History of Santisuk English School

Santisuk English School is a non-profit language school registered with the Office of Private Education under the Ministry of Education in Thailand. We teach conversational English to junior high, high school, college and university students, as well as working people. We emphasize speaking and conversational English.

We have 4 main classes called Levels 1 - 4 that total 120 hours. Each level is 30 hours. Our classes meet Monday – Thursday. We also have a class called Pre-1 to prepare students for level 1. Pre-1 is taught by a Thai teacher with excellent English to prepare students to study Level 1. In addition to our adult classes mentioned above, when school is out we offer English for Kids which are classes for grade-school age children (ages 6 - 12). These classes are offered every year during the months of March, April, and October. The rest of the year, when school is in session, we offer Kid’s Center, a fun program for kids that has an English component. We offer this class once a week for children ages 6 through 12 every Thursday from 4:30 - 5:30 pm. We charge only 100 baht per month for Kid's Center.

Santisuk English School was started in March 1993 around a ping-pong table in the garage of Steve and Nopaluck Cable’s home in Santinivet Village on Ladprao Road in the Bangkapi area of Bangkok. The first students were Ramkamhang University Students and young people who lived in Santinivet Village. After about a year and a half, a town-house in Santinivet was rented and served as the first Santisuk English Center. Classes continued to grow in size as word spread mouth-to-mouth. Tuition in the beginning was a modest 300 baht plus a 300 baht refundable deposit. Any students who missed 2 classes or less of the 15 classes in the month received their deposit back! Students needed to be committed to studying every day (in those days we taught Monday – Friday) and needed to come on time to class or lates would count against their deposit as well. Exceptions were made if students called to tell their teachers they were going to be late or absent. Santisuk English Center continued to grow with more and more students studying every year without ever advertising on TV, radio, or newspapers. Finally, Steve invited some American friends to help with the teaching in 1995 and the English Center grew even more.

 We are currently located in our 6th place. We moved to our current location in late August of 2005. The following are some of the unique events and highlights in our past since 1993:

1. Selected and sent English Center students as Liaison Officers for all the shooting teams for the Asian Games held in Bangkok in December 1998.

2. Proofread the English regulations books for the Asian Games held in December 1998.

3. Conducted an English Seminar for all Liaison Officers of the Fespic Games which were held in January 1999.

4. English Camp teachers for the Ramkhamhang University English Club for 13 years in a row (1993-2005).

5. Volunteered to help teach English at the Ramkamhaeng English Club for activities like "Talk Time" and "Young Speakers" (Every September for the years 1993 - 2005).

6. Conducted English Camps at secondary schools across Thailand in various provinces for example in Loei in June 1998, Naan in November 1998 and in April 1999, at the Suphanburi Sports School for the Thai National Team coaches and athletes in April 2000. Camps were also held in Phichit province in June 2000 and back to Loei in October 2001. Camps were held in Songkhla in March 2002 and at Phetchaburi in 2002 and in Udonthani in Nov 2002. A teacher's training seminar was held in Narathiwat in March 2003 and in Suvanaket, Laos in August 2003.

7. Served as a special consultant in the National Stadium's Office of Policy and Strategy.

8. Conducted interviews for the Thai Staff of the Boy Scout World Jamboree in Chiang Mai, Chonburi, and Bangkok in April 2002.

9. Selected and sent Santisuk English School students as Liaison Officers for the Asian Hand-Ball competition in 2002.

10. Golf and Gymnastics teams Asian competitions in September 2002. In addition, Mr. Steve Cable, SES founder, created a program called “Leadership for the New Millennium”. Over the years, 24 different SES students have been selected to go to the U.S. to observe and interview various American business, community, and political leaders in 2001, 2002, and 2005. Many of the scholarship recipients are now working as administrative staff and teachers in SES and around Thailand today.

We have developed great confidence in the ability of our staff and teachers over the years. Everyone works hard and sincerely desires to help people learn. A tremendous amount of volunteer work has also been done in the community, not for any financial reward but as a service to people who can really benefit from it. non-profit school, we have received a tremendous response from Thai people in all walks of life who really desire to learn English since we began in 1993 - Thai high school and college students as well as working people. Mr. Steve's wife, P'Oi, (Nopaluck Cable) registered Santisuk English School with the Thai board of private education under the Ministry of Education after a lengthy 1-year process. The Ministry of Education officially approved Santisuk English School as a private non-profit school on September 12, 2004.

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