Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
recent posts
- Once again, a district sets out to destroy a Mandarin immersion program
- Fort Collins, CO Mandarin immersion school getting new building
- Big new report on Mandarin immersion programs just published
- Dual-Language Immersion Programs and School Diversity
- Being in Mandarin immersion enhances kids’ ability to discriminate musical pitch
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Immersion Conference 2012: Early Registration Deadline is June 29 Subscribe to CARLA Newsletters Can’t see the graphics? View this on the web Conference Announcement Please Post/Distribute Register Now! The early bird registration deadline is June 29, 2012. Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World …
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+ Is bilingualism still relevant in Canada? TAMARA BALUJA AND JAMES BRADSHAW The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 22 2012, 9:06 PM EDT Last updated Saturday, Jun. 23 2012, 3:25 AM EDT For three days in April, Chantelle Prentice camped outside in Salmon Arm, B.C., guarding her place in line – not for concert…
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Starting the 2012–2013 school year HISD’s first-ever Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School will be located at Gordon Elementary. HISD is currently accepting applications for students in prekindergarten to second grade, and students currently enrolled at Gordon are encouraged to apply. Click on the link for more information about the program and how to apply. Gordon…
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Kind of fascinating. John Huppenthal is the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction who has banned state funding for ethnic studies programs in the state, based on a state law which bans “classes that promote resentment toward a race or class.” However he seems to be in favor of Mandarin immersion. I do wonder if this would be the…
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Dragonfly Design Announces 2012 Creative Explorers Summer Camps Dragonfly Designs, a mobile jewelry-making company based in South San Francisco, unveils its new Creative Explorers Camp this summer. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 17, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — Dragonfly Designs, a mobile jewelry-making company based in South San Francisco, unveils its new Creative Explorers Camp this summer. After three years…
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View full size Katie Currid/The OregonianMolly Heywood, one of the founders of Hope Chinese Charter School, puts a helmet on the head of Julian Heywood, 3, as her daughter, Brooklynn, rides her bicycle around the block. Students at Beaverton’s newest public charter school will spend most of their days this fall reading, writing and singing…
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Legacy of dance grant will live on By Clint Riese on June 13, 2012 at 10:41 am Perpich Center for the Arts grant went to LILA in FL LILA teachers Raul Arroyo (Minneapolis), Jenni Muras (Hugo), Fred Moreno (Oakdale), Claire Gilbert (Forest Lake) and Jade Hibbard (White Bear Lake) enthusiastically demonstrate the five elements of dance: body, action, space,…
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