Tag: De Avila

  • By Katie Olson Thanks to everyone who attended the Mandarin immersion middle school committee meeting #4 on Sept. 23. Present:  Katie Olson, Kellyn Dong, Ken (a new parent from the Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila), Eos de Feminis (SI parent from Marshall leading the SI MS group), Amy Risch (also SI parent from Marshall very…

  • By Elizabeth Weise The Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila, is off to a “rocking good start,” says Nicole Hsieh, the new school’s new PTA president. The District’s fifth Chinese immersion school opened this year.  It is Cantonese-English, and will introduce Mandarin in second grade. The school has three Kindergartens and two first grade classes. The…

  • The “SFCitizen” blog has some first day of school photos from the “Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila”, San Francisco’s newest Chinese immersion program.  Like Alice Fong Yu and West Portal, this school will be Cantonese immersion.   As the children move to second grade, the plan is to also introduce Mandarin, with the goal of gaining…

  • The parents at the new Chinese School to be created at DeAvila for 2009-2010 were told last night at a Curriculum Meeting at the district office that the program has once again been changed, this time back to its original Cantonese Immersion program.   The district staff recommended following: Three Kindergarten Classes, one two-way Cantonese Immersion…