College Information & Events
French Visitors to Damascus
12 March
On Monday 4th March Damascus College welcomed visitors from our sister school in Angers, France, Saint-Benoit School.
Eleven students and one teacher will spend the next 10 days immersed in student life at Damascus, where they are being billeted with host families from our wonderful Damascus community.
During their visit, they will participate in many excursions, activities, and experiences to give them a taste of Australian life. Upon arriving to the Damascus campus this morning, they were greeted by a group of kangaroos that frequent our beautiful bush setting – perfect timing!
Angers is a city of comparable size to Ballarat, located about 250 kilometres (or 1 hour 21 minutes by fast train) to the west of Paris.
Saint-Benoit School is part of a larger multicampus Catholic institution in the centre of Angers; with an innovative educational structure offering courses that include a strong scientific, digital, and linguistic identity, and optional artistic, sporting, linguistic and technological courses.
Our guests were welcomed today with a special morning tea with Damascus staff, where they were treated to some Australian delicacies, including tim tam biscuits, lamingtons, vegemite scrolls, caramello koalas, and more.
