READ MORE:* Tokoroa High School Service Academy takes on a new experience* Students get bootcamp treatment* Academy guides students into workplaceThe course also covers skills such as parade drill training, rock climbing, navigation and high ropes. The change is because Hamilton's Fairfield College set up a school service academy in 2015, in partnership with the High Wire Charitable Trust. "Ever since they made the service academy, I've always wanted to join the army ... be a chef," she said. Service academy a confidence boost for school studentsMARK TAYLOR/FAIRFAX NZThey form up and stand to attention in sync, yet few of these teenagers knew military drill two years ago. Fairfield currently runs service academy programmes for Years 10, 11 and 12 and Crawford hopes to bring in a Year 13 programme.

Source: Stuff August 12, 2016 05:30 UTC