Dear parents/guardians,
Please take note that the Annual General Meeting, at which the ๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ’ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ง will be presented to parents, will be held on Monday evening, 14 November, in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด/๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Grade 8 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participated in a competitive endurance ride on Waterlea Farm in the Hofmeyr district this past weekend (Friday and Saturday, 4 and 5 November).
Tristan did well to complete the 80km course on Friday successfully and finished strong by winning the 40km course on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 54 minutes (averaging 21km an hour).
On Thursday evening, 20 October, the Class of 2022 was officially inducted into the ranks of the Old Unionite Association (OUA).
This annual event, where the Grade 12s are presented with their OUA membership cards, sees all the matrics gather for what might most-likely be one of the very last times they will be spending time together socially as a class.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.
The Grade 12s were welcomed by Headmaster Mr William Pringle, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ (๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ 1999).
Mr Finlaison shared with the learners some special words of wisdom, calling on them to uphold the high moral standards the school stands for and encouraging them to always support and return to their Alma Mater and to remember the values instilled in them during their school years at the Union Schools.
The event culminated in each Grade 12 learner receiving a gift from the Old Unionite Association and enjoying some refreshments.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐บ!
Congratulations to senior music students, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ (Grade 9) and ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (Grade 10), who successfully passed their recent Practical Examinations with assurance!
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ played the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Performance Grade 5 Examination and achieved 81% (Merit).
๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ played the Classical Rockschool Grade 8 Examination and achieved 83% (Merit).
๐๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด ๐ก๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 6 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 7 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 4 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ 12 ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด (๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ & ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ), ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎme.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐, thank you for your diligent and precise work!
โ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ.โ – ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น
On Friday , 21 October, we hosted our annual Senior and Junior Prizegiving ceremonies in the school hall.
These special occasions provide a space for us to reflect and celebrate the school year and all the learners who have put in the hard yards in academics, culture and sports – the learners who have persevered against all odds, shown courage and built character while facing their personal challenges head on.
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Earlier this evening, Friday evening, 21 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet held its annual Senior Prizegiving Ceremony and we are all just beaming with pride at what our learners have accomplished this year.
The last few years have been challenging, however, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐.
This wonderful evening was concluded with a much anticipated announcement โ that of Unionโs ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด โ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ.
On Friday, 21 October we formally said goodbye to the Class of 2022 during our annual ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ฌ.
We wish the matrics all the best as they approach the end of their schooling journey!
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.