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Montgomery County Public Schools: Chinese Language Program Information

Montgomery County Public Schools have offered Chinese for 21 years, and currently receive a grant for Chinese language development from the federal government. Classes are taught with both traditional and simplified characters and the Montgomery County Public School system has two elementary schools with language emersion programs, five middle schools with Chinese language programs; and nine high schools with Chinese language programs.

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Contact: Judith Klimpl - Head of Foreign Language for Montgomery County Public Schools (301) 279 3911

High Schools with Chinese Language Program:

1) Bethesda- Chevy Chase

(240) 497 6386

Chinese Teacher: Pu-Mei Leng

Levels Offered: 4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional

AP class next year? Yes

2) Blake

(301) 879 1361 Foreign Lang. Dept., or 301 879 1353 Math Dept.

This is the first year that Blake offers Chinese language. The program was started by Mr. Hsinyu Ho, and Mr. Ho teaches his class with traditional characters. His students learn 60 characters per quarter, for a total of 240 characters per year. This is the program’s first year and there are currently 48 students in the program. Blake will not offer an AP course next year because the program is too new.

Chinese Teacher: Hsinyu Ho

Levels Offered: 1

Characters Used: Traditional Characters

AP class next year? No

3) Northwest

(301) 601 4660

Northwest has offered Chinese for 4 years, and currently teaches levels 1-4. Northwest will offer AP Chinese next year. This year Northwest has 35 Chinese language students. Levels 1-3 learn traditional characters, and at level four, students are introduced to simplified characters and continue to learn both styles.

Chinese Teacher: Julie Chen

Levels Offered: 1-4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional, Secondarily Simplified

AP class next year? Yes

4) Quince Orchard

(301) 840 4593

Quince Orchard offers Chinese levels 1-4 and has had a Chinese Language Program for 4 years. Quince Orchard will not offer an AP level next year. This year, Quince Orchard has 43 Chinese language students of all levels. Levels 1-3 learn traditional characters, and at level four, students are introduced to simplified characters and continue to learn both styles.

Chinese Teacher: Julie Chen

Levels Offered: 1-4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional, Secondarily Simplified

AP class next year? No

5) Richard Montgomery

(301) 279 8445

Montgomery offers Chinese levels 1-4 and will offer AP Chinese next year to 20 students. There are currently six Chinese Language classes, and the school has offered Chinese for 21 years since 1985.

Chinese teacher: Gwen Wang: gwen_wang@mcpsmd.org

Levels Offered: 1-4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional

AP class next year? Yes

6) Rockville

(301) 517 8105

Rockville offers three levels of Chinese Language to 28 students in the student body. Rockville will not offer an AP level next year.

Chinese teacher: Patricia Smith (currently changing teachers)

Levels Offered: 3

Number of Students (all classes): 28

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional

AP class next year? No

7) Walter Johnson

(301) 571 6915

Chinese Teacher: Pu-Mei Leng

Levels Offered: 4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional

AP class next year? Undetermined

8) Winston Churchill

(301) 469 1241

Churchill offers Chinese Language levels 1-6 and will offer AP Chinese to 13 students next year. They currently have about 60 Chinese language students, and have offered Chinese for 7 years at the school. Students begin with traditional characters and are introduced to simplified characters at level 3 or 4. Students generally read traditional characters, but are allowed to write in simplified characters.

Chinese Teacher: Yih Lee: Yih_Lee@mcpsmd.org

Levels Offered: 1-6

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional, Secondarily Simplified

AP class next year? Yes

9) Thomas S. Wootton

(301) 279 8587

Wootton has two teachers, and offers four levels currently; next year, an AP course will be offered.

Chinese Teachers: Nae Ning Lin, Hsiu Jane Chang

Levels Offered: 4

Characters Used: Primarily Traditional

AP class next year? Yes