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Teacher Certification and Professional Development
Summer Chinese language program for students
News and announcements
Directory of schools offering Chinese

Teacher Certification and Professional Development

Connecticut grants teaching licenses/credentials for Chinese language instruction. For more information, contact:

Mary Ann Hansen
Connecticut State Department of Education
Post Office Box 2219
Hartford, CT 06145-2219
Phone: 860-713-6753
Fax: 860-713-7018

Summer Program for Students

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Students
Dates:
TBA
http://www.actfl.org

News and Announcements

Connecticut has a formalized educational partnership with Shandong Provice, China. Click here to read the Memorandum of Understanding (PDF document).

Directory of Schools Offering Chinese
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The Alexandria Project
(online; grades 6-9)
CT
Contact: Van McKenzie

Center for Global Studies at Brien McMahon High School
(Public magnet; grades 9-12)
Norwalk, CT
Contact: Laurie Cawley
As of August 2006, the Chinese Program at CGS has been existed for 3 years. It has grown to include Chinese I,II,III,and IV four levels. The school is also planning to start AP Chinese in the near future.

Choate Rosemary Hall
(Private; grades 9-12)
Wallingford, CT
Contact: Louis Bao, Carol S. Chen-Lin
Notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, 3 Chinese literature courses, term abroad in China

Conard High School
(Public; grades 9-12)
West Hartford, CT
Contact: Carol Darling

Global Studies Interdistrict Magnet
(Public; grades 9-12)
Norwark, CT
Contact: Joseph Rodriguez
The Global Studies Program is an interdistrict magnet program which is available to students of the Norwalk Public Schools as well as surrounding districts. Chinese and Japanese language and culture is taught. Students travel to Asia and Asian students travel to Norwalk. The program will include Arabic studies beginning in 2006-07. The program is housed at Brien McMahon High School.

The Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School
(public; grades 6-12)
Hartford, CT
Contact: Pei-Pei Champion

Hall High School
(public; grades 9-12)
West Hartford, CT
Contact: n/a
Notes: Dodge Foundation

Henry James Middle School
(public; grades 6-9)
Simsbury, CT
Contact: Pei-Pei Champion

Hopkins School
(Private; grades 9-12)
New Haven, CT
Contact: Menqiun Liu
Notes: 4 levels of Mandarin (2 in place, 2 planned)

The Hotchkiss School
(Private; grades 9-12)
Lakeville, CT
Contact: Jean Jianjun Yu
Notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, year abroad in China, and Chinese Culture Course

Loomis-Chaffee School
(Private; grades 9-12)
Windsor, CT
Contact: Bo Zhao
Notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, year abroad in China, independent study

The Metropolitan Learning Center Interdistrict Magnet School for Global & International Studies
(Public; grades 6-12)
Bloomfield, CT
Contact: Anne McKernan
Notes: 4 levels of Mandarin

Miss Porter's School
(Private; grades 9-12)
Farmington, CT
Contact: Terry Armington

A Chinese immersion program for girls entering grades 7-9.

Renbrook School
(Private; grades K-9)
West Hartford, CT
Contact: Pei-Pei Champion
Notes: Mandarin taught for 7-9 students by a parent once a week at the school Chinese Club.

Simsbury High School
(Public; grades 9-12)
Simsbury, CT
Contact: Amy Watts

Six to Six Magnet/Thurgood Marshall Middle School
(Public; grades PK-8)
Bridgeport, CT
Contact: Martha Murray

Staples High School
(Public; grades 9-12)
Westport, CT
Contact: n/a
Notes: "Chinese Lang and Culture" class offered each semester for 18 students, meets once weekly. Dodge Foundation school.

Suffield Academy
(Private; grades 9-12)
West Hartford, CT
Contact: Elise Riegel

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