Category: Bulletin

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is excited to announce that we are making space for several new AstroTurf advertising boards this year.

The support of local businesses has been instrumental in the success of our AstroTurf project from its inception, with their annual contributions playing a big role in our ability to resurface our facility recently.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦.

Any businesses interested in acquiring a board, are encourage to contact Mrs Mariëtte Burger at uhsmarketing@unionschools.co.za.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀.

After the resounding success of the 𝟯𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 & 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 held earlier this year, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is thrilled to unveil the dates for the 2025 edition of this sports festival.

𝘚𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘰, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘱-𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, reach out to our Sports Administrator, Mr Calvin Beck, at 068 648 1827 or uhssport@unionschools.co.za

Earlier this week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Head Boy Na’eem Mahomed and Deputy Head Boy Joshua Neill were among the numerous delegates from local institutions who attended the launch of the ‘𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’, established by the Eastern Cape Department of Transport and heavy equipment manufacturing company, Bell Equipment, in Graaff-Reinet.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

At the launch, the MEC for Transport, Xolile Nqatha, praised the initiative, highlighting its impact on youth empowerment and regional development. DBNLM Acting Mayor Eunice Khunjuzwa Kekana commended the department for its economic contribution to Graaff-Reinet.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

We would like to express our profound 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘 to Mr Bernardt Beukes of Dentist@Health and Mr Donovan Burger of Compu-Serve for their generous sponsorship of our u/13A hockey team. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘱-𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘵.

The involvement of Mr Beukes and Mr Burger goes beyond financial assistance; 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 as their sponsorship not only provides our girls with essential equipment, but also instills in them a sense of pride and motivation as they represent our school on the hockey field.

At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we are incredibly grateful for the continued involvement of our local business community as the support extends far beyond the sports field, leaving a lasting impact on our learners’ lives.

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to express its deepest gratitude to Mr Philip Putziger of 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 and Mr Frank Gentry, owner of 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘆, for their generous sponsorship of the school’s 1st XV rugby team.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴, 𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙖𝙛𝙛-𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧’𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙚𝙥 𝙏𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet still has a few rooms available at Herby Arnott House for both weekends.

 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 at 082 927 0282 or e-mail jenmayhope@gmail.com to secure your spot.

Join us for a magical ”𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲’ 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 staged by the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Primary Department.

𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 5 𝘵𝘰 7 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 on Wednesday evening, 12 June, at 18:00 in the Union High School Hall.

Don’t miss this unforgettable musical celebration!