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  • Georgia adds Mandarin classes at three elementary schools

    Note that the World Language Academy is an English/Spanish immersion charter school in Flowery Branch, Ga., northeast of Atlanta. It begins offering Mandarin lessons in 2nd grade. The Hall County school district there is now adding similar Chinese classes in three other elementary schools. While it’s not full immersion, it’s the only Mandarin classes available…

  • New book: Struggling learners and immersion

    I’m a little hesitant to post this so close to school starting – parents new to immersion, please don’t fret too much! Your kids will do fine and they’ll learn both languages, really. But for parents with children in upper grades who have questions, this sounds like an excellent book. And it’s from a great…

  • Princeton Mandarin charter weighing its options

    Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:04 AM     Updated: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:43 AM Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton PLAINSBORO – Stalled in its plans to open a Mandarin Chinese-English language school, Princeton International Academy Charter School may have competition for its intended spot at St. Joseph’s Seminary on Mapleton Road. The…

  • Mandarin enrollment has probably surpassed German in California

    From the Daily Breeze in Torrance, Calif. By Rob Kuznia Staff Writer Posted: 07/24/2010 07:13:23 AM PDT Jacob Atain, 11, a student at Dana Middle School in Hawthorne, learns Mandarin Chinese in a summer school class taught by Chien-Hui Yu. (Brad Graverson) // // 0){ document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.width = requestedWidth + “px”; document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.margin = “0px 0px 10px 10px”;…

  • Arizona school adds an hour of Mandarin a day in Kindergarten

    By Lara Gates If you happen to peek inside Kim Cash’s kindergarten at Gavilan Peak School this fall, you will likely find 24 students learning numbers and colors—in Mandarin Chinese. Cash’s classroom will be part of the Kinderchoice program in which DVUSD students will spend an hour a day with a Mandarin teacher (Cash will…

  • Mandarin immersion K in Fremont, Calif. may add second class

    Chinese Immersion Program Fremont Unified School District is starting a Chinese (Mandarin) Immersion Program at Azevada Elementary School in Fall of 2010 with at least one kindergarten class. One class is full and applications are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis to potentially open a second class, pending sufficient interest. Applications should be delivered…

  • SF Middle School – New Developments

    Last Tuesday three other parents from the San Francisco Mandarin Immersion Parents Council and I met with program administrator Kevin Chávez to discuss the San Francisco school district’s plans for Mandarin immersion in middle school.  We came armed with a list of questions, but the information he was providing quickly overtook our agenda. For example,…