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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.

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)

Embassy New York unveils renovated school

Embassy New York are proud to announce the completion of phase two of the USD $1.3 million renovations presently taking place at the school.The refurbishment of floor six of the Study Centre is now complete with renovations to floor five due for completion in June 2009.

The school, located in central Manhattan, is one of Embassy's most popular, particularly with students keen to experience and explore all of the exciting attractions that New York City has to offer.

Now decorated in energising orange, the centre has been furnished with newly laid wooden floors and carpets throughout and also with new furniture in all study lounges and classrooms.

Students and staff have commented on the "stylish" and "cool" design and how the new glass wall panels give the classrooms such a light and spacious feel.

The school also benefits from the latest teaching innovations such as interactive whiteboards in all of the classrooms (which allow for greater interactivity between teachers and students) as well as a newly resourced computer centre.

 

Click on the pictures to see them bigger. Read more about studying English in New York on our website or see more pictures of Embassy New York on the Embassy in the US Facebook page.

Embassy CES in the USA honours its best staff

Each year, the USA Embassy CES schools honour one of the schools' Directors of Studies, and a member of their teaching staff, with an award.

David Tipmore, Director of Embassy CES Fort Lauderdale, writes:

It's my pleasure to announce the 2007 selections for Teacher of the Year and DOS of the Year. The races for both awards were highly competitive and the results came down to the wire.

DOS of the Year 2007

It's a tie!  Leslie Lott, Director of Studies in Fort Lauderdale, and Greg Bartels, Director of Studies in New York, were the dead-heat winners.  Leslie and Greg received special mention from their peers for their improvements to the academic delivery in the US and their support of colleagues.  Congratulations, Leslie and Greg.  You are the winners of a trip to the TESOL 2008 convention.

 

Click to see the pictures bigger. Left, Leslie Lott with a student. Right, Greg Bartels.

Embassy CES in the USA Teacher of the Year 2007

Having achieved favorable comments for his past work in the Embassy CES New York school and his present performance in Embassy CES San Francisco, Chris Barrett is the clear winner in this category.  Besides the range of his teaching  expertise in Taipei and in the US, his work developing TOEFL test materials with ETS and Princeton Review, and his magazine and travel writing, Chris has shown himself to be a team player both in and out of the classroom, helping with activities, assisting with curriculum development, and providing excellent support for John LoGrasso, his Director of Studies.  Congratulations, Chris! You are the winner of a trip to the TESOL 2008 convention.  Honorable mention in this category:  James Kyrouz of Embassy CES Boston.

My personal thanks to Leslie, Greg, and Chris, for their contributions to the academic excellence of Embassy CES USA.