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HWIS is a Preschool through Grade 8 Mandarin & Spanish immersion school.

In our program young children ages 2 - 5 develop all the early childhood development skills such as fine and gross motor skill development social-emotional skills literacy and cognitive development in a traditional program - but they learn them in two languages! Children develop in English and either Mandarin Chinese or Spanish. Studies show that children who develop bilingual skills early become better students and have better focus and understanding of other cultures. Our elementary program builds on the strong foundation of our preschool. Students learn all the core subjects in two languages. This program is well suited for academically strong elementary students without previous language exposure with most students able to become bilingual in their first year! Elementary students benefit from small class sizes and flexible grouping to accelerate learning. Students outperform independent school norms on the ERB assessed in English while achieving high bilingual proficiency. Ninety percent of graduates are accepted to their first choice independent school. Starting in the year 2020 a new Accelerated Language Track was instituted enabling students without prior Mandarin to join in Grade 6 and continue to Grade 8 enabling them to accelerate language development in high school. Students Grade 7-8 take part in a two-week trip during spring break to a Chinese-speaking country to engage in service learning. Students have the option of learning a 3rd language Spanish during these years. The goal is the attainment of advanced levels of Mandarin and progress toward the global seal of biliteracy. Door-to-door transportation and financial aid options are available. To learn more visit www.hwis.org.

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Courses & Programs

Music courses

• Choir / Chorus

• Vocal lessons / coaching

World language courses

• Chinese - Mandarin

• Spanish