Denver Auto Show 2014

Everyone at the Convention Center, ready to check some cars out! 

This Kia costs $60,000

Posing with Lora's son Victor.

Impressed by the Lamborghini in the back.

I1 Volunteer Essay

Volunteer

By: Natalia Porto

    

        Volunteering was a great idea because many people need help. I volunteered in a food bank last Monday. I organized food cans inside the boxes. Food bank is an organization that receives help from many companies, including 9 news, with food donations and help many people poor. In my opinion, help people is very important. I agree with their work because with this we can make a better world. To volunteer for a day, made me realize that everyone needs help. I felt very happy to help.

March Newsletter- Volunteering

In this newsletter, we have included more essays from the students about volunteering! Enjoy!

Volunteer Essay- From Intermediate 3

VOLONTEERING – SOUP KITCHEN

Yesterday, I did volunteering with a “soup kitchen” in Denver.

It was very interesting and enriching to meet homeless people and help them.

There were a lot of people and I was really surprised.

In France we also help homeless by serving soup or giving food with the association “Les Restos du Coeur”.

I think it is very good to help people who need it, and I will try to do this more often. I liked to be useful, and I loved to see that people were very happy to be helped.

Some homeless talked with me and were very nice with me. They asked me some questions about me and I asked them, too. They thanked me and it made me very happy.

I found that the food offered was very good and healthy. I was surprised with the quality and the quantity because we served almost one thousand people. I felt safety, but there was just one guy a little bit scary because he looked drunk or he must have taken drugs… I was not comfortable with him but all the others people were very nice and grateful.

I think it was a very good experience and I want to do that again. We should do that more often because we just have to give time for them; it’s nothing for us.

Volunteer Day- February 24th!

This Monday the whole school took the day off from their books and went out and helped others. We split the students up into 4 different groups. One group, our B1/B2 and I1 students, went to the warehouse for Bienvenidos Food Bank. We learned that the food that is donated to this Food Bank feeds over 200 families in the Denver area. We also learned that most of the time it is only 2 people that do all of the sorting. We were glad to help sort a bunch of food that was donated through a 9 news food drive. Here are some pictures of the students working:

The other 3 groups of students (I2-A2) went to volunteer at Grant Street Soup Kitchen. Every Monday, Grant Street feeds over a 1000 people. Our students got to prep the food and serve it. Here are the pictures!

Coming soon... Essays from the students about their experience!

TESL/TEFL group celebration

Six TESL/TEFL students have had a very stressful but fulfilling past 5 weeks. Our TEFL/TESL certificate program is geared towards teaching our trainees the skills needed to teach English as a Second Language! It is a great course! If you are interested in teaching English, you should take it! Since it was a lot of work, we wanted to celebrate all of the trainees' hard work by taking them out! To celebrate, we all went out to Lucky Pie. It was delicious and a lot of fun! Good job Abdi, Maren, Dianne, Karen, Jenny and Gegee! Thanks Jenny for the photos!