2013-14 Admissions Events

Shu Ren has just announced the line-up for admissions events for prospective families interested in applying for the 2013-14 school year. Shu Ren will be accepting applications for Pre-K through 5th Grade.

All applicants for 2013-2014 admissions are encouraged to …

Register for Shu Ren’s Mandarin Immersion Summer Camp!

Registration is now open for Shu Ren’s Mandarin Immersion Summer Camp. The camp will run in four two-week sessions from June 27 to August 19. The Preschool Camp is for 3-4 year-olds, and the School Age Camp is for students …

America’s Chinese Problem

Despite recent media reports about the sudden popularity of studying Mandarin in U.S. schools, a recent Newsweek piece says that American students are still lagging behind their global counterparts in learning Chinese and languages in general. From the article:

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Teaching mathematics in a bilingual environment

A Swedish study recently examined the differences in classrooms where math is taught bilingually versus monolingually. From the report, posted by Morsmal.org:

On the one hand, I will describe shortly the general characteristics of a bilingual mathematics teaching project

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Shu Ren’s New Year Celebration

On February 12, Shu Ren students and their families gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year with food and performances. Shu Ren students performed New Years songs, lion and dragon dances, and a skit telling the story of the Chinese …