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Continuing to Excel in English
A perennial point of curiosity among prospective parents—which can sometimes even linger for current parents—is whether Mandarin immersion comes at the expense of achievement in English. The great news from…

Progress on Our New Home at 19th Avenue
By far the question I have been asked most often by CAIS parents in recent days (even more than “How was your summer?”) is “How are things going with the…
OUR CORE VALUES
核心价值观
Developed by our community in 2019, CAIS Core Values have been a prescient blueprint for weathering and thriving throughout the pandemic. We can connect the dots between these and wisdom from China’s first sage, Confucius.
Inclusion
包容
欢迎:我们重视归属感,支持和关心社群内外所有的人
Invite In: We champion belongingness and care for others within our community and beyond
Kindness
善良
鼓励:我们用善意的语言和行动来互相支持
Build Up: We use kind words and actions to support each other and ourselves
Perseverance
毅力
坚持:遇到困难时,我们会给自己打气并坚持下去
Keep Trying: We push ourselves and stick with it when things get tough
CAIS divisions
学校部门

Early Childhood
幼教部2岁-1年级
Preschool (ages 2-5) through First Grade. The Preschool program is full immersion and consists of four classes of 18 students taught in Mandarin. Kindergarten and 1st Grade follow the 50/50 immersion model.

Lower School
小学部2-5年级
Second through Fifth Grade. Lower School has two to three sections of students in each grade, averaging 20 students per section and following the 50/50 immersion model.

Middle School
中学部6-8年级
Sixth through Eighth Grade. A hands-on, minds-on, interdisciplinary curriculum guides students to apply concepts to the issues in their community and world as well as in their own lives.
Happy Teacher’s Day 2023 & Confucius’s 2,574th Birthday!
We’re celebrating CAIS faculty (such as our second grade team shown above co-teaching math in Chinese and English) on the birthday of the great teacher, Confucius. In honor of this…

Meaningful Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié, sometimes called the Moon Festival in the West) is next Friday, September 29. It is one of the most important, family-centered holidays in…

“Fall” Into More Than 50 After School Enrichment Classes at CAIS
Once again our students will have an outstanding array of after school offerings to enjoy at CAIS this fall. The 50+ Fall Enrichment Classes span a range of interests in…