International Students

Celebrating the birthdays of our international students

Our International Student Program staff organized a wonderful birthday celebration for the international students who had a birthday during term one. We were very glad that 3 of the school captains, Noah, Karla and Amelie, joined this celebration with us which increased our sense of belonging to this lovely school, Northcote High.

 The International Program staff prepared all the birthday students beautiful gifts, especially acknowledging the students who turned 18. They received a special present and a crown as a symbol for becoming an adult. For the people who didn’t celebrate their birthday during Term 1 you don’t have to be disappointed as we are going to hold this event every term to ensure that no student will be missed, just be prepared and wait for the day coming!

Actually, this was not only a birthday celebration, but also a celebration for all the international students who showed great resilience and determination during the covid pandemic of the past two years, and many of the international students went back to their home countries who have endured remote learning. From my firsthand experience in remote learning, I know this is a really demotivated and tiring way of learning. But congratulations to these students, we struggled to achieve and now, we are here enjoying face to face learning. 

We experienced a pizza night which was different with our previous night where we had Vietnamese dishes. We could choose the flavor of our pizza we wanted and tasted the authentic pizza which was really satisfying for us on that night. 

For that night, the happiness, perfect pizza, our school captains and the warm vibe inside the restaurant combined to provided us an unforgettable and enjoyable moment for all international students.

On behalf of all international students, we would like to say thank you to Ms. Hill, Ms. Fiona and Ms. Kim for organizing this wonderful night. Also, I would like to say thank you to our school captains, thank you for joining our meal and greeting us. Thank you finally to Northcote High School, it was great to have this opportunity to meet, after the hard times of the last two years.. Lastly, I would like to say happy birthday for those students and congratulations to the students who turned 18. Congratulations on making a huge step in your life journey. We wish you all the best!

~Adam Huang Year 12