A New School Year Begins. Where Do You Send Your Children to Learn Chinese?

Jincheng Huang

The two-month summer holiday is almost over. Children will be back in the classroom in September. At this time of the year, many Chinese parents will ask themselves: Where should I send my children to learn Chinese?

This is a very pertinent question, especially for those parents who are sending their first kid to elementary school. Fortunately, it is not a difficult question to answer in the city of Edmonton, which boasts a highly successful English-Chinese bilingual education system.

Currently, five Edmonton public elementary schools provide English-Chinese bilingual education:

Caernarvon Elementary School	Tel 456-7020
Dovercourt Elementary School	Tel 455-6171
Kildare Elementary School	Tel 476-5675
Meadowlark Elementary School	Tel 489-5200
Meyonohk Elementary School	Tel 463-7627

All the schools have their distinctive features and provide school bus service for their respective school districts, giving parents a wide range of choice. As Chinese families tend to attach great importance to education, schools with a high concentration of students of Chinese origin usually enjoy high teaching standards.

In addition, four junior high and four senior high schools also provide Chinese education, including both English-Chinese bilingual and Chinese as a Second Language programs.

The four junior high schools are:

Londonderry Junior High School	Tel 473-4560
Ottewell Junior High School	Tel 466-7331
Parkview Junior High School	Tel 483-3415
Rosslyn  Junior High School	Tel 453-1576

The four senior high schools are:

Eastglen Senior High School	Tel 479-1991
M.E. LaZerte Senior High School	Tel 408-9800
McNally Senior High School	Tel 469-0442
Ross Sheppard Senior High School	Tel 448-5000

 

 

The last three of the above senior high schools also provide Chinese IB courses.