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Hiermee het hy sy baadjie en das ontvang, wat sy harde werk en trots weerspie\u00ebl, terwyl Starke voortgaan om die skool se naam op die hoogste vlak te verteenwoordig. &amp;#8220;Jou toewyding, harde werk en verbintenis is werklik inspirerend. Ons is ongelooflik trots op hierdie uitmuntende prestasie,&amp;#8221; voeg die skool by. Aan weerskante van hom        staan die skoolhoof, Edmund Barkhuysen (links), en Carmen-Li Bindeman (fasehoof).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Longacres Privaatskool is trots op Andrew Starke (middel) met die verowering van vol kleure vir die derde jaar in &amp;#8216;n ry. Hiermee het hy sy baadjie en das ontvang, wat sy harde werk en trots weerspie\u00ebl, terwyl Starke voortgaan om die skool se naam op die hoogste vlak te verteenwoordig. &amp;#8220;Jou toewyding, harde werk en verbintenis is werklik inspirerend. Ons is ongelooflik trots op hierdie uitmuntende prestasie,&amp;#8221; voeg die skool by. 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