Author: Elizabeth Weise
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Setting Up Windows XP for Mandarin Input http://bit.ly/Chinese-PC Chinese in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard http://bit.ly/Chinese-Mac Excellent online Chinese Dictionary with stroke order and pronunciation http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chinese-dictionary.php Astoundingly good online translation tool: http://translate.google.com/
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On February 27, 2010 Jose Ortega Elementary once again participated in San Francisco’s Chinese New Year parade. Fifty children from kindergarten through fifth grade marched in the event. They carried tiger-striped umbrellas and tiger themed posters, all of which were decorated by student volunteers. With assistance from parent Alex Hosmer, the children also created the…
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California is facing a major budget crunch for next year. On Friday thousands of parents, teachers and students marched in San Francisco to call attention to the need for school funding. Many Starr King families attended. See a parent video here.
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The Bridge Cup Chinese poetry recitation contest, sponsored by the Confucius Institute at San Francisco State University is Saturday, March 3rd. One of the Starr King Mandrin teachers recorded the poems for the 1st and 3rd grade Bridge cup.You can listen below by clicking on the highlighted poem name. The poems are listed by《poem name》(Dynasty)…
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This was presented at the May 1, 2010 Mandarin Immersion Parents Council meeting at Jose Ortega. It’s a living document – if you’ve got suggestions/corrections/additions, please send them to us so we can update it. While some parts are San Francisco-specific, most would work anywhere, so we encourage parents at any and all Mandarin immersion…
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See the video here.
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It’s a standing joke in the comics – the kid tells the parent at 7:30 “Oh, I’m supposed to bring two dozen cookies to school this morning.” But if you’re a parent in Starr King’s Mandarin immersion program, the statement could just as well be “Chen Laoshi said I’m supposed to bring tang yuan to…
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