Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was the grateful recipient of a ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ bus today!
This valuable addition to our school transportation fleet will greatly enhance the commuting experience for our learners, staff and community alike.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
Their steadfast commitment to supporting the school’s growth and development is sincerely commendable. Thanks to their generous contributions, countless opportunities will arise for learners to partake in educational outings, athletic events and various extracurricular activities, all made more accessible by this new and reliable mode of transportation.
On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฏ, 2024.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ:
1. Joy Merifield
2. Naโeem Mahomed, Joshua Neill and Sarah Wilmot
5. Charlize Vorster and Sobuhle Nyambali
7. Johan Du Plessis
8. Bontle Mashiane
9. Lelomso Ngceba
10. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ:
1. Erin Gedult
2. Milani Pongoma
3. Kenza Neill
4. Tara Ferreira
5. Megan Nortjรฉ
6. Someleze Ntshuca, Aaminah Steele and Sarah Jacobs
9. Trystan Hulleman
10. Farronique Booysen and Ndondana Speelman
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ:
1. Samantha Charles
2. Katelyn Trollip
3. Amber Bezuidenhout and Misha Newton
5. Taegen Hamid
6. Anรจbel Norval
7. Ciara Kivedo
8. Anna Bouwer
9. Ashleigh Shell
10. Jade Palmer
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ต:
1. Amber Slater
2. Kirsten Collett
3. Lina Tadesse
4. Richard Murray
5. Jasmine Abercrombie
6. Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg
7. Jade Slater
8. Jannat Qaiser
9. Zach Verwey
10. Callum Jacobs
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ด:
1. Isabella Hulleman
2. Antonia Adams
3. Cayla Newton
4. Zunaida Deysel
5. Konke Gawula
6. Alyssa Trollip
7. Kay-Leigh Hartney
8. Avuya Tsutsu
9. Zoรซ Mills
10. Carlen Prinsloo
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ:
1. Clea Clark
2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
3. Adriaan van Jaarsveld
4. Rachel Wenham
5. Miley Burger and Micha Murray
7. Aidan Ferreira
8. Kira Hector and Jae Fillis
10. Connor Te Water Naudรฉ
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ:
1. Kari Stern
2. Amelia King
3. Mason Knoesen
4. Noรซl Shakane and Nieke van Jaarsveld
6. Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
7. Adam Clark and Ryan Collett
9. Lilly Hunter
10. Ryonn Naudรฉ
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ:
1. Taylor Jacobs and Shana Theron
3. Mia Labuschagne, Emma Burger and Kate Scott
6. Sintayu Kaitro and Keira Raley
8. Tiyanah Abader
9. Isabel Hyldig and Layla Ott
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to extend its ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet for their kind sponsorship of our 1st XIโs new team kit.
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and we cannot succeed without the generosity of supporters like Tyremart Graaff-Reinet.
The boys’ new set of whites looks amazing and they can’t wait to get onto the field.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Grade 11 learner ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ who was one of only 5 learners selected to represent the Sarah Baartman District at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Exhibition being held from 18 to 20 September at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ!
We are beyond excited to play host to a fun ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ก being held in conjunction with this year’s Tri The Karoo!
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening, starting at ๐ญ๐ณ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ!
The ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ will be at the Union Schools’ campus and with a participation fee of only ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ฌ, this event is designed for everyone – whether you’re an athlete or just looking to have some fun!
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
โ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด…โ
While most of us are enjoying a restful Saturday, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 10s set off to test their minds, strength and endurance on their annual 5-day ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐.
This adventure brings not only breathtaking scenery but also ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
So far, our Grade 10s have been learning the nuances of cooking in the great outdoors! Each meal prepared during their 5-day ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, however, is not just about nourishment, it’s about teamwork and creativity. With the crackling of fires as their backdrop, flour dusting their hands and the enticing aroma of roasting chicken wafting through the air, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, turning the experience into a memorable adventure.
As Andre Gide beautifully stated, ‘๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.’
As pre-season training for the upcoming year is already underway, ๐ถ๐’๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ on the incredible achievements of our talented hockey girls who represented our province this season. We are proud to announce that this year, we had one of Union’s largest groups of provincial representatives to date!
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ goes out to our dedicated coaches and to our Head of Hockey, Mr Calvin Beck. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ: Misha Newton, Chavene Lamont, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Sade May, Aaminah Steele, Mia Botha, Onika Jantjies, Unabantu Maneli, Nadine Murray, Abonani Matushe, Logan Marais and Maribel April
Today, we extend our sincerest gratitude to the Old Unionite Association committee members for their generous contribution in equipping the school’s ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ with a new server.
This enhancement will significantly enrich the educational experience for our current learners, providing them with access to advanced technology and resources that are essential in today’s digital age.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.
We are grateful for their foresight and generosity, which will undoubtedly empower our current learners to reach new heights.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.
Today marks an exciting transition atย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย as we usher in the cricket season, with the rugby posts having been taken down.
As we bid adieu to rugby, we look forward to the anticipation and enthusiasm that cricket brings. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด.
The 1st XI cricketers are ready to make their mark, and the entire Union community is excited to cheer them on.
๐๐๐ง๐’๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐!