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Wakatipu High School Students Set To Jump Into Adulthood
23 October 2012
Wakatipu High School Students Set To Jump Into Adulthood
On Labour Day, Year 13 students of Wakatipu High School celebrated the end of their secondary school careers with a unique ‘rite of passage’ bungy jump at the Kawarau Bridge, courtesy of AJ Hackett Bungy.
Every year the company invites Year 13 students to participate in the free event, marking the end of their school days in Queenstown.
Just as Queenstown is the birthplace of bungy, it is also the birthplace of many of the Year 13 students at Wakatipu High School. The rite of passage initiative is about recognising this shared link and AJ Hackett Bungy sees this day as an opportunity to share the bungy experience with local students who have grown up in Queenstown and lived alongside the kiwi icon.
The event not only allows students to take with them an understanding of the bungy experience, but it also acts as a great final bonding session for the Year 13 group as they prepare to head off in their own directions to take up lives outside of the resort.
More than 100 students have jumped over the past three years and the day is widely enjoyed by both the students and Bungy Crew alike.
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