Author: Elizabeth Weise

Most school districts start with Spanish and add Mandarin immersion later. Evergreen, in Vancouver, Wash., did it the other way. Evergreen schools to offer English-Spanish immersion program By Marissa Harshman Columbian Staff Reporter Wednesday, January 12, 2011 More like this Kindergartners learn quickly in Vancouver schools’ new Mandarin immersion program Evergreen school district offers tours…

The St. Paul, Minn, school district, home to Ying Hua, the first Mandarin immersion charter school in the US, is making some changes. The article below (click on the link) refers to a focus on Mandarin, but they don’t say what that means. Any anyone from St. Paul enlighten us as to what’s going on?…

The registration for the (new) Early Mandarin-English Bilingual (Chinese Immersion) Program at the John Norquay Elementary School 4710 Slocan St. Vancouver, BC, V5R 2A1 Canada, Phone: (604) 713-4666, Fax: (604) 713-4668 for the K and 1st Grade, school year 2011/2012 will end on Jan 31, 2011! more information at http://www.vsb.bc.ca/programs/mandarin-bilingual

East Bay Mandarin Immersion Charter School is accepting applications ——————————————- Yu Ming Charter School is a tuition-free public charter school which will open in Fall 2011 in the East Bay. Yu Ming Charter School (www.yumingschool.org) is accepting applications for kindergarten and first grade classes for the inaugural 2011-2012 academic year. The application deadline is February…

Cambridge’s MLK School to introduce Mandarin immersion program By Todd R Nicholls Wicked Local Cambridge Posted Dec 22, 2010 @ 05:24 AM Cambridge — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School on Putnam Avenue will become the first public school in New England to operate a Mandarin Chinese immersion program when the initiative is introduced…

Sasha Obama Speaks Chinese with President Hu Jinato January 21, 2011 (CBS) President Barack Obama’s daughter Sasha, 9, is learning Chinese in school. And like any encouraging dad, the president helped her find opportunities to hone her skills. This week, the 9-year-old had the chance to practice her phrases with Hu Jintao, the Chinese president.…

From Eugene Oregon TV station KVAL: Video here. Comments (6) EUGENE, Ore. — In China, party hosts still have about two weeks to prepare for New Year celebrations, but students 9,000 miles across the globe in Eugene are already celebrating by singing a traditional New Year song in Mandarin. Oak Hill School in Eugene offers Mandarin…