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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…

  • 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…

  • Want to fill up your school district? Add immersion!

    Like many school districts, St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota has struggled with enrollment decline. But the addition of language immersion programs, which now include Spanish, Mandarin, French, German and Hmong, For the first time since 2018, St. Paul Public Schools’ enrollment decline was barely noticeable. The district schools that have added the most students…

  • Newly updated Mandarin immersion school list

    I’ve posted the full list as of February 1, 2024. We’re up to 394 schools in the United States that I’m aware of. If there are schools that aren’t on the list, please contact me. Click here to access the list page. Updates February 2024 ADDITIONS Pacific Academy Private Costa Mesa, CA K – 8…

  • Utah won’t cut funding to its renowned immersion programs

    SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative committee is recommending no change to how Utah’s dual language immersion program is funded. During a meeting Thursday of the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the chairs announced they recommend retaining the roughly $7.3 million funding for the program that allows students to learn languages such as Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Russian. This…