CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM
Elementary Immersion County Information
Potomac Elementary School has established a partial Chinese Immersion Program since 1996. In this program, students spend 50% of the day in the Chinese language environment and 50% of the day in the English language environment. The Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) math and science curricula are taught in Chinese. Reading, language arts and social studies are delivered in English. Immersion students also receive one hour of direct language instruction in Chinese each week. They participate in classroom and hands-on activities in Chinese and naturally acquire the language.
Parents may select this program for their child beginning in kindergarten or first grade. Students can also join the program at other grades, after passing a language assessment. Students in this program may choose to go to the Chinese program at Hoover Middle School after the fifth grade promotion.
Chinese Immersion at Potomac is a local immersion program, meaning that students who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school are offered entry first. Any remaining vacancies are then filled by out-of-area students via an MCPS lottery system.
In our increasingly interdependent world, there are many advantages to knowing two languages. Chinese immersion offers a unique opportunity for children to acquire a high level of proficiency in Chinese at an early age.
Tours of the school and immersion program can be arranged a few times per year. Please call the school at 240-740-4360 to for details.
Interest Meetings:
Each year three information sessions will be offered between January and April.
Click here to see the slide show presentation from a previous interest meeting.
Below is a recording of the meeting from March 23,2021.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_DWTEm20Euw0ftYBjz0E5y9i0CiiFW_E/view?usp=sharing
THE CHINESE IMMERSION TEAM AT POTOMAC
|
Kindergarten/Grade 1 |
|
| Grade 2/3 | Mrs. Caihong Cui |
| Grade 4 | Mrs.Patricia Smith |
|
Grade 5/Lead Teacher |