- New York Chinese School
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New York Chinese School 紐約華僑學校 Location 64 Mott Street, New York, NY 10013-4811
New York, New York, United StatesInformation Type Non-profit 501(c)(3) Chinese school Established 1909 Principal 黃炯常 Faculty 50 Grades Kindergarten 1 - High School Number of students 3,000+ Website http://gonycs.org/ The New York Chinese School (紐約華僑學校) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) school located in Chinatown, New York City, that was established in 1909 for overseas Chinese children. The school is housed in the same building as the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (中華公所). It has become so synomymous for students to say they attend Chinese school at 中華公所 instead of 紐約華僑學校.
It initially opened with 20 students. Today, there are more than 3,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to high school and it has a faculty of approximately 50 people.
There are weekday after-school classes from 3:30pm to 6:30pm as well as the more popular weekend morning and afternoon classes, held Saturday or Sundays from 10-1pm, or 2-5pm. Both Cantonese and Mandarin language classes are available. Historically, the majority of classes, especially upper level classes, were taught in Cantonese, but recently Mandarin classes have outnumbered Cantonese classes by a 3:1 ratio[1] and students studying Mandarin have outnumbered those studying Cantonese[2]. All classes are taught traditional Chinese writing (currently used in Taiwan in contrast to the simplified writing currently used in the PRC).
Music[3] and art classes have been taught for many years and continue to this day. Additionally, the school has a summer camp. Recently, adult mandarin classes have opened up.
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- ^ Semple, Kirk "In Chinatown, Sound of the Future Is Mandarin"[1], The New York Times, October 21, 2009, accessed November 21, 2010.
- ^ Chen Weihua and Tan Yingzi "Mandarin more widely spoken in the US"[2], China Daily (US edition), August 10, 2010, accessed November 21, 2010.
- ^ Alan Rich "Give Pace a chance"[3], New York Magazine, November 6, 1972, accessed November 21, 2010.
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