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Boarding at PLCPLC is proud to boast a strong and vibrant boarding community,enriched by the presence of students from regional areas across theState, inter-state and overseas.PLC is home to up to 120 girls from Years 7 to 12 and provides awarm and welcoming environment for boarding students.Girls from as far as Kununurra, Esperance, China and Thailand boardat PLC, sharing their experiences and developing life skills such asinterdependence, independence, acceptance and understandingthat comes from living among people who come from a variety ofbackgrounds.These girls play a vital role in the broader PLC community, addingto the diversity of the School and engaging fully in its co-curricularlife. They also contribute to the wider community through a numberof Community and Service Learning projects. Every year boardingstudents support the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal, doorknocking for gold-coin donations in the local area.Recently, boarding students were only too happy to give back totheir own rural communities, supporting Main Roads WA andKeep Australia Beautiful WA, by packing Outback Packs intendedto assist tourists traveling in regional WA to help keep our touristdestinations litter free. PLC is fortunate to benefit from the manyand diverse community backgrounds that boarding students bringto the School. Our students are passionate about the internationaland rural communities from which they come from and this adds tothe heterogeneity within our own community.Photo above: Sichan ’Bam’ Lowjun (Year 9) from Thailand with Co-Directorof Boarding, Leanne McTavish.Photo above right: PLC boarding students (L to R) Lauren Smith (Year 7)from Kalgoorlie and Tasma Allen (Year 9) from Kalbarri assist with a KeepAustralia Beautiful and Main Roads litter campaign.PLC on the RoadOur ties with regional Western Australia and overseas areimportant to us. Every year we make an effort to travelthroughout WA and occasionally overseas to visit with current,past and future PLC families.In addition to having attended the Wagin Woolorama andNorthWest Expo in Broome earlier in 2012, this year we will alsobe visiting the following places:4 – 5 August Karratha – FeNaClng Festival29 – 30 August Dowerin Field Day5 – 6 September Newdegate Field Day20 – 21 September Mingenew Mid West Expo19 – 20 October Esperance Agricultural ShowWe have also recently visited Melbourne, Sydney, Kununurra,Thailand, Myanmar and China.If you would like to connect with us during one ofour visits please contact Community Relations atcommunityrelations@plc.wa.edu.au or phone +61 8 9424 6581.9