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September is a warm and wonderful month in San Francisco, known to locals as our secret summer. This month we celebrated Festa Coloniale in North Beach, the Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown, the Dragon Boat Festival on Treasure Island and the Polk Street Blues Festival. With so many opportunities to enjoy good food, music and culture outdoors, GEOS students can experience everything San Francisco has to offer.
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Meet Michelle Pastor! Michelle was born and raised in San Francisco and graduated with her B.A. in American Studies and Literature from U.C. Santa Cruz. Michelle was inspired at a young age to become a teacher and has devoted much of her time to working with youth of all ages in various subjects. She has spent the last year teaching in Florence, Italy where she fell in love with the Italian language, culture, and food. Teaching ESL has allowed Michelle to combine her passion for teaching and learning about different cultures all into one. She loves to create a classroom environment that celebrates culture and diversity all while speaking and learning the English language. Michelle spends a lot of her free time enjoying the local sights of her hometown, which include everything from visiting Crissy FIeld on a beautiful day to discovering new (and old) local restaurants! Along with her love of food, Michelle loves to read, dance, and watch her favorite local Bay Area sports teams.
On Sunday October 2nd, celebrate the Castro Street Fair! A huge daytime costume party, the 38th Castro Street Fair fills the streets of the Castro with several stages of entertainment, unique costumes, art, food carts and encourages everyone to bring their fun-loving selves to the festivities.
Saturday and Sunday October 8th and 9th is Fleet Week. Saturday is the first full day of the annual Fleet Week air show and festival. The Blue Angels will perform around 3pm. Prior to the Angles, see the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, an F-15 Strike Eagle, a Marine Corps Harrier, Team Oracle, the Patriots Jet Team, free tours of military ships , a parade of navy ships and much more.
Art Walks are happening throughout San Francisco this month! Students can enjoy open studios, food and drinks in neighborhoods all over the city. On October 14th a special Two Blocks of Art event will take place from 4-8pm on 6th street near Howard.
On October 15th and 16th The Treasure Island Music Festival will take place with a musical lineup of indie bands such as Cut Copy, Death Cab for Cutie, Dizzee Rascal, Aloe Bacc, Beach House and Flying Lotus.
This month we had an all staff karaoke party to celebrate a successful summer at GEOS! Our holiday groups had a positive experience in San Francisco, and we were very happy to host them.
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Currently we have 21 Nationalities represented in the school among our 122 students.
Chinese: 31.2%
French: 17.2%
Korean: 9.8%
Saudi Arabian: 9%
Italian: 5.7%
Japanese and Spanish: 4.1% each
Thai and Russian: 3.3% each
Others: 12.3%
“Hi my name is Peter and I am from Vietnam. To be honest I really have a good time at GEOS because this school I can learn culture and know more about other things I didn’t expect. My classmates very friendly and teacher very enthusiastic. I’m sure that my English and my education are very improved. GEOS give me opportunity to learn and discover. My last day I feel choked up because I didn’t say goodbye with my classmates and I will miss them. GEOS employees always very enthusiastic and we have many friends from another worlds. I don’t have enough words to describe it. The first day I came here I have a little bit scared and I start on the wrong foot. But right now every day we are friendly. I like San Francisco for many reasons: first the weather is very nice because I don’t like snow or too hot. Another thing, people in San Francisco is very independent. You can do whatever you want and be whatever you do. San Francisco has various cuisine and me and my friends enjoy lots of shopping center, urban centers and really good public transportation. People here are so friendly. My word for GEOS is “so amazing.” I can’t get enough of time at GEOS. I will recommend it.”
Cong “Peter” Nguyen, Vietnam
GEOS is offering two elective courses: Communicative Grammar and Academic Writing.
Our Communicative Grammar course is available to our beginner students to develop and enhance grammar skills while listening, speaking, reading and writing English. Special focus is on the language skills needed to communicate and understand basic needs in an English speaking environment.
In our Academic Writing elective students will write essays, book reviews, reports and summaries required in university level courses. Students will learn how to write an academic essay with a thesis, supporting paragraphs and a conclusion. This elective course focuses on refining writing skills.
This month we welcomed many study tours to our school. Look below for some great pictures:
Visit to North Beach and Coit Tower
Eating ice cream at Ghirardelli Square
Hanging out at Hyde Street Pier
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