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| Title | Article: New Immersion Elementary Program in Seattle |
| Body | From http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347601_international17.html Language-immersion elementary school coming to South End Young students to learn Mandarin or Spanish By CAROL SMITH January 16, 2008 Building on the popularity of the John Stanford International School, Seattle Public Schools will start a second international elementary school for students wishing to become bilingual. The district plans to announce Thursday that Beacon Hill Elementary will be designated an international school offering immersion or partial immersion programs in Spanish and Mandarin as well as an English-immersion program for non-English speaking students. The programs will start next fall. "There's been a huge demand in the last couple of years for Mandarin," said Kelly Aramaki, principal of John Stanford Elementary in Wallingford, which offers immersion programs in Spanish and Japanese. Aramaki has been involved in the development of the Beacon Hill program. "We're thrilled to have it," he said. Read the entire article at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347601_international17.html . |
| Source | Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| Inputdate | 2008-01-20 10:16:58 |
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