Language School

St. Mary’s Chinese Day School

   

910 Broadway Street, San Francisco, CA 94133     415.929.4690    principal@stmaryschinese.org

Chinese Language School


St. Mary's Chinese Language School was started in 1921 by Dr. Chu Chew Shong to help immigrant children preserve the language and culture of their heritage. It has proliferated into the leading formal Chinese school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its students reap all the benefits of a long teaching experience and a vast alumni. Here are some facts:

•We now have 600 students enrolled in grades one through twelve, culminating in a St. Mary's Chinese High School diploma.

•Classes are held in the late afternoons, early evenings, weekends, and during the summer. This schedule is designed to accommodate pupils who have day school commitments at either the elementary or high school levels around the Bay Area.

•Those who attend high school elsewhere in the City are frequently able to take a challenge examination to certify their competency from St. Mary's Chinese Language School in lieu of taking regular foreign language courses in their high school curriculum. Academic credit is granted and those daytime hours can be channeled into other courses. Our students generally pass these challenge examinations with no difficulty.

•Classes are taught in Cantonese and in Mandarin, in both oral and written forms. The latter uses traditional Chinese characters. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary and composition, but the lessons imparting these gifts are also used to enrich the student's appreciation of Chinese history and culture.

•The School is privately administered by a volunteer Board of Directors and assisted by the Poi Yuk Foundation, which was originally endowed by the generous and venerable Dr. Chu Chew Shong. It manages its own operating budget and charges a modest tuition. The School operates on the premises of St. Mary's and in concert with other elements of the St. Mary's family but is independent of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.



ST. MARY'S CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL

910 BROADWAY

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94133

TELEPHONE: (415) 929-4694         FACSIMILE: (415) 929-4699


PRINCIPAL - STEPHEN TANG

VICE-PRINCIPAL - LISA TOM-FRENCH

CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS - BURK H. CHUNG