Staff at Embassy

Skating video

Linda Walsh, head of Embassy Boston, says:

Here’s a really nice video made by a student, Alexander. The class went on an ice skating trip to the Boston Common. The teacher is Stuart, and he’s featured several times.

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Judo champion at Embassy Boston Downtown

Linda Walsh, Director of Embassy Boston Downtown, writes:

We have a celebrity in the school!

Fernanda Pimentel de Araujo may be only twenty years old, but this feisty judo champion is working her way to great heights. Winning matches, which Fernanda claims is her favorite part of judo, seems to come easily to the Brazilian star. This past year, she won medals at Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell Tournament as well as Miami’s Junior U.S. Open. 

Her instructor and mentor is Jim Pedro, a world renowned judo player who has won two Olympic medals. Fernanda herself hopes to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, and we at Embassy wish her the best of luck.

Fernanda said, “Studying at Embassy, beside learning English, I had the opportunity to make many friends and learn about different cultures. It was definitely one of the best experiences I've had.”

 

Boston students publish online magazine

Students at Embassy Boston Downtown have put together an online magazine as a class project. Planning to visit Boston? Tap into our students' knowledge with a very handy top ten of the best places to go in the city. After all, they've done all the work getting to know the city in the last few months.

The magazine continues with a project comparing well-known western cities, such as London, San Francisco and Boston itself, with the students' home cities, including Tokyo, Caracas, Busan and Taipei.

What began as a good exercise for the class in persuasive writing ended up as a highly readable resource for potential students. Which city comes out top? You'll have to read the arguments and decide for yourself. Well done, hard-working Boston students, and thanks for the read.

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Find the magazine here. Embassy Boston Downtown students hope you will enjoy reading it.

An Embassy USA achievement

In the USA, language schools are accredited by ACCET: book into an ACCET-listed establishment and you can be sure that your course and school have met their standards of excellence.

ACCET inspects all schools on its list regularly, and our USA schools have just undergone the most recent round of inspections.

We recently received the news that all Embassy USA schools are to be reaccredited and that no further inspection will be required for the next five years.

This is an accolade reserved for the highest quality schools and we are delighted to know that ACCET places such faith in our US schools.

Recent news from our Embassy schools

Here is a round-up of news from our various schools around the world. As you can see, there is a lot going on!

• A major project is currently underway to refurbish the library at Embassy Cambridge, and also revitalise some of the classrooms.
• After a year of testing and development, Smart Express classes started last week in New York, Boston, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Cambridge. Will you be on the next Smart Express course? 
• We have lots of special offers on Embassy courses and accommodation at the moment - you can get a bargain if you can be flexible on dates! 
• At Boston Merrimack, students participated in the College's Global Village - an annual event in which students showcase their country’s culture, traditions, clothing, music, and food. We had 12 countries including: Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, China, Japan, France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, El Salvador..., & Brazil. Students took great pride in presenting their countries to the campus community.
• Recently, in Seattle, students headed to the trendy Queen Anne Neighborhood for an “Amazing Race” competition. Working in groups of three, students were given a list of tasks to perform and questions to answer in a period of two hours. They had a great time learning and exploring Seattle alongside their classmates!
• 10 new interactive whiteboards have been installed at Embassy Melbourne, meaning every classroom in that school now has access to this fab technology.
• Embassy Brisbane has a new student residence:  it's just seven minutes from school by bus; has inclusive broadband internet and utilities; and best of all there's a great social community.
• Meanwhile, Brisbane students have enjoyed trips to farmers markets, a table tennis tournament, a pizza & board games day & a sausage sizzle. OK, who knows what a sausage sizzle is? ;)
  
• Embassy Perth has a new Director of Studies - Andrew Foster. Andrew joins us after working for over 10 years with GEOS, and more recently as Senior Director of Studies for GEOS Oceania, where he was responsible for the academic management of 11 schools. He has worked as an English Language Teacher, a Teacher Traine...r and as Director of Studies in Australia, Japan, England and New Zealand.
• On Sunday 14 March, 12 teachers and staff from the Auckland campus took part in the annual Round the Bays fun run in aid of the Study Group ‘Plan Haiti Appeal’. Students and staff managed to raise $624.90 for the Plan Haiti Appeal. This amount will be matched by Study Group, so Auckland will be contributing almost $1,250!
• Embassy Sydney now offers 3-day trips for activities such as surfing camps, snowboarding weekends and tours to Melbourne and Canberra.
  

Videos on site

Videos really help you to see what student life is like - and even more so when our students themselves get to speak.

That's why we've been busy adding videos across the Embassy website in recent days. Here you can view just a few of them. Enjoy!

An introduction to Embassy Sydney:

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See also:
An introduction to Embassy Melbourne
An introduction to Embassy Perth
An introduction to Embassy Gold Coast
An introduction to Embassy Brisbane
An introduction to Embassy Auckland

An introduction to Embassy Boston Downtown:

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See our other Boston Downtown videos:
Boston Downtown students and staff
Boston Downtown local information (foot of page)
Boston Downtown activities
Boston Downtown facilities (foot of page)

An introduction to Embassy New York:

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See our other New York videos:
New York local information (foot of page)
New York accommodation
New York activities
New York facilities(foot of page)

Brazillian model enjoying life at Embassy Boston

Ana Cardina Tezzini is a student at Embassy Boston and a model in her home country of Brazil.e is presently selected as a participant in a contest to find a model for a soccer team in Brazil - The Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.

She recently wrote a testimonial:

"I’m at Boston Embassy to learn English and enjoy this famous city. I’m loving each moment here, and each person I meet. The school is very beautiful and full of funny people. The classes are teaching me a lot. I’m sure I’m going to learn so much more at this fabulous school.

Thank you, Embassy, for taking good care of me."

Good luck with the competition Ana!

Boston Merrimack shows its global colours

The College of International Programs at Boston Merrimack recently held a Global Village event. This was a day for Embassy and international Merrimack students to learn about each others' culture, language and traditions.

Students took the opportunity to create colouful table displays of photographs, films, artefacts, information and food. Enthusiastic Embassy students did a great job on their displays and Spain was awarded first place for their colourful table.

 

Find our more information about studying English at Embassy Boston Merrimack.

Boston Soccer Match - Downtown VS Merrimack

On March 16 2009, students from Embassy Boston Merrimack and Embassy Boston Downtown competed in a friendly soccer match held at the Merrimack College gymnasium. The Boston Downtown students took the train up to Merrimack Valley.

Both teams played well but Boston Downtown proved the force to be reckoned with on the day and won 9-3. Afterwards, students and staff got to know each other better whilst enjoying pizza together.

    

Find out more about studying English at Embassy Boston Merrimack and Embassy Boston Downtown.

Official opening of Embassy Boston Downtown

December 9th, 2008, saw the offical opening of our Boston Downtown school, even though lessons have been running for several weeks now.

It was an opportunity for students and staff to show off the top-spec new facility, where everything from the flooring, to the interactive whiteboards and glass-walled classrooms, is of the very best quality.

Of course, the most important members of any Embassy school are its students, and in recognition of this, four excelling students were asked to unveil the founding plaque. Their names (Yeseul Kim, from South Korea; Ranidson Souza from Brazil; Seda Mutevelli from Turkey; Daichi Tagami from Japan) will be displayed there as a reminder of the event, and each of their stories of academic excellence and aspirations was told to an assembled crowd.

After all the formality, the party commenced, with food, music, and conversation flowing freely. To see more photos of this auspicious event, visit our Facebook Boston Downtown photo galleries.