Category: Graduation - Bayon English Academy

Bayon English Academy

Teacher Shally's Graduation Party

28/8/2014

The BEA staff is like one big family. We share in each other's joys and sorrows. Today, we got to share in the joy of Teacher Shally's university graduation. After his commencement ceremony and a celebratory lunch, the staff held a small party for him in the BEA library this afternoon. His party, not surprisingly, had plenty plenty of laughter, smiles and goofiness.

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Teacher Shally's Graduation Ceremony

28/8/2014

All the BEA staff was out in full force today to cheer on Teacher Shally, BEA's managing director, at his graduation ceremony at the University of Southeast Asia this morning. Congratulations Teacher Shally! You're such an inspiration to all of the staff and the BEA kids!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Happy Graduation Teacher Shally!

28/8/2014

All the BEA staff and students would like to wish Teacher Shally congratulations on his graduation from university. He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration at the University of Southeast Asia (USEA) in September 2011, and USEA finally held his commencement ceremony this morning. Teacher Shally is now an official university graduate! He’s definitely put his degree to good use as BEA’s managing director and head teacher during the past four years. We’re so proud of all of your accomplishments, and how you achieved your success through hard work and never compromising your integrity. We appreciate all the sacrifices you have made to help all of us each and every single day at BEA. You’re our hero Teacher Shally! Congratulations!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The BEA Team

5/8/2014

The amazing BEA team that keeps our school up-and-running against the most incredible odds, and put their best foot forward every single day!!! Congratulations on "surviving" the 2013-14 school year!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Prizes for the Best and the Brightest BEA Kids

5/8/2014

As a part of our annual certificate ceremony, BEA's executive director, Nicole Takeda, awards prizes for the school's best and brightest. Students who earn an overall average of 80 percent and above receive the distinction of "honors" while those with 90 percent and above are distinguished with "first class honors." In addition, students who rank in the top three of their course and those with perfect attendance get special prizes. This year, the BEA kids got notebooks, pens and a Canadian-themed keychain (since Canada is Nicole's birthplace). We also introduced a new award for the "most improved" students. These awards were for those who struggled their first semester at BEA, but then finished the year with passing grades. One student even improved her grade by 34 percent during the second term!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Certificate Ceremony 2013-14

5/8/2014

Another school year has come to an end at BEA! This year, we had 82 students receive their government accredited certificates for our language program, which included over 200 hours of instruction with our TESOL-trained instructors. Our managing director and head teacher, Shally Toun, taught the Advanced and Intermediate English Language Program while Sarith Sou, our other full-time teacher, had the Pre-Intermediate and Basic course students. Congratulations to our students and teachers for all their hard work this year!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Calm Before the Storm

5/8/2014

The BEA directors and staff were buzzing around last week with final preparations for our certificate ceremony on Friday, August 1. Nicole and the staff were handling party preparations and awards while Shally was finalizing our government certificates with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, as well as our annual re-accreditation for our programs. This is the first year we decided to hold one big celebration in our library with all the students in our courses rather than individual class parties.

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides English language education, leadership, and job skills programs to underprivileged youth from well-trained teachers in a safe, clean and professional environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Candid Shots from BEA's 2012-13 Certificate Ceremony

21/9/2013

Hi everyone,

For the past three years, I have been the "official" BEA photography for all of our milestones. For each and every one of these, I have failed miserably at trying to get a set of "formal" graduation photos of Shally, my NGO partner and our school's managing director, with the BEA kids. Since Shally had to smile and pose with sixty of the BEA kids who got certificates for all their hard work during the 2012-13 school year, it eventually got too exhausting and then chaos broke out...as usual. Indeed, I have hundreds of "nice" shots, but these are the ones that make me laugh out loud and really show that what we do is much more than just language education. Nobody ever believes that all of our students come from extreme and moderate poverty. It's amazing what just one year with BEA and "Teacher Shally" can do for these kids.

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides underprivileged youth with quality English language education with professional teachers in a safe, clean environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Ready for Graduation!

20/9/2013

We're all set for the big day! Shally picked up our certificates signed and stamped from the Ministry of Education while Nicole wrapped up all the gifts for the top students. The BEA kids will be thrilled to get their certificates at our graduation ceremony this afternoon for the 2012-13 school year!!!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides underprivileged youth with quality English language education with professional teachers in a safe, clean environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Certificates are done!

30/8/2013

The BEA directors have finally finished printing and signing the 2012-13 school year certificates. Tomorrow, they'll be given to the Minister of Education for his signature as well. The BEA kids will then have a small graduation ceremony once registration for 2013-14 finishes after this weekend! The BEA English language course certificates are actually equivalent to those issued at the high school level in Cambodia!

The Bayon English Academy (BEA) is an accredited NGO school that provides underprivileged youth with quality English language education with professional teachers in a safe, clean environment in Siem Reap, Cambodia.