Millner Family Geckos since 2009, visit campus | 2009届壁虎家庭重聚SIS

Max Millner and Lara Marie Millner attended SIS from 2009-2013 when they were in the preschool and primary years. When they visited campus recently, they felt a deep sense of belonging, recounting their memories of the safe, green campus and friendly teachers. It felt familiar and welcoming despite the changes! Many features of SIS from that time remain constant at Mountainside, including the warmth they felt in visiting their former classroom spaces and meeting up with a few former teachers!  They fondly reunited with Ms. Ann Lopez, Mr. Al-Joseph Cruz, Ms. Xiaoman Ge and Ms. Betty Zhang.

After leaving Shekou, the Millner family spent one year in Hong Kong before returning to Vienna, Austria. They continued their education in their home country, where they had the option to add a fifth year to their high school experience to train for a career. Max, now 18, will graduate this year with all the usual high school subjects and an Interior Design qualification. Lara has two more years and will graduate with a qualification in hospitality and tourism. These are exciting interests with the potential for global careers. Max plans to focus his upcoming mandatory military service in a social service area, ideally using his carpentry and design skills by contributing to a government project in Uganda before considering further studies to become a pilot. Lara has an upcoming internship in a Rosewood group hotel in Vienna, and future placements may bring her to Hong Kong.

Max Millner和Lara Marie Millner在2009年至2013年期间曾就读于SIS，当时他们还在幼儿园和小学阶段。最近他们重返了学校校园，深深地感受到了归属感，回忆起了安全、绿色的校园和友善的老师。尽管发生了变化，但校园依然让他们感到亲切和受欢迎！许多SIS当时的特色在鲸山校区仍然保持不变，当他们回到以前的教室时，深深感受到了一阵温暖，他们有幸与一些以前的教师再次相见，与Ann Lopez女士、Al-Joseph Cruz先生、Xiaoman Ge女士和Betty Zhang女士愉快地重聚。

离开蛇口后，Millner一家在香港生活了一年，然后返回奥地利维也纳。他们在自己国家继续接受教育，在那里，他们可以选择在高中阶段加读第五年，以便接受职业培训。现年 18 岁的Max将于今年毕业，他将完成高中的所有课程，并获得室内设计专业的资格证书。Lara尚有两年的学习时间，毕业时她将取得酒店与旅游专业的资格证书。这两个领域都是充满魅力的兴趣点，且拥有国际职业发展前景。Max计划把即将开始的义务兵役的重点放在社会服务领域，理想情况下，他希望能够利用自己的木工和设计技能，为乌干达的政府项目做出贡献，然后再考虑继续深造，成为一名飞行员。Lara即将在维也纳的Rosewood group酒店实习，未来可能会有机会去香港等地实习。

我们非常荣幸地接待了Max、Lara和他们的母亲Tanja Millner。他们的返校之旅令人欣喜不已，这证明了在SIS社区建立的牢固纽带。我们鼓励SIS的校友们与我们保持联系，同时欢迎校友们重返校园并分享所取得的成就。

铭记，一日为壁虎，终生为壁虎！