I hope you all enjoy the newsletter!

Thanks,

Adri

Most au pair like to use their free time to join the outdoors and they also know their English will be great by the end of their au pair year. For those two simple reasons, the weekend classes are a popular option amongst them.

Cultural Hi Ways and BMCC from NYC put together a great travel/education option where you can earn some of your educational hours while traveling around after few classes about the subject. Please, read below the concept, also found at the Cultural Hi Ways website.

http://www.culturalhiways.net/bookbmcc.htm

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC-CUNY) is offering educational courses (Niagara Falls-The Flow of History / Boston - A Revolutionary City / Washington, DC - Monuments and Memorials) as part of their Learning Across America program for students living in the METRO NEW YORK CITY / TRI-STATE area and WASHINGTON, DC METRO area.  You will earn 45 hours of credit, or 4.5 CEU’s per course.  The price of these educational courses start at $289 and include on-campus classroom sessions AND a weekend tour to the destination you study.

For the au pairs who live in the Washington, DC area there are three options coming up:

1. Niagara Falls - The Flow of History

Classes: August 28,  September 10 and 18

Tour: September 30 - October 2

http://culturalhiways.net/niagaradcfall.htm

2. Washington, DC - Monuments and Memorials

Classes: October 23, November 13 and 20.

Tour:  November 25-27 (Thanksgiving weekend)

http://culturalhiways.net/washingtononownnovember.htm

3. New York City

Classes: October 23, November 5 and November 13

Tour: December 3-4

http://culturalhiways.net/washingtononownnovember.htm

Have fun and don`t forget to let me know what think about the classes!

Adri

It is a fun day to wear your white, red and blue. I am not American, but I do enjoy this day and it reminds me Independence Day back home. So, our family tries to make it special.  This year, we will be joining friends watching a parade. And as a mother of toddlers girls, I took the occasion to get my nails fully dressed for the celebration. My children love it! Your host children would like it as well. You should try!

It is a fun moment to spend with your host family and share something very meaningful to them.

Today, I was thinking about ways you could incorporate your culture to this celebration. I browsed around my favorite blogs and sites, when I found the article below. It is fun and delicious!

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137472461/july-4-barbecue-from-americas-melting-pot

How about you? How are you going to celebrate your 4th?

I hope it is fun and remarkable!

Adri

Thanks,

Adri

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Dear Washington, DC-area Au Pairs:

The registration site is now open for National Louis University’s (NLU)  new, exciting, and affordable educational opportunity for Au Pairs and other international students beginning this summer at their Washington, DC satelite campus location!

To register for any of the 2011 course options, please click this registration link and follow directions: http://www.regonline.com/aupairweekendprogram_WashingtonDC

Au Pairs can complete their entire educational requirement for $500 at NLU in Washington, DC over two intensive weekends this summer or next fall. There is both a 45 hour, one-weekend (3 credit equivalent) and  90 hour, two-weekend (6 credit equivalent) option available.  Spaces will be limited in each of the four weekends offered this year, so interested Au Pairs are encouraged to register ASAP.

The first weekend course offered is coming up June 24-26, 2011. There will be an early registration incentive drawing on May 7th. All students who have registered by that date will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Visa card, or for waived course materials and activities fee. There will also be a regular and late registration deadline (see attachment).

Please see the attached Fact Sheet (revised 4/29) for all the important details including course descriptions and requirements, cost, dates, schedule, housing (not provided), and registration information.

If you have any questions that are not answered on the attached fact sheet, please feel free to email: DC.Weekend@nl.edu.

Please forward this to any Au Pairs who might be interested in taking this class to help share this new opportunity.

Thank you,

Dr. Lora Anderson Cook                                                 Margaret Stemler
Program Director/Professor                                             Director of Continuing Education, National Louis University

Au Pairs can complete their entire educational requirement for $500 at NLU in Washington, DC over two intensive weekends this summer or next fall. There is both a 45 hour, one-weekend (3 credit equivalent) and  90 hour, two-weekend (6 credit equivalent) option available.  Online registration will be available soon, but since the spaces will be limited in each of the four weekends offered this year, interested Au Pairs are encouraged to email as soon as possible to reserve a space. Early registration incentives will be offered for this initial program opening. The first weekend course offered is coming up June 24-26, 2011 and the early registration deadline is May 1. There will also be a regular and late registration deadline

If you have more questions about it, please feel free to email: aupair.classes@nl.edu or myself at adriana.ferreira@lcc.culturalcare.com

I would be happy to forward to you a fact sheet with all the information about those classes.

Warmly,

Adri