For folks who didn’t grow up in families that celebrated what’s properly called the Mid-Autumn Festival, here’s a little background. It’s that time of year again, when hockey-puck but delicious cakes appear in shops, students learn poems and people gaze at the moon and think of far-away loved ones. It’s a traditional celebration held on…

The Portland, Oregon area is a hotbed of Mandarin immersion. It’s got the storied Mandarin immersion program in the Portland Public Schools as well as the International School, which offers Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese immersion, Hope Chinese Charter School. Oh, and the German International School. Die Deutsche Internationale Schule? Yes, and therein lies a tale.…

Oil City News By Brendan LaChance on June 15, 2021 CASPER, Wyo. — 45 fifth grade students at Park and Paradise Valley Elementary Schools in Casper have earned the “Pathway Award” for the Seal of Biliteracy, the Natrona County School District announced Tuesday. The awards are given for students who have demonstrated excellence in multiple languages. Park…

NJ.com May 23, 2021 “Shēng rì kuài lè, Shēng rì kuài lè,” a chorus of about 20 elementary and middle school age students sang in Mandarin. They were lined up in the hallway of the YingHua International School on a recent weekday, holding candles. Chinese lanterns hung above as kids fidgeted around, eyeing an ice cream cake…

A Ph.D. student named Ji Ma in Language and Literacy at Georgia State University is doing a research project on how it works and is looking for teachers to interview. If your school does, perhaps you might want to forward this along to your teachers? Here’s to more research into how Mandarin immersion works best,…

KHOU May 21, 2021 Watch video here.

St. Michael’s Academy Battles Hate and Fosters Healing Through Asian Studies  June 23, 2021By Paula Katinas The Tablet WINDSOR TERRACE — At a time when attacks against Asian-Americans have risen more than 300% in New York, educators at one Queens Catholic school are using Asian-themed curricula to help students learn not to hate. Administrators in some…