Rennert International Summer Plus! Miami (Ages 13-17)

 “Of all the teenage programs I offer in the United States, this is one of my all-time favorites. Rennert International in New York was the first language school with whom I began working just as soon as Marshall Language Services was founded in 2001, and of the hundreds of students that I have sent there, and a bit later to their schools in Miami (there were initially two in that city ), I have never heard anything but positive feedback. The Rennert teenage programs in Miami and New York were among the first on the market to offer specialized subjects like Art or Sports studies beyond the standard English lessons. The junior program directors understood that many students had done grammar throughout the school year, and wanted to learn by studying and participating in topics that interested them. Miami Summer Plus! offers both classes and excursions for options like Marine Environment that are relevant to this location, and the whole program is particularly appealing for its destination—the dazzling white sand and blue water beaches of Miami and the buzzing and fashionable South Beach neighborhood. (One summer, a mother who had accompanied a student on this program while on her own holiday invited all her friends back home to come see for themselves how beautiful it was!) In December 2015, I visited this area and stayed in the Freehand Hotel, where the students are accommodated on this program. It is a former 1930s Art Deco Hotel that has been renovated to modern standards, but which retains much of the vintage cool that young people love. Teenagers will have fun in the lounge areas that packed with games, the swimming pool surrounded by palm trees and tropical plants (I was even able to pick fresh kaffir lime leaves from a tree for my Thai curries!) and unlike most teenage programs in Miami, the hotel’s location on South Beach itself. Parents will not have to worry about supervision—the Rennert staff has always been extra vigilant in keeping track of their students’ whereabouts on their programs in large cities. If parents desire it, they can also accompany their children on vacation in Miami while studying at the adult Miami school, on either the General English, or as would be more recommendable for their ages, the excellent Professional Programs. There is also a school on South Beach that can accept much younger siblings on its children’s program. Otherwise, for just teenagers who want to study English in America in a sunny, sandy, and vibrant destination, this is the place to go.”