2010 Photo Competition Winners

Thu 15 Jul 2010

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Photo Competition for 2010. The competition was open to students who are currently on exchange and also those who have recently returned from the exchange programs.

The standard of the photos was particularly high this year and a big thank you must go out to everyone who participated.

The Top 3 are as follows:

First Place

First Place is awarded to Tahlia Geiger. Tahlia submitted a number of high quality pics but the one which was selected as the best was ‘Cinque Terra, Italy’. She explained: “Cinque Terra, Italy, with friends Rose and Mariska. In March my school went on an exchange and of course I went too! We went to La Spezia, Italy. This photo was taken at one of the beautiful villages of the Cinque Terra. We walked part of the way and visited 4 out of 5 villages.”

Second Place

Second place goes to Claire Robson for her photo ‘DSCF1530’. This photo is of “My three youngest host siblings with me, each trying on a different pair of my shoes.”

Third Place

Third Place is Awarded to Laura Condon for her photo titled 'tobogganing '. Laura explained "Kate and I tobogganing during our first few days in Canada.. I somehow ended up going backwards down that hill."

The Top 3 photos as well as several others that were entered in the comp, will appear on our website and in newsletters over the coming months.

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated.

Top 10

Tahlia Geiger: Oeral, terschelling, in front of the world cup arena with my host sister Grieteke.

Claire Robson: Me, sliding down our driveway on a plastic sled. It was so much fun!

Emily Coulson: Me (far left) and my host siblings at the Colosseum, Rome.

Jessica Sandra Wilson: Experience. Italy. In relation to the impact my exchange has had, the few months I spent overseas were, without doubt,the best two months of my life. Everything from living with my host family, going to school and sightseeing of a Sunday caused my language skills to skyrocket and for my problem solving and social skills to be greatly built upon. To anyone thinking about becoming and exchange student, go ahead! Although in the first few moments when you arrive at the airport it will feel like the scariest thing you will ever do, it will undoubtedly be the best.

Jessica Yuen: Let it snow - Making the most of a snow day with my host sister Roxane at the 'jardin publique' (public gardens). This was after we made snow angels and had an epic "bataille de neige" (snowball fight) which I of course lost! I was so sad when we had to go back home to warm up because I couldn't feel my fingers anymore.

Laura Condon: Even the trees need to be kept warm in the winter.

Rachael Rollbusch: We´re living in a fairytale, wishing it was all a dream - This castle blew my breath away with it´s beauty, age and serentiy. Never have I been in a place where I felt so at peace with the world, and this was an experience I got to share with my new "second" family. (My sisters and I are the girls at the bottom of the photo, Mercedes, Paula and I.