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King Immersion Program At-a-Glance

Two kindergarten classrooms at the King School will be the Chinese ImmersionProgram. Two kindergarten classrooms at the King School will be the Ni Hao Program.

King School King Immersion Programs King Ni Hao FLES

1 Chinese Classroom 1 English Classroom 2 Typical Classrooms

Number of

students

20 JK/K 20 JK/K 20 students in each

kindergarten class

Teachers Ms. Corpas, Ms. Toomey

andChinese Teacher, Chinese Paraprofessional

Ms. Basile,

Ms. SullivanMs. MacKintosh,

Ms.Douglas

Subjects

taught

CLA*

Math

ScienceSocial Studies

Social CurriculumInterdisciplinary Studies

Technology

Library

Explorations***Chinese Language Arts

** Subjected to extended-

day grant availability.

ELA*

Math

ScienceSocial Studies

Social Curriculum

Arts

MusicP.E.

Technology

LibraryExplorations**

* English Language Arts

ELA

Math

ScienceSocial Studies

Social Curriculum

Arts

MusicP.E.

Technology

LibraryExplorations**

Chinese

Time spent in

Chinese class

50% of daily instruction time for grades K-2,

90mins content-based Chinese instructiondaily from grades 3-8

30mins daily for grades

K-5, instructional timemay increases in future

years for grades 3 andup,

45mins three times a

week for grades 6-8

Time spent in

school

7:55am-3:55pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

7:55am-1:55pm Wednesdays

Recess Twice daily

Lunch 30-45mins daily

After School

Programs

Available to registered students.

Please contact Ms. Catherine Park at the King/Amigos CommunitySchool.

School Toursand Contacts

Ms. Vivian Tam, Immersion ProgramCoordinator (English, Mandarin, Japanese,

Cantonese) vtam@cpsd.us, 617-599-7258

Ms. Clarie Koenckoen@cpsd.us,

617-349-6454

Websites http://nihaoflap-

kingimmersion.wikispaces.com/

http://www.cpsd.us/mlk/

School Principal: Mr. Gerald Yung, gyung@cpsd.us, 617-349-6562x150

mailto:vtam@cpsd.usmailto:ckoen@cpsd.ushttp://nihaoflap-kingimmersion.wikispaces.com/http://nihaoflap-kingimmersion.wikispaces.com/http://www.cpsd.us/mlk/mailto:gyung@cpsd.usmailto:vtam@cpsd.usmailto:ckoen@cpsd.ushttp://nihaoflap-kingimmersion.wikispaces.com/http://nihaoflap-kingimmersion.wikispaces.com/http://www.cpsd.us/mlk/mailto:gyung@cpsd.us

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Principal Assistant Principal: Ms. Cheryl Haynes, chaynes@cpsd.us, 617-349-

6562x151

Main Office Located in the main lobby near the main entrance.

Ms. Cheryl Mason, school clerk, 617-349-6562 x111 (English)Ms. Julie Fu, school clerk, 617-349-6562 x155 (English and Mandarin)

Enrollment All incoming students must register throughthe Family Resource Center at 15 Upton Street.

If you would like to enroll in the King

Chinese Immersion Program, please put King

Immersion Program as your first choice on theregistration form as there are two separately

slots for the King School.

If you would like toenroll in the King Ni

Hao FLES Program,

put MLK, Jr.

School as your firstchoice on the

registration form.

Additional Information

Ms. Tori Corpas, our immersion JK/K English classroom teacher, will be transferringfrom her current role as a first grade teacher at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School. Shegrew up in Yonkers, New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a

minor in Communications and her M.A.T. from Tufts University. Currently, she is on the

Instructional Leadership Team Committee at the King School and is enrolled in the

Aspiring Teacher Leader Program for Mathematics. Ms. Corpas is an energetic andcreative educator with a firm belief in helping children to reach their full potential. She

has enjoyed the last five years at the King School and is enthusiastic about extending

world-class learning opportunities to all children in the City of Cambridge.

We are currently in the process of hiring the potential lead teacher in the Chinese

classroom. Stay tuned for more information.

All students in the King and Amigos schools shared the same teachers in the following

academic subjects: arts, music, physical education, and library.

All students, if needed, receive additional academic and developmental supports.

The Immersion Coordinator and curriculum consultants are collaborating with KingSchools onsite Math and Literacy coaches to develop a streamline curriculum to ensure

literacy and content mastery in both the Chinese and English classrooms.

For more information about Dual Language Immersion and Second Language Learning,please visit:

www.CARLA.com

www.CAL.comwww.ACTFL.org

mailto:chaynes@cpsd.usmailto:chaynes@cpsd.ushttp://www.carla.com/http://www.cal.com/http://www.actfl.org/mailto:chaynes@cpsd.ushttp://www.carla.com/http://www.cal.com/http://www.actfl.org/