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
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