The Hojdelewicz siblings have all their Dux in a row.
When Alena Hojdelewicz was named Dux of Taranaki Diocesan School for girls at the end of year prizegiving this month, it wasn't the first time the Dux award had gone to a member of her family. Last year's Dux was Alena's sister Kaylen, who is now studying at Waikato University.
While Alena has followed in her sister's footsteps when it came to achieving the top academic award, she is headed south, not north, when it comes to university. Alena is off to Otago University in 2022 and has received a University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow entrance scholarship for her first year there.
Alena is planning a career in health, currently looking at either becoming a physiotherapist or a medical laboratory scientist she says.
She says her time at Taranaki Diocesan School has come with many highlights, academic and otherwise.