FROM Westside Today Broadway Elementary Offers Mandarin Immersion Program Broadway Elementary School (k-6) offers Mandarin Immersion Program this Fall 2010 with 2 Kindergarten Classes Broadway Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has announced that it is launching an English-Mandarin Chinese dual-language immersion program starting in September 2010. Broadway Elementary School, located…

From the BBC Panama is moving to make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, in recognition of China’s growing importance in the world economy. The Panamanian National Assembly has given conditional approval to the bill in the first of three debates. The bill’s supporters say boosting the number of Chinese speakers will help…

School shifting has 3 principals making moves By Rebecca Randall The Lake Oswego Review, May 20, 2010 On Monday, Superintendent Bill Korach announced the last round of recommendations for next year’s programming in the Lake Oswego School District, which include shifting three principals around to different schools. The merry-go-round shift accompanies changes in elementary school…

It looks as if Chief Sealth will be the final destination for  Mandarin immersion students who begin at Seattle’s Beacon Hill International elementary and continue on at Denny Middle School. Knowing there’s a secure Mandarin pathway through the end of high school is a big plus for parents contemplating beginning in Kindergarten. This is similar…

The Verona Press By Seth Jovaag A new charter school that will teach half its classes in Chinese will open in the Verona Area School District in September. On a split vote Monday, the Verona Area school board approved a controversial proposal to launch the state’s first Chinese-language charter school. The Verona Area International School…

Registration set to begin in February for new language program at Forest Grove Burnaby Now Published: Saturday, January 16, 2010 The Burnaby school district will offer a Mandarin language arts program at Forest Grove elementary. The Mandarin language arts program, which is set to start in September 2010, is an optional course for students in kindergarten…

January 06, 2010 News » Feature Learning In Chinese Mandarin immersion takes root in Bay Area schools. By Luke Tsai click to enlarge Kai-Yao To teaches her students at Berkeley’s Shu Ren International School (photo by Hali McGrath) On a crisp December afternoon at Berkeley’s Shu Ren International School, eleven squirming five-year-olds are sprawled out…