Greetings from Geraldine High School. Geraldine is a small rural town 137kms south of Christchurch with a population of approximately 2500. Close to magnificent outdoor views and activities such as rafting, kayaking 4X4 adventures, fishing and golf, Geraldine is also home to many talented artists and crafts people. There are glass blowers, painters, stained glass artists, potters, wood turners and jewellers. We even boast our own hand made chocolate shop!
There are 548 students enrolled in the high school in Years 11 -13 including 15 international students from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Germany and Panama. Students always report that they find it a very friendly place to study . Enrolling only small numbers of international students from a variety of countries ensures that they mix well into the school and local community. We actively encourage involvement in all school activities. All our present students are involved in at least one extra-curricular activity such as badminton, netball, basketball, soccer, music lessons or the school’s forthcoming drama production. Three students were finalists in the recent “Wearable Arts” competition.
This year there are three students enrolled in our popular Outdoor Education courses. Jirayu (Year 12) particularly likes the school challenge ropes course and rock climbing while Friederike and Chisato (Year 13) are very keen kayakers and have just completed a 7 day tramp through the Nelson Lakes District.
Geraldine High School has a proud tradition of high academic achievement and this was confirmed again recently with the school being ranked as having the 5th highest NCEA level 1 and 2 results out of the 51 schools in the Christchurch and Canterbury region.
Please visit the school website  www.geraldinehs.school.nz  for further information.

Inbound Agents Visits
China
In April a number of KiwiEdLink schools were fortunate to host Sarah from Beijing Jinjilie who was sponsored by Massey University and also by Kiwi English Academy. During her time here, she also visited Mount Albert Grammar School, Rosehill College and Onslow College. Beijing Jinjilie is a very strong agent, currently looking to expand their options for high school study.
Despite the rain, Sarah enjoyed her time in New Zealand. It was great to catch up with her in Beijing again just 2 weeks ago on the annual KiwiEdLink visit to China.

Russia
Also in April, Irina Frolova, an active KiwiEdLink partner in the Russian Far East, expanded her horizons to sunny Nelson. There she took time to visit our member schools - Nelson College, Nelson College for Girls, Garin College and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT). The development of the potential market—Russia is an important strategy for KiwiEdLink as make schools aim for nationality diversity among their international student roll.