Dear Parents,

I am Susan Porcelli, the Mandarin teacher. Welcome to my class!
It is going to be a wonderful year this year! We  have a lot of  new things in the school -  new classrooms,  new friends and many new teachers! I am ready to work with everyone of you to make our Mandarin class a new and fun way of learning! 

One of the new things is  we will offer an elective course to our academy students this year. The course is designed in three sections. The first section is  some history of Chin,  which will include early 20th century China, the story of the terra-cotta  soldiers and the history of the great wall, classical gardens of Suzhou。The second section will be geography of China, which will include comparing the different areas of China along with their unique geological structures.The third section will be  calligraphy, the students will learn not only how to write the characters, but also how those characters were influenced by the history and geography.

Also we will start an after school Chinese club for second graders and up. It will be  a great plus to our lower grade language learners. 
 I am looking forward to seeing all of our students and parents in the new school year!

Sincerely,

Susan Porcelli
Mandarin Teacher!