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Discover American Culture - Agape Summer Camp 2009
Apply OnlineAgape students at the Georgia Aquarium
Visit Disney World,
Universal Studios
and Sea World!
Experience the American Southeast:
Day trips to Charleston, the
Blue Ridge Mountains
, and Atlanta.
Learn English through Classes, Immersion and Homestays with American families.

Choose a PROGRAM

Atlantic Adventure
(2 weeks)
Carolina Escape
(4 weeks)
Southeast Sizzler
(6 weeks)
  • Visit Disney World, Seaworld, and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
  • 14 hours of English instruction
  • Live with an American family
  • Visit historical Charleston
  • Tour an American university
  • Hotel and Transportation
  • Visit Disney World, Seaworld, and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
  • 50 hours of English instruction
  • Live with an American family
  • Visit historical Charleston
  • Go white water rafting in the Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Tour an American university
  • Hotel and Transportation
  • Visit Disney World, Seaworld, and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
  • 86 hours of English instruction
  • Live with an American family
  • Visit historical Charleston
  • Go white water rafting in the Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Explore metropolitan Atlanta
  • Tour an American university
  • Hotel and Transportation
Cost: 1,500 USD* Cost: 2,000 USD* Cost: 3,000 USD*

*Add 175 USD in application fees (for admission and homestay. Also, a deposit of 1,000 USD of the total cost is required (500 USD if you apply through an authorized AELI agent in your home country). This deposit is the same amount regardless the length of study). Airfare not included.

Program DATES

Atlantic Adventure
(2 weeks)
Carolina Escape
(4 weeks)
Southeast Sizzler
(6 weeks)
July 25-August 8 July 25-
August 22
  July 25-September 5
August 8-August 22 August 8-
September 5
August 22-September 5  

Program SCHEDULE

NOTE: For all trips, Agape will provide transportation and accommodations as needed, and participants will pay admission fees and food expenses.

Day 1 Saturday Arrive in Columbia, South Carolina (Airport Code: CAE). Meet host families at the airport and go home with them.
Day 2 Sunday Rest and recuperate from a jetlag. Spend time with family. Attend church activities with host family.
Day 3 Monday
9:00-12:00   Registration, orientation, testing and level placement.
12:00-1:00   Welcome Lunch provided/paid by Agape (subway sandwiches).
13:00-15:00   Tour of University of South Carolina campus and downtown Columbia’s important locations and landmarks.
15:00-16:30   Orientation and group activity.
17:00   Host family pickup.
Day 4 Tuesday
9:00-10:30   Communication Skills class.
10:30-10:45   Break.
10:45-12:15   Grammar/Writing class.
12:15-13:15   Lunch (students bring/pay for their own lunch).
13:15-14:45   Reading/Vocabulary class.
15:00-17:00   At least once or twice a week, activities to visit local tourist attractions.
17:00   Host family pickup.
Day 5 Wednesday Same as Tuesday
Day 6 Thursday Same as Tuesday
  Friday(s)
8:00-20:00    
  • Day trip to Charleston, one of America’s oldest historically preserved tourist cities. A two-hour drive from Columbia.
  • Day trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for whitewater rafting (cost $40 per person).*
  • Day trip to Atlanta. Choose to visit Stone Mountain, the Georgia Aquarium, The World of Coca-Cola, CNN global headquarters, and/or Centennial Olympic Park (cost $40 per person).**

*Only available for 4- and 6-week programs.
**Only available for 6-week program.

Saturday(s) Free time/spend time with homestay families.
Sundays(s) Free time/spend time with homestay families.

Want MORE English?

Extend your English classes by adding 2 or 4 weeks
between the first week and the final week.

Final Week Monday Leave for Orlando, Florida and settle in a hotel (two people in a hotel room with two double beds).
Tuesday Sightseeing. Disney World (cost $90 per person).
Wednesday Sightseeing. Sea World of Orlando (cost $90 per person).
Thursday Sightseeing. Universal Studios (cost $90 per person).
Friday Fly home directly from Orlando.

OR

Leave Florida for Columbia and spend the night with the same host families.
Saturday Depart from Columbia.

Apply Online

MINIMUM ENROLLMENT : Agape will hold summer programs only if there is sufficient enrollment (normally 5 or more students per program). Class size is normally 5 to 10 students.

REFUNDS: Application fees (175 USD) are nonrefundable. Also, a deposit of 1,000 USD of the total cost is required (500 USD if you apply through an authorized AELI agent in your home country) before July 3, 2009, but nonrefundable after July 3, 2009 if a student cancels. If the school cancels the program or the student is denied a visa, the tuition deposit will be fully refunded.

VISA: All students who come to the U.S. specifically for Agape's summer vacation/study program should obtain an F-1 student visa unless advised otherwise by a knowledgeable agent that it will be possible to enter the U.S. on a B-visa. Agape English Language Institute will enroll students who enter the U.S. for this summer vacation/study program on either F-1 or B-visas, but we cannot guarantee the admissibility of any student at a U.S. port of entry on a B-type visa.

**ATTENTION AGENCIES, EDUCATORS, and GROUP LEADERS – Agape English Language Institute can customize a Summer English Program package for any group of 10 or more students based on the above program. This package can include different program start dates, lengths and intensiveness (i.e., more or less than 17 hours of classroom English instruction per week). Please note: One chaperone is required to accompany any group of 15 or fewer students up through the age of 15. An additional chaperone is required for more than 15 students.

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