Goals For Good: Derek Light Attorneys

The response from our community to Union High Schoolt’s 1st hockey team’s ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— campaign has been truly heartening.

Over the next few weeks we will be shining a spotlight on the local businesses who have stepped forward to support this special initiative. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. If you would like to pledge your support, please complete the following Google Form https://forms.gle/V3BMwrAsAudd8wYv8, contact us at uhsmarketing@unionschools.co.za or WhatsApp 061 310 8343. You can also read more about the project here: https://www.unionschools.co.za/2026/02/16/17413/

We are proud to begin this series by acknowledging ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. The firm, formally established in January 1994, has – for more than three decades – been a trusted and respected part of the Graaff-Reinet community. Union is especially honoured by this long-standing connection, as both founder Derek Light and Moira Light (nรฉe Kingwill) are proud Old Unionites.

Throughout the years, their firm has served the people of Graaff-Reinet with dedication and integrity, quietly contributing to the strength and wellbeing of the town they call home. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต.

Through their Goals for Good pledge, Derek Light Attorneys have chosen to support Clean Trade, a registered Public Benefit Organisation founded by Graaff-Reinet locals Elaine Stanley and Tia-Mari Jacobs. Clean Trade is doing vital work in our community by addressing environmental pollution while also helping to combat hunger ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ. You can read more about their work here: https://cleantrade.co.za/

Graaff-Reinet has always been a town that rallies behind its own and partnerships like this remind us just how special that spirit is.

๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ 1๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

Goals For Good: Karoo Ford

Union High School is delighted to continue our ๐—š๐—ข๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— series by acknowledging the generous support of KAROO FORD, a business with deep roots in the Graaff-Reinet community.

While a Ford dealership has been part of Graaff-Reinet since 1952, the business entered an exciting new chapter in 2022 when it reopened in its current College Road premises as ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ.

Under the leadership of directors Jaco Le Roux, Rudi Liebenberg and Boertjie Oelofse, the dealership has continued to build on a proud legacy of reliable service, trusted vehicles and strong community relationships. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ.

What makes this partnership even more special is Karoo Fordโ€™s heart for the community. Their chosen charity, NG Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, supports elderly members of the community by providing small but meaningful essentials – the kinds of everyday items that can make life a little easier and more dignified for those who have given so much to the town over the years. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

We are incredibly grateful to Karoo Ford for joining the Goals for Good initiative and for reminding us that community spirit, like a good bakkie, is built to go the distance ๐Ÿ’š

If you would like to pledge your support, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, please complete the following Google Form https://forms.gle/V3BMwrAsAudd8wYv8, contact us at uhsmarketing@unionschools.co.za or WhatsApp 061 310 8343. You can also read more about the project here: https://www.unionschools.co.za/2026/02/16/17413/

We Welcome Mr Sean Jacobs

It is with great pleasure that we formally introduce ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ as the Union Schoolsโ€™ new Estate Manager.

A proud Old Unionite, Class of 1992, Mr Jacobsโ€™ connection to the school runs deep. His son, Matthew, is currently in Grade 7 and his daughter, Sarah, matriculated last year – ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. We are delighted to welcome him back to campus in this important role.

Mr Jacobs brings with him valuable experience as a production manager, along with extensive expertise in construction – skills that are exceptionally well suited to the dynamic and multifaceted nature of estate management at a busy school.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ – a fitting and symbolic start to a position that helps lay the groundwork for so much of school life. We look forward to the energy, knowledge and dedication he will bring to the role and we are excited to have him as part of the Union team once again.

Senior Speech Competition

Last night we had the privilege of hosting our ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก for our Grade 10 to 12 learners – and what an inspiring evening it was!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, with each participant speaking confidently and with conviction. In fact, the judges took a full half hour to deliberate – a true testament to the quality and depth of the 16 entries received this year, more than ever before.

Konke Gawula (2nd), Jasmine Abercrombie (1st) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd)

Congratulations to our top three speakers: Jasmine Abercrombie (1st), Konke Gawula (2nd) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd).

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ – Mrs Tess Neill, Miss Sasha Bosch and Mrs Kelly Westraad – for their time and careful consideration. Mrs Westraad remarked on the learnersโ€™ confidence, their excellent preparation and how powerfully they spoke with passion about matters they truly believe in.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ!

Thank You, Dr Beukes

We would like to extend our ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Dr. Bernardt Beukes and the team at Dentists at Health – Graaff-Reinet for generously sponsoring Union High School’s 2026 1st rugby squad with custom-fitted mouthguards.

A ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, not only for protecting teeth but also in helping to reduce the risk of concussions. The value of this contribution, however, goes beyond the physical protection the mouthguards provide. It gives our boys the confidence to play hard, knowing that their wellbeing is being looked after by a professional team who cares about them.

๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

Welcome To The Union Family, Mr Jacobs!

There are very few people we could imagine stepping into the well-worn shoes of Mr Kingwill as Estate Manager, but in ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ we have every confidence that we have found a most worthy successor.

With a smile and what looked suspiciously like the keys to the entire kingdom in hand, Mr Kingwill officially entrusted Mr Jacobs with his new domain today.

We have no doubt that under his watchful eye, everything will remain in excellent order – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด!

Mr Kingwill, Thank You For 27 Years Of Loyalty, Humility & Heart

As this month draws to a close, so too does an extraordinary chapter in the life of our school.

With ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น retiring as Estate Manager of Union High School, we paused this morning to honour a man whose quiet dedication has shaped our school for nearly three decades.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, Mr Kingwill has been a steady and faithful presence on our campus – arriving before most, leaving long after many and tending to our grounds and facilities with pride and care.

๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

During Assembly today, we paid a very special farewell tribute to him. There was a deep sense of gratitude in the air as we reflected on the years he has given so selflessly. Following Assembly, our staff and learners formed an ๐—›๐—ข๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— – a corridor of appreciation – lining up to thank him in a way words alone never quite could.

In an emotional moment, Mr Kingwill was invited to ring the Centenary Bell – its clear notes echoing across the grounds he has cared for so faithfully.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

Junior Speech Competition

This evening we had the privilege of hosting our ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก and what a wonderful evening it was.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 8 ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 9 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

From powerful reflections on believing in yourself, to the influence of role models, to the thought-provoking question of whether happiness is a choice – ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

We are incredibly proud of every learner who participated. Public speaking takes bravery and our juniors rose to the occasion beautifully.

A special ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout (1st place), Clea Clark and Aidan Ferreira (tied 2nd place) and Isabelle Tadesse (3rd place).

Save The Date: 25th Anne Beagley Festival

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to hosting our 25th annual Anne Beagley Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival this year!

We are excited to welcome schools from across the country for four unforgettable days of top-quality junior rugby and hockey, great sportsmanship and a lot of festival fun!

๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ! ๐Ÿ‘‰ RSVP here: https://forms.gle/fteywCjzWGZmnW927

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ!

An Unforgettable Morning at Thru The Karoo

What an unforgettable morning at Thru The Karoo!

A heartfelt ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to the incredible organisers for putting together such a joyful event and for giving Union High School the opportunity to be part of it.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ who passed our water station – your smiles and appreciation made the early start and busy morning more than worthwhile.

A very special thank you must go to groundsman, ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€, whose love for Union shines through in everything he does.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ โ€œ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต – ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ!

We are also deeply grateful to ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ for so generously giving his morning, alongside the enthusiastic boarders from Arthur Kingwill House, to help man a water station with such energy and pride.

To the wonderful Union girls who helped at our station – ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป.

And lastly, sincere a thank you to FreshStop At Astron Energy for their generous contribution to our stall!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต!