๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 11 AdMaths SA learner, Joy Merifield, whose Term 1 formal test results placed her in the Top 4 Grade 11 AdMaths students in the country!
The AdMaths programme is a national maths enrichment programme aimed at supplementing the curriculum to help prepare learners for university first year maths. It is of great help to those who want to pursue a career in maths, engineering, actuarial science, technology or related fields.
On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ, 2023.
Grade 5
1. Noel Shakane 2. Nieke van Jaarsveld, Kari Stern, Amelia King 5. Ryan Collett, Ryon Naude 7. Angelique Kyanda Kaboza 8. Hermon Wolde 9. Mason Knoesen, Luchae Thomas, Adam Clark
Grade 6
1. Clea Clark 2. Chante Bezuidenhout, Helen van den Heever 4. Adriaan van Jaarsveld 5. Rachel Wenham 6. Maribel April, Aiden Ferreira, Kira Hector, Leagan Katzen, Logan Marais
Grade 7
1. Isabella Hulleman 2. John Henry King 3. Owen Paxton 4. Gerda Clarke 5. Antonia Adams, Kwakhanya Ntlonti, Carlen Prinsloo, Quinn Naude, Cate Cochrane, Zunaida Deysel
The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ during the course of last year was held today, Friday, 20 January.
At Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Academic Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 20 January, the sought-after ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ was presented to Unionโs 2023 Head Girl, Caitrin Spence.
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.)
๐พ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ having maintained an academic average of 95% throughout her Grade 10 and 11 years. It is no small feat to reach this level of academic achievement. Caitrin, however, brings the goal of excellence to all her endeavours, and while sheโs involved in all aspects of life at Union, she demonstrates an unwavering focus on her studies in particular, which has allowed her to reach this level of success.
Caitrin becomes the 5th Unionite to receive this award since its inception in 2004 when it was awarded for the very first time to Carl Bezuidenhout. Since then, the three other Unionites who have enjoyed the privilege of donning the white blazer, consists of Sulette Damons (Class of 2007), Kelsey Minnaar (Class of 2016) and Lynne Mugglestone (Class of 2007).
On Tuesday morning, 6 September, a group of postgraduate physics students from Stellenbosch University – backed by the professional and scientific bodies of Optica, SPIE and NITheCS – visited Union High School, Graaff-Reinet as part of an outreach programme to promote an interest in STEM fields (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among high school learners.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ – applicable to the school curriculum – which covered a wide range of scientific topics, such as optics, momentum, electricity and electromagnetic induction, to name but a few.
The learners enjoyed the session tremendously and now have a much better understanding of the study and career opportunities that are available to students of math and science.
On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, we would like to congratulate the ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ of Term 1, 2022.
Award-winning teacher and author, Dr Neila A. Connors, once said, โ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!โ
At Union High School we believe in keeping our teachers well-fed professionally because great teachers help create great students.
In fact, research shows that an inspiring and informed teacher is the most important school-related factor influencing learner achievement, so it is critical to pay close attention to how we train and support both new and experienced educators.
We are, therefore, very excited to announce that ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง.
Initiated in January 2021, Unionโs ongoing professional development through Keller Education keeps our teachers up-to-date on new research on how children learn, emerging technology tools for the classroom and more.
As the best professional development is ongoing, experiential, collaborative, and connected to and derived from working with learners and understanding their culture, we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to provide our teachers with this training and look forward to partnering with Keller Education again in 2022!
The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ during the course of last year was held on Friday, 21 January.
Congratulations to James Rose-Innes, who, with six As and one B symbol, is Union High Schoolโs ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฅ of 2021.
James received distinctions for Afrikaans FAL, Mathematics, Life Orientation, History, Physical Sciences and Tourism and was a mere 1% short of getting another distinction for English HL.
Interestingly enough, James – the son of Rowan and Hanli Rose-Innes – isnโt the first in his family to achieve such academic excellence.
His olders sisters, Danelle and Monja, also displayed remarkable academic aptitude while at school, both matriculating with a bunch of distinctions to their names.
What is even more remarkable is that all three siblings matriculated with exactly six distinctions and one B symbol each โ first Danelle in 2010, then Monja in 2013 and now James in 2021.
While all at Union are delighted by Jamesโ results, we arenโt surprised. James has always been a proactive and focused learner with a clear idea of the direction in which he wants to steer his future. We wish him every success going forward.