Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Many Chinese students will be familiar with Minnesota’s Concordia Language Villages summer immersion program. The Maplelag Resort in Callaway, Minn. was home to 森林湖・Sēn Lín Hú, Concordia’s home for the past 10 summers.

By Reid Forgrave, Minneapolis Star Tribune JUNE 12, 2023

Students study Chinese at Sēn Lín Hú, Concordia Language Villages’ Chinese village, at its longtime location at Maplelag Resort north of Detroit Lakes.

This week begins a beloved Minnesota summer tradition, where 3,000 kids from 50 states immerse themselves in learning at the Concordia Language Villages.

Most of the learning occurs at the main campus near Bemidji, though a few other locations are scattered at resorts up north throughout summer. But one of the villages now has an uncertain future: the Chinese Language Village is temporarily relocating to Concordia College in Moorhead after a fire destroyed its home at Maplelag Resort, north of Detroit Lakes.

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