 |  Our spring 2009 e-newsletter, in partnership with Living Abroad, brings you
the latest views, news, and expert opinion from the world of
international
relocation and education at ACS International Schools, including:
| Living abroad during a global economic recession
by Michael S. Cadden, MBA, GMS, Managing Director-International Operations, Living Abroad LLC Everyone is looking at expenses, especially firms in financial services that are in a near crisis. Other industries severely impacted are energy and extraction (caused by lower prices), and automotive. In addition to looking carefully at new assignments, some companies have called their assignees back to their home countries even though they are not in bankruptcy More...
| What future for children with international education? Are children who grow up in several countries more likely to go on to have careers with a 'global' focus? How does an international education impact on their university studies? To find out more about the longer term impacts of an international education, we interviewed ACS graduates from the last 40 years, and the results were illuminating More... | New Transport & Housing Officer assists
relocating families at ACS Egham
ACS Egham is delighted to welcome Sharon Blanchard to the Admissions team. Sharon is the new Transport and Housing Officer, and is responsible for the extensive school busing service which transports students to and from school (pictured) every day. She also helps advise familes who are moving to the area and seeking to place children at ACS, by liaising with local Estate Agents and acting as facilitator in arranging house viewings More... 
|  Letter from ACS's man in America
By Andrew Kittell, Director of Corporate Relations, ACS International Schools' North America Office With ACS's 2009-2010 enrollment cycle in full swing, our activity in North American is rapidly accelerating and will continue up tempo through June. ACS will again exhibit and/or present at the 3-4 March National Foreign Trade Council International HR Conference in Houston, the 5-7 March Families in Global Transition Conference nearby, and at the Society for Human Resource Management's Global Forum, 30 March - 1 April in Toronto, Ontario... Meanwhile, Georgetown University sophomore and ACS Egham graduate Laura Brace again joined our North American Office in presenting on the International Baccalaureate (IB) to The World Bank Group. About 50 senior-level executives attended to learn more about the competitive university admission landscape and how the IB Diploma may give high-school leavers an advantage
More... | ACS student celebrates US presidential inauguration Jhenielle Reynolds, 15-year old student at ACS Egham, reports on an historic event "On the day itself, we all rose at 5am and headed to the National Mall to witness the inauguration. What should have been a 15 minute drive took over two hours and at one point it looked like, after coming so far, we wouldn't even get to see the swearing-in. But with a little luck and good forward planning by the CYLC, we made it in time and even managed to get a pretty good view of the whole ceremony" More... |  Guide to renting and buying
property in the UK
For foreign buyers currently looking to purchase or rent property in
the UK, the timing couldn't be better. Katy Waite and Harriet
Holden-White (pictured) of County Homesearch, the UK's largest independent network of home finders, discuss the
issues that international corporate clients should consider when
relocating More...
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