Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Monday March 1st  5:30-7:30 pm
Mandarin Immersion Parents Council meeting
Where:  Jose Ortega cafeteria/auditorium (JOES, 400 Sargent St., Sargent & Arch St.)

Topics:  Mandarin summer camps, Chinese culture-related classes, impacts to the MIP budget

This will be a jam-packed meeting/information night for Mandarin immersion parents. Plan to be there! Sadly, we can’t offer child care or dinner because we no longer have funding to do so. Please consider swapping baby-sitting with other families in the program this night.

Mandarin summer camps: We’ll have information and brief presentations from various Mandarin-based summer programs that can deepen your child’s Chinese and keep them from losing ground over the summer. Camps will include the Chinese American International School’s Mandarin camp, the Asian Art Studio, Mandarin Play and Learn and others.
Mandarin at home: How do you expose your child to more Mandarin when it’s not a language you speak at home? We’ll have a presentation on various easy ways you can slip more Chinese into your child’s life – did you know Looney Tunes videos came in Mandarin?
Budget cuts: We know 2010-2011 is going to be a rough year in terms of the money for the school district. What will the budget cuts mean for Mandarin immersion? And do we, as parents, need to do to support our programs?

PARKING: Please park on the Jose Ortega blacktop/play yard, which is directly behind the school building.  A steep driveway at the intersection of Arch & Sargent Streets will lead you there and the cafeteria/auditorium is located beyond the double-doors that lead into the building.  Note, the school’s front entrance may be locked.

There will be no childcare and food at this meeting.

Questions? Contact MIPC president Beth Weise 415/452-0311 or weise@well.com