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District 27 Senate Applauds DOE’s Decision To Reject Hua Mei Charter School BY Georgette Gilmore  |  SATURDAY, JAN 21, 2012 12:49PM  |  COMMENTS (0)  This release was just sent from the District 27 Senate, which includes Senator Richard J. Codey, Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey and Assemblyman John F. McKeon, who attended the rally against Hua Mei, the proposed Mandarin Immersion charter on…

  By RACHEL HEATON rheaton@beaufortgazette.com 843-706-8177 Published Monday, January 23, 2012 Follow ‘Homeroom’ on Twitter Documents  1st / 2nd Grade BREIBE  Letter to Lindsey Graham and Jim Demint When a visitor enters one classroom at Hilton Head Island Elementary School, 26 first-graders turn toward the door and shout their welcome.”Ni Hao!” That’s “hello” in Mandarin.…

Learning in multiple languages More parents demand immersion programs to help children thrive in a global society Teaching assistant Jiao Yang directs Leo Edward Martinez to the whiteboard during an assignment in Mandarin immersion at Riverview Elementary School in Lakeside. — John Gastaldo Written by Maureen Magee  A kindergartner at Nestor Language Academy, Violet Jaime,…

Broadway Elementary in Venice Celebrates Chinese New Year Students in the Mandarin Immersion Program at Broadway Elementary in Venice celebrate the Year of the Dragon. (A tip o’ the pen to Patch, AOL’s local news organization. They’re doing some of the best local coverage of immersion programs nationwide. If there is a Patch blog in…

Immersion Programs Offered In English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, French By Alyse Shorland POSTED: 1:35 pm PST January 25, 2012
UPDATED: 5:34 am PST January 26, 2012  Email  Print 0 comments At Monday’s debate in Florida, Newt Gingrich said this week he supports English as an official language of the United States: “I think it is essential…

Fired up for year of the dragon at Vancouver elementary Photo by Zachary Kaufman Portland Lee’s Association Lion Dance Team performs during a program to celebrate the Chinese New Year at Ben Franklin Elementary School on Friday. By Jacques Von Lunen, Columbian staff writer Friday, January 20, 2012 By Zachary Kaufman First-graders in Ben Franklin Elementary…

  BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhuanet) — San Francisco’s Chinese New Year’s parade has been called the largest celebration of Asian culture outside of Asia. This year, as many as a million spectators will watch thousands of people marching in the parade including 100 people who will carry a giant golden dragon. The parade is the culmination…