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Quick Facts
Special features before- and after- school care

School Mission
  • Our vision and mission statements reflect our belief in some very basic premises:  1) All students can learn and succeed, 2) Success breeds success, 3) Schools control the conditions of success within the school environment, and 4) Collaboration amongst all the stakeholders is essential.

Curriculum
  • Dual immersion programs in Cantonese.
  • Special education programs designed specifically for students with autism, hearing impairments, language or speech impairment, specific learning disabilities, limited intellectual functioning, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, multiple disabilities and other health impairments.
  • This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
 
 
Activities and Sports
  • Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: noontime game room; Chinese new year parade; immersion homework club and kickball team.
  • This school has the following art(s) programs: band, theater/drama, art, chorus and dance.
 
 
Technology and Facilities
  • 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
  • This school was established between 1920-1929.
  • District provides transportation to this school.
 
 
Admissions and Enrollment
  • Most of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
 
 
Other Features and Highlights
  • Regular classroom hours: 8:40 to 2:40.
  • Principal has been at this school for 14 years.
 
 
Source of Data
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 07/30/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.  

 
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