Jiarun (Karen) Ai, Boarding Co-Captain 2024

Alexis Chew, Boarding Co-Captain 2024

This year in the Boarding House we tried to organise a lot of unique and fun activities to make the Boarding House even more fun and lively. Activities included bracelet making, Easter egg hunt, karaoke and pizza night. It was really satisfying seeing boarders enjoy the activities and get involved. 

Other activities we had during the year included the Closed Weekend which featured games night, movie night, making a  polaroid board, Lunar New Year, National Boarding Week, Chadstone shopping trip, the Glenferrie Festival, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, ‘Movie on the Main’ with Scotch College, PLC and Wesley Boarders’ Socials, ice skating, cupcake decorating, Bounce and gelato trip.  During exams, we also distributed good luck cards. A big thank you to our new Head of Boarding, Ms Claire van Boxel (or VB for short) for organising these activities for us!  

Being Boarding Co-Captains was a really memorable and rewarding final year for us at Illawarra. We are so grateful for the opportunity and believe we have definitely grown as people for taking on the role.