Top 10 Academic Achievers of Term 1, 2025

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ academic achievers of Term 1, 2025.

โ€œ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€ – ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ

1. Erin Gedult

2. Milani Pongoma

3. Trystan Hulleman

4. Tara Ferreira

5. Kenza Neill & Megan Nortjรฉ

7. Aaminah Steele & Someleze Ntshuca

9. Chloe Tainton & Ndondana Speelman

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:

1. Samantha Charles

2. Katelyn Trollip

3. Misha Newton

4. Amber Bezuidenhout

5. Ben Lemke & Anna Bouwer

7. Taegen Hamid

8. Jade Palmer & Anรจbel Norval

10. Nombulelo Ncombo

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:

1. Amber Slater

2. Lina Tadesse

3. Kirsten Collett & Jade Slater

5. Jasmine Abercrombie

6. Richard Murray & Liso Sobantu

8. Alexander Hunter

9. Callum Jacobs

10. Jacquin Smith, Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg, Skye Meyers & Emma Gibbons

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต:

1. Isabella Hulleman

2. Antonia Adams

3. Cayla Newton

4. Kay-Leigh Hartney

5. Avuya Tsutsu, Alyssa Trollip & Carlen Prinsloo

8. Konke Gawula & Zunaida Deysel

10. Zoรซ Mills

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด:

1. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout

2. Clea Clark

3. Kira Hector, Aidan Ferreira & Miley Burger

6. Rachel Wenham

7. Isabelle Tadesse

8. Maribel-Martisha April, Micha Murray & Connor Te Water Naudรฉ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:

1. Kari Stern

2. Adam Clark & Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza

4. Ryan Collett

5. Noรซl Shakane

6. Lwandle Dali & Mason Knoesen

8. Nieke van Jaarsveld & Mellissa Marais,

10. Lilly Hunter & Hermon Wolde

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:

1. Taylor Jacobs & Kate Scott

3. Shana Theron

4. Layla Ott

5. Mia Labuschagne

6. Carlie George & Emma Burger

8. Aaron Dyter

9. Reece Gibbons, Isabel Hyldig & Sintayu Kaitro

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Kirsten Trollip

2. Madison Tam & Kelly van Rensburg

4. Lesedi Mphahlele

5. Gemma Murray

6. Saskia Strydom & Rosemary Brown

8. Cathryn Davenport

9. Ben Steynberg, Mia Serfontein, Iana Magwetshu & Harlee Palmer

Well Done, Class of 2024

Union High Schoolย is thrilled to announce that – following the recent National Senior Certificate (NSC) remark – ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2024!

In addition, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น has earned another A aggregate, this one for Mathematics, while ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป-๐—ก๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด secured an A for Afrikaans and ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป achieved an A in Mathematical Literacy, bringing Unionโ€™s tally of subject distinctions for the 2024 NSC examination up to 47!

Congratulations once again to the Class of 2024! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Mayoral Top Achievers Awards

At the Dr Beyers Naudรฉ Local Municipality’s ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† held at the Drostdy Hotel on Wednesday, 22 January, Union High School’s top matric candidate from the 2024 NSC examinations, Joy Merifield, addressed an audience of fellow top achievers, parents, politicians and officials from both the municipality and the Department of Education.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅรฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

During the ceremony, the ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† were announced: Union’s Na’eem Mahomed secured 3rd place, Adriaan Blignaut from Volkskool took 2nd place and Joy Merrifield, also from Union, proudly claimed 1st place.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ!

The Results Are Out!

We are unbelievably proud of our Matric Class of 2024, who has achieved a ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด,๐Ÿญ% pass rate in the recent NSC examinations.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข 64% ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข 27% ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 44 ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

1. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ – with an impressive 6 distinctions and an overall average of 88.29%, Joy has shown outstanding academic excellence that stands as a testament to her hard work and perseverance.
2. ๐—ก๐—ฎโ€™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: 3 distinctions with an average of 80%
3. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜: 3 distinctions and an average of 79.86%
4. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น: 2 distinctions with an average of 77.14%
5. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: 3 distinctions with an average of 77.00%
6. ๐—ง๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: 3 distinctions and an average of 74.57%
7. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: 3 distinctions with an average of 73.86%
8. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ: 3 distinctions and an average of 72.71 %
9. ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 2 distinctions with an average of 71.14%
10. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ: 2 distinctions and an average of 70.57%

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2024โ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Gr 8 Information Session

This morning, Union High School hosted a lovely information session for its 2025 Grade 8 learners and their parents.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

The gathering saw the schoolโ€™s educators address the learners and their families as they embark on this important journey into high school.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†.

With the gentle rustling of leaves overhead and the warm sun illuminating the courtyard, the event fostered a sense of community and belonging among the attendees.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

Top 10 Academic Achievers of Term 4, 2024

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ academic achievers of Term 4, 2024.

“๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ.” โ€“ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:
1. Erin Gedult
2. Milani Pongoma
3. Megan Nortje
4. Tara Ferreira and Sarah Jacobs
6. Kenza Neill and Aaminah Steele
8. Trystan Hulleman
9. Demi Kretzmann and Someleze Ntshuca

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:
1. Katelyn Trollip
2. Samantha Charles and Amber Bezuidenhout
4. Misha Newton
5. Anebel Norval
6. Taegen Hamid
7. Ashleigh Shell, Jade Palmer and Anna Bouwer
10. Ciara Kivedo

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต:
1. Amber Slater
2. Kirsten Collettย ย 
3. Richard Murrayย 
4. Jade Slaterย 
5. Lina Tadesseย 
6. Jasmine Abercrombieย 
7. Liso Sobantuย 
8. Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg
9. Zack Verweyย 
10. Jannat Qaiserย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด:
1. Isabella Hulleman
2. Cayla Newton
3. Antonia Adams
4. Kay-Leigh Hartney
5. Alyssa Trollip
6. Gerda Clarke and Zunaida Deysel
8. Konke Gawula
9. Zoรซ Mills
10. Avuya Tsutsu

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:
1. Clea Clark
2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
3. Adriaan van Jaarsveld
4. Rachel Wenham
5. Aidan Ferreira
6. Miley Burger
7. Micha Murray and Isabele Tadesse
9. Kira Hector and Zanda Shabalala

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:
1. Kari Stern
2. Nieke van Jaarsveld, Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza and Noรซl Shakane
5. Amelia King
6. Adam Clark
7. Ryan Collett
8. Hermon Wolde
9. Mason Knoesen and Ryonn Naude

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:
1. Taylor Jacobs
2. Shana Theron
3. Mia Labuschagne
4. Sintayu Kaitro and Kate Scott
6. Keira Raley, Layla Ott and Emma Burger
9. Aaron Dyter
10. Carlie George

Well Done Erin!

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Grade 11 learner ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ who was one of only 5 learners selected to represent the Sarah Baartman District at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Exhibition being held from 18 to 20 September at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria.

๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ!

Grade 11 Geography Excursion

Earlier today, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 11 Geography learners enjoyed an educational outing to the Valley of Desolation, led by their teacher, Mrs Danelle Botes.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ.

Filled with anticipation and curiosity, the learners eagerly delved into the rugged terrain, putting their classroom knowledge into practice. With Mrs Botes guiding them, they navigated through the unique geological formations, marveling at the towering dolerite columns that characterize the valley.

๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜† (๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด) ๐—ก๐—พ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Top 10 Academic Achievers

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐——๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—– ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ of Term 1, 2024.

๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ!

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ
1. Taylor Jacobs
2. Shana Theron
3. Sintayu Kaitro
4. Kate Scott
5. Mia Labuschagne and Emma Burger
7. Klara van Jaarsveld and Layla Ott
9. Tiyanah Abader, Mackenzie Preston, Aaron Dyter, Isabel Hyldig and Lisa McEwan

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ
1. Nieke van Jaarsveld, Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza and Kari Stern
4. Noรซl Shakane
5. Amelia King
6. Hermon Wolde
7. Ryan Collett, Ryonn Naude
9. Gia Scheepers
10. Adam Clark and Joshua Kingwill

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1. Clea Clark
2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
3. Rachel Wenham
4. Aidan Ferreira
5. Adriaan van Jaarsveld and Isabelle Tadesses
7. Miley Burger
8. Maribel April, Kate Charles and Micha Murray

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1. Isabella Hulleman
2. Cayla Newton
3. Antonia Adams, Kay-Leigh Hartley and Zunaida Deysel
6. Gerda Clarke, Carlen Prinsloo, Alyssa Trollip and John-Henry King
9. Avuya Tsutsu
10. Riley Knoesen

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1. Amber Slater
2. Kirsten Collett
3. Richard Murray
4. Jade Slater
5. Liso Sobantu
6. Lina Tadesses
7. Jannat Qaiser
8. Alex Hunter, Zack Verwey and Jasmine Abercrombie

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1. Amber Bezuidenhout
2. Katelyn Trollip
3. Samantha Charles
4. Misha Newton
5. Anebel Norval
6. Melissa Naudรฉ
7. Ashleigh Shell
8. Jade Palmer
9. Ciara Kivedo
10. Benjamine Lemke

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1. Erin Gedult
2. Milani Pongoma
3. Kenza Neill and Megan Nortjรฉ
5. Tara Ferreira
6. Sarah Jacobs
7. Aaminah Steele
8. Demi Kretzmann and Trystan Hulleman
10. Farronique Booysen and Ndondana Speelman

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1. Joy Merifield
2. Naโ€™eem Mahomed
3. Sarah Wilmot and Joshua Neill
5. Max Price
6. Johannes Du Plessis
7. Sobuhle Nyambali
8. Charlize Vorster
9. Bontle Mashiane
10. Tyra Binney and Joshua Basson