Mandarin Immersion in Palo Alto Middle Schools
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1. Mandarin Immersion (MI) Class for Palo Alto Middle School
  PLEASE fill out this survey if you are a Palo Alto Unified School District family with a child attending middle school and are interested in having your child take an Mandarin Immersion after school class in a Palo Alto middle school this FALL 2014.

This is not a PAUSD-sponsored poll, and is an informational poll that I am collecting which will be turned into the administration. I hope this data will persuade the administration to consider these options for a Mandarin immersion elective class in middle school this Fall 2014. Please pass this survey on to other PAUSD families with children who have bilingual and biliterate skill levels commensurate to the Ohlone MI graduated 6th graders. As this is an after school program, entering 6th, 7th, and 8th graders may be able to enroll in this class. Private school students may also be able to enroll, as long as they are PAUSD residents. Please fill out one survey per child.

In April 2014, the administration sent out a survey to the then 5th grade Ohlone MI students. I sent the survey out further to PACE, seeking other students in the middle school years who might be heritage speakers and/or students who have studied Mandarin at weekend or after school programs. At that time, there were not enough students significantly interested to hold a MI class in any of the middle schools. The school district needs to have 25 - 28 kids in a class, and currently, the MI survey had about 15 rising 6th and 7th graders "highly committed" to an after school program.

I need to have 25 students to have a high commitment to an after school program, either at Jordan or JLS as the location (transportation to be arranged by parents), for a 90-minute class twice a week. That seems to be the likeliest scenario, from the first survey's results. I also need to ask for names and email addresses so that we can have a roster of highly committed students for the program.

We need to spread out the word that this is possible, with enough kids significantly interested. Please pass this on, or email me and I can sent it to others.

Thanks for your participation!
Grace Mah
Chinese Language Advocate in Palo Alto
Founder, PACE (Palo Alto Chinese Education)
gmahbox-community@yahoo.com
 
1. Which elementary school did your child attend? *
      
 
 
 
2. Which middle school grade will your child be in the Fall of 2014?  *
      
 
 
 
3. Which Palo Alto middle school is your neighborhood school?  If you attend a private middle school, please check your Palo Alto neighborhood middle school and write in your private school name in the box under Other.
       		 
 
 
4. If an after school MI class was offered at only one middle school, would you be willing to transport your child to JLS or Jordan?  If both are possible, select both boxes. *
       		 
 
 
5. If the after school MI class was offered twice a week, which days and times would be possible for you? *
       		 
 
 
6. If you would like to stay informed about the status of an MI elective after school class in Palo Alto middle school, please include your contact information.
Parent Name
Parent Email
Child's Name
 
 
 
7. If you have suggestions for this survey or comments about MI in middle school, please write them here.

Thank you very much for your input, and please pass this on to others who are interested.  Feel free to circulate in elementary school Yahoo Groups, Google Groups, middle school YGs, high school (there may be younger siblings), neighborhood group lists, mothers groups, Chinese schools, weekend and after school programs.   But this must be filled out only by Palo Alto Unified School District residents.  This includes Stanford, part of Los Altos Hills, and VTP families from East Palo Alto.

I would appreciate all surveys to be completed by July 21, 2014.

Thanks,
Grace Mah
Chinese Language Advocate in Palo Alto


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