August 2000 Newsletter

Mr. CSLI Competition is a Huge Success:
The highlight for August was our "Mr. CSLI Contest", 10 students competing for this international title. They were judged on various levels: talent, poetry writing & reading, fashion, interveiw and presentation skills. The judges of course were all women, 10 students from different countries. Congratulations to all our contestants: Carlos Duarte Vieira Franco (Venezuela), Dae Sung Park (Korea), Hiroyuki Miyamura (Japan), Nicola Adami (Italy), Keith Enns (Canada), José Vieira de Lima Neto (Brazil), Bökmen Cesmeci (Turkey), Hanjoon Sung (Korea), Sung Hoon (better known as Ryan) Kim (Korea) and especially our winner Marcos José Casagrande of Brazil (who has already added our Student of the Month to his collection of awards). Look out for our next fun educational competition: "Ms. CSLI Contest"! http://www.csli.com/brochawards.htm

Graduation Boat Cruise Celebrates our August Top Student:
With CSLI running at full capacity nearly 200 students and teachers enjoyed a glorious cruise around Vancouver harbour onboard the luxurious Queen of Diamonds. A fun one hour graduation ceremony, followed by lunch, celebrations, awards and a two hour cruise. Congratulations to our August Student of the Month: Hiroyuki Miyamura from Japan and his agent TN Exchange Canada. Hiro will be receiving a free flight back to Vancouver for our 10th Anniversary Reunion in 2002 and a one-month scholarship, along with all other previous Student of the Month winners.

Check out our past winners at: http://www.csli.com/bulletinboard8.htm

Thanks very much to Farzana, our awesome & energetic Activities Coordinator, for all her creative, fun & interesting activities over these summer months! Students had the opportunity to enjoy their free time, as well as get to know Vancouver, through the many great excursions she planned.

Free Activities Every Friday Makes CSLI the Best Value:
Tour to famous Harrison Hot Springs, Stanley Park & the Aquarium, Cultus Lake daytrip, Abbotsford Air Show, Russian Submarine & Quay Market Tour. Academic activities were Grammar class, Resume & Interview Skills class and Idioms. Other activities included: going to the PNE summer fair, hand-made pasta making class , balloon craft class, basketball game and of course our popular boat cruise graduation.
September’s many exciting activities include: Horseback riding, scuba-diving lessons, berry picking, the PNE summer fair, canoeing on Deer Lake, pottery painting class and beach volleyball. http://www.csli.com/brochfree.htm

CSLI's Newspaper in Big Demand:
Business English class students produced this month's CSLI Times (the students' monthly newspaper), together with one of our Advanced level classes (the first combined effort for a newspaper between classes). The paper instantly sold out during this month's graduation. Special thanks to Luciana from Brasil, for her hard work in publishing the largest CSLI newspaper ever! Business English guest speakers in August included speakers from Big Brothers of Canada and the real estate market. http://www.csli.com/brochbusiness.htm

Volunteering was on Everyone's Mind in August:
The popular activities were: volunteering with the PGA golf tournament, daycare camps and preparation for the Molson Indy car race. Professional positions included marketing, computer design and importing/exporting. 35% of our students volunteered this month, some winning tickets to football and baseball games, pizza dinners and mugs from a local television studio. http://www.csli.com/brochvolunteer.htm

Thursday Theme Nights Prove Popular with our Students:
This month over 40 students attended each of our cultural dinner evenings. Michelle, our Manager and Zsolt, a Hungarian student, hosted our Hungarian evening at Spanish Banks beach which included a meal of traditional gulash, palacsinta (Hungarian crepes) and even a taste of the famous red wine, Egri Bikavér! Japanese (special thanks to Takako), Spanish, and Turkish nights proved equally as popular, offering traditional foods, dance and music. These nights are a great chance for students to share their language & culture with their friends from other countries.
Tennis Wednesdays ran regularly at nearby Stanley Park (equipment provided free by CSLI) with record sunshine. Also, break-time games & competitions awarded great prizes to our students, including a Molson Indy day pass to Akemi Sato. Congratulations on your win, Akemi and for your courageous & fun spirit! http://www.csli.com/brochawards.htm

Rocky Mountain Tour is Tops for Long September Weekend:
As well as our regular out of school activities, a group of students went camping and many people have signed up for the big Rocky Mountain tour for the long weekend in September. Regular organized tours are available every weekend at CSLI including Whistler, Victoria, Seattle, Bungee-jumping on Vancouver Island & Sky-diving.

CSLI's Latest Scholarship Winner:
Congratulations to Carla Chavez from Mexico City, who is the latest winner of our monthly scholarship award. http://www.csli.com/bulletinboard11.htm

See you next month!
Lawrence& Lori-Ann Keenan
Directors & Owners
CSLI, Vancouver