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  • Hawaii’s only Mandarin immersion program reaches 6th grade

    Honolulu’s Maryknoll School is one of three Catholic Mandarin immersion programs in the nation. Maryknoll’s Mandarin immersion program enters its sixth year Maryknoll School is preparing to introduce its incoming sixth graders to the next stage of its Man­darin immersion program, in which 80% of their classes will be taught in Mandarin. The program is…

  • Mandarin Immersion sleepaway camp near New York

    I’ve visited HudsonWay and know the staff and program, it’s a great school and I bet their camp, which sounds like a full-on Parent Trap camp but with immersion, is cool. A little easier to get to than China or Taiwan. HudsonWay International Sleepaway Camp We welcome students ages 8-13 to experience a 2-week international sleep-away camp…

  • San Jose-area Spanish immersion school adds Mandarin enrichment

    This is an interesting model for a school with an existing immersion program. Beginning in the fall of 2023, Randall Elementary School north of San Jose added Mandarin to its school curriculum. Randall is part of the Milpitas Unified School District Randall is the only district school that offers a bilingual Immersion program. The ethnic distribution…

  • Delaware’s language immersion program hits 57 schools – How’s it going?

    Delaware’s state-wide immersion program includes 13 schools with Mandarin immersion programs with about 1,300 students. Delaware Public Radio By Larry Nagengast   With nearly 10,000 students currently enrolled and new grades still being added, Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs are solidifying their position in Delaware’s public-school landscape. Announced in 2011 by former Gov. Jack Markell and…

  • San Francisco Bay area Mandarin immersion program expands to K – 8

    EdSource By Ali Tadayon, March 8, 2023 By popular demand, West Contra Costa Unified will expand its landmark West County Mandarin School from grades K-6 to TK-8 in the 2024-25 school year. West County Mandarin School was initiated in 2016, and is the first Mandarin dual immersion public school in California to be authorized as…

  • Middle school is often a language desert for immersion students.

    Like many Mandarin immersion programs (and immersion programs overall), Sacramento, California’s seven dual-language immersion programs do a great job through fifth grade. The district offers one Mandarin program, one in Cantonese, one in Hmong and four in Spanish. As this Sacramento Bee article says, everything stops in middle school: “While the elementary school programs are…

  • Two big immersion conferences coming, one in May and one in October

    There are two national conferences of interest to Mandarin immersion teachers and administrators and both are taking place this year. One is the Asia Society’s National Chinese Language Conference, which this year is happening on May 2, 2024, in Mountain View, California. It’s the 17th annual conference this year and registration is open. The other…