Our new student is Christian Jansen from Simmerath in Germany. He will be turning 16 in November and will arrive next Wednesday at 10.05 PM.
Shirley will be his counsellor; Barry will be his District Counsellor. He will be attending Mosman High.
He will stay with Mark Wallis for a short time then move to Kate Kennedy in Willoughby. His other host families will be in the homes of 2 students going on exchange in January (to Denmark and Japan).
Christian has an older brother and younger sister. His mother Dorothee is a teacher (Maths and PE) and his father Elmar is a Computer Scientist
His 3 reasons for coming on exchange are he loves meeting new people, to improve his language skills and learn more about foreign cultures.