The Mandarin Immersion Program at Bergeson Elementary in Capistrano Unified School District is still accepting applications for incoming 2013-14 Kindergarten. This magnet program offers a unique educational experience with the goal of developing biliteracy, bilingualism, and biculturalism in elementary students. It is an educational model that provides academic instruction in English and Mandarin Chinese. The…

This is from the Casper Star-Tribune. Why the rush? There is a popular perception in America that in the Chinese language, the word for “crisis” and “opportunity” is the same. Though most Chinese philologists disagree, introducing Chinese as a language immersion program in Natrona County School District has seemed to be both a crisis and…

  By Soni Sangha Published April 29, 2013 Fox News Latino A Spanish immersion program for pre-schoolers in Brooklyn, NY. (SONI SANGHA) Cuban-American Elisa Batista knew she wanted to send her children to a school in which classes were taught in a language besides English, but when she first explored what is known as ‘immersion schools’ five…

by Lelan Miller Many school districts are either implementing or considering the implementation of Chinese immersion schools as evidenced by the number of reports of new schools and programs coming in almost weekly, if not daily. However still many more school districts do not have such programs due to many reasons: inadequate funding, lack of…

State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal visits teacher Angela Saldarriaga’s Spanish-immersion class at Pueblo Elementary in Scottsdale on Friday, April 19, 2013. Michael Schennum/The Republic By Mary Beth Faller The Republic | azcentral.comThu Apr 25, 2013 8:17 AM Along with science and technology, schools nationwide have been pressed to add more world-language instruction to…

          Georgia currently has three Mandarin immersion programs: Atlanta Trilingual Academy and Omni International School are private and GLOBE Academy is a charter. All are in Atlanta. The new school, Dutchtown Elementary School in Hampton is about 30 miles south of Atlanta. Photo by Johnny Jackson Kindergarten teacher Kim Moss helps…

I realize this meeting is in San Francisco, but some families might want to be aware that there even exists such a thing as a Mandarin immersion boarding school. There are days when a boarding school far, far away sounds like a lovely idea…  Beth === Looking for a Mandarin program in China?   Thinking…