Chinese Program

1. Lunar New Year is also called Spring Festival (春节 Chūn jié) in Chinese tradition. It means the first day of the lunar calendar that cycles through 12 signs of…

Free Concert @ CAIS Theater Thursday, November 7 from 7:00-8:00 p.m., No intermission3250 19th Avenue, San Francisco CA 94132 On Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 7 to 8 PM, CAIS…

Each spring fifth and eighth graders’ Chinese proficiency levels are assessed using the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang (right) shared this year’s thrilling results showing that 86% of the Class…

With Head of School Jeff Bissell and Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang deep in preparations for our BIGGEST EVER Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (and Campus Grand Opening) this Saturday, September 21,…

In the seventh grade Chinese class, the capstone project in the Modern China unit is the Panel Discussion on Taiwan-China issues. Students posed thought-provoking questions to the panelists that consisted…

Our sixth graders recently completed a Talk Show performance-based assessment for this unit. The purpose of this Talk Show was to give students opportunities to apply Chinese philosophies to real…

The “Humans of Guilin Rap Project” was born from a simple yet powerful idea: ordinary people have extraordinary stories. Inspired by “Humans of New York,” during our trip to Guilin,…

Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang shares highlights of CAIS faculty leading peers from around the country at the National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) and the annual Early Childhood Chinese Immersion Forum…

Throughout May, the United States honors Jewish American Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and AANHPI Heritage Month,which is the most current, official name celebrating the broad diversity of people and…

As Head of Early Childhood Wei Qian prepares to begin her maternity leave this week, I am entering professional transition mode, making preparations for my temporary shift to oversee our…