Testimonials
Name: Clara Gonzalez
Country: Brazil
Year: 11
The Gold Coast is beautiful and very safe, I love the lifestyle. I'm surprised not to find a kangaroo in every street corner. I couldn't have chosen a better school, in the beginning I had some difficulties with making Australian friends, but the International team always made me feel very welcome. My favourite thing so far has been the beaches.
Name: Enrico Castro Guarita
Country: Brazil
Year: 11
I was very lucky to be able to study here at Elanora SHS, I was very well received even though I arrived a week after the other internationals. I was very happy to have Kathia as coordinator. She's exceptional! She makes me feel welcomed and I know that any problem I have she will help me with a smile on her face. I'm loving studying here, the locals are very kind and open to making friends, which makes my experiences here even more unforgettable.
Name: Leonardo Cozzi
Country: Italy
Year: 11
The Gold Coast is a beautiful place in where I'm spending my trip and I am enjoying it very much. All the city areas are close to each other and this makes it easier to visit, which I really appreciate. Even if the cities areas are very different from Italy, the fact of having astonishing beaches a few kilometres away is amazing. Elanora SHS is a well prepared school which for these first weeks offered me everything I needed.
Teachers are very friendly and competent, although the Australian accent made it harder to understand them in the early days. Another aspect that I really appreciated of Elanora SHS are the other students that are all very friendly and interested in knowing me and my country. The thing that I appreciated the most are the people that I have met during this first month, from my host family to all the international students coming also from other schools. Everyone has been very friendly and if this experience is going so well I owe it mostly to them. By the way, there are a lot of other activities to do and cities to see and I am really looking forward to visit Sydney with my host family.
Name: Stella Bendinger
Country: Germany
Year: 11
The Gold Coast has a lot of interesting places and even an animal Sanctuary you can go visit. There are a lot of beautiful beaches and you can meet a lot of people there. Even though it's very different from Germany I still feel like home here.
Elanora SHS has got a lot of nice teachers and students. There are many assignments and sometimes it's hard to keep up with the accent but nonetheless it's a great experience. Since there aren't many students you can get to know a lot of students and make friends very fast. Almost everyone knows each other. My favourite things so far has been definitely the people here, they're very friendly and the language difference is kind of refreshing. Also the beaches I've been to with friends! There is still so much to see so I want to be open for everything and experience as many things as possible.
Name: Marcel Michaelis
Country: Germany
Year: 11
It's cool here on the Gold Coast. Something that surprised me about Australia has been the haircuts. Elanora SHS and the teachers are great, but the uniform rules suck. Apart from the natural beauty, so far the cookies from Woolworths have been the best thing.
Name: Mongte Jongkraijakpong
Country: Thailand
Year: 9
I've been here Elanora SHS, Honestly first time I've stepped this place I was really concerned about language, friends, culture, and environment however after being here for a week everything was different from I thought it actually fun and I was really impressed with this school all my friends from my class were very friendly also my teachers were really nice to me as well. I really enjoy every moment and glad that I'm studying here in this school.
Name: Federica Fortunato
Country: Italy
Year: 11
Elanora has made me feel part of its welcoming
community from day one and the support system behind it has never failed in
helping me whenever I needed. A big part of it is Kathia without whom my
experience here would have certainly been different, and I will always be
grateful for her dedication to her role in the International Program. School is
school wherever you go, but Elanora has been an experience that has had its
fun, challenging and even melancholic times and I regret none of them thanks to
the wonderful people I’ve met that have made every moment unforgettable, not to
add the bleached rattails that had me in awe.
Name: Shino Shukuguchi
Country: Japan
Year: 10
Elanora SHS is such a great school both in terms of doing well in your studies and enjoying Australia for international students. We have amazing access to the beautiful beach and opportunities to do some activities and trips that are impossible to do in my country. I had many wonderful experiences for the first time in my life. The teachers and Australian friends are so kind and friendly. So I love going to school every day, even though I'm not really good at English.