Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
Tag: Enrollment
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Parents who are looking at Mandarin immersion in particular (i.e. Starr King and Jose Ortega) for Kindergarten should remember that it works a little different than other immersion and general education programs. The District reserves half the spaces for Mandarin-speakers and the rest go to non-Mandarin speakers. So in Round One of the lottery, only…
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A reader of the MIPC blog recently told me she was interested in Mandarin education for her daughter. She is willing to consider either private or public school and is willing to move to a district if it offers a Mandarin immersion program. She asked for information about all the Mandarin programs in the…
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The parents at the new Chinese School to be created at DeAvila for 2009-2010 were told last night at a Curriculum Meeting at the district office that the program has once again been changed, this time back to its original Cantonese Immersion program. The district staff recommended following: Three Kindergarten Classes, one two-way Cantonese Immersion…
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Rachel Norton’s Blog on the March 24th school board meeting covered (among other things) whether the immersion program at De Avila will be Cantonese, Mandarin, or a combination of both. You can tune into parent discussions on this topic by subscribing to the De Avila google group. All of this is very interesting to San…
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Did you apply to a Mandarin immersion school in Round I and not get in? Try again in Round II- here’s why. As Mandarin immersion programs are dual immersion program, the district reserved 50% of the slots for Mandarin speaking families. Historically neither MI school has filled those Mandarin speaking slots, so the district leaves them open…
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Jose Ortega Elementary School, in the Ingleside neighborhood, has several openings in its 2nd grade Mandarin Immersion program for Fall 2009. Starr King Elementary School, on top of San Francisco’s Potrero hill, has several openings in its 3rd grade Mandarin Immersion program for Fall 2009. This would be an excellent opportunity for children who come…
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The San Francisco public school Mandarin Immersion programs just keep getting more popular! Here are the statistics for the number of Kindergarten students enrolled in the programs since their creation… Source: Five Year Comparison of Round 1 Demand Starr King Starr King Elementary School Mandarin Immersion Program, Kindergarten Capacity: 44 Total Requests 2006-07: 33 2007-08:…
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