INTERNATIONAL STUDENT NIGHT

Our annual International Student Night was held on Thursday 7 September in the VCE Centre.

We were more than happy to have many teachers, home stay families, and students to join us for the night, one in which we were able to get together as the International cohort and celebrate with performances arranged and delivered by students.

Although the weather was a little chilly, everybody enjoyed themselves with nice food and a cosy atmosphere.

The show commenced with a video that introduced the audience to all of the extracurricular activities that students are able to take part in including, the Gardening Project, EAL debating club, Music Club, and Basketball Club organised by the International Student Captains and Coordinators.

The first performance was by our International Music Club with their cover of Some Nights by Fun,  followed by a modern Korean dance cover by Sue, Kayley, Hayley, and Tammy from year 11 and 12. Vivian Jin was absolutely adorable with her song  Almost lover and her pink ukulele.

The audience was really enthusiastic and energetic, getting involved in the game of the night which consisted of two parts: Egg transporting and Wiggling . Everybody was thrilled to see a lot students as well as teachers participating in the game.

One of our international students, Christina Chen, performed at the General Assembly during Multicultural week with her Guzheng, together with Yolanda and Anna with their Pipas. They brought these to the night and shared with everybody a part of their culture with a very beautiful traditional Chinese song.

Year 12 and year 11 Vietnamese students sent to our year 12s a farewell gift with a meaningful Vietnamese song Tam Biet Nhe – See you Again  accompanied by our two guitarists and pianist.  

Next up, year 11s Stephanie, Summer, and Iris performed a medley dance cover of three songs, which ended our night with a dynamic performance that received the loudest cheer from our audience.

Despite the show concluding early, everybody had a very good time enjoying  the student performances and the games.

We would like to send a very special thank you to our International Student Coordinators Ms Yang and Mrs Valentine for  enabling us to have such a wonderful celebration every year.

Helen Vu and Gary Li

International Student Captains