TRAVEL is essential to lifelong education. Experiencing cultures first-hand amongst the local people can open thoughts and ideas to new ways of living life, which is why Shepparton ACE Secondary College will again send some of their lucky young students overseas in September.
10 ACE students and two teachers fly to Japan on Wednesday, September 11 for nine days of life-changing experience and return on the 20th. The students will spend three days in Tokyo before catching the Shinkansen train to Kyoto for three days, followed by another train to Hiroshima, and on to Osaka where they will eventually fly home.
They will experience the scramble of Shibuya Crossing, learn about the tragedy of Hiroshima and visit a range of remarkable temples and castles.
Of the 10, two students have travelled overseas before with the school to Cambodia and Vietnam, so for the students new to international travel this will hopefully be the beginning of a lifelong passion for experiencing the world outside Australia. While there are many things they are looking forward to, trying the local food, especially sushi, is top of the list.
“I used to be at a different school, and I learnt Japanese for two years. So, I can speak some of the language and I’m excited to be able to use it,” said an excited Jasmyn.
Shepparton ACE Secondary College fully subsidises the senior schools overseas travel program, with participants only needing to source their passports, vaccinations and to provide their own spending money.
