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Sadika Gazi Krinton: The best thing about being a student
at a New South Wales government school was
I got to meet some amazing friends.
Manh Tue Truong: You're exposed to different people
from different culture and language background.
Chengkheang Chhuon: At school for us international student,
there is many difficulties in language
but there are teachers and student who will always
be there by myself to help me through every difficulty.
Ruixuan Catherine Liu: The teacher has taught me how to research,
plan and organise my opinions and keys to how to study well.
Yeaji Eum: They helped me in every way,
not only my study but my personal life as well.
They became like my family.
Zhengyang Elizabeth Hu: Having studied at NSW government high school
I was able to improve my interpersonal skills
to interact with friends from all over the world.
Catherine: The courses that I have done at high school
have really given me huge fundamental support
to prepare myself for the studies in the university courses
and my future career.
Sadika: My studies in high school really prepared for me
confidently for what I wanted to do in the future
which was to be a high school teacher, science teacher.
Elizabeth: I was able to become more mature, independent,
and confident as an adult after my two years experience.
Sadika: I would recommend NSW government school
because they have a lot of resources
and they are really highly technologically developed.
Manh: It not only teach you, it help you to study,
to achieve your goals. That's why you come here.
But it also help you to have a social life,
like you increase your communication skills.
It also help you have an an opportunity for you to
build up your teamwork skills, leadership skills.
Yuting Melody ***: They provide us so much great opportunities.
They've got great resources and I met so many
nice people here.
Manh: I'm currently doing Medicine at UNSW,
University of New South Wales.
Sadika: Now I'm going to Macquarie University
to study Bachelor of Science with Diploma of Education.
Yeaji Eum: After finishing year 12 I feel really prepared
for my future study at University of Sydney
in Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce.
Sadika: I had great fun. I met loads of people and
I learnt a lot from NSW government schools.
Yeaji Eum: So year 12 was the best year in my life.
Gregory Prior: You as international students, have expanded your horizons,
you have experienced a new school, a new culture,
a new country and made new friends.
All this brings new ideas, new ways of thinking and
new challenges. It's a great achievement that
you have not only met the challenge, but excelled and
achieved outstanding results.
Mark Howland: The international student program in NSW
comprehensive government schools has been incredibly successful.
There's a variety of reasons for it.
It's the quality of the education, our staff, the curriculum,
the opportunity to choose from a variety of schools
that include single sex or coeducational education,
the support services also in schools.
It is a team effort and it should be recognised as such.
Gregory Prior: I would like to congratulate all the nominees
for your outstanding achievements and success.
You are a credit to yourselves, your schools
and your families and I'm sure they are very proud.
Angela Lyris: The school has 62 different cultural groups
represented and I think by having international students
they add to the diversity of our school community.
Virginia Pacey: Their academic performance is outstanding
and has raised the profile of the school within the community.
The dux this year was one of our international students.
Colin Skene: We build structures within the school
in terms of additional support for our international students,
lunchtime meetings with a mentor, ESL tutoring after school
or a specific subject tutoring after school.
Angela: In the classroom there was a real understanding
of how you can work together, support each other
and learn from each other.
Colin: They quickly feel at home within our community.
Quickly feel cared for and catered for in terms of all of their various levels of need.
In terms of what they bring to us in that two way partnership,
they bring contemporary society,
contemporary cultural values.