The students had the opportunity to spend time at the Sir James Dunn Academy high school, as well as seeing what the small rural community has to offer.
While in St. Andrews, the students visited the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, and met some of the aquarium creatures, including the 22-lb. (10kg) lobster Big Dee-Dee, who became an international name in 2008 when he was donated to the centre after becoming involved in a tug-of-war between environmentalists, who wanted him released, and those who had a lobster dinner in mind. The story of his predicament and his subsequent rescue made the news in Australia, the US, Europe and China.
The school, affiliated to the New Brunswick education curriculum, gives students in China a head start when it comes to studying at universities in Canada. In July, New Brunswick students will have the opportunity to visit China thanks to the partnership between Atlantic Education International Inc. and the New Brunswick Department of Education.
