Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education

Tag: School Closeup

School Closeup: Vancouver, Washington

February 9, 2010

By Elizabeth Weise Being from Washington state, I’m embarrassed to say that when I went looking for the Vancouver, British Columbia school district to ask about Mandarin immersion there, I mistakenly found the Vancouver, Washington web site and called them without realizing I was in the wrong country. But it just goes to show that…
School Closeup: Mandarin Immersion in Portland, Ore.

January 22, 2010

By Laurie Bouck, Jose Ortega parent In 1998, the Portland, Oregon public school district (PPS) started a Mandarin Immersion program that they planned to run from kindergarten through 12th grade. The PPS already had Japanese and Spanish immersion programs within their school system, and added the Mandarin program at the urging of parents and teachers.…
School Closeup: Yinghua Academy

January 6, 2010

The MIPC maintains two Yahoo groups: one for San Francisco topics, and one for topics of national interest. We have started to see more activity on the national group and recently Michele from St. Paul, Minnesota posted a very nice description of her school. I thought it would be interesting to start a blog…