Author: Elizabeth Weise

Proceeds benefit The Chinese School’s Library and Technology Center   The Chinese School, part of The St. Louis Language Immersion Schools organization, is holding its inaugural Chinese Moon Festival Celebration and Art Auction this Friday, September 27th, 2013 from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. SLLIS, 4011 Papin Street, St. Louis, MO 63110 on the playground.…

Judy Shei recently moved from San Francisco to Singapore. She says the Mandarin immersion program in San Francisco Public schools “did a great job” prepping her son for the Mandarin track in the Singapore schools. She’s sent a nice overview of how school works there. It’s part of the longer chapter on Singapore in “A…

My friend Judy Shei and her family moved to Singapore recently. She’s a great mom from Starr King Elementary here in San Francisco and was a stalwart board member of our non-profit that supports the public Mandarin immersion program 金山中文教育协会/Jinshan Mandarin Education Council. We miss her and want her back, but if we can’t have her…

Georgia officials visit dual language Mandarin program at Henry County elementary school THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 16, 2013 – 8:27 pm EDT HAMPTON, Georgia — State education officials say they’re impressed so far with a dual language Mandarin Chinese program being used at a Henry County elementary school. Officials say Dutchdown Elementary School in Hampton…

Immersion programs see interest skyrocket in St. Cloud schools Challenge: How to assess progress  Sep. 12, 2013 9:12 PM   | Teacher Feng Dong leads second-grade students through a lesson at Madison Elementary School on Tuesday. / Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com Written by Danielle Cintron Schools are continuously measuring student progress to identify improvement areas, but for…

15 reasons why Chinese is easy to learn. Please read the post here.

A Chinese Immersion language program for a Schaumburg elementary school’s youngest kids has opened the door to a variety of cultural opportunities for the entire student body. On Thursday, Campanelli School received five new Chinese drums donated by the Taiwanese Overseas Compatriot Affairs Council, then students watched a performance on them by the accomplished players…