One
of the great things about having a city school system is the diversity of classes
that are offered.
Last
year, Mandarin Chinese was taught for the first time through a cooperative program with the Confucius Institute. The program was expanded this year with
instruction now taking place in all of the schools. Introductory classes are being provided to 5th
and 6th graders with instruction continued for interested middle school and
high school students.
Earlier
this week, the school system hosted a reception for our Chinese friends and held
an open house to showcase the newly renovated dwelling that serves as home to
some of the visiting educators.
I was asked to pose for a photo - which is shared with you.
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Left-to-right: Lu
Yuhua, me, Dora Chen, Sally Chen (7th Grader at Vance Middle School),
Zhou
Yugiao, and Ling Huang
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