在IFS，我们通过在“贵格教育”体系下构建现代、沉浸式、以及多语言的环境，帮助我们的学生养成意志坚强的习惯，从而在日后成为个性鲜明、拥有高沟通技巧和跨文化理解能力的世界公民 At International Friends School we create habits of strong heart and mind through Quaker education in a modern, immersive, multilingual environment. Our students have the character, communication skills and cultural competency to meaningfully participate as world citizens. On five stunning acres in downtown Bellevue, the International Friends School opens its door this fall to…

So glad you asked… The good people at Education Week recently published an article on that very topic. Response: Everything You Wanted to Know About Dual Immersion But Were Afraid to Ask By Larry Ferlazzo on February 17, 2018 8:32 AM The new “question-of-the-week” is: What does “dual-immersion” mean? Is it different from bilingual education?…

Close to 200 students to graduate from Norquay elementary program this year John Kurucz / Vancouver Courier MARCH 14, 2018 10:09 AM Norquay elementary’s Early Mandarin Bilingual Program began in 2011, and now the first students to enrol are graduating. Photo Dan Toulgoet Sashaying across an East Vancouver classroom floor, about a dozen elementary students…

Many districts are seeing enrollment dropping. It’s interesting to see how kids coming from immersion K – 8 charter school bolster enrollment in the St. Paul, Minn. schools. curious if other districts see this pattern as well.  St. Paul schools’ K-12 enrollment down slightly this year By JOSH VERGES | jverges@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press December…

I’m attending the Early Childhood Chinese Immersion Forum in San Francisco today. I’ll be posting throughout the day. Keynote speaker: Helena Curtain How immersion benefits preschool kids Remember that most children in the world are in immersion programs – because in two-thirds of the globe children go to school in a language different than the…

In the fall of 2018 the East Voyager Academy will open in Charlotte, N.C. It will be the first whole-school Mandarin immersion school in the state, joining eight others. The charter school is launching with Pre-K to Grade 4 for the 2018-2019 school year and will add a grade each year until Grade 8. It will…

From the fabulous LA School Report blog (and oh how I wish we had a benefactor that could create something similar in San Francisco!) The pertinent paragraph is this one: Of particular importance for a district struggling with persistent declining enrollment, 18 percent of the applications were for students not currently enrolled in LA Unified.…