At Tommy's Road Elementary (TRE), students take Mandarin as an enrichment class twice a week. The classes focus on readings, writing, and listening skills, speaking the target language, and learning about culture. TRE believes that students will benefit from opportunities to learn the language outside of the classroom.
The "BA Treasure Hunter" project aims to provide students in grades K-6 with access to Mandarin books, the treasure, so that they may learn from these books outside of class. The goal is to provide an immersive to help with language acquisition. Since the scholars at Butler Academy (BA) only have one Mandarin class per week and don't have the resources or materials to help with self-learning, it is difficult for the scholars to stay motivated while learning a foreign language. The "BA Treasure Hunter" is based on this idea and plans to put a remote Mandarin library in each K-6 class.
Ms. Huang's project titled "2023 Chinese New Year Celebration" invites students, teachers and staff, parents, and the community to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Ms. Huang will coordinate and organize the day-long event during which students, clubs, and teachers will prepare a song to perform on stage for parents and the community. Working with the director and dance teacher, she will purchase costumes and instruments, coordinate with technology specialist for the video and audio equipment, etc.
