Presently we
have 5 International students attending our school. From Japan we have
Ayumi Oka, Sho Nakamura and Kazushi Noiri. Merewai Semoll comes from Fiji.
We also have Julia Wedberg who is here from Sweden on an overseas schooling
experience.
Our
international students are hosted by families within the Whangamata
Community.
These students
get an opportunity to learn English, to make new friends and adopt the Kiwi
Culture. At the same time our students benefit by understanding to some
extent, a different culture and possibly some language skills.
We also host
smaller groups of students for shorter periods of time, throughout the
school year. This enables some families to experience another culture for a
2-3 week period.