Top 10 Academic Performers Term 4, 2025

On behalf of all the educators and staff atย Union High School, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ academic achievers of Term 4, 2025.

“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. Misha Newton
2. Samantha Charles
3. Katelyn Trollip
4. Amber Bezuidenhout
5. Jade Palmer
6. Taegen Hamid
7. Megan Putter & Benjamin Lemke
9. Anna Bouwer & Ashleigh Shell

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:
1. Amber Slater
2. Richard Murray
3. Kirsten Collett
4. Jade Slater
5. Lina Tadesse
6. Callum Jacobs
7. Alexander Hunter & Jasmine Abercrombie
9. Jannat Qaiser & Emma Gibbons

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

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด:
1. Clea Clarke
2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
3. Isabelle Tadesse
4. Miley Burger, Kira Hector & Micha Murray
7. Rachel Wenham, Aidan Ferreira & Maribel-Martisha April
10. Alison Jacobs

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:
1. Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
2. Kari Stern
3. Ryan Collett
4. Nieke van Jaarsveld
5. Adam Clark
6. Noรซl Shakane
7. Lwandle Dali
8. Lilly Hunter
9. Joshua Kingwill
10. Luchae Thomas

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:
1. Taylor Jacobs
2. Kate Scott
3. Shana Theron
4. Layla Ott
5. Emma Burger
6. Mia Labuschagne
7. Carlie George
8. Isabel Hyldig & Reece Gibbons
10. Tiyanah Abader

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:
1. Kelly van Rensburg & Lesedi Mphahlele
3. Madison Tam
4. Kirsten Trollip
5. Saskia Strydom
6. Gemma Murray
7. Rosemary Brown
8. Ben Steynberg
9. Cathryn Davenport & Iyana Magwetshu

Salisbury Cathedral School Exchange Programme – Closing The Chapter

This year, we find ourselves closing the chapter on one of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s most cherished and transformative traditions.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, we reflect on the Salisbury Cathedral School Exchange Programme – ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.

Born from a simple phone call in 1992, when Old Unionite Billy Teeton reached out to Mr Bruce Maree, the programme grew into something extraordinary.

From the first Gap student, Rhett Newton, who bravely ventured across the seas in 1993, to the first junior exchange in 1994, this partnership blossomed into a tapestry of shared cultures, meaningful connections and unforgettable experiences.

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น – an institution dating back to 1091 – learning and living beneath the soaring spire of one of Englandโ€™s most iconic cathedrals.

๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค-๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด-๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Yet the true heart of the programme lay not only in the places they visited but in the relationships they built. Families formed bonds across continents, exchange students returned to visit again and again and some even made the United Kingdom their permanent home.

Many of our Gaps continued to meet up as young adults, exploring Europe together, attending sporting events or simply reconnecting to relive the memories they once made abroad. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด – ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ-๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†. Changes to visa regulations in the United Kingdom have made long-term participation impossible. The Youth Mobility Scheme, which has replaced the previous arrangements, sadly excludes South Africa. As a result, our students can no longer stay for the full year required and the programme cannot continue.

We therefore honour our final two Gap students for 2025: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Their year at Salisbury will not only mark a personal milestone, but also serve as the poignant closing of a programme that shaped the lives of generations of Unionites.

As we reflect, we celebrate every learner who walked the historic corridors of Salisbury Cathedral School; every family who opened their homes and hearts; every friendship that crossed oceans and every shared experience that enriched our school community. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป.

Caytah and Max had a wonderful reunion this year with Tim Lamb and his family – Tim served as one of Unionโ€™s Gap assistants back in 1995. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.

New Shade Structure at UHS Pool

We are delighted to share that construction has officially begun on the brand-new ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ at the Union Schoolsโ€™ pool today!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, promising a more comfortable and enjoyable experience for our swimmers and spectators alike.

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˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ-๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต.

Our community is truly enriched by such support!

Grotrian Steinweg Piano Receives Expert Care

Following the recent and much-celebrated restoration of Union High Schoolโ€™s magnificent Blรผthner Patent Grand Piano, we are delighted to share that ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. This cherished instrument, which has accompanied countless music lessons, rehearsals and performances over the years, has begun its journey toward renewed brilliance.

To undertake this meticulous restoration, we have enlisted the expertise of Mark Davis from Mark Davis Piano Service in Cape Town, ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

The scope of work is extensive and unfolds over several weeks, involving both detailed mechanical servicing and partial structural restoration. From filing, voicing and refitting hammers, to restringing, repinning, repairing chipped ivories, regulating the mechanism and ultimately tuning the piano back to concert pitch, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

Once complete, this restoration will significantly elevate the standard of Unionโ€™s music programme.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. These restored instruments will enrich ensembles, support teaching excellence and enhance the quality of every concert and cultural event hosted by the school.

We extend our ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Montego Pet Nutrition for their generous contribution to Unionโ€™s music programme, which has made this venture possible. We are equally grateful to the ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ for their valued support of this costly and highly specialised project. Their commitment ensures that Unionโ€™s proud musical heritage continues to flourish for generations to come.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

New Long Jump Pit

This December holiday is a busy one on our campus, with several ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† – and weโ€™re excited to share that our brand-new long jump pit is one of them!

The construction team has been hard at work and the pit is now nearing completion.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ!

Another Project Done – Gr 12 Boys Bathroom

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ!

Their bathrooms have undergone a complete transformation, with everything newly redone to create a fresh, modern and comfortable space.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ต Union High School.

Library Makeover

At the start of the year, our school held a small raffle – ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

The old carpet was removed, the wooden floors were sanded and varnished back to their former glory, the walls were freshly painted and new blinds were fitted to brighten the space.

Today, our learners can enjoy a warm, cosy reading corner filled with wondrous books – ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.

Save The Date

After the resounding success of the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† & ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น held earlier this year, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is excited to announce the dates for the 2026 edition of this much-loved sporting event.

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

 ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, reach out to our Head of Junior Sport, Mr Mpilo Njoloza, at 078 559 8814 or upssport@unionschools.co.za

Union Senior Sports Festival To Honour Rory Sullivan

Union High School is proud to announce that its much-loved annual Senior Rugby and Hockey Festival will, from 2026 onward, be known as the ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, in honour of one of Unionโ€™s greatest stalwarts, Mr Rory Sullivan.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

The festivalโ€™s roots stretch back to 1987 when Mr Sullivan, alongside colleague Gail McArthur, hosted Unionโ€™s inaugural sporting festival on its campus. What began as a modest gathering has, over nearly four decades, grown into one of the most anticipated events on the school calendar – ๐˜ข 3-๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ.

With the exception of 2020 and 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic brought play to a temporary standstill, the festival has been held faithfully every year. In 2026, Union will celebrate the 37th instalment of this special event – ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Not many people in life truly shape who we are. But over a career spanning several decades, ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€.

After matriculating from Union High School in 1969, Mr Sullivan embarked on a teaching career that took him to Grey Junior and Victoria West High School before bringing him home to Union in 1980. His return marked the beginning of a long and influential association with the school – not only as an educator, but also as Superintendent of Barnard House, a mentor, a coach and a figure of profound influence.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 1989, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 1996.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜†. While Mr Sullivan excelled in coaching various sporting codes, rugby is where he shone brightest. His passion for the game is unmistakable – almost tangible – and his encyclopaedic recall of matches, players, scores, tries, highs and lows continues to delight and astonish those around him. ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด.

Although Mr Sullivan officially retired from teaching in 2019 and later from Herby Arnott House – where he and his wife, Martie, served faithfully until mid-2023 – his presence remains a cherished part of school life.

With three rugby-playing grandchildren walking the Union grounds (Jordan in Grade 8, Michael in Grade 5 and Levi joining Grade 1 next year), ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ – it is a celebration of a lifetime dedicated to Union. It recognises his unwavering commitment, his infectious love for sport and the immeasurable impact he has made on the lives of learners, colleagues and the wider Union community.

As Union looks ahead to the 2026 festival, it does so with immense pride, gratitude and excitement – knowing that the event will forever carry the name of a man whose passion helped define it.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น – ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

Please Note:

Please note the following ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก regarding Union High Schoolโ€™s role as a marking centre for this year’s NSC examinations: