I. In past years, Elite College's Summer Camp has enjoyed impressive results and success, from which we derive a strong sense of accomplishment

　　Elite College has been running its Summer Camp program for ten years. Ten years is a summary of a stage, but it is also the beginning of a new phase. Elite College will continue to learn from the past, develop the present and look ahead to the future, and to provide persistent efforts to improve the quality of the education and services of our Summer Camp.

　　In the past years, Elite College and its students have worked together and produced incredible achievements together, such that Elite can now benefit from an excellent reputation. The cheers and laughter of students, teachers and staff still ring in our ears, as if they had happened only yesterday.

　　Our successful Summer Camp, organized by Elite College at the St-Laurent Campus, South Shore Campus and Downtown Campus, received positive comments from parents and students.

　　Elite College possesses formal school campuses, a great environment and atmosphere for studying, as well as a team of seasoned teachers, and experience in teaching cultural knowledge and in organizing various activities and projects. Students of Elite College can truly feel like, "I participate! I learn! I'm happy!" The number of students who attend secondary school entrance exams break the records of Elite College every year. Moreover, these students have achieved great success in the exams and have been admitted into their secondary schools of choice. Students in Welcome Classes were even more miraculous: every year, more than 20 newly arrived students (less than 1 year), including over 30 students in 2013, were admitted into the regular classes at primary or secondary schools, which facilitates their future studies and development. Many primary students entered international, technology and other top primary schools, and many secondary students enrolled in top-ranked secondary schools. Our preparation for entering Secondary 1 is designed to help students adapt to secondary studies more easily. Students in Secondary 3 are well prepared for Sec 4 provincial exams thanks to our specially designed curriculum. Students in other grades are given a high proportion of English courses to lay a solid foundation for future studies in English.

　　The Summer Camp at our South Shore campus has been held successfully for two years, which allowed us to accumulate helpful experience for the future.

　　Many teachers at the South Shore Campus are local residents. Therefore, generally speaking, they are punctual and reliable. The school's active support and cooperation helps provide the best services for our Summer Camp, such as central air conditioning, an indoor sports gym, and more. One of the reasons for setting up the South Shore Summer Camp was to save students the time spent traveling from the South Shore to St-Laurent on hot summer days. Thus, many students who lived on the South Shore and who used to take courses at St-Laurent were transferred to the South Shore Summer Camp. With the addition of other students from the South Shore, the South Shore Camp has reached a considerable scale.

　　The Summer Camp at the St-Laurent Campus maintained its size and operation in recent years.

　　CEGEP St-Laurent has given us great support in providing some fresh air, modifying their electrical systems so that each classroom could be equipped with air conditioning. Although some students were transferred to the South Shore Summer Camp, the Summer Camp at St-Laurent Campus retained its size and operation of recent years. Sometimes, we've even had to stop enrollment early, such as for preschoolers, due to space limitations.

　　The End of Summer Camp Shows achieved huge success.

　　Sponsored by financial advisors Mr. Yong Song, Ms. Wenli Zhang, Ms. Yaping He and Ms. Alice Zhou, real estate brokers Ms. Weiqing Tang and Mr. Guoqing Feng, and many others, and thanks to the joint efforts of teachers and students, the performances at the Summer Camp Shows achieved huge success. Students of Elite College offered fantastic performances, in dancing, comedy, drama, instrumentals, and more, and received sustained applause from spectators.

　　History and Achievements

　　Looking back to the first Summer Camp in 2004, it had been hosted by a local friend. At the time, Elite College was newly founded and small-scale, with a limited number of students, so we only had 3 mixed-level classes. In addition to paying the teachers' salaries and location fees, we had to volunteer ourselves and still could not avoid a loss. These hardships are still fresh, but we were able to get a foot through the door. Moreover, we accumulated valuable experience from this very first lesson, laying the foundation for the future development of Elite College.

　　In 2009, at the post-Summer Camp meeting, the most heard phrase was "a sense of accomplishment". One student of Elite College, Yingqi, had studied in Canada for two years and spent 5 years in China afterwards. After spending a summer at Elite, she successfully passed the School Board's proficiency test and directly entered into secondary 4 to continue her studies. She said that, like other students, her course schedule was personally arranged by Principal Zhao, that with the guidance of the teachers, she saved tons of time by skipping welcome class and directly entering secondary 4. At the time, she felt a strong sense of accomplishment. Ms. Julian was our arts teacher. She guided students to draw hundreds of paintings in more than 20 types of artistic media, including oil painting, watercolor, and pictorial scrolls created by groups of students. There were 399 works on display, and many students developed a strong interest in painting afterwards. Julian said that she was very proud, and that there was a sense of accomplishment. The Vice Principal of Elite College stated that, together with all of our students, we had succeeded in completing our courses and activities, and that all students had been safe and happy, had had fun, and had learned. She also said that she derived a strong sense of accomplishment in seeing the students spend a meaningful Summer Camp.

　　In 2012, our students continued to have increasing success: more than 300 students of Elite College entered the most renowned secondary schools. Among these, in Montreal, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf admitted 59 students of Elite College, Collège Jean-Eudes admitted 51 students, Collège St-Nom-de-Marie admitted 41, école internationale de Montréal admitted 33, Collège Regina-Assumpta admitted 73, Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur admitted 62. In the West Island, Collège St-Louis International Secondary School admitted 41, Collège Sainte-Anne de Lachine admitted 48, Collège Charlemange admitted 12 (many other students were admitted into this school in advance). On the South Shore, Jean-de-la-Mennais admitted 48 students, Collège Durocher admitted 74, and Antoine-Brossard (IB program) admitted 41. Among those students, 27 were newly arrived (about 1 year) and were admitted into top schools. All these achievements were the result of effort and cooperation between staff, teachers, students and parents. After two months of Summer Camp, we believe that students can not only receive a secondary school admission letter, but also gain confidence for the future as well as solid and comprehensive knowledge to prepare them for future studies in secondary schools. In 2013, our students replicated their success.

　　Students of Elite College represent a large proportion of Chinese students in Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. Amidst 350 first grade students at Collège Jean-Eudes each year, several students of Elite College are among the top 10. Each year, more than a hundred students of Elite College are admitted into international secondary schools in Montreal and the West Island, some of these students actually enrolling in these international schools. The majority of students of Elite College achieve an average of over 90% on their report cards, which is a boon for their future studies in CEGEP and University.

　　Yanjun Zou, a student of Elite College in welcome class, had taken 150 hours of French before coming to Canada, and started taking classes at Elite College on May 9, 2012. After attending the weekend classes and Summer Camp, as recommended and arranged by Principal Zhao, he successfully passed the exam at a private secondary school and directly entered into secondary 3 at that school. He saved a lot of time by skipping welcome class, and avoided spending 2-3 years there, as well as avoiding finishing secondary studies in an adult high school. After one semester in secondary school, Yanjun Zou returned to Elite College, and his father told us that except for French class, Yanjun Zou was at the top of his class in all the other courses.

　　No pain, no gain. We make every effort to work harder, to help our students, to correct our mistakes, to strive for achievements, and to deserve the appreciation of students and parents.

　　Elite College organizes more than 20 Educational Public Lectures every year in the spring and fall. During the lectures, Principal Zhao shares his experience in raising his two children and in founding Elite College. In the spring lectures, in addition to an introduction on the Quebec education system, on top schools in the province and on choosing the right school, Principal Zhao also talks about how parents can raise their children wisely. The fall lectures are always oriented towards choosing schools, as autumn signals the time to apply to secondary schools. Principal Zhao will provide parents with recommendations on how to choose the right school for their children, in consideration of the students' studies, characteristics, and performance in the Summer Camp.

　　The content of Educational Public Lectures includes: how to choose secondary schools; the Canadian / Quebec education system; planning children's education; secondary school rankings in Quebec; statistics regarding family income and graduation rates for various schools; how to find the most suitable school for a child; the principles behind choosing a school; factors that should be considered when choosing between public and private schools, international and regular schools, coed and single-sex schools; tuition estimation; introduction to secondary admission exams of different schools; the content of the admission exams; introduction to several top schools where students of Elite College often enroll.

　　The spring Educational Public Lecture contains the information above but adds the topic of raising children. Does your child have worries – study-wise, emotional, school related or social? Principal Zhao goes in detail about decrypting adolescent behavior; discovering the problems that children may encounter; how to help children with their problems in learning languages; important factors in a strong education for teens; how to effectively support, encourage and help children in their studies; how to help children to build or rebuild self-confidence; how to responsibly care for children; and more. He makes use of experience accumulated from real cases in children's education.

　　The following articles describe the Plan of the 2014 Summer Camp of Elite College, including programs, content, camp locations, teachers, management, and services.

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