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  • Immersion Works, Expert Tells Parents

    By Elizabeth Weise “There is no greater gift you can give your child than the gift of early bilingualism,” immersion expert Dr. Myriam Met told an audience of almost 200 parents in San Francisco on March 16.  Children’s brains are pre-wired to learn language, a skill that has already begun to fade by ninth grade…

  • Didn’t Get Mandarin Immersion? Try Again!

    Did you apply to a Mandarin immersion school in Round I and not get  in? Try again in Round II- here’s why. As Mandarin immersion programs are dual immersion program, the  district reserved 50% of the slots for Mandarin speaking families.  Historically neither MI school has filled those Mandarin speaking slots, so the district leaves them open…

  • 2nd and 3rd Grade Mandarin Immersion Spots Available for Fall 2009

    Jose Ortega Elementary School, in the Ingleside neighborhood, has several openings in its 2nd grade Mandarin Immersion program for Fall 2009. Starr King Elementary School, on top of San Francisco’s Potrero hill, has several openings in its 3rd grade Mandarin Immersion program for Fall 2009. This would be an excellent opportunity for children who come…

  • Mandarin Immersion Placements for 2009-2010

    The San Francisco public school Mandarin Immersion programs just keep getting more popular!  Here are the statistics for the number of Kindergarten students enrolled in the programs since their creation… Source: Five Year Comparison of Round 1 Demand Starr King Starr King Elementary School Mandarin Immersion Program, Kindergarten Capacity: 44 Total Requests 2006-07: 33 2007-08:…

  • 沉浸式教育 – 一位家長的觀點

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  • English at Home – Chinese at School

    Signing your kids up for language immersion education is a leap of faith, especially if you don’t understand the language they’re going to be spending the better part of the day speaking at school. Read the whole article by Beth Weise here… http://portal.sfusd.edu/data/news/pdf/School%20Times%20-%20Winter%2009%20ENGLISH%20final.pdf

  • A Request from Tammy Radmer, SFAME

    From Tammy Radmer, SF/Advocates for Multilingual Excellence, Monroe Elementary and James Lick Middle School Spanish Immersion Parent To my listservs & blind carbon copied folks, Okay, I know some of you are flinching at the thought of yet another evening meeting, and have no tolerance for another dry presentation on the merits of immersion, but you…