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Earlier this morning, Friday, 14 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly announced its 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 during a special assembly in the school hall.

It was a meaningful moment in the school year as the newly elected prefects stepped forward to sign their pledge – 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.

Each prefect was then presented with a prefect tie and badge, marking the trust that has been placed in them.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, listed in alphabetical order, on their appointment as prefects for 2027:

• Jasmine Abercrombie
• Warren Barlow
• Kirsten Collett
• Alex Hunter
• Callum Jacobs
• Dwayne Koeberg
• Leander Kraai
• Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg
• Esethu Mabula
• Richard Murray
• Sixolile Singeni
• Amber Slater
• Jade Slater
• Lulonke Vumazonke

𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵.

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Earlier today, Friday, 15 May, the local representatives of The Gideons International paid a visit to our school in order to present free copies of the Gideons’ Bible to all the Grade 8 learners.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦.

Union extends its 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 to the Gideons for this kind gesture.

Should you wish to find out more about The Gideons International in South Africa, you can visit their website: https://gideons.co.za/

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𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗖𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦

Union High School is proud to announce the newly elected leaders of the school’s 2026 Representative Council of Learners (RCL).

Grade 12 learner 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮 has been elected as president, while 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 assumes the role of vice-president.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘊𝘓 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.

Similo and Megan will be supported on the RCL by the following group of learners:

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀:

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟴: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza, Noël Shakane, Lebron Mnweba, Layla Petrus, Kungawo Lisa and Benjamin Munzvenga

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟵: Chanté Bezuidenhout, Aidan Ferreira, Junior de Bruin and Sihle Nogoxo,

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟬: Enthle Mdlulwa, Alejandro Mentoor, Luvela Makaula and Alive Mayekiso

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟭: Dwayne Koeberg (Secretary), Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg, Sinead Christoffels, Alexander Hunter and Sovuyisa Sefa

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟮: Lebogang Booysen, Megan Miller, Chavene Lamont (Treasurer) and Christopher Nqumashe

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The Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality’s 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 ceremony, held on Monday morning, 26 January, celebrated the outstanding achievements of the region’s top learners.

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s top matric candidate from the 2025 NSC examinations, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁, had the honour of addressing an audience of fellow achievers, parents, politicians and officials from both the municipality and the Department of Education.

During the ceremony, Erin was announced as the highest-achieving matric in the municipal region, with fellow Union learner 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗮 proudly claiming second place.

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Our Grade 8s, accompanied by their teachers and prefects, set off early this morning on a memorable 𝟭𝟬𝗸𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 in the heart of the Camdeboo National Park.

As part of their high school orientation, they are spending the night immersed in nature, rounding off the day with a special dinner, surrounded by the quiet beauty of the park.

𝘈𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.

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With plenty of pride and excitement, we are delighted to announce our elected 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 for the year ahead!

Daly House will be led by 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗸𝗲 and 𝗫𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻, while 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘂𝗱é and 𝗧𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝘇𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮 will be flying the flag for Arnott House.

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦!

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿!

This morning we hosted our very first 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦’ 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 just before the first school day of the year officially began.

As the sun rose, our prefects, together with their teachers-in-charge, Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius and headmaster Mr William Pringle, met bright and early to share a delightful breakfast, warm conversation and a sense of anticipation for the year ahead.

Each prefect was presented with a special keepsake – a prefect mug – as a reminder of the responsibility and pride that comes with their role.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀’ 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: while being selected as a prefect is an exciting honour, the year that follows is challenging. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

Pastor Simon van der Pol from Freedom Church shared a beautiful devotion and led the group in prayer, grounding the moment in faith and purpose.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 – 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

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As the Grade 12s’ time @theunionschools rapidly nears its end, the members of the Class of 2025 came together today to sign their names to the school’s signature wall, where all our soon-to-be high school graduates leave their mark to indicate “they were here”.

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With the end of their school journey at Union High School now in sight, the 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 begins writing their 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀.

We’d like to wish our Grade 12s everything of the very best for the weeks ahead.

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴