Strode Station Elementary School students watched their assistant principal ride off into the sunrise in a hot air balloon as part of their reward for meeting their CATS testing scores. Helping raise the balloon owned and flown by Will Hodgkin, were from left, fourth-grader Taylor Flynn, fifth-grade teacher Jerry Sipes, Hodgkin, balloon chase crew member Ramsey Flynn, second-grade teacher Kim Kerr and Assistant Principal Nancy Lindsay.
James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com
