Fwd: {Stonebrae DLI Mandarin} Fwd: Mandarin Program write-up in World Journal Newspaper

[Lisa Lewis]

Thank you, Thomas, for the translation!!  (I was unable to forward the attachment to this distro list, as it was too large (can't be over 8 MB), but the email captures it - thanks!)

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Date: May 27, 2013 11:21:22 PM PDT

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Subject: Re: Fwd: {Stonebrae DLI Mandarin} Fwd: Mandarin Program write-up in World Journal Newspaper

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Hayward Dandong Bo successful elementary Chinese immersion classes

Reporter Chen Qiaolun / Hayward reports

May 21, 2013 06:25 AM | 1472 views | 0  | 4  |  | 

Hayward Dandong Bo Chinese immersion programs for primary schools for six years, the principal Noldin (middle), youth counseling director Chen Julin (R) and A County Board of Education Chinese Commissioner Murayama (left) plays an important co-promoter.(Reporter Chen Qiaolun / Photography)

Hayward Dandong Bo elementary Chinese immersion program attracts many non-Chinese students (Figure, reporter Chen Qiaolun / Photography)

Dandong Bo attended elementary school in San Francisco this year's Lunar New Year Parade (Dandong Bo primary schools).

Just off the Bay Area public school Chinese curriculum boom, Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) Dandong Bo Primary (Stonebrae Elementary School) has been quietly in the East Bay to establish the foundation of Chinese immersion program, the school district and promised Chinese courses will be extended to high school for the Aramaic Daxian immersion programs wishing to study Chinese schoolchildren, establish a complete learning program.

Dandong Bo Primary School Noldin (Lisa Nolting) said that the children attend Chinese immersion programs, classroom instruction in English and the proportion of 50% each.Professor simplified Chinese teacher first, and then introduced into the middle and high school complex characters; textbooks and teaching emphasis on visual and motion gestures, so that students easily learn.

Currently Dandong Bo Total 740 elementary students to participate in Chinese immersion program from kindergarten through fifth grade students have eight classes, 224 students, of which only 22 students native language is Chinese.School youth counseling director Chen Julin noted that although the majority of parents do not understand Chinese, is still active and the teacher with the 2012 school's academic performance index was 799, math test Geng Shibi county average is still high 100 points.

Recalls the founding process Noldin mentioned, the school spent a year, holding community meetings and conduct survey and found that parents generally want to set up a second foreign language courses.In view of the Hayward school district has Spanish immersion programs, Dandong Bo primary school since 2007, opened Chinese courses.Alameda County as "the only two" public Chinese immersion elementary school (another of Fremont Azevada Elementary), the National Chinese immersion programs to schools and worked out a successful model.

Alameda County Board of Education Chinese courses Commissioner Murayama (Deborah Murayama) explained that there is now Dandong Bo primary school transcripts in English, Chinese Exhibition held each spring, with calligraphy, martial arts and other after-school activities, cross Chinese Lunar penpals and participate in San Francisco New Year Parade, are steeped in China in order to enable students to better culture.

SOPA year students received two oral tests, the school district has plans Bret Harte Middle School in Hayward and Hayward High School increased Chinese courses as convergence, the goal is for students to graduate, through Chinese AP (Advanced Placement) tests.

Noldin said that many parents do not know the school Chinese immersion program until new parents to participate in the forum, just select the bilingual programs have changed his mind.She said, because the school is not known, students apply or turn into Dandong Bo immersion kindergarten and first grade curriculum is easy, unlike other immersion programs have a long list of schools waiting list.

Dandong Bo Primary School in at 18:30 on the 23rd Open House will be held on campus, parents are welcome to visit.If you are interested in the Chinese immersion program who can also arrange time to understand the program.

Dandong Bo Primary Phone 510-723-3910, school site for the 28761 Hayward Boulevard, Hayward.

Read more:世界新聞網-北美華人社區新聞 - 海沃石東博小學 中文沉浸課有成

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Subject: Fwd: {Stonebrae DLI Mandarin} Fwd: Mandarin Program write-up in World Journal Newspaper

From: Stonebrae Mandarin <stonebra...@gmail.com>

Date: May 24, 2013 6:03:54 PM PDT

To: Lisa Lewis <LHLe...@comcast.net>

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Our Mandarin Program was interviewed by World Journal Newspaper and was published on last Tuesday.  Sorry it is in Chinese.  However, please send the link to our parents and community.  

Here is the link:

http://sf.worldjournal.com/view/full_sfnews/22651796/article-%E6%B5%B7%E6%B2%83%E7%9F%B3%E6%9D%B1%E5%8D%9A%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%B8-%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E6%B2%89%E6%B5%B8%E8%AA%B2%E6%9C%89%E6%88%90?instance=sfbull_right

Thank you,

Deborah

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