It’s been a busy and exciting few weeks at REC for our International program.
Tannar heads to Japan
Firstly, congrats to Tannar A (Year 12) who has been accepted into a 6-week study abroad program at Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High school next January, after she completes Year 12 here. Tannar will be enrolled into Year 11 and commence all of her subjects in Japanese at the school. This is the first time we have been able to provide our students with an overseas study abroad experience and we wish Tannar all the best for her time in Japan.
Study tours
In Week 2 we farewelled the students from Ushiku High School after a wonderful 2-week visit. Their heartfelt farewell speeches brought many tears among buddies and host families, highlighting just how meaningful these connections have been. Since 2017, we’ve proudly hosted Ushiku and visited them twice, with another visit planned for this December as part of our High School trip. Next week we welcome 15 students from Hachioji High School and in Weeks 9/10 we welcome back a group from Wao Mirai Online School. We always need more homestay families for these tours – if you can help, email [email protected]
NTNU Taiwan – HPE Teacher program
Following on from our recent PNG teacher training initiative, last week we hosted 25 HPE teachers from NTNU Taiwan.
New International students
We’re excited to welcome 19 new international students this term, bringing our total enrolments to 67. Our new students join us from Brazil, Germany, Italy, Norway, Japan and China.