Posted 7 May, 2010 - 12:44 by jessica
Intercultura has been invited to the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010, Building a New Era of Sustainability, to be held on 24 - 25 June 2010 in New York.This is the largest high-level Summit ever convened by the United Nations on the issue of corporate responsibility. At this challenging time for the global economy, the Leaders Summit will provide a unique platform for business leaders to discuss and demonstrate how the private sector can help lead our economies and societies into a new era of sustainability – in economic, environmental, social and ethical terms. Read more »
Posted 27 May, 2010 - 14:07 by laura
SHERMAN, TEXAS — Nineteen Austin College students decided to spend their January improving their knowledge and skill of the Spanish language in Costa Rica. The students took courses at the Intercultura of Heredia and then at Playa Smara. Students attended class for four hours a day, stayed with host families in Heredia, and had the opportunity to participate in a variety of excursion and activities in Costa Rica.
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 17:48 by edgar
From:Ively Kitler, Canadá.
To: lucie@samaralanguageschool.com
Cc: laura@interculturacostarica.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Video / "Poem"
Hi, there! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a great beginning to 2010! As promised, I have enclosed a copy of the "poem" I wrote for my graduation, December 4. Feel free to pass it along to everyone who works at the school, as everyone played a part - directly or indirectly - in making my time at Intercultura an amazing experience. I can't wait to go back and see you all again! I also wanted to let you know that I have posted Julio's segment of the video in the Intercultura group site on Facebook. Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 18:03 by edgar
By Jane Gantz
Jane fue estudiante de español del 31 de setiembre al 02 de octubre de 2009. A continuación se muestra un artículo que ella escribió sobre su experiencia. Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 18:57 by edgar
By Hannah Zimmermann
On Monday, October 12th Intercultura celebrated el Dia del Encuentro de Las Culturas, otherwise known as Colombus Day in the United States, Dia de la Raza in many American countries, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, and Dia de las Americas in Uruguay. This holiday marks the anniversary of Christopher Colombus’s first journey to the Americas, and the merging of different cultures between Europe and the Americas. Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 19:02 by edgar
by Aaron Rudenstine
2009
Cuando yo llegué a Sámara hace nueve semanas, y el sol estuvo en el cielo y el tiempo estuvo perfecto, yo supe que este viaje fuera a ser buenísimo. Me acuerdo que yo dije “qué arrecho!” Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 19:07 by edgar
María Fernanda, the Head Spanish teacher at the Sámara campus, just finished her latest artistic creation-- a mural of three manta rays around the building's side entrance. Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 19:20 by edgar
By Simon Briscoe in London
Published: July 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2009 03:00
Costa Rica, the country of fewer than 5m people sandwiched between Panama and Nicaragua, tops a new global ranking for combining a happy and long life with limited environmental degradation. Read more »
Posted 29 October, 2010 - 19:23 by edgar
Hello,
This is just a short thank you note to our sponsors to let you know that we have now received sufficient funding to make the trip and will be setting off on the 29th June 2009. Your generosity, especially in this difficult economic climate, has been overwhelming and we cannot thank you enough. When we have completed our research we will, as promised, send you a copy of our report. We have recently met with Dr Angel the world renown Entomologist and he is keen to see the results of our research, as well as our College’s leaders. Read more »
Posted 26 July, 2011 - 14:11 by jessica
On July 25, the Costa Rican province of Guanacaste celebrated the 187th anniversary of the annexation of Nicoya. The people of Nicoya, in a public event called "cabildo abierto", the equivalent to modern referendums, decided to annex the Partido de Nicoya to the Republic of Costa Rica. On July 25, 1824, Nicoya was formally joined to Costa Rica.