Academic, Bulletin

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

Bulletin

FULL MOON WALK

Union High School is thrilled to announce a once-in-a-lifetime fundraising event that promises to create lasting memories for all participants.

Join us for an unforgettable ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ž this April!

๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ 8.8๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: Saturday, 12 April

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 17:30 at the Valley of Desolation Gate

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€: R100 for under 18s, R150 for adults (includes park entrance). ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ.

Purchase your tickets or read more here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/301160-full-moon-walk/#/

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€!

For more info, call 071 875 8521.

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Participants will be transported to the starting point at the Valley of Desolation for ease and convenience.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

The Full Moon Walk is not only a chance to soak in the ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† but also an opportunity to foster a sense of community and contribute to the schoolโ€™s Blรผthner Grand Piano restoration fundraising efforts. Bring along friends and family to share in this magical experience!

Bulletin, Student Life

Annual Gr 7 Ladies Tea

At Union High School, we treasure our traditions, which create cherished memories and reinforce the values we hold dear.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, Wednesday, 19 March, when Grade 7 class teachers, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes and Miss Justine Matthews, hosted a delightful tea for the young Grade 7 ladies at the charming The Coldstream Restaurant.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

Through events like these, they not only teach important social skills but also foster a sense of community and belonging among our girls.

The afternoon’s guest speaker, Mrs Amori Van Jaarsveld, Union mom and proprietor of the Windmill Junction, delivered a beautiful speech that resonated deeply with all the girls.

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ – encouraging them to embrace their individuality with both grace and confidence.

Her message beautifully wove together the ideals of classiness and boldness, urging the girls to stand tall and unapologetically claim their rightful place in every room they enter.

In her address, Mrs van Jaarsveld reminded us that strength and sophistication can coexist harmoniously, while ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†.

Bulletin, Hockey

Thank You, Pick n Pay Graaff-Reinet

At Union High School, we believe that the essence of teamwork extends far beyond the field and our supportive community plays a vital role in shaping the experiences of our learners.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ Pick n Pay Graaff- Reinet ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Thanks to our local Pick n Pay, our talented young hockey girls will soon be kitted out in two brand-new sets of high-quality playing kit, as well as warm-up tops. Each piece of this specially designed gear will proudly display the Pick n Pay logo, ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

We would like to extend a special thank you to the management and staff at Pick n Pay for recognising the importance of sports in our community and for choosing to invest in our learners.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ!

Bulletin, Hockey

Thank You, Glen Harry Game Reserve

Union High School extends its heartfelt gratitude to Glen Harry Game Reserve for generously sponsoring this year’s u/13A hockey ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—•๐—”๐—š๐—ฆ!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ with their vibrant pink Princess backpacks, which perfectly complement their spirited personalities.

The girls canโ€™t wait to hit the field with their new bags! ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด!

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Save The Date – 2025 Junior Production

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s junior production will be none other than the delightful musical: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜!

Auditions have been held, casting is underway and there is a lot of excitement among our Grade 5 to 7 learners! ๐˜๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ – ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ!

Mark your calendars for ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ & ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† and get ready for a foot-stomping, tap-dancing extravaganza that will leave you smiling and tapping along

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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.

Bulletin, Rugby

Thank You, Mr Stanley

Union High School would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude to Mr Arland Stanley of Stanley Accounting Services for his generous sponsorship of the u/16A rugby team with brand new jerseys this year.

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด!

Mr Stanley is pictured here with u/16A captain Leander Kraai, vice-captain Callum Jacobs and coach Mr Hanno Sparrius.

Bulletin, Tennis

Thank You To Our Generous Tennis Sponsor

Today marked a delightful occasion at our school as we celebrated our Top 6 senior boys’ and girls’ tennis players in a lovely ceremony held in the tennis clubhouse.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด-๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Coach ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ presented the kits, which included stylish bags, tennis dresses for the girls and tennis tops for the boys, along with matching warm-up tops for everyone.

The highlight of the ceremony came when our girls’ tennis captain, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, stepped up to deliver a heartfelt speech.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ.

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Drakensberg Boys Choir

We feel truly privileged to have been able to attend the spectacular ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ performance in Graaff-Reinet tonight.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.

It was also an extraordinary honour for our little Union Preparatory School choir to share the stage and perform a song alongside such talented young artists – ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ!

A ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to the choir for including Graaff-Reinet in their tour and to everyone who purchased tickets through the Union Schools for their support