 Capstone English Mastery Center Portland, Oregon Since 1929 |
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Capstone English Ctr PO Box 8795 Portland, Oregon 97207-8795 United States of America Suite 350 1411 SW Morrison Street in Downtown Portland (503) 228-6346 (503) 228-3961 FAX GMT -8 (in Summer, GMT -7) info@capstone.org |
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Capstone
English Mastery Center |
Capstone English Mastery Center is a small, private nonprofit school.
We offer students several advantages over other schools:
- First, Capstone is extrordinarily flexible; we are completely Individualized.
This means that we have no terms -- no quarters, semesters, or sessions -- and
school is open 50 weeks per year. Students can enroll on any school day,
progress as quickly as they are able, and leave whenever they reach their goals.
We do not have a rigidly structured curriculum; we create a unique curriculum for every student, based upon the abilities, interests, and goals of each.
When not in a tutorial meeting or study group, students study independently, and arrange their study schedule according to what works best for themselves - Second, Capstone offers unparalleled attention from teachers. Every student is
assigned a supervising teacher, with whom they have several private meetings every week.
Whenever students have a question or a problem they are free to seek help from any teacher.
This might be a 15-second answer to a single question, or might turn into a 15-minute
mini-tutorial about grammar, vocabulary, or culture. The immediacy of this help is one
thing that separates Capstone from all other schools -- there is no waiting for an hour
or two (or a day or two until the next class to get an answer.
Teachers have much more opportunity to learn what interests students and how each learns best, which enables teachers to help students better. - Third, Capstone keeps conversation and study groups as small as possible -- often as few as 5 or 6 students per teacher, but never more than 10 students per teacher. Every student not only has the opportunity to participate, but the expectation that they will participate in every group session.
- Fourth, Capstone tuition is the lowest of any school of which we know.
If you are already attending another school in the U.S. on a student visa, you can easily transfer to Capstone. Download our transfer clearance form and fax or mail it to us.
 Click The Image For A Larger View Looking west at downtown Portland, home to the largest urban park in the United States. Forest Park is located in the hills in the upper right. Capstone EMC is located just 9 blocks from the river from the end of the bridge on the right. The MAX light rail trains, which serve communities as far east as Gresham and as far west as Beaverton and Hillsboro go by beneath our windows and stop just a half-block away. We are just 3 blocks from the bus mall, where students can conveniently commute from Tigard, Tualatin, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, or Milwaukie to the south or from Vancouver, Washington to the north. Copyright 2004, Capstone English Mastery Center, a subsidiary of Educational Research Associates, Inc. a nonprofit research organization |