Comments on: As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools – USATODAY.com http://www.starrkingschool.org/2007/12/21/as-china-booms-so-does-mandarin-in-us-schools-usatodaycom/ A diverse, welcoming public elementary school in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mary Jue http://www.starrkingschool.org/2007/12/21/as-china-booms-so-does-mandarin-in-us-schools-usatodaycom/#comment-142 Mary Jue Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:43:09 +0000 http://www.starrkingschool.org/2007/12/21/as-china-booms-so-does-mandarin-in-us-schools-usatodaycom/#comment-142 Kimberly, thanks for your posting on the Starr King Elementary website (in SF). You requested information on starting an immersion program like the new Mandarin Immersion Program we started just 2 years ago. I was one of the parents who initially approached the district about starting the program, and I chaired the planning meetings with the district. Though I could tell you a lot from the perspective of a parent/community member, the SFUSD Multilingual Programs Dept. and members of the Board could provide you with a lot of district-level detail about how this program got started. You could write to me directly via email and I could give you more detail. I think it's great Modesto schools are looking into this! Mary Jue, parent and school nurse mary@jue-kuster.com Kimberly, thanks for your posting on the Starr King Elementary website (in SF). You requested information on starting an immersion program like the new Mandarin Immersion Program we started just 2 years ago. I was one of the parents who initially approached the district about starting the program, and I chaired the planning meetings with the district. Though I could tell you a lot from the perspective of a parent/community member, the SFUSD Multilingual Programs Dept. and members of the Board could provide you with a lot of district-level detail about how this program got started. You could write to me directly via email and I could give you more detail.

I think it’s great Modesto schools are looking into this!

Mary Jue, parent and school nurse
mary@jue-kuster.com

]]> By: Kimberly Gerber Spina http://www.starrkingschool.org/2007/12/21/as-china-booms-so-does-mandarin-in-us-schools-usatodaycom/#comment-141 Kimberly Gerber Spina Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:44:51 +0000 http://www.starrkingschool.org/2007/12/21/as-china-booms-so-does-mandarin-in-us-schools-usatodaycom/#comment-141 I'm researching starting a global foreign language program in our Modesto City Schools district (33,000 students), K-12. Could you possibly send me any information you think may help us start a program like yours? Thank you so much. Kimberly Gerber Spina Trustee, Modesto City Schools 209.380.6231 Spina.K@monet.k12.ca.us I’m researching starting a global foreign language program in our Modesto City Schools district (33,000 students), K-12.

Could you possibly send me any information you think may help us start a program like yours?

Thank you so much.

Kimberly Gerber Spina
Trustee, Modesto City Schools
209.380.6231
Spina.K@monet.k12.ca.us

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