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  • 27 of 80 families in Farwell, Mich. sign up for Mandarin immersion Kindergarten

    (from the Clare County Review) Farwell BOE told 27 sign up for kindergarten Chinese The start of Monday night’s Farwell Area Schools Board of Education meeting was delayed so that Board members could attend the band concert that was scheduled at the same time as their usual 6:00 p.m. meeting.  Acting as Chair for the…

  • East San Francisco Bay area Mandarin Immersion school meeting May 26

    The founding families of East Bay Mandarin Immersion seek to create a public K-8 Mandarin immersion program in the East Bay targeted to open Fall 2011. Our children need skills such as cultural awareness, second language skills, creativity and critical thinking to effectively contribute to our global community. Come to our free informational meeting to…

  • NY Times story on guest Mandarin teachers in the heartland

    Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America Matt Nager for The New York Times Zheng Yue, who has been teaching Chinese in MacArthur High School in Lawton, Okla., working with a student, Raymond Veal. By SAM DILLON Published: May 9, 2010 LAWTON, Okla. — Zheng Yue, a young woman from China who is teaching her native language…

  • Hilton Head Island may get Mandarin immersion in fall

    Area students may get chance to learn Chinese By KATE CERVE kcerve@beaufortgazette.com 843-706-8177 Published Sunday, May 9, 2010 Read more: http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/05/09/1234622/area-students-may-get-chance-to.html#ixzz0nXzY5200 Ted Downing of Hilton Head Island has made more than 30 business trips to China over the past decade. On all of them, he just didn’t know what to say. He doesn’t speak Mandarin.…

  • Farwell, Mich. in Clare Co. to get Mandarin immersion Kindergarten

    From Friday’s Clare County Review: ===== Farwell plans preschool, kindergarten program improvements “Next year will prove to be an exciting year for our elementary [school] as there are two big program improvements that are being planned now for implementation in September,” said Farwell Superintendent Dave Peterson. Information about the new programs was accidentally run as…

  • San Francisco State summer STARTalk program for 5th to 7th graders

    STARTALK Summer Mandarin Academy at San Francisco State University extends an invitation to current 4th-7th graders to join a fun and innovative 4-week summer program to develop their Chinese proficiency. More information and application can be found at http://userwww. sfsu.edu/ ~stlearn/. This sounds like an amazing program. They read comic books, watch Chinese videos, learn…

  • You’re Invited to the Starr King Spring Fling!

    Sunday, May 23, 2-5pm Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 deHaro Street Suggested Donation:  $10 adults, kids are free Food!  Fun! Entertainment!  Kids Activities Silent Auction Items: *Museums and Family Entertainment: Disneyland, Great America, Gilroy Gardens De Young/Legion of Honor Museums, Asian Art Museum, SF Symphony, House at Incline Village, NV., Chinatown Alleyway Tour *Dining: Soup…