Mandarin

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Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

Check yourself, OP. It's not "your" thread. I was responding to a direct question.

I know you're new, but in the future, refrain from admonishments like that. Thank you.

Guess what? Not new. But thank you for your less-than-helpful comments! Go back under your rock and practice your English, or, whatever you think is more worthwhile than Mandarin. Bye!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

Not sure about other schools, but Chinese is part of Marshall's Academy. This means that you can be bussed from another school to Marshall to take the class. You may need to be in a certain area, however, to get bussed. For example, Falls Church, McLean, and Langley all come to Marshall as they are fairly close. I am not sure if other schools allow it if they are further away.

Fairfax HS also has it as part of their Academy. Is that closer to you than Marshall?

http://www.fcps.edu/FairfaxAcademy/chinese/chinese.html

Thanks PP. Yes, Fairfax is closer than Mandarin. So, how do the Academys work? Sorry if I am new to hs rules like this. I went to school in FCPS but things have changed since then, and my DDs are not yet at hs level but I am trying to learn and plan in advance if we have to move, etc. Or, can anyone apply to an "Academy" if that is not the hs for which they would normally be zoned? Thank you so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

Not sure about other schools, but Chinese is part of Marshall's Academy. This means that you can be bussed from another school to Marshall to take the class. You may need to be in a certain area, however, to get bussed. For example, Falls Church, McLean, and Langley all come to Marshall as they are fairly close. I am not sure if other schools allow it if they are further away.

Fairfax HS also has it as part of their Academy. Is that closer to you than Marshall?

http://www.fcps.edu/FairfaxAcademy/chinese/chinese.html

Thanks PP. Yes, Fairfax is closer than Mandarin. So, how do the Academys work? Sorry if I am new to hs rules like this. I went to school in FCPS but things have changed since then, and my DDs are not yet at hs level but I am trying to learn and plan in advance if we have to move, etc. Or, can anyone apply to an "Academy" if that is not the hs for which they would normally be zoned? Thank you so much.

Correction: Fairfax is closer than Marshall!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

Not sure about other schools, but Chinese is part of Marshall's Academy. This means that you can be bussed from another school to Marshall to take the class. You may need to be in a certain area, however, to get bussed. For example, Falls Church, McLean, and Langley all come to Marshall as they are fairly close. I am not sure if other schools allow it if they are further away.

Fairfax HS also has it as part of their Academy. Is that closer to you than Marshall?

http://www.fcps.edu/FairfaxAcademy/chinese/chinese.html

Thanks PP. Yes, Fairfax is closer than Mandarin. So, how do the Academys work? Sorry if I am new to hs rules like this. I went to school in FCPS but things have changed since then, and my DDs are not yet at hs level but I am trying to learn and plan in advance if we have to move, etc. Or, can anyone apply to an "Academy" if that is not the hs for which they would normally be zoned? Thank you so much.

First, the student has to have room in his or her schedule since riding the bus to and from class will take up time. So, many times you can't take these classes at another school until you are a jr. or sr. and have taken most of your graduation requirement classes. Anyone can apply to an Academy, but some classes do fill up so you might want to check enrollment numbers. I think it would be easier to be at the base school for the Academy class if you really know you want to take it. If you think Fairfax is where you would go, I would just call the school and ask them what the process is to enroll. You might also want to make sure that Herndon HS students can go to Fairfax Academy if that's where you think you will be.

[Anonymous]

I also know that Oakton HS offers Mandarin/Chinese because I asked at a recent orientation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also know that Oakton HS offers Mandarin/Chinese because I asked at a recent orientation.

Oh, thank you so much! And thank you for all your helpful info about the Academy! I will have to look more into it. Thank you again!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also know that Oakton HS offers Mandarin/Chinese because I asked at a recent orientation.

Oh, thank you so much! And thank you for all your helpful info about the Academy! I will have to look more into it. Thank you again!

Yes my kid does it at Oakton-it is very popular, 2 classes I think

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also know that Oakton HS offers Mandarin/Chinese because I asked at a recent orientation.

Oh, thank you so much! And thank you for all your helpful info about the Academy! I will have to look more into it. Thank you again!

Yes my kid does it at Oakton-it is very popular, 2 classes I think

OK, that is good to hear. Thank you so much again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

Posts like this are why the US is on the decline. Apart from the (great) reasons why OP was asking (kudos to you, OP, for working to keep connections to your daughters' place of birth - another AP here), Mandarin is a useful adjunct for any number of careers. FWIW, OP, Arlington schools offer Mandarin from 7th grade onward. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

1) Threads are not "owned".
2) McLean HS may start offering Mandarin shortly- it depends on how many students rising from Chesterbrook want to keep it. Otherwise, they will have the Marshall option.
3) Yes, you can transfer to a school that offers Mandarin if your in bound school does now. However, it might not be the closest school to you that offers Mandarin. the school also has to be open for transfers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

1) Threads are not "owned".
2) McLean HS may start offering Mandarin shortly- it depends on how many students rising from Chesterbrook want to keep it. Otherwise, they will have the Marshall option.
3) Yes, you can transfer to a school that offers Mandarin if your in bound school does now. However, it might not be the closest school to you that offers Mandarin. the school also has to be open for transfers.

Reply to your #3 above: Thanks so much! It is good to know this! So how does one's child get to and from school if it is not your districted school? Do you have to drive them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

Posts like this are why the US is on the decline. Apart from the (great) reasons why OP was asking (kudos to you, OP, for working to keep connections to your daughters' place of birth - another AP here), Mandarin is a useful adjunct for any number of careers. FWIW, OP, Arlington schools offer Mandarin from 7th grade onward. Good luck!

Thanks, from one AP to another! Appreciate it!

[Anonymous]

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1) Threads are not "owned".
2) McLean HS may start offering Mandarin shortly- it depends on how many students rising from Chesterbrook want to keep it. Otherwise, they will have the Marshall option.
3) Yes, you can transfer to a school that offers Mandarin if your in bound school does now. However, it might not be the closest school to you that offers Mandarin. the school also has to be open for transfers.

FCPS has already told McLean HS it won't get Chinese next year.

Kind of sucks, really. There are lots of Asian-American families, APS has Chinese, Langley offers Japanese and Russian, Marshall has Chinese, and McLean gets the same boring choices available in the 1960s (French, German and Spanish, and one of the Spanish teachers is such an evil witch that students will drop the language rather than run of the risk of getting assigned to her).

McLean's a good school, but if I had a child who was really talented at a foreign language I'd move to another district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you Chinese? Why would you want to take Mandarin?

You are joking, right?

No, I wasn't. I don't understand why someone would take Chinese in this area otherwise. It doesn't have any real utility unless you anticipate living and working in China.

Not the person you are responding to, but. . .

That's great. Now, can you stop clogging up my thread where I am trying to find out some concrete information here?

1) How can I find out which schools other than Marshall and TJ (if any) offer Mandarin? I have already looked on FCPS website. Short of randomly selecting each school and searching out the info within the site, I am not seeing any way to search for this. (?)

2) If you are zoned for a school that does not offer Mandarin, can you switch to one that does offer it?

1) Threads are not "owned".
2) McLean HS may start offering Mandarin shortly- it depends on how many students rising from Chesterbrook want to keep it. Otherwise, they will have the Marshall option.
3) Yes, you can transfer to a school that offers Mandarin if your in bound school does not. However, it might not be the closest school to you that offers Mandarin. the school also has to be open for transfers.

Reply to your #3 above: Thanks so much! It is good to know this! So how does one's child get to and from school if it is not your districted school? Do you have to drive them?

It is up to the parents to figure out the transportation, that could mean that the parent's drive them or they hire someone or the student drives him/herself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
1) Threads are not "owned".
2) McLean HS may start offering Mandarin shortly- it depends on how many students rising from Chesterbrook want to keep it. Otherwise, they will have the Marshall option.
3) Yes, you can transfer to a school that offers Mandarin if your in bound school does now. However, it might not be the closest school to you that offers Mandarin. the school also has to be open for transfers.

FCPS has already told McLean HS it won't get Chinese next year.

Kind of sucks, really. There are lots of Asian-American families, APS has Chinese, Langley offers Japanese and Russian, Marshall has Chinese, and McLean gets the same boring choices available in the 1960s (French, German and Spanish, and one of the Spanish teachers is such an evil witch that students will drop the language rather than run of the risk of getting assigned to her).

McLean's a good school, but if I had a child who was really talented at a foreign language I'd move to another district.

Oh, rats. That's really too bad. I would think there would be a very large, population of kids who would be interested in at McLean HS too. That is really too bad.

We currently live in the Herndon HS district and my older daughter is only 7 so I am trying to scout things out to prepare if we need to move to a different district or not. Herndon HS has very boring, 1960s "World Language" choices too: French, German, Latin, Spanish. I personally have nothing against any of these languages; I myself took Latin and Spanish back in the day. But that personally does us no good at this point: we want Mandarin and my older DD already been taking it for years and loves it so I'd really like to provide her the opportunity to continue on through hs.

Well, thank you for your reply!