Oregon’s Palisades World Language School opens new public Mandarin Chinese program

Lake Oswego Review, By Mia Ryder-Marks, Jan. 7, 2023

Starting in September 2023, students at Palisades World Language School will be walking the hallways and chatting with their friends in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

This fall, Palisades will add a Mandarin Chinese language program to its roster, which already includes Spanish, for kindergarten and first grade students. Christy Appleberry and Vicki Yang are teachers and immersion program facilitation partners who are developing and constructing the new language program. They said the textbooks for students just arrived and they are excited for students to finally crack them open come next fall.

“I’m very excited that our school is going to be a super diverse community. We can’t wait to hear kids in the hallways speak not only Spanish (but) Chinese, English and other different languages. It will be a very unique place for kids to grow up surrounded by so many languages,” Appleberry said.

The new language program will mirror its Spanish counterpart. Students will take their core classes — math, English, history and science — with Mandarin Chinese incorporated. Students will also take Chinese language literacy courses.

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