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Warm holiday greetings from Victoria, where the bright lights of Christmas are everywhere! Students have been enjoying the many events around town, such as the outdoor skating rink built right in the centre of downtown! Hot chocolate was a must. The huge and varied displays of lights on Victorians’ houses are something to behold. The New Year brings new activities, festivals, and excitement. Students are looking forward to getting delicious local food at the Winters’ Famers’ Market, and sipping at the infamous Whiskey Festival!
If you would like to stay in touch with GEOS Victoria, please join our Facebook group! Feel free to upload pictures and share your experiences with your friends and even former students. You can find out about our activities anytime – just go to http://www.geosvictoria.com/activities. Don’t forget to look at the testimonials on our website (http://www.geosvictoria.com/testimonials).
If you also would like to take a look at a video about GEOS Victoria, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzFBaffjR0
We would like to send a big thank to our intern students, Maho and Jamie.
Both of them have finished the internship program with us. They have learned so much and did a great job!
Maho and Jamie, we wish you all the best.
Good luck and have a wonderful time in Victoria for the rest of your stay! We will miss you.
We have to say good bye to Diane who worked for GEOS for a long time. She has moved on to a wonderful job at a local university.
Good luck & Conglutinations!
December was so much fun! We started off the festive month by decorating gingerbread cookies. Students revealed their inner artist, and sweet tooth.
The next week, we expanded to suit all tastes, and had an incredible potluck party; with foods from every country, great music, and a movie on the big screen.
Next was The Festival of Trees at the famous Empress Hotel, a holiday tradition; put on to raise money for the Children’s Hospital. It was a great cause, and a student favourite.
Next month, we look forward to attending an exciting Royals’ Hockey Game, as well as admiring the fantastic winter displays at the Butchart Gardens. Perhaps we’ll take advantage of their outdoor skating rink as well!
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Currently we have 12 Nationalities represented in the school among our 99 students.
Saudi Arabian: 33.3%
Japanese: 28.3%
Korean: 21.2%
Thai: 4%
Chinese and Mexican: 3% each
Canadian: 2%
Others: 5%
I am really enjoying my time at GEOS Victoria because of the welcoming atmosphere. I like the way the teachers instruct our classes and how they are very kind and helpful with any questions we have.
Victoria is a great city for studying English. I really recommend this city for everyone. Thank you GEOS staffs and teachers!
Mohammad
GEOS Victoria will open its full-time IELTS course on January 9, 2012. This course has been designed to help advanced level students to develop their listening, reading, writing and speaking skills in preparation for the IELTS Test. In this course, students will learn test taking strategies to help them reach their IELTS test score goal. Students will prepare specifically for the listening and speaking modules, as well as the Academic Reading and Writing components. As well, mini tests will be administered throughout the course to track the students’ progress.
The Butchart Gardens
The Magic of Christmas (December/January): Tens of thousands of lights turn The Butchart Gardens into a winter wonderland. Stroll along lit walkways and marvel at the 12 Days of Christmas displays, listen to carollers or skate around the outdoor rink.
Hours Of Operations: Mon to Sun, 9:00am - 9:00pm
Winter Farmers Market Announcement!
The Downtown Winter Market will feature seasonal produce, baking, preserves, meat, cheese, music, hot drinks and more, all for sale under the covered half of Market Square’s inner courtyard. Participants include Haliburton and Kildara Farms, Terra Nossa farm with local meat products, Saltspring Island Cheese, Bread by Matt, Saltspring Island Mushrooms, Vancouver Island Salt, Iron Maiden Seafoods, live music and much, much more.
We are happy to introduce our GEOS Victoria new photo ID student card, available for only $5.00! If any students would like one, please come see us in the office at GEOS.
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