02/06/2026
One of the greatest strengths of a King David education is that the connections formed at school often last a lifetime. A bush getaway, organised last month by classmates from the King David Victory Park Class of 1986, is a true example of the enduring bonds that continue long after the school years have ended. Cy Jacobs (KDVP 1986) shares his reflections on their special get-together below.
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𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 40-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘵-𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦-𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 23 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯.
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 100 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.
𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 - 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
The KDSF will be hosting a reunion for the KDVP Class of 1986 later this year. Watch this space for the date!
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