Summer Academic Enrichment Eligible Programs

Goals

We As One Chinese Language Camp is a summer enrichment program designed for students from immersion schools, heritage Chinese families, and/or students who had outside school Chinese learning experience. In our week-long camp, we provide a high-quality Chinese language immersion environment focusing on oral proficiency, cultural dialogues and hands-on activities. Students not only get to work with many native Chinese instructors, but also have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with students from other immersion schools and Chinese speaking families. Besides language acquisition, a big focus of our camp is to initiate some meaningful conversations on topics such as race, identity, diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to use language as a bridge, to create real-life opportunities for students to experience and discuss things that can sometimes be sensitive and difficult to talk about. Our curriculum is specifically designed to give all students a richer sense of who we are, where we all come from, and what we can build together as a community. All of the courageous conversations are done through social justice themed literature, stories shared by adults and peers, and open-ended discussions suitable for the student's cognitive development level.

Activities

In We As One Chinese Language Camp, students will: 1) Read 3-5 social justice-themed books in Chinese language and complete follow-up tasks that relate to the literacy Experience culture-related activities such as cooking, Chinese embroidery, Chinese board-games, Calligraphy and brush painting, etc. 2) Get real-life experiences to meet different peers and adults (teachers and guests) from diverse backgrounds, and learn skills to ask and answer courageous questions related to race, identity, diversity and inclusion. 3) Gain more perspectives on other cultures and our history as a nation, and skills on how to work as a community despite our differences. Hopefully take what we learn in this enrichment program back to their own everyday lives and keep practicing those perspectives and skills. 4) Take a field trip to an outside Asian market or museum, and experience diverse cultures in Asian communities in Minnesota while practicing Chinese target language.

Program Dates

Session One Dates/Times: Monday, June 24 to Friday, June 28, 9:30am-3:30pm. Session One Location: The Blake School, 110 Blake Rd S, Hopkins, MN 55343; Session Two Dates/Times: Monday, August 5 to Friday, August 9, 9:30am-3:30pm. Session Two Location: Visitation School, 2455 Visitation Dr, St Paul, MN 55120.

Can students reside on campus? No

Can students commute to campus? Yes

Can students take online classes? No