(NAME-MCE) Groundbreaking Chinese immersion school has record of success

[Bill Howe]

*Groundbreaking Chinese immersion school has record of
success<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/sckgjTzekMwCuHCicecQCicNiCLm?format=standard>
*This year marks the 25th anniversary of the nation's first Chinese
immersion program at a public school. Instruction starts in Cantonese at
West Portal Elementary School in San Francisco and builds in English until
children are grade-level proficient in both languages. Signs of the school's
success: 446 families vied for 34 kindergarten openings, and the school's
achievement scores ranked among California's highest. Read the full story at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/26/MN8L19P9C5.DTL



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