| The Alice Fong Yu Alternative School
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| | School Attached to Beijing Normal
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| The Alice Fong Yu Alternative School, one
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| | University. The selected students and two
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| San Francisco School, is the first
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| | teachers from China stayed with host
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| Chinese immersion school in the United
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| | families and participated in classes and
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| States. The school is designed as a
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| | school functions including English, art
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| two-way Chinese/English instructional
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| | and modern dance classes. The Chinese
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| environment. The school provides an
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| | students were able to tour City College,
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| outstanding educational experience for
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| | the Chinese Consulate and many
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| children of all backgrounds. All students
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| | interesting tourist destinations in the
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| at Alice Fong Yu develop competency in
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| | San Francisco area. Both the local and
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| the Cantonese and English languages and
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| | Chinese students spent their time
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| use the two languages actively in the
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| | practicing English and Mandarin.
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| content curriculum. The school aims to
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| | Dance and Art Students from San Francisco
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| have all students to be able to converse
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| | Schools Travel to China
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| in and become literate in both English
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| | Other programs in San Francisco Schools
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| and Cantonese by 5th grade. The Mandarin
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| | have allowed students to travel to China
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| language is added after the fifth grade.
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| | to participate in international exchanges
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| The Mandarin/English program is similar
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| | and competitions. This summer five
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| in scope and function to the Cantonese
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| | students from the San Francisco School of
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| English program. The program is intended
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| | Arts will travel to ShenZhen, China as
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| to vigorously include the staff, parents,
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| | representatives of the United States at
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| and students in cultural and language
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| | the ShenZhen International Culture and
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| education. The Alice Fong Yu school uses
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| | Arts Festival. As part of an Educational
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| parents and volunteers in a variety of
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| | Exchange program facilitated by Dr. Marie
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| enrichment programs such as, Performing
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| | Lee, Director of East/West Child Research
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| Arts Workshop, Poets in the Schools, and
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| | and Development Center and former school
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| science and library consultants.
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| | administrator of the San Francisco
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| The Alice Fong Yu Alternative School's
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| | Schools, all student expenses in China
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| Chinese Exchange Program
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| | will be provided in full by the ShenZhen
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| Created in 2000, the exchange program
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| | Nanshan Government. The five selected
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| sends the eighth grade class to Beijing
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| | students will perform two dances, Chant
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| to meet their Chinese pen pals. The
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| | of the Sirens and Basin Street Blues. The
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| program gives students the opportunity to
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| | School of the Arts students were the only
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| use their knowledge of the Chinese
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| | students from the United States invited
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| language and culture in a real life
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| | to the Festival in 2006. The three
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| experience. The students travel to
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| | hundred students at the Festival
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| Beijing and Hong Kong where they meet
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| | represented countries from around the
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| Chinese students their own age. This
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| | world including: Australia/ New Zealand,
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| experience allows students to experience
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| | Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Canada, India,
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| the culture first-hand and put their
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| | Taiwan, Hong Kong, and others. Along with
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| language skills to the ultimate test.
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| | performing at the Festival students will
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| In January of 2005, the program came
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| | visit schools, attend art exhibitions,
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| closer to being a true exchange program.
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| | eat new foods, visit tourist locations,
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| San Francisco Schools through the Alice
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| | and learn about Chinese culture and
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| Fong Yu School hosted students and
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| | language while staying with Chinese
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| teachers from The Experimental High
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| | families and students.
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