Final Parade - or 'Reach For The Sky'

Our beautiful granddaughter, Arna, commenced High School at the beginning of 2014 - I think it is called Year 9 these days. Because of the ramifications of the earthquakes and the associated uncertainty of where they would be living in the future (damaged house, land stability, etc). Urgent decisions needed to be made re her educational future. From memory, she (along with her parents of course) applied for entry in to 7 High Schools in Christchurch - all out of zone. She was successful in 6 of the 7 applications. She chose Burnside high School. An inspired choice!
Her first year of high school has been hugely successful - all due to her diligence and hard work. She could not have asked for anything better. Biased we are - we are immensely proud of her achievements to date and wish her all the best for the next four years of high school - and in the hope that her current attitude towards her life continues. We can see no reason why this would not happen.
Early in 2014 she chose to join ATC - Air Training Cadets.
At this early stage of her life, she is seriously considering pursuing becoming a pilot as a career. ATC will certainly help guide her in the right direction. And so she enjoyed a great year in the cadets. At the final parade in early December 2014, Grandma and Grandpa were invited along.

Then at the Awards moment, the first name to be called forward was A Woods for best first year cadet.
A complete surprise for everyone, including Arna. Well done Arna!

Arna receiving her award from the big boss