Matrics Receive Care Packages – Thank You, NG Kerk, Graaff-Reinet

๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—– ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

In a world that often feels hurried and impersonal, this gesture from the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church stands out as an example of the community spirit and kindness that makes our town such a wonderful place to live.

To the congregation of NG Graaff-Reinet, your thoughtful initiative has made a significant impact. The NSC examinations can be a source of stress and anxiety for many young learners – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜.

Gr 12 Dux Learner – Congratulations, Erin

Union High School’s ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†, once again provided a fitting celebration of the schoolโ€™s academic and cultural excellence.

As with every prizegiving, one of the eveningโ€™s most anticipated moments was the announcement of the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐˜‚๐˜… ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – the highest academic honour bestowed at this event.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

Erinโ€™s outstanding academic record was further reflected in the numerous prizes she received during the evening, including the:

๐Ÿ† ๐—จ๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—จ๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต

๐Ÿ† ๐—š๐—•๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐Ÿ† ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ

๐Ÿ† ๐—ฉ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ

๐Ÿ† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ† ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ (๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜)

In addition to her academic excellence, Erin also excelled in the cultural sphere, earning recognition as a ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ and dedicated contributor to school life. Her additional awards included:

โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ / ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

โ€ข ๐—”๐—น๐—น-๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ

โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ตรฉ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ

โ€ข ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

Erin was also awarded the ๐—™๐—ฃ๐— ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ for her exemplary commitment to serving the school community, as well as the ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ & ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†, which will assist her in pursuing her tertiary education.

Union High School congratulates ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ on this remarkable achievement and commends her for her unwavering dedication, humility and pursuit of excellence. She leaves behind a legacy of hard work and quiet inspiration – ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ.

Nedbank Gravel Burn

Preparations are in full swing for the ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป event taking place right here on the Union Schools’ campus!

The #NedbankGravelBurn2025 is a 7-day, 800km full-service gravel cycling stage race taking place from ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – ๐Ÿญ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, featuring more than ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Starting in ๐—ž๐—ป๐˜†๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ, the route winds its way through some of South Africaโ€™s most breathtaking landscapes, with overnight stops at ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ (๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜), ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ (๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ธ) and ๐—š๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ, before finishing in spectacular style at ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: https://gravel-burn.com/route/

โ„น๏ธ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Gravel Burn

Excitement is building as we get ready to welcome riders from around the world to our campus!

Remembering Ms Mariaan Fourie

It is with deep sadness that the Union community bids farewell to one of its most loyal and beloved stalwarts, ๐— ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ – ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜”๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ – who passed away this past weekend after a short illness.

Ms Fourieโ€™s journey with Union began in 1996, when she joined Arthur Kingwill House as matron.

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ.

In 2000, she moved to Herby Arnott House, where her warmth and quiet strength touched countless lives. When the hostels later amalgamated, she returned to Arthur Kingwill House, where she continued to serve with unwavering dedication until her retirement in 2024.

Those who worked alongside Ms Fourie describe her as the embodiment of loyalty, hard work and trustworthiness.

She was someone who never watched the clock – ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ. Whether it was preparing for hostel suppers, assisting at marking centres, supporting sport festivals or catering for reunions, Ms Fourie gave her all, with a smile and a steadfast spirit.

๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Her strong yet gentle leadership style fostered harmony among staff and she shared an especially close bond with the kitchen team, with whom she spent countless busy evenings ensuring everything ran smoothly.

Her colleague and dear friend, Mrs Martie Sullivan, who worked alongside her for 25 years in the Union Schoolsโ€™ boarding houses, shared heartfelt words: โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€

Ms Fourieโ€™s passing leaves a profound void in the Union family, but her legacy of service, strength and kindness will live on in the many lives she touched. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ – not only for her years of dedicated service, but for the heart and humanity she brought to all she did.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜”๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. 

Matric’s Final Stretch

With the end of their school journey atย Union High Schoolย now in sight, the ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ begins writing their ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€.

Weโ€™d like to wish our Grade 12s everything of the very best for the weeks ahead.

๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ. ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด

A Legacy Framed In Love And Devotion

It is no secret that the time is drawing near for the Union Schools to bid farewell to two of its most cherished figures – ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ.

Their presence has become woven into the very fabric of Unionโ€™s story – a story marked by care, steadfastness and a quiet, enduring passion for the school and all it represents.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†, the Kingwill siblings have presented a remarkable gift to the school – a large yellow frame, reminiscent of the iconic โ€œyellow tourism framesโ€ that can be found at treasured landmarks across South Africa.

This special frame, ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฝ, stands as a tribute to their parentsโ€™ lifelong service and deep-rooted love for the Union Schools.

It invites all who pass through our gates to pause, reflect and capture a moment within the same landscape that shaped generations of learners – ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

As we look toward their retirement with both gratitude and heartbreak, this frame will serve as a symbol of the enduring impact they leave behind – ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

Senior Prizegiving 2025

On Friday evening, 17 October, Union High School hosted its annual ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฌ – a highlight on the school calendar celebrating the remarkable achievements of our senior learners.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ.

Here follows a list of all the award winners – ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ!

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Congratulations To Our New Leaders For The Year Ahead

We are incredibly proud to announce our ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ for the year ahead:

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ as they take on this exciting responsibility – guiding and inspiring their peers while upholding the values of Union High School.

Valedictory 2025

Friday, 17 October 2025, will long be remembered as a day filled with emotion, reflection and pride as Union High School bid farewell to the Class of 2025 during a heartfelt ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ service held in the school hall.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

After the singing of the School Hymn, the ceremony opened with a meaningful Bible reading and prayer delivered by Deputy Head Boy, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, and Deputy Head Girl, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, setting a reverent tone for what was to follow.

Headmaster Mr William Pringle then addressed the gathering, delivering words that resonated deeply with both the learners and parents – ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ and of the lifelong connections they will always share with their alma mater.

This was followed by the Head Prefectsโ€™ Address, in which Head Boy ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ and Head Girl ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ reflected with warmth and sincerity on their journey through the school – a journey marked by laughter, challenges, growth and unbreakable friendships.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ and of the teachers and friends who shaped their years here.

Adding to the emotional atmosphere, the matrics performed a moving rendition of โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ by One Republic, a song choice that beautifully summed up their message – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

As the slideshow of memories played, capturing moments from their Grade 12 year, there was laughter, nostalgia and quiet tears – a vivid reminder of how quickly time passes and how much these young men and women have grown.

Finally, as the School Song echoed through the hall, the Class of 2025 stood together one last time as Union learners – united in spirit and tradition.

Then came the moment that always stirs the heart: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜. One after the other, they made their way from the hall, pausing at the Centenary Bell – a beloved symbol of Unionโ€™s enduring legacy.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น – a tradition that marks both an ending and a beginning.

In that moment, surrounded by proud parents, staff and friends, the Class of 2025 stepped into the next chapter of their lives – ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ – your story will forever be part of Unionโ€™s proud history.

As we celebrated ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ, we could hardly believe how many of our very own staff members were bidding farewell to their own children in the Class of 2025!

This year, ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ said goodbye to her eldest, Daniel; ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด to her youngest, Kyle; ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น has a double farewell with twins, Kenza and Alex; ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ celebrates her youngest, Erin; and ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป watches his eldest, Trystan, take this big step.