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		<title>Immersion in the second generation, a fascinating report from Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French immersion enrolment skyrockets as a new linguistic category emerges JOE FRIESEN DEMOGRAPHICS REPORTER — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jan. 28 2013, 9:05 PM EST Last updated Monday, Feb. 25 2013, 12:42 PM EST Andrea Kavanagh is a child of French immersion’s first wave. Born in the heart of English-speaking Winnipeg in 1971, she was just 10 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4245&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey/New York school hosts delegation from Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/24/new-jerseynew-york-school-hosts-delegation-from-shanghai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bilingual Buds Immersion School in Summit hosts Chinese delegation of school leaders By Independent Press  on May 24, 2013 at 10:30 AM, updated May 24, 2013 at 10:33 AM Twenty-one elementary school principals and university professors from Shanghai, China, visit Bilingual Buds Immersion School in Summit recently. Jasmine Volmar SUMMIT — “I could not have imagined a more [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4242&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greenville, Michigan Mandarin immersion program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese teachers excited to get started in Greenville By Kelli Ameling • Last Updated 9:47 am on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Two teachers from China have arrived in Greenville to prepare for the new school year. From left are Chinese teacher Zu Shule, Spanish teacher and mentor Amber Guerreiro, kindergarten teacher Kristin Mier and Chinese teacher Li [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4239&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Chinese immersion school opening in San Jose, Calif.</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/21/new-chinese-immersion-school-opening-in-san-jose-calif/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new private Mandarin/Spanish immersion school opening this July in San Jose, Calif. It is called Silicon Valley International School. The website is www.SVInternationalSchool.org. It is a subsidiary of Premier International Language Academy in San Jose, established in 2008. There is an Open House on Friday, May 31st from 10am-12pm. RSVPs are requested. Info [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4231&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What homework looks like in Mandarin immersion</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/20/what-homework-looks-like-in-mandarin-immersion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elizabethweise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted some homework examples and translations on a page on the blog here. If you&#8217;ve got other examples please feel free to send them and I&#8217;ll post them as well. I&#8217;m making my 6th and 4th graders translate them, so it&#8217;s good practice&#8230;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4224&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for families to host Taiwanese students in the San Fernando Valley in July</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/19/looking-for-families-to-host-taiwanese-students-in-the-san-fernando-valley-in-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give your kids a culturally enriching summer&#8211; Be a Short-Term Summer Host Family (and get compensated too!)   Are you looking for an exciting and culturally enriching experience for your kids this summer? One that also offers the opportunity to make a lifelong friend and possibly learn some Mandarin? Then please consider being a summer [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4220&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waddell Academy in N.C. adds &#8216;calligraphy immersion.&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elizabethweise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calligraphy aids language learning Updated: 2013-05-17 11:40 By Caroline Berg in New York (China Daily)   A second grader at Waddell Language Academy in North Carolina draws the character for &#8220;sheep&#8221; in the seal and bronze calligraphy scripts. Yan Weihong / China Daily Two years ago, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4198&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. close to approving one-of-a-kind immersion high school</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/17/d-c-close-to-approving-one-of-a-kind-immersion-high-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elizabethweise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local: Education Language immersion high school nears approval May 16, 2013 &#124; 9:00 pm &#124; Modified: May 16, 2013 at 10:20 pm Rachel Baye Staff Writer &#8211; Education The Washington Examiner Email Author@rachelbayeRachel on FB The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public charter elementary schools with language [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4195&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What it will look like when they&#8217;re done with school</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elizabethweise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a wonderful video from the 2013 Asia Society Chinese Language conference in Boston April 7 &#8211; 9. This is one of Chinese teachers being introduced by their students and it will make you see exactly how far students can go with Chinese at very young ages. It&#8217;s really inspiring. Students Speak from Asia Society [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4192&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Mandarin immersion school gets sister-school, new principal</title>
		<link>http://miparentscouncil.org/2013/05/15/houston-mandarin-immersion-school-gets-sister-school-new-principal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deal matches schools in Bellaire, China By Flori Meeks &#124; May 14, 2013 Pupils at the Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School already are called upon to practice their developing language skills through the day with teachers and peers. This fall, they&#8217;ll be using their Mandarin Chinese to communicate with elementary pupils in Beijing, too. Principal Bryan Bordelon expects to see [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&#038;blog=6336115&#038;post=4189&#038;subd=miparentscouncil&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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