High School

School districts celebrate Chinese New Year

It's time to celebrate 2012 Year of the Dragon!!

Minnetonka Public Schools

Chinese New Year Celebration

A fun event for the whole family! Activity tables for preschool and elementary age children along with performances from Twin Cities dance troupes. Enjoy food from Mandarin Yang and Beijing Restaurant. Minnetonka's Chinese Immersion students from kindergarten to fifth grade will also perform. Public invited.

January 20, 2012

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Minnetonka High School

18301 Hwy 7, Minnetonka

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon and learn Chinese at a family gathering with a Chinese New Year carnival activities and food. Hosted by Minnesota International Chinese School and Chaska School District.

January 28, 2012

4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Chanhassen High School

Minnesota International Chinese

School

明州国际中文学校

2200 Lyman Blvd, Chanhassen

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:12

Loudi student interviews

Loudi student: Li Yang
Interviewer: Fartun Abukar

Li Yang was born in May 24, 1994. She is 16 years old. Her American name is Betty. She is the only child in her family and she feels special about that because her parents can put their full love on her. Sometimes she feels like she needs a brother but Li Yang says, “it’s OK”. She has been in the United States for three days only. Her school gave her and other Chinese students the opportunity to come to America. It is an Educational Exchange. They are going to be in the United States for only 15 days. After that they will go back to China. After nine days in Minnesota, they are going to New York, Washington and Boston. They are nine students and three teachers.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:16

Teaching in China, One Perspective

By Loretta Minet, Asian Media Access

Asian Media Access had the opportunity to visit and get to know nine students visiting from Hunan China and three teachers. AMA youth sat down with the students to find out about the youths lives in China and the students got to learn a little bit about being a teen in America. Despite some language barriers, everyone was able to communicate with each other.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:03

Students from Loudi China attend summer cultural camp in Minnesota

By Greg Hugh, Staff Writer

The long flight originating in Shanghai to Minneapolis-St. Paul didn’t dampen the spirits of nine students along with a Vice Principal and two teachers from Loudi No. 1 Middle School as they were enthusiastically greeted at the airport by a welcoming committee lead by their host families.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:14

Chinese exchange student goes back to China, but will return to Minnesota

By Greg Hugh, Staff Writer

The 10-month odyssey of Jinxi Han, a young female exchange student from Shandong Province, China, just ended as she returns home to be reunited with her family. It will resume when she returns again later this summer to begin her college phase.

Saturday, 03 July 2010 11:25