Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Sac City Unified is starting a Chinese immersion program - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Sac City Unified is starting a Chinese immersion program - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Sac City Unified is starting a Chinese immersion program

The Sacramento City Unified School District is reaching out to parents who are interested in a Chinese immersion program that will open in the fall at Elder Creek Elementary School.
The Chinese immersion program will start with a kindergarten class, taught by an experienced teacher from Hong Kong, district spokesman Gabe Ross said. The district will add an additional class every year until there is one available from kindergarten through sixth grade.
The district is modeling their program after a Chinese immersion program in San Francisco, which gradually introduces English over the course of each school year. In the San Francisco program, students in kindergarten and first grade start out speaking 80 percent Chinese and 20 percent English. The programs aim to teac