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The start of the fall season brought us a perfect day to have a marvelous picnic with the students. They had a an incredible time playing soccer, corn hole, volleyball, badminton and many other lawn games. ⚽️ 🏐 🏸Go owls! 🦉👐🏽#ThrowBackThursday to 2013 when we took the students bowling to Palace Lanes. 🎳Join us for picnic next Tuesday! ☀️Happy Monday! Check out this awesome picture of the “Mirror” sculpture taken by a former ESL student. These genderless figures are composed of connected letters and symbols from several languages.#ThrowbackThursday picture of former students having a great time at the Pizza Party in 2012!SEARCH
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Tag Archives: social activity
Playful Costumes Set the Trend at Our Halloween Party
On Tuesday, we had our traditional Halloween Costume Contest and Pizza Party. From the comical to the playful, the costumes we saw this year were more cute than scary. Just to give you an example, our contest winner this year … Continue reading
ESL Students Cheer on Rockets for Another Win!
Our Houston Rockets are currently ranked 3rd in the NBA Western Conference, so our ESL students were ready for a good game when we watched the Rockets take on Orlando Magic last Tuesday! Watching the game was entertaining for our … Continue reading
Rice ESL Students Do the Zoo!
Although the first day of fall in Texas isn’t quite cool enough for sweaters, Thursday was sunny and breezy, PERFECT weather for a trip to the Houston Zoo. ESL students spent the day wandering around Houston’s 55 acre zoo, thoroughly … Continue reading
Ice Breakers and Snacks at the Fall Meet and Greet
Here at the Rice University Intensive English Program we’ve started a brand new session, and almost half of our currently enrolled students are new to the program, so we hosted one of our new session Meet and Greets! Both new … Continue reading
Movie Night with Friends, Popcorn…and Dinosaurs!
We’ve had a few rainy afternoons this week in Houston, and one of the best things to do when it’s raining is settle into the couch and watch a movie…so that’s what our ESL students did on Wednesday. We stayed … Continue reading
ESL Students Savor the Flavor of Summer in Houston
Last week, our hard working Intensive English students earned themselves a special treat…an ice cream social! This is one of our favorite events of the year, as both our morning and afternoon students have the opportunity to mingle with students … Continue reading
ESL Students Have an XTREMEly Good Time at the Circus!
We love taking our Intensive English students to the circus when it comes to town every summer! This year, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey outdid themselves with their exciting “CIRCUS XTREME” show. Students especially enjoyed watching dancers perform on … Continue reading
Bingo and Hot Dogs to Celebrate Independence Day
America’s biggest party of the year is Independence Day, when we commemorate becoming an independent country back in 1776, so we decided to celebrate with our ESL students! We invited Intensive English students to “party like it’s 1776” by participating … Continue reading
Gorgeous day for a picnic and games
There is a saying that goes, “April showers bring May flowers”, but the weather in Houston was nothing but sunshine and warm breezes on Tuesday…absolutely PERFECT for an Intensive English Program picnic! It was a gorgeous day for all the … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, games, Intensive English, picnic, social activity, student activity
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ESL Students Learn to Boot Scoot for the Rodeo!
Visitors to Rice University who drove past the lawn in front of the Anderson-Clarke Center last Friday enjoyed quite a show! In preparation for our trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo that evening, four rodeo volunteers visited us … Continue reading
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Tagged Country music, Houston, Intensive English, line dancing, social activity, student activity, Texas, the rodeo
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