ETHOS Language School
An American school with native speakers located in Cebu City, Philippines
As mentioned in our other pages, we offer housing to any ETHOS student who needs it. We have a DORMITORY apartment option, and a HOME STAY option. Of course, we do not require our students to stay in our housing and so students are welcome to stay wherever they want in the city. We also recommend the BAYFRONT HOTEL.
ETHOS housing includes two room-type options: SHARED room and PRIVATE room. We prioritize booking SHARED rooms, but we do also offer a PRIVATE room housing option. PRIVATE rooms cost twice as much as SHARED rooms and we only have a few of them. Once all private rooms are booked, only the SHARED housing option will remain.
Staying in ETHOS housing makes a lot of sense. Students are very close to school. Most will only need to walk a couple of minutes to reach the front entrance! This will make it very easy for them to be on time for the start of classes! Staying outside means daily traffic, which might take an hour or more coming to school each day! That will be frustrating and expensive over time, so it is good to consider staying in ETHOS housing.
Please understand that all ETHOS housing is reserved and booked on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Okay, let's take a closer look at housing options.
Staying in one of our DORMITORY apartments is the least expensive housing option at ETHOS. Students are given a bed space in a shared room. Males and females might be housed in the same apartment, but they will be in separate rooms. Male and female students sharing a dormitory should interact socially in the common areas of the apartment.
Each DORMITORY apartment is managed by a member of the ETHOS staff who lives with the students. In situations of disagreement among students, the decision of the manager is final.
The HOME STAY option is our most popular. Students stay in the home of one of our American teachers. This allows the student to live in an English-only environment during their time at ETHOS. Most of our American families have children who are very friendly toward visitors. Some families have pets (mostly dogs or cats), so PLEASE consider this before you choose this option if you have any allergies to animals.
Home Stay gives our students the best opportunity to improve their English because they live with an American family. Our facilities may not be resort-quality, but neither is our housing price. Home Stay is definitely the best housing option if you really want to improve your English!
The BAYFRONT HOTEL in Cebu City is a very nice 3-star hotel with two locations offering ETHOS students great facilities for those who want a little more freedom, comfort, and convenience during their study.
You can find more details about each location at the following links:
Depending upon traffic, both locations are about 20–30 minutes’ drive from ETHOS. You can easily arrange daily transport to ETHOS with the hotel, or, for no extra service fee, we can arrange daily transport for you. (Students need to remember that daily classes on weekdays begin at 9:00 AM, so they should leave the hotel with enough time for traffic. To assist in this, ETHOS opens each weekday at 8:30 AM for convenient early arrival.)
For all Bayfront locations, check-in time is 2:00 PM and check-out time is 12:00 NN. These are non-smoking hotels. While their rooms offer the same level of quality and comfort, each location has its own unique features.
Bayfront has a special “monthly rate” that is cheaper than paying the daily rate for a month. The monthly rate applies only to certain rooms at the two locations. For the Capitol branch it applies to the Classic Room and the Studio Room. At the North Reclamation branch, it applies to the Superior Room. The difference from the daily-rate packages is that daily breakfast is not included—but you get substantial savings. (You can always sign up for our ETHOS meal plan and have breakfast at school!)
Students who stay in outside housing only pay tuition for the classes. However, it will be the responsibility of the student to be at the school on time for the start of classes each school day at 9:00 AM. Therefore, it is important for students staying outside to leave for school with plenty of time to make the trip and arrive on time. (Please note that ETHOS opens its doors at 8:30 AM each school day.)
ETHOS gets its water supply from the city water system, and that service is not reliable. To solve this problem, each ETHOS housing unit has an outside water storage tank with a limited quantity of water. To make certain that everyone has water for a shower, we ask our students to please follow these guidelines:
To maintain our company's good reputation, we have some very basic common-sense requirements for anyone living in our housing facilities. Please keep in mind that ETHOS is not a resort or a hotel. We supply inexpensive housing that is clean and well maintained in order to provide a safe and quiet place for our students to live and study while they are with us. To maintain a good home environment, we ask all students to agree to the following:
There are a few additional rules that provide fairness and equity for all students coming to ETHOS. They also are based upon common sense, and we have not had any major difficulties following these in the past decade of operation. All we ask is that our students remember that they are here to study English!
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