published in the The DailyDispatch on Tuesday, 19 Augusts 2025.

Prefect Body 2026 Announced

On the morning of Monday, 18 August, Union High School proudly announced its ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—•๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ for 2026 during a very special assembly in the school hall.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ 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 – ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ – which were quickly and proudly donned with the assistance of the outgoing prefects.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, listed in alphabetical order, on their appointment as prefects for 2025:
โ€ข Josh Arends
โ€ข Amber Bezuidenhout
โ€ข Masixole Bhayi
โ€ข Liso Booi
โ€ข Anna Bouwer
โ€ข Samantha Charles
โ€ข Peter-Daniel Clegg
โ€ข Taegen Hamid
โ€ข Xarah Hoffman
โ€ข Yaaseen Kazi
โ€ข Athayanda Mahlati
โ€ข Misha Newton
โ€ข Katelyn Trollip
โ€ข Lisa Vutula
โ€ข Yonela Wana

Back: Samantha Charles, Xarah Hoffman,
Misha Newton, Katelyn Trollip, Anna Bouwer
Front: Taegen Hamid,
Amber Bezuidenhout, Lisa Vutula
Back: Masixole Bhayi, Yonela Wana,
Peter-Daniel Clegg, Liso Booi
Front: Josh Arends, Yaaseen Kazi,
Athayanda Mahlati

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Interschools 2025 Final Results: 64 – 42!

This past weekend was nothing short of unforgettable as we proudly hosted our annual ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น โ€“ for the first time since 1971.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

Union is incredibly proud to have claimed the overall Interschools trophy this year with a final score of 64-42!

But more than the score, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

To us, Interschools has never been about one team or one game – ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

It is chess, speech, tennis, hockey, rugby, cross country and so much more.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

This win is a true testament to our learners – their dedication, resilience and pride in their school.

To them, we say: ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ. You have made us all so very proud.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

What stood out most wasnโ€™t just the roar of the crowds, the triumphs and heartbreaks on the fields, or the sea of colours filling every corner of our campus – it was a simple but powerful comment: โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ.โ€

And that, perhaps, says it all.

Beyond the scoreboards and results, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป – ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.

It was laughter, cheers, embraces and memories that will last a lifetime.

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด 2025 ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.

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Interschools Results – Hockey

Interschools is never just about a score line. Itโ€™s about heart, sacrifice, dedication, and pride. Itโ€™s about countless early mornings, bruises taken in silence, running until legs give in and never losing sight of a shared dream. This year, all of that sacrifice came together in one unforgettable performance, one that will go down in Union High Schoolโ€™s proud history.

On Saturday, our First Team girls didnโ€™t just perform โ€“ they destroyed Volkskool. They didnโ€™t just play hockey, they made history. With a breath-taking 7โ€“0 victory, every single goal came from open play. No short corners, no strokes; just pure hockey. Clinical finishing, ruthless pressing, teamwork that left no gaps on the field and a hunger that could not be matched.

Every player gave everything. This was a team that embodied our motto the three C โ€œ conquer the mind, command the moment and change the story.โ€

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ and ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ proudly received their ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ, marking their remarkable contribution to Union hockey. Even more impressively, ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—”๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น and ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ achieved the exceptional honour of receiving their ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ – a testament to years of hard work and unwavering passion for the game.

Other Results:
U13A won 1-0
U13B won 2-0
U13C won 4-0
U14A won 5-4 (Come Back Performance Of The Year, 0-3 down after first chukka)
U16A won 1-0
2nd Team won 4-0

UPS Results
U/9 A won 3-1
U/9 B drew 1-1
U/9 C drew 2-2
U/9 D lost 0-4ย 
U/10A lost 2-5
U/10B won 5-0

Interschools Results – Rugby

On Saturday, 16 August, Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XV team faced off against the Hoรซr Volkskool 1st XV in a much-anticipated derby that had the whole town buzzing all season.

Union dominated both territory and possession throughout the first half but struggled to convert their efforts into points, thanks to a resilient defensive display from Volkskool. The only points in the first half came from a penalty kick by Shaakir Kazi. However, a costly mistake in Unionโ€™s in goal area allowed Volkskool to score a try, giving them the lead at halftime.

In the second half, Union maintained control of the ball and territory and were eventually rewarded with a try from Makukhanye de Beer, which Shaakir Kazi successfully converted. Despite this, Volkskool proved clinical, scoring two more tries to extend their lead and secure a 21-10 victory.

It was a hard-fought match, but ultimately Volkskool came out on top in this seasonโ€™s intense rivalry.

Congratulations to ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—น on reaching an incredible milestone – taking the field for Union High School’s 1st XV as tighthead prop for the 50th time this ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ!

Other resultsย 
U/11B lost 5-20
U/11A lost 5-38
U/13C lost 26-28
U/13B lost 5-31
U/13A won 14-5
In a tightly contested encounter, Unionโ€™s U/13A side delivered a strong and physical performance to secure a 14โ€“5 victory. Tries were scored by Lukhona Bulembu and Liyabona Magqabi.
U14 drew 3-3
U15 lost 8-48
U16 won 39-10
2nd won 12-10
U/7B drew 15-15
U/7A won 10-5
U/9B drew 14-12
U/9A lost 7-14

Interschools Results – Cross Country

For the first time in recent memory, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ – and what a wonderful addition it proved to be!

In planning for 2025, we felt it important to add to the depth and diversity of Interschools week, giving our learners yet another platform to showcase their talents and school spirit.

๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ.

The event, held on a route cleverly demarcated around our beautiful campus, was filled with energy, determination and plenty of smiles.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Well done to every participant who laced up their running shoes and joined in – youโ€™ve not only made history for our school, but youโ€™ve also set the pace for ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

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Interschools Results – Senior Tennis

Union High Schoolโ€™s senior tennis players enjoyed ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ today, showing skill, determination and true team spirit.

Our 1st and 2nd mixed doubles both claimed impressive 5-1 victories, while the 1st girls and 2nd girls shone with flawless 9-0 wins.

The 2nd boys edged out a nail-biting 5-4 triumph and although the 1st boys went down 2-7, they put up a great fight!

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ – a proud moment for our players and supporters alike!

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Interschools Results – Quiz & Speakers

The Interschools ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š was held tonight โ€“ to our mind, always one of the true highlights of the week.

We extend heartfelt congratulations to Unionโ€™s ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ญ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  (Muhammad Ahmed, Tara Ferreira, Josh Arends and Trystan Hulleman) on winning their section, as well as to the excellent senior Volkskool speakers on their triumph.

A special mention also goes to Unionโ€™s ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ (Rachel Wenham & Chante Bezuidenhout) who impressed with their eloquence and secured the win in their category.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.

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A Sign That Points The Way

As you step through the Bruce Maree Gates and into Union High School you are now greeted by something new – and profoundly meaningful.

An elegant cast iron signpost stands proudly at the entrance, its directional fingers not pointing to places, but to principles: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†.

This is more than just a beautiful addition to our campus – ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Each word has been carefully chosen, representing the ideals we strive to live by, both in and out of the classroom.

At Union, we believe education extends far beyond academics. It is about shaping character, fostering compassion and instilling a strong moral compass that will serve our learners for a lifetime. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜ข ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

Whether you are a learner starting your first day, a parent dropping off your child, or an Old Unionite returning to familiar ground, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, reminding us all that true success is built on a foundation of character.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2023.