One of our students Eva, who studied English at EC San Diego shared her experience with us:

“I enjoyed my stay here very very much! That is the reason why I extended two times. If you are interested to find a place where you can improve your English and at the same time find friends come here. The lovely and helpful staff will support you with every question. Heather the boss is always around and asks you if you need something or if you are satisfied. Everybody takes care of you. My teacher Alvin is responsible that my English is getting better. I enjoyed the location around San Diego and I can really recommend EC San Diego to every I know and I will for sure come back. It has been one of the best times of my life.”

Here’s a picture of Ching-Wen Huang and our AY Coordinator, Daniel. During her time as a student at EC San Diego. She kept a blog of her experiences. For any Chinese students wishing to study at EC San Diego, feel free to read about her time here:

http://studywithoutborders.wordpress.com/category/學校介紹/美國學校/ec-美國學校/

EC SAN DIEGO would like to wish a happy birthday to the following students:

• Abdulkarim A.
• Adel A.
• Aiman A.
• Anjo
• Bruna
• Christopher W.
• Corina
• Edith
• Fahad A.
• Ghali
• Gonzalo
• Jeongmi
• Jeremy
• Jihyun
• Jiwon
• Maiko
• Manuel
• Marina
• Mathias
• Moad A.
• Mohammed Aldo.
• Mohammed Als.
• Naif
• Olivia
• Saleh
• Samara
• Sarah
• Seiya
• Seonhyo
• Severina
• Stefan
• Vanessa
• Werner
• Yoonseung
• Youngwho

Essam participated in the Ocean Beach clean up which was part of EC San Diego’s Giving Back Day held on April 13th. He shares his experience;

“This was the first time joining a volunteer group and it was nice to participate here. This is a part of our society because we are living here. It is our duty to clean. It was a good opportunity for me to practice my English, as well as changing the weekend routine.”

If you care about the climate and the environment, or maybe all things outdoors, then maybe Earth Day is likely very important to you. EC San Diego students and San Diegans celebrated early at Balboa Park.

There were many events and celebrations around town yesterday. A parade at 10:30am kicked off the Earth Day event at Balboa Park. Thereafter, visitors got to visit more than 275 tables filled with items for sale made out of recycled materials, Hybrid cars were on display, animals, birds, plants and kids arts and crafts. For entertainment, visitors listened to music played by live bands on stage. It is great to see EC San Diego students interested in an event such as this one. Check out more photos on Facebook.

Tomorrow, Friday, April 19^th, EC San Diego will be holding a bake-sale fundraiser to raise money for the victims of the Boston bombing which took place last weekend during the Boston Marathon.  Please support this worthy cause. Stop by the front desk tomorrow and buy some tasty pastries.

John Kim has worked and taught at various levels at the U.S. Embassy Far East. He has worked in Germany, Japan, and Korea in both private and public sectors. John is currently an active tutor and volunteer with the EC School in San Diego. You can find him teaching One-to-One classes in room 8.

Join Teacher John today for the AY (Academic Year) Lecture. He will be talking about “Job Interview Strategies and Techniques”. Sign up and meet in the upstairs computer lounge as follows:

1:00PM: Levels Low Intermediate and above

2:00PM: Levels Beginners, Elementary, and Pre-Intermediate

Our second annual ‘Giving Back Day’ was very successful.  We had a total of 18 people, (staff, teachers, and students), attend this event.  Together we helped the Surfrider foundation to clean up tons of garbage from the habitat in and around Sunset Cliffs.  Thanks to all who came and participated in this wonderful volunteer opportunity. Check out our Facebook page for photos from this event.

Our CSR champion, Daniel Heckmeyer, doing one of this newest initiatives, collecting and sending cigarette butts for recycling. This is done to ensure that such products do not end up in our oceans. If you are interested in implementing such programs please visit www.terracycle.com

When I first saw that EC had this kind of activities, I immediately thought that I had to do it because there is not more warm and wise people than the elderly people.

First of all, I have to say that the experience was more than I expected. The two Ladies that shared the dinner with us that night were amazing, wise and had a lot of experience traveling. For all that, my partner from Taiwan and me from Colombia, could establish a very nice conversation about each of our countries and its relationship with every culture. Furthermore we found ourselves talking about personal issues and laughing which gave us the possibility to know each other better .

Finally, I just have words of gratitude with EC for giving the students such as marvelous opportunities to enhance not only our English level but also our knowledge about different cultures around the world by sharing time with people from all kinds of backgrounds.

Best Regards,

Lady Muñoz