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Check out this article from Scholastic Administrators magazine from 2007, then take a look at the list of Mandarin immersion schools under our U.S. and Bay area tabs. We’ve come a long way in just two years. www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3746848 Year of the Chinese Language Is your district or school considering Mandarin instruction? These five early adopters…
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Principal Mr. Rosenberg was a teacher at Starr King for eight years before becoming its principal five years ago, in 2003. He speaks English and Spanish and has learned to sing Happy Birthday in Chinese. He ably guides Starr King’s four strands — English, Spanish bilingual, Mandarin immersion and Special Education. “I like helping kids…
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This is excellent news, as it means when our students graduate from high school, there will be a program right here in town that will be at their level in Chinese. One problem districts with Mandarin immersion programs have found is that their students graduate above the level of most university courses, leaving them nothing…
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好久不见 (hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn, Long Time, No See) by a Jose Ortega parent At the close of the school year, SFUSD’s Mandarin Immersion program first graders from Starr King and Jose Ortega schools gathered at a San Francisco playground to play, picnic, and solve a little mystery. This was a special day because they…
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The Mandarin Immersion Parents Council invites families (incoming families too!) to a picnic in celebration of the successful end of the 3rd year of Mandarin Immersion in the San Francisco Public Schools. The picnic will take place at the West Portal Clubhouse on Saturday June 20, 2009 from 11:00-2:00. Through a generous grant from the…
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If you’ve got kids headed for Mandarin immersion in the fall, you probably wake up in the middle of the night wondering “Am I doing the right thing for my child? Will they really learn Chinese?” Take heart, it does. Here are three examples from current Mandarin immersion parents. Abigail Son in…
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The 2008/2009 school year is almost over so we thought this would be a good opportunity to ask the Jose Ortega first grade Mandarin immersion students some questions about Chinese, the school year, and kid stuff in general. Here is what we found out… Age: 7 Favorite color: blue Favorite food: chicken nuggets Favorite subject:…
