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  • Six new Mandarin immersion programs opening in Utah

    Bringing the state’s Mandarin immersion programs up to 33, as well as 14 French immersion, 2 German, 6 Portuguese and 63 Spanish. They don’t do anything by halves in Utah. I’ve updated the full school list to include these, as well as Frontiers Academy, a new private Mandarin immersion school opening this fall in Anaheim, Calif.…

  • More readers for immersion!

    Yay! The next set of Utah’s Step-by-Step readers is out. As we all know, reading more is key to increasing vocabulary and language ability. And these are one of the few series specifically created for kids in immersion. And what’s so great is that these are linked to the types of topics that U.S. students in elementary…

  • Immersion in Alaska — Yup’ik in Bethel

    Check out their video and web page for the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yup’ik immersion school in the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel, Alaska.

  • Check out PAASSC’s latest updates

    Our friends over at Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese have been busy updating their blog. Well worth a visit. http://www.paassc.com    

  • Chinese Early Language Immersion Network launches

    [In the interests of full disclosure, I’m a parent representative to the (unpaid) advisory board for CELIN. We need More More More! immersion consortia and resources–and here’s one of them. Check out their web pages, lots of useful info.] From our friends at the Asia Society: CELIN Connection We are happy to report that in June, the CELIN resource pages were…

  • In Illinois, Chinese doesn’t stop just because it’s summer

    District 220 Brings Chinese Culture to 60010 Students A successful Chinese Cultural Summer Camp was held in collaboration with the Taipei Economic Cultural Office for over 50 students in the 60010 area. Posted on 7/27/2014 7:01:00 PM by Shefali Bhuva Barrington 220, together with the Taipei Economic Cultural Office in Chicago, hosted a Chinese Folk Arts Summer Camp…

  • Higley, Arizona to get Mandarin immersion program

    Higley Unified New at Higley’s Coronado Elementary is a Mandarin immersion program for kindergarten and first grade. Students will spend half their day learning academics in English and half in Mandarin from a native Mandarin speaker, district spokeswoman Michelle Reese said. Reese said the program will allow the district to offer Mandarin immersion from kindergarten…