Valedictory 2023

Today we are formally saying goodbye to the Class of 2023 during our annual ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฌ.

We wish the matrics all the best as they approach the end of their schooling journey!

Annual General Meeting

Dear parents/guardians,

Please take note that the Annual General Meeting, at which the ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—•๐—จ๐——๐—š๐—˜๐—ง will be presented to parents, will be held on Monday evening, 13 November, in the Tony Burrell Union:

โ€ข Union Preparatory School @ 17:30
โ€ข Boarding Houses @ 18:00
โ€ข Union High School @ 18:30

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด/๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

Leadership Workshop

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was exceedingly priviledged today, to welcome back one of our very own, Luphumlo Joko, to our campus.

Luphumlo, a former Unionite from the ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ, is not only an accomplished author, speaker, trainer and business coach, but also a passionate advocate for leadership development.

This afternoon, Wednesday, 11 October, Luphumlo led a workshop with our newly elected prefect body, focusing on the importance of effective leadership. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—น๐—ผ’๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Luphumlo’s first book, “The Ultimate Leader-Shift,” delves into the concept of heart-centered leadership, which emphasizes leading from within oneself. He believes that true leadership comes from understanding and embracing one’s own inner-self, and he shared these valuable teachings with our prefects during the workshop.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต-๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ.

Once again, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Luphumlo for his invaluable contribution to our learners’ education and personal growth.

๐™’๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ.

OUA Induction

The annual induction ceremony hosted by the Old Unionite Association, is always such a special rite of passage for Union’s matrics.

In a memorable ceremony, held on Tuesday evening, 10 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Class of 2023 embarked on a new chapter of their journey as they were officially inducted into the Old Unionite Association (OUA).

The highly anticipated annual event commenced with the distribution of OUA membership cards and a gift to the Grade 12 learners, symbolizing their entry into the Union High School alumni community. ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

Headmaster Mr William Pringle extended a warm welcome to the Grade 12s, setting the tone for an evening filled with pride and reflection, after which guest speaker Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the OUA committee, seized the opportunity to share invaluable words of wisdom with the young learners. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

The memorable event came to a close with the Class of 2023 coming together to enjoy a delightful meal, fostering camaraderie and nostalgia among the matriculating learners.

Cape School’s Cricket Festival

The Union High School’s 1st XI cricket team once again had the privilege to attend the prestigious Cape School’s Cricket Week hosted by Paul Roos Gymnasium from the 29th of September until the 3rd of October 2023. 

Unfortunately the first game against Paarl Gymnasium was called off due to a wet pitch and outfield. The boys then spent some time in the Paul Roos indoor centre for a practice session. 

On Sunday we played our 1st match again Paarl Boy’s High School. Paarl went into bat first and managed to score 143 runs after being bowled out. Special mention must be made of Shaakir Kazi who took 5 wickets. Union then went in to bat and could only managed to put 40 runs on the board. We lost the game by 103 runs

Our second game was against Parel Vallei High School from Somerset West. Union went in to bat first and set a target of 96 after getting off to a brilliant start but a continuous loss of wickets led us to not being able to put a defendable score on the board. Union managed to get five wickets before Parel Vallei eventually managed to get the score. Union lost the game by 5 wicketsย 

Our third and final match was against Bishops from Cape Town. Union were put in to bat first once again and only managed to score 49. Bishops passed the target with the loss of no wickets. Union lost the game by 10 wickets. 

A lot of valuable lessons were learnt throughout the week. We will definitely return as a stronger team next year.

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Grade 12 cricketers ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ and ๐—›๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ for their outstanding dedication and contribution to cricket at our school.

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ and ๐—›๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ

These four talented individuals took to the field for the very last time as part of Union’s 1st XI at the prestigious 2023 edition of the annual Cape Schools’ Cricket Festival.

๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

We want to thank Brent, Joshua, Jude and Hlaki for the memories, the victories, and the moments of camaraderie they have gifted us during their time at Union. ๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข.

Well Done Demi – Paardepoort Rally

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป competed in the Paardepoort Rally, the second round of the Algoa Rally Club’s regional championship, on Saturday, 30 September.

Assisting her father Deon as navigator in his speedy Toyota Etios, Demi performed exceptionally well.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€.

Demi’s remarkable ability to remain composed under pressure showcased her distinctive talent, leaving us immensely proud of her achievements.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.

Well Done Ben – Fish River Canoe Marathon

Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ and his teammate, his dad Grant, for their incredible performance at the 2023 Fish River Canoe Marathon contested in Cradock this past weekend!

Participating in this exciting 2-day race, covering 82km of fast-flowing, technical river, is no easy feat and requires not only speed and fitness but also excellent river skills.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜! ๐—ช๐—ฒ’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

Top 10 Academic Achievers

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐——๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—– ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—  ๐Ÿฏ, 2023.

๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ!

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:

1. Caitrin Spence
2. Siphosethu Malotana
3. Brigettรฉ Oelofsen
4. Cadee Arends
5. Jenna-Lee Jansen
6. Gemma Naudรฉ
7. Tayla Kingwill
8. Andrue (AJ) Victor and Brent Hesselink
10. David Venter

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:

1. Joy Merifield
2. Naโ€™eem Mahomed
3. Sarah Wilmot
4. Joshua Neill
5. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
6. Tyra Binney
7. Max Price
8. Ann-Noleen Koeberg
9. Joshua Basson
10. Charlize Vorster

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:

1. Erin Gedult
2. Kenza Neill
3. Sarah Jacobs
4. Milani Pongoma
5. Trystan Hulleman
6. Ndondana Speelman
7. Aaminah Steele
8. Tara Ferreira
9. Demi Kretzmann
10. Issi Muhammad Ahmed

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต:

1. Samantha Charles
2. Katelyn Trollip
3. Amber Bezuidenhout
4. Anรจbel Norval
5. Misha Newton
6. Ciara Kivedo
7. Josh Arends
8. Melissa Naude and Lisa Vutula
10. Endinako Jadezweni, Xarah Hoffman, Peter-Daniel Clegg, Nombulelo Ncombo and Jade Palmer

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด:

1. Amber Slater
2. Richard Murray
3. Kirsten Collett
4. Jade Slater
5. Zach Verwey
6. Liso Sobantu
7. Callum Jacobs
8. Jennavieve Woods
9. Jannat Qaiser
10. Jasmine Abercrombie

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:

1. Isabella Hulleman
2. Owen Paxton
3. Quinn Naudรฉ
4. Antonia Adams and John-Henry King
6. Gerda Clarke
7. Zunaida Deysel
8. Zoรซ Mills and Cayla Newton
10. Thomas Taylor

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:

1. Clea Clarke
2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
3. Adriaan van Jaarsveld
4. Aidan Ferreira & Rachel Wenham
6. Samantha Gilfillan
7. Isabelle Tadesses
8. Miley Burger
9. Kate Charles
10. Connor Te Water Naudรฉ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Noรซl Shakane
2. Ryan Collett
3. Mason Knoesen and Nieke van Jaarsveld
5. Amelia King
6. Adam Clark
7. Kari Stern
8. Ryonn Naudรฉ
9. Gia Scheepers
10. Lwandle Dali

Prefect Camp

Our newly elected #prefects for 2023/24 are attending their prefect camp this weekend, 22 to 24 September.

This yearโ€™s camp is being held near Somerset East on the farm ‘Skietfontein’.

Accompanied by Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius, our learner leaders will spend the weekend doing fun-filled activities geared towards fostering the development of key skills such as ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™›-๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™›, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ and ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ’๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ 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˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ!