Au Pairs & Host Families Bethesda

4th of July celebrates America independence from Great Britain. It is a day commonly associated with fireworks, parades and barbecues. Living with a host family, you are sure to experience at least, one of those.

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

I just received the email below with some exciting information about opening on weekend classes. I hope it is useful to you all.

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

National Louis University (NLU) is introducing a new, exciting, and affordable educational opportunity for Au Pairs and other international students beginning this summer at their Washington, DC satelite campus location! Registration will be opening soon!

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

Many times, we have our everyday life watching how people do so many kind things for us. Often enough, we ended up forgetting to express gratitude for those acts.

Besides saying “thank you”, you can express gratitude in many ways. The latest Buzz blog edition has some hints on that:

http://buzz.culturalcare.com/post/4091172400/expressing-appreciation-effective-and-meaningful-ways

Hello everyone!

It is that time of the year, when young ladies take their beautiful dresses out of their closets and enjoy a great night in Annapolis.

When: April, 16 at 8p.m.

Where: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 550 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online in advance for $10 per person, starting Thursday, March 10 through www.usna.edu/InternationalBall or directly through http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=2870&pid=6975399. Tickets purchased at the door are $15 per person, cash sales only. Tickets are not available by phone for this event.

For more information, please go to:

http://www.usna.edu/InternationalBall/

Have fun and don`t forget to share the pictures with me!

Adri