A Dundalk Grammar School student proudly received her Transition Year award at home in Tokyo this week.
Rikako Yasuda is now back at school in Tokyo, Japan. But, up to last March 2020, she was a transition year student attending Dundalk Grammar School, as part of the Japanese International Student Placement Programme.
She joined the school in August 2019, boarding in the school Sundays to Fridays, and staying with a host family in the area at weekends and holidays.
Teacher Paul Brady explained: As well as the cultural exchange, another aim of the programme is to improve proficiency in the English language. For Rikako this was no problem, as her English was already very good before she arrived!
Dundalk Grammar School award makes its way to Japan
Reporter:
Rikako Yasuda is now back at school in Tokyo in Japan.
Up to last March 2020, she was a transition year student attending Dundalk Grammar School, as part of the Japanese International Student Placement Programme.
She joined the school in August 2019, boarding in the school Sundays to Fridays, and staying with a host family in the area at weekends and holidays.
She claimed: I love my country, but now I have become Irish and I want to stay in this country.
“I love Dundalk. I love Ireland.”
She had a particular interest in all matters to do with the environment, and played a central role in the Green Schools Project and played a central role in the planning and organising of the School s Annual Celebration of Culture Day.