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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.

Long Beach Farmers Market

Healthy Californians like to get their 'fruit fix' and Embassy Los Angeles staff and students are no exception.

Every Tuesday the farmers market takes place in the school courtyard of our sunny Long Beach School. The market consists of stalls selling delicious fresh produce from countries as diverse as Hawaii, Peru, India, China and Greece. Shoppers enjoy choosing from mouth-watering displays of fruits such as watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, mango, lychee, etc, as well as being able to stock up on exotic nuts and vegetables.

Students and staff also hold their 'conversation club' in the courtyard on a Tuesday - enjoying sunshine and fruit whilst getting to know each other. What better way to learn English?

 

Find out about all events and activites taking place at Embassy LA Long Beach school on our main website.

Embassy LA Long Beach Grand Opening

On February 9, 2009 Embassy Los Angeles Long Beach school opened its doors to an array of local businesses, university partners, international agents, staff and students to celebrate its official launch.

It was an opportunity for the school to show off its bright modern facilities. When in the spacious classrooms the students benefit from state-of-the-art interactive whiteboards, digital course materials and instant access to the internet. When out of class students can enjoy using the facilities of the computer centre, and large student lounge with table tennis, football and cable television to entertain students.

Three students were chosen to officially open the centre by unveiling a founding plaque (pictured below). Their names (Hyun Seung Lee from South Korea; Bilge Karakas from Turkey; Fanta Boukar from the Republic of Niger) are displayed on the plaque to comemorate the event. Each of the students told their stories of academic achievement and aspirations to the assembled crowd.

 

Afterwards, the guests were invited to take a tour of the facilities, to meet staff from the Embassy school, and to enjoy the music and food!

All staff and students relocated to the new school at the end of December, which is situated in the world trade centre of the lively coastal town of Long Beach, just 10 miles from downtown LA. The new school now benefits from a large outside courtyard, a rooftop terrace, and shops and cafes on the doorstep.

Visit the official Embassy website to find out more about studying English in Long Beach, Los Angeles.

Embassy Los Angeles visit new Long Beach school

by Terrance Mayes

On 10 December 2008, students and staff at Embassy Los Angeles took a field trip to visit their brand new school site, located just a few minutes away, in Long Beach, CA. The students toured the new facility and the surrounding neighborhood.

Staff and students spoke of how impressed they were with the University style classrooms, student lounge, and media room. They also had a great time touring the local community and were able to walk to nearby attractions such as Long Beach Pier, Shoreline Village Shopping Centre, and restaurants.

Embassy Los Angeles will permanently relocate to the Long Beach school in January 2009.

Check out more photos of the new campus on the Embassy US Facebook page

Embassy LA - say "Goodbye to 2008" and "Hello to Long Beach"!

This January 2009, Embassy LA, presently located at Manhattan Beach, will relocate a few miles south to its fab new home at Long Beach. The new campus is conveniently located within easy walking distance of local attractions such as the Long Beach Aquarium, Shoreline Village Shopping Center and the East Village Arts District, to name just a few.

All of the teachers and staff currently working at Embassy Manhattan Beach will move to the new campus, with Terrance Mayes as Center Director, Michael Ramos as Lead Teacher and Begum Asena as the Student Services Representative.

Students and staff alike will benefit from state of the art facilities, such as interactive whiteboards, digital course materials and a multi-media centre, whilst wireless internet access is also available throughout the site. Furthermore the building complex in which the centre is located conveniently houses shops, restaurants, a post office and a Hilton Hotel.

Embassy LA will continue to offer the same Certificate courses, Diploma courses, TOEFL preparation, internships, travel and culture courses, one-to-one lessons and English Plus Surfing and English Plus Golf programs.

A beautiful student residence is available offering shared accommodation. Campus residents will benefit from wireless internet access, cable television and continental breakfasts - served daily. For students wishing to live with a host family, the Los Angeles Study Center will continue to use most of the families currently working with Embassy LA. Our staff will work to assist any student who requires a change in accommodation during the move to the Long Beach campus.

For more pictures and information please check out the new Embassy LA Long Beach page.