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  • Princeton Mandarin charter weighing its options

    Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:04 AM     Updated: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:43 AM Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton PLAINSBORO – Stalled in its plans to open a Mandarin Chinese-English language school, Princeton International Academy Charter School may have competition for its intended spot at St. Joseph’s Seminary on Mapleton Road. The…

  • Mandarin enrollment has probably surpassed German in California

    From the Daily Breeze in Torrance, Calif. By Rob Kuznia Staff Writer Posted: 07/24/2010 07:13:23 AM PDT Jacob Atain, 11, a student at Dana Middle School in Hawthorne, learns Mandarin Chinese in a summer school class taught by Chien-Hui Yu. (Brad Graverson) // // 0){ document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.width = requestedWidth + “px”; document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.margin = “0px 0px 10px 10px”;…

  • Arizona school adds an hour of Mandarin a day in Kindergarten

    By Lara Gates If you happen to peek inside Kim Cash’s kindergarten at Gavilan Peak School this fall, you will likely find 24 students learning numbers and colors—in Mandarin Chinese. Cash’s classroom will be part of the Kinderchoice program in which DVUSD students will spend an hour a day with a Mandarin teacher (Cash will…

  • Mandarin immersion K in Fremont, Calif. may add second class

    Chinese Immersion Program Fremont Unified School District is starting a Chinese (Mandarin) Immersion Program at Azevada Elementary School in Fall of 2010 with at least one kindergarten class. One class is full and applications are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis to potentially open a second class, pending sufficient interest. Applications should be delivered…

  • SF Middle School – New Developments

    Last Tuesday three other parents from the San Francisco Mandarin Immersion Parents Council and I met with program administrator Kevin Chávez to discuss the San Francisco school district’s plans for Mandarin immersion in middle school.  We came armed with a list of questions, but the information he was providing quickly overtook our agenda. For example,…

  • The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the NJ charter – lessons for would-be Mandarin charters

    Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2010 By JOY RESMOVITS New Jersey is preparing to announce the confirmation of at least six new charter schools this week, but proposed charters in Princeton, Teaneck and Flemington won’t be on the list, dealing a blow to a movement to widen school choice to affluent districts. A zoning technicality…

  • Charter foes quash Princeton, NJ Mandarin immersion school plans

    New charter school won’t open in fall Friday, July 16, 2010 By Carmen Cusido STAFF WRITER PLAINSBORO — A group that wants to open a controversial new charter school here with an emphasis on instruction in Mandarin Chinese has run out of time to submit the necessary documents for a September opening, the state Department…