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A nice rundown of Mandarin summer camps in the San Francisco bay area from the HaoMama blog. Mandarin Summer Camps in Bay Area Now that the rains have (mostly) left the Bay Area, summer is just around the corner (right?). For those who are looking for ways to keep little ones busy in summer months,…

There will be a few of us from the Mandarin Immersion Parents Council at the CEC conference, which begins Friday in San Francisco with tours of schools (say 你好 to our kids at Jose Ortega and Starr King!). Read more about the conference here. If you’re a parent or administrator attending the conference, look for…

(This essay first appeared in the newsletter of the Advocates for Mandarin Education three years ago.) Immersion Program Insight 普通话沉浸式教育家长之体验 – by Renee Tan You’re in!  That crucial letter from the District has arrived and …..your child will be entering a Mandarin Immersion program in the fall.  You’ve toured the schools, done the research, looked…

Nice article in the Seattle Times about their Mandarin immersion school – Beth Math lessons in Mandarin? Local schools go global In a growing number of Seattle-area classrooms, students spend half their school day immersed in a language other than English. One example is Beacon Hill International School in Seattle, where kindergartners can study in…

The International School of Indiana plans to expand its Mandarin Chinese program. The private school started a Chinese immersion program for kindergarten students in 2009 and had plans to eventually expand it throughout the school, which teaches students in prekindergarten through grade 12 on two campuses on the Northside. Starting in 2010, students can take…

http://www.piacs.org The mission of the Princeton International Academy Charter School is to nurture and enable young people to acquire dual language fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English within the International Baccalaureate curriculum framework. The vision of Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) is to educate young people of all backgrounds consistent with the highest ideals…