You're Invited to a Spanish Fiesta!

You're invited to a Spanish Fiesta on Friday 7/30, 1:30, at Northwest Language Academy's new digs - the former Ashingdon Manor, 5023 Langley Rd (corner of Maxwelton & Langley). The Spanish Campers will present a short play with songs, music, and dance from a dozen Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Some social time with Spanish-theme refreshments will conclude the event. NWLA's new benefactor, Robert E. Crawford, will be in attendance.

Remodeling and re-landscaping are underway in preparation for our open house on Sept 11th and the start of fall classes on 9/20.

There's a lot going on. Hope to see you there.

Register Now! 2010 Summer Camps Start July 19th

NWLA Summer Language Day Camps provide daily instruction reinforced by fun, enriching, age-appropriate activities that include arts & crafts, music, drama, food, field trips and more! Children play traditional games from each culture, enjoy ethnic food, and create beautiful crafts, paintings and sculpture. Activities include kites on the beach, visit with local artists fluent in the target language, fencing, flamenco dance, or tai-chi, making & playing musical instruments, sports, and the highlight - presentation of an original play to the community. Language is taught at all levels of proficiency, so that campers with no prior knowledge of the language are comfortable, and those who already have a foundation can expand their skills.

Our 2010 camps will be held at our beautiful new campus - the former Ashingdon Manor Bed & Breakfast. Campers can look forward to spacious, comfortable offices and meeting areas surrounded by 3 acres of idyllic meadows and landscaped grounds. Best of all, the elegant bed and breakfast facilities make it possible for us to offer exceptional accommodations for our off-island guests. Our new campus is located on the south side of Langley near the  Island County Fairgrounds.

For more information, or to register, please visit our web site or call us at 360-321-2101.

Northwest Language Academy Moves to Beautiful New Campus

NWLA’s new home is the former Ashingdon Manor Bed & Breakfast in Langley, Village-by-the-Sea on beautiful Whidbey Island, WA .

The Northwest Language Academy (NWLA) has moved its operations and classes from Bayview Corner to the former Ashingdon Manor at 5023 Langley Road in Langley. This new location offers more space and a charming environment for NWLA’s multi-age language and cultural programs, summer day camps for kids, Language of Food events, Travelers' Language Cafés, adult intensives, and private instruction. NWLA also offers cultural excursions and guided travel to foreign destinations. Currently, classes in six languages are available including: French, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Japanese, and Chinese.

Josette Hendrix, NWLA’s founder and director, is still marveling over the amazing results that followed a call from Robert Ellis Crawford, of REC Music Foundation based in St. Louis, Missouri. He had seen an article about NWLA and contacted Josette for more information.

Mr. Crawford was so impressed with Josette’s 12-year effort to create a “Center for World Language and Cultural Exchange” on Whidbey Island, that he decided to play a leading role in helping NWLA become a vital center for better understanding between different cultures; their languages, customs, their music and arts. The REC Music Foundation has purchased the Ashingdon Manor property for use as the NWLA Cultural Center, and turned over its management and direction to Josette Hendrix and the Board of Directors of the Northwest Language Academy.

NWLA is moving into its new quarters just in time for the 14th season of Summer Language Day Camps, which begin on July 19th. Included in this year’s schedule are: Spanish and French for Parents and Preschoolers (ages 2 to 6); Spanish, French, Chinese, and Japanese for children ages 7 to 13; and Summer Intensives for Adults in French, Italian, and Spanish. Camps are led by talented native speakers while participants are immersed in an environment where the target language and culture are taught through age-appropriate, dynamic activities, art, drama, and music.

Currently, a sponsorship campaign is underway, that aims to make it financially possible for an additional one-hundred children to attend these life-changing language camps. More details about the summer language day camps is available on NWLA’s website www.nwlanguageacademy.com.

Hendrix and the NWLA staff will be hosting an open house at the organization’s new home at the end of the summer. There will be tours of the facilities and gardens, details of future development plans, ethnic foods, and live music.
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