WIESCO

The WIESCO programs provide language instruction and activities for Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Macedonian and Russian students, ages 12 to 17. The students in the Brazil camp are between 17 and 21. A typical day includes classroom instruction, singing, language activities, sports, and special events.

The WIESCO English language camps meet for three weeks, five days a week. The exception is our 2012 camp in Lithuania which will meet for two weeks, five days a week. In Torun, Poland the students live on the school grounds while the camp is in session. In Brazil, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Nowa Ruda, Poland and Russia the students live at home and come during the day. Please read the conditions page for additional and essential information.

The American staff for a typical camp consists of ten teachers and three student assistants. A host-school staff of four or five provide administrative and liaison support. In the resident camps, the host school staff also provides dormitory supervision.

Each American teacher has a homeroom class of about twelve students. You meet your homeroom classes every morning. After the morning homeroom session, students from other homerooms come to you for lessons . After another short afternoon homeroom, the remainder of the day is devoted to activities.

Two homeroom groups will come to you for a lesson each day, and after about a week, you will have taught your lesson to every student in the camp. Since there are three weeks at most camps, you will need to prepare three lessons.