Hawai’i’s only Mandarin immersion program just got a $250K gift to expand
September 4, 2019
The state of Hawai’i, remarkably, only has one Mandarin immersion program. It’s at Maryknoll School and launched in the 2017-2018 school year.
Now a gift from a former pupil is allowing that program to expand.
Maryknoll alumnus Douglas Ho presented the Catholic schools with a red Chinese envelope which has in it a check for $225,000. It’s a grant from Ho, who graduated from the K – 12 school in 1960.
The gift, announced on Feb. 8, will allow the school to expand Hawaii’s only school-day Mandarin immersion program through 6th grade six.
You can read more about the program here.
And here’s a nice article about it.
And here’s an NPR piece about the program where you can listen in on a first grade class.
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