Stanford Chinese Academy

We're ready to kick off a new school year! Find out what the experts say about our teachers. "Shaohua She is a distinguished educator of Chinese language and culture with vast experience in teaching all language levels, including Advanced Placement (AP) courses. She is extremely adept at planning curriculum and developing instructional resources that engage students in acquiring the language and culture and enhancing their overall learning experiences." Dr. Duarte M. Silva... Executive Director California World Language Project Stanford Graduate School of Education "If I were a child I would want Claire Albert to be my Mandarin immersion teacher. Claire has a special way of bringing her classroom alive with excitement for children while teaching in Mandarin. " Amado Padilla, Ph.D. Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education Language Education Researcher Find out more, please visit http://stanfordchineseacademy.com/about.html

Happy Lunar New Year! SCA will hold a 2-week long summer camp from July 30th through August 10th on M-F in Palo Alto. There will also be a student exchange program in China during next school year. Please help us understand your level of interest and needs by completing the survey below. https://goo.gl/forms/uOYiGIyuzzToreuK2

Bring on 2018! Chinese Language Matters On behalf of SCA, we send you our best wishes for a productive, healthy, and rewarding 2018! Our new year resolution is to help your children develop New Ways of Seeing, making Chinese language learning as a means to enhance and deepen students' capacity for processing information and analyzing the shape of the worldand as something that enriches one’s life as a source of beauty, engagement, and joy.... We'd like to take this opportunity to highlight the Debate and Storytelling Program we are launching on 1/13/18 5/5/18. There are ONLY 3 seats left. To reserve the last seats, please find the online Registration Form and Admission Process below.goo.gl/forms/3WosLd6Ti70fhsgv2 Our PBL Chinese Language Art class Session 3 will begin on 2/24/18-5/12/18 (no class on 2/17, 3/31 & 4/7) at 2:00-3:55 PM on Saturdays. Early Bird Discount applies if register and pay by 2/4/18. https://goo.gl/forms/cfLHaXSSDY4UueBA2 Happy holidays! We wish you a wonderful time of celebration, relaxation, and rejoicing!

"When you have your children, you should be sure to teach them Mandarin. Chinese is going to be the most important language in their life time." -Jim Rogers How do we make learning Chinese second nature for your child? Join us for an Information Session on December 9, 2017 at 4-5 PM. Seats are very limited!... RSVP via Google Form: goo.gl/forms/ARSWGOFN49BpnnMq1 or Evite: http://evite.me/9QtNGU4sEQ

Happy December, Friends! What do you think of Arabella, the six-year-old granddaughter of Donald Trump that stole the show in China with performance in Mandarin? And if you haven't already watched Jim Rogers's two daughters Happy and Bee's tongue twister, click the link below. Countless native Chinese speakers were blown away by their perfect pronunciation and enunciation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzF4scZU2Q... All these three children started learning Mandarin EARLY, and they learned the language in a FUN, MEANINGFUL way. Examples like these prompted us to reflect on the Chinese language learning environment in the Bay Area, especially for the heritage speakers. There are not many quality programs and most of them are lacking of fun and rigor. As a result, students find conventional Chinese schools boring and irrelevant to their daily lives in the US. Sadly, many chose to give up on learning Chinese and some of them even became resentful. How can we make Chinese learning stick? First of all, we teach students in consistent ways with their home schools. Second, we immerse students in real life settings for language and culture enrichment. Third, we pick age-appropriate topics that children actually care about. Lastly, we instill the power of literature in students, and we emphasize character recognition, sentence construction, and vocabulary retention. It is our ultimate goal for students to apply the language and literacy skills in their daily lives and future career opportunities. We are hosting an Information Session for our new Debate and Story Telling Program on December 9, 2017 at 1069 E Meadow Cir. Palo Alto, CA 94303 in Room 206. If you are interested in learning more, please RSVP below on Google Form: goo.gl/forms/ARSWGOFN49BpnnMq1 or RSVP Evite: http://evite.me/9QtNGU4sEQ Student registration is now available. goo.gl/forms/3WosLd6Ti70fhsgv2 $40 discount for early-bird registration b December 16, 2017. Read more: Sina News: http://dailynews.sina.com//si/su/20171115/12558133940.html Wechat Article: http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/d_POd0LPLpsBbWYs1d2ebA

Would you like your child to learn Chinese quickly and effectively in a fun environment? If your child may be interested in: Learning through immersion and interaction, practicing critical listening and effective speaking in Mandarin Setting goals before doing independent research in Chinese, expanding critical thinking skills... Using Chinese to organize and prioritize thought structure, express reasoning of cause and effect Please join us for an Info Session on December 9, 2017 at 4PM! *This is an adult-only event. RSVP: http://evite.me/9QtNGU4sEQ Program registration is now available: goo.gl/forms/3WosLd6Ti70fhsgv2 Read more about us on local news: http://dailynews.sina.com//si/su/20171115/12558133940.html or http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/d_POd0LPLpsBbWYs1d2ebA Questions? Email us: [email protected]

Can kids learn Chinese quickly and effectively? The answer is absolutely "yes" at SCA and the kids have fun learning too. Read More... http://dailynews.sina.com//si/su/20171115/12558133940.html

Is your child loosing interest in learning Chinese? Try a NOVEL, FUN, and RIGOROUS approach! Please join us at the SCA Chinese Debate Program Info Session on Dec. 9, 2017 at 4PM (RSVP goo.gl/forms/ARSWGOFN49BpnnMq1)

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Everyone! We are right into the fall flavors this week because this special holiday is celebrated! The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival and is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. At Stanford Chinese Academy, our students are immersed in the language and culture of the holiday through Mooncake making, story sequencing, word search and Good Fortune Lottery activities! Want to join us for more fun and learning? We are accepting enrollment applications for Trimester 2 (11/4/17-2/10/18). Please see attached schedule for more detail. To receive Early Bird Discount, please enroll by Oct. 15. Here's the online Registration Form: https://goo.gl/forms/cfLHaXSSDY4UueBA2

Our students are immersed in the language and culture of the holiday through Mooncake making, story sequencing, word search and Good Fortune Lottery activities!

We're looking forward to seeing your child at our first lesson tomorrow. Haven't signed up yet? Contact us to find out availability [email protected]

Claire demonstrated exceptional knowledge and capabilities to implement cutting edge learning curriculum. We are inspired to understand some of the big paradigm shifts and innovation that is occurring in K-8 learning and we really appreciate Claire’s thought leadership to bring these teaching approaches to life for our daughter and the school. With respect to Claire in particular, we both feel like we won a lottery for our daughter. -Nickolas Kaposhilin and Lisa Boey (Palo Alto) Read more what parents have to say, please visit http://stanfordchineseacademy.com/about.html

Session I starts on this Saturday. Enroll now online is easy. https://goo.gl/forms/cfLHaXSSDY4UueBA2