Back from down under!
The Faribault Rotary Club's program last week was presented by Rotary Exchange student, Annika Dornbusch. She spent the last school year in Queensland Australia with The Rotary Club of Jimbooma. She is pictured here presenting her host club's flag to Faribault Rotary Club president, Keith Kramer. Annika shared a couple of You Tube video blogs about her time in Australia. She attended Hills International College to start her Junior year, and continued on to start her Senior year of high school there. In her senior year she was elected to House Captain of Jade House, and after only about 6 months attending school there she was honored with an award of diligence.
During her exchange she traveled around Australia on a three-week tour with 50 exchange students on a bus. They were able to see may sites in Australia, there were some long days on the bus sometimes, but worth it. She was able to scuba dive in the great barrier reef.
Her future plans are to graduate from Northfield high school and attend Montana State University where there is a program that allows students to study abroad. Now that she has been able to experience another culture she is hooked. Annika tells us she knows she will never stop learning about different cultures.
She thanked us for enabling her to participate in her first exchange. Thank you, Annika, for returning to tell us about your trip.