The final three schools to graduate in 2009 were Manaia View School, 155 Community House (Te Kakano) and Te Kura o Waikare. All participating families from these schools have given me awesome feedback. The trainers established really good relationships with the parents and most participants want to carry on learning more skills. Hopefully when Stepping UP is introduced into Whangarei these families will want to continue the learning process.
Manaia View School graduated another 7 families on 9 December 2009. This school always puts on a lovely ceremony for their parents and the whanau support is tremendous. The waiata's from the tamariki are really beautiful and always get my skin tingling. Thank you so much to Principal Leanne Otene and her P.A. Sheryle Beckham. The dedication you show to our programme and your families is outstanding.
Pictured is Leanne Otene talking about the benefits to the school, students and community
Manaia View's trainer/technician Gareth presents Moira Thompson with her certificate.
The pride the tamariki feel for their graduating parents is so apparant.
On 11 December 2009 155 Community House graduated 5 families from their Te Kakano school.
The participants with Anita Yorke. They enjoyed a bbq lunch to celebrate and were excited about taking their computers home!
The last school of 2009 to graduate was Te Kura o Waikare. This was such a special graduation as the school amalgamated it with their end of year prizegiving. Special people of note who attended were Kelvin Davis (Labour Party politician) and Di Das (National Co-ordinator for Computers in Homes). The tamariki powered out some beautiful waiata and Principal Noel Te Tai made us feel so very welcome - thank you Noel and Tracey.
2009 was a very successful year for Computers in Homes Whangarei. Considering we only secured funding for the Northland region in July 2009; to have 52 graduates within that time has been extremely heartening. We look forward to graduating another 140 families in 2010. Many thanks to all of you who have helped us with this programme.
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