This year, SVA has yet another good reason to celebrate!
Sandra Smith, our very own ground school instructor, passed her  checkride on 12/14/16. So now she is officially a Commercial Pilot!  An achievement built on persistent, consistent hard work. 
In her own humble words, Sandra says "that anything one of us achieves is actually the product of input, energy, feedback, and constructive thoughts of others. So although it may seem that an individual accomplishes something, the achievement is a structure created with the building blocks offered by others". While, we believe it to be true, we also acknowledge her own strength of character and all of the dedicated effort put forth.
Congratulations, Sandra, and thank you for your inspiring example!