Important Announcement
17 March, 2020 at 1:39 PM
ELC is proud to provide virtual options for new and existing students to continue their English learning without disruption as we follow recommendations from health experts to practice social distancing to combat the spread of COVID-19. Utilizing Readmore... updated and innovative online teaching methods, ELC invites English language learners from around the world to join us for our online classes, which continue to be taught by our most experienced and veteran teachers. In addition to our online courses, our School Directors will be available in person, to provide drop-in hours and any additional support that may be needed for local students.
If you have any questions about ELC, current courses, or are a new student looking for options to enhance your English skills while typical daily activities are disrupted, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Special offers are currently available for new students!
The health and safety of our students, staff, and host families are our first priority and we look forward to moving our community online temporarily while prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 takes place.
Important Announcement
17 March, 2020 at 1:39 PM
ELC is proud to provide virtual options for new and existing students to continue their English learning without disruption as we follow recommendations from health experts to practice social distancing to combat the spread of COVID-19. Utilizing updated and innovative online teaching methods, ELC invites English language learners from around the world to join us for our online classes, which continue to be taught by our most experienced and veteran teachers. In addition to our online courses, our School Directors will be available in person, to provide drop-in hours and any additional support that may be needed for local students.
If you have any questions about ELC, current courses, or are a new student looking for options to enhance your English skills while typical daily activities are disrupted, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Special offers are currently available for new students!
The health and safety of our students, staff, and host families are our first priority and we look forward to moving our community online temporarily while prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 takes place.
Today is the day! ELC Boston is hosting the most delicious Thanksgiving Feast this side of the Mississippi! Each year, before thanksgiving break, ELC serves up a full turkey lunch with all the fixings! Not only do we share a delicious meal, but also it’s a great way to kick off a food-and-shopping-filled four-day weekend! (ELC Los Angeles and ELC Santa Barbara will have Thanksgiving celebrations too!)
The event that some Americans commonly call the “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The New England Colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating “thanksgivings” – days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 53 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The feast consisted of fish and shellfish, wild fowl (turkey!), venison, berries and fruit, vegetables, harvest grains, and “the Three Sisters”: beans, dried maize or corn, and squash. Today, American’s use the holiday to spend time with family, watch football, and give thanks for all of the blessings and good fortune in their lives. Also, we eat lots of turkey.
Today’s traditional feast includes oven roasted turkey (this is why Thanksgiving is also referred to as “Turkey Day”), stuffing (Stuffing is made from bread, onion, celery, salt, pepper and other spices and herbs. It is typically cooked inside the turkey.), mashed potatoes with lots of gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn and various fall vegetables such as brussel sprouts or asparagus. Dessert is a meal in itself and consists of pies, cheesecake, pumpkin cakes, puddings and fruitcakes.
Are you hungry yet? Excellent.
~ Cara, the Student Services Coordinator at ELC Boston
