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Charlotte
Chinese School was established at the beginning of 1980 and is the
first Chinese language school in the City of Charlotte.
Starting
in 1992, the school formally adopted the Chinese language textbook
provided by the government of the Republic of China from Taiwan. In 1993, we moved a step forward and applied for the
non-profit educational organization status with the IRS.
The
school moved to current address: Holy Trinity Catholic Middle
School, 3100 Park Road in Charlotte in August 2001.
Currently, the school is attended by over 50 students and is
taught by 8 teachers according to the student level, age, and
special needs. The
school consists of Seven classes for Zhuyin (traditional Chinese
phonetic symbol), one classes for Cantonese dialog. The main purpose is to teach the students how to understand,
speak, read, and write Chinese.
We have added one of Zhuyin classes for children age three to
four (pre-school) since year 2000.
The class is concentrated mostly on speaking and engages the
students in simple conversation, folk stories, etc. Language is not
only a communication tool but is also an acknowledgement for our
culture and heritage. We
are the Chinese school with the most complete education curriculum
in the Charlotte area.
The
school calendar is in line with the Charlotte public schools with
the fall classes starting in the later part of August and the spring
class starting in the first part of January.
The classes are scheduled for every Sunday morning from
10:00-12:30. Each class
is broken into three parts with a five-minute break between each
part of the class. The third part (40 min.) is for extra culture curricular
activities. Tuition for
the class is $120 per student per semester (including a $10 student
insurance fee). An
additional registration fee of $10.00 is required for each new
student.
Passing
on our heritage is the responsibility of all of us.
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