Stonebrae’s Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Program MANDARIN DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION STONEBRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Stonebrae Mandarin Immersion Program started in 2007–2008 school year.  We offer a 50/50 instructional model from kindergarten through 6th grade.  Students spend half their day learning in English and the other half learning in Mandarin.   Please see the video here:

West County Mandarin School (WCMS) is a Mandarin immersion, International Baccalaureate (IB) school located in Pinole, California.  WCMS is the first Mandarin immersion public school in California to earn the acclaimed authorization as an IB school.  WCMS opened on August 21, 2017 with three kindergarten classes, and it will grow to K-6 by adding a…

SCHOOL NEWS – New principal takes over at Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School   by San Diego NEWS staff  September 29, 2022 Kinglsey Chao moved from New York to San Diego in August to become the principal of Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School. Chao said he and his older brother are “first generation Chinese Americans.” His…

Students at Orion Alternative School (formerly John Gill Elementary) in Redwood City, California took home prizes in this year’s Chinese Bridge Competition. The speech, poetry reading and talent competition is sponsored by the Chinese Consulate of San Francisco and took place in June. You can see some of the award-winning performances here.

As school district fight post-COVID student losses, dual language immersion programs can be a powerful force to attract families, even from other districts. According to the article below: From the very beginning, the program began to attract students from outside the district. This year, 39 students from outside the district are enrolled in the Vietnamese…

The Music, Math Multilingual Christian Academy opened in Greenville, South Carolina this year, offering Mandarin immersion for Kindergarten through 5th grade. The school’s website says “We equip students to become competent global leaders who strive for academic excellence, moral character, community involvement, and love for Christ.” This makes it only the second Christian, Bible-based Mandarin…

Located in a suburb of Kansas City, the Blue Valley Schools’ inaugural language immersion program began in the 2017-18 school year at Wolf Springs Elementary. A second Chinese Immersion site, Valley Park Elementary, welcomed its inaugural class during the 2018-19 school year. The district has said there was strong community interest in Chinese, it’s a…