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Please note the following ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก regarding Union High Schoolโ€™s role as a marking centre for this year's NSC examinations:

A New Chapter For Arthur Kingwill House

๐—” ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ As Union High School prepares to bid farewell to Mr Donald Kingwill who will...

The Writing Is On The Wall….

As the Grade 12s' time @theunionschools rapidly nears its end, the members of the Class of 2025 came together today to...

Save The Date – Mother & Daughter Morning

๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2026 ! Please ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ forย Union High Schoolโ€™s 2026...

Lest We Forget

In honour of ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, or Poppy Day as it is often known, which is observed on 11 November each year,...

Remembering Mr Tony Burrell

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr Tony Burrell, Union's sixth Headmaster and a man whose vision...

Trees For Fees

As the Karoo welcomes the warmth of Spring, Union High School's ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฆ greenhouse is a flourishing oasis of green!...

Sport Results

Well Done, Dante – 112 Runs!

Well done to u13 cricketer, ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€, on scoring 112 runs off just 66 balls in a recent encounter against Laer Volkskool - ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ!

U/13 EP Tennis Selection

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u13 tennis girls on their outstanding performances at the recent Eastern Cape tennis trials! We are incredibly proud of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, who has been selected to represent the EC Elephants at the SA...

B-Age Gala – Results

Union High School's swimmers delivered excellent performances at the second ๐—•-๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” at Newton Park this past Saturday: ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ)An exceptional performance, securing 1st place in all six of her events: 50m Fly, 50m Back, 50m Breast, 50m Free,...

EP Rural U17 Cricket Selection – Congratulation Yonela & Yaseen

A huge ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School cricketers ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ and ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province Rural u17 team at the ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to...

Junior Interschools Athletics – Results

The Union Schoolsโ€™ young athletes delivered a string of outstanding performances at the annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ meeting held against Laer Volkskool this past Monday afternoon, 3 November. Undeterred by the blazing sun, the schoolโ€™s youngest learners made their mark...

Junior Cricket vs Woodridge

The past weekend saw Union High School's u11A and u13A cricket teams take on Woodridge College & Preparatory School in a series of fixtures. In the ๐˜‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” T20 match on Friday, Union batted first to post 76/6 in their 20...

EP U/13 Cricket Selection

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union High Schoolโ€™s u13 cricketers, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ and ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป, on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province! Nathaneal has been named to the u13A Boysโ€™ team, while Kari has earned her place in the u13A...

B Age Gala – Results

Union High School kicked off the school swimming season at the first ๐—• ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ, held at Newton Park Pool in Gqeberha this past Saturday, 25 October. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ: โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป who claimed 1st place in the 50m...

Headmaster’s Message

For children in a country school, life isn't solely routine. Take your eye off the hockey ball and you could see a Black Eagle circling overhead or a lone Kudu bull watching from the mountain slopes. Union High School supports the Classical educational philosophy of a child active in all four spheres of development within the changing South African community ...