Bethlehem College International

Thanks to the committment of our Yarn Club made up mostly of international students, was blessed with knitted or crocheted scarves to pass on to the those people in need of warm clothing this winter.

Our students loved helping w**d and harvest in the Goodneighbour community gardens. The gardens serve our community, with vegetables and meals for those in need. A huge thank you to volunteers who took time to teach us how to w**d and harvest correctly. We are already looking forward to making this a regular part of our community involvement

A big welcome to our new students from Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan and Korea who arrived this week. What a great start they have had settling into class, making friends, joining sports and music groups as well a number of them going to the All Blacks vs Ireland game last weekend.

June was jam packed with fun activities for our international students including The Luge in Rotorua, waterfall walks and a Matariki Dinner to farewell our leavers in addition to the school events: Speech Night, Worship Week and the Big Sing. Goodbye to Frida, Levi, Jan, Pedro, Maria and Eduardo as you return back to Germany and Brazil. We hope you return to visit one day.

Congratulations to Ella Yang, this term's 'Student of Excellence'. Ella's team recently won first place in the New Zealand Schools Case Competition in Auckland. She has also represented her hip hop dance studio winning 1st place in the Junior Mega Crew division nationally at Hip Hop United in Wellington New Zelaand, 1st place in their division at Hit the Floor in Quebec Canada and 2nd at the International Dance League Competition for the Junior Community Division. Not only this, Ella juggles being one of our International student leaders, leading volunteering opportunities at school and being a top academic student. We don't know how she does it all, but she does and we are very proud!

International Speech Night 2026. What an incredible evening celebrating the voices, ideas, and courage of our students! We are so proud of everyone who took the stage and shared thought-provoking, powerful speeches.

Year 11 results:
🥇 Yuri Son – “Why are we afraid to struggle out loud?”
🥈 Dawon Lee – “Social Media’s Effect on Mental Health”
🥉 Doyun Kwon – “Why You Should Get an Adequate Amount of Sleep”

Year 12 results:
🥇 Esther Park – “Tokenism”
🥈 (Equal) Haruka Taneike – “Does Being Busy Mean Being Productive?”
🥈 (Equal) Angelique Yang – “The Importance of Fangirl Culture”
🥉 Karter Lam – “The Rise in Digital Facial Dysmorphia”

We are so proud of our students for their efforts in fundraising this year. Please follow the link to give your support https://fundraise.worldvision.org.nz/fundraisers/bc-internationald/40-hour-challenge