Little Firedragons Playgroups Return!

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No Mandarin (Yet)? No Problem

Mandarin World Language Pathway

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CLASSROOM

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CAIS IN POINT

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Facts at a Glance

44
Years of Innovation
1st Mandarin immersion school in the US

88
Teachers

87
% of 8th Graders
Met benchmark to teach Mandarin
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OUR CORE VALUES

核心价值观


Developed by our community in 2019, CAIS Core Values were a prescient blueprint for weathering and thriving throughout the pandemic and beyond. We can connect the dots between these and wisdom from China’s first sage, Confucius.

Inclusion

包容

Inclusion

包容


欢迎:我们重视归属感支持和关心社群内外所有的人

Invite In: We champion belongingness and care for others within our community and beyond

Kindness

善良

Kindness

善良


鼓励:我们用善意的语言和行动来互相支持

Build Up: We use kind words and actions to support each other and ourselves

Perseverance

毅力

Perseverance

毅力


坚持:遇到困难时,我们会给自己打气并坚持下去 

Keep Trying: We push ourselves and stick with it when things get tough

Courage

勇气

Courage

勇气


勇敢:即使碰到困难,我们也能勇于尝试,负起责任

Be Brave: We take risks and responsibility, even when it is hard

Curiosity

好奇

Curiosity

好奇


提问:我们想了解我们的世界和开拓新的可能性

Ask More: We wonder about our world and pioneer new possibilities

CAIS divisions

学校部门


Early Childhood

幼儿教育2岁至幼儿园

Preschool (ages 2-5) through Kindergarten. The Preschool program is full immersion and consists of six classes of approximately 18 students taught in Mandarin. Kindergarten follows the 50/50 immersion model.


Lower School

小学部1-5年级

First through Fifth Grade. Lower School has two to three sections of students in each grade, averaging 20 students per section and following the 50/50 immersion model.


Middle School

中学部6-8年级

Sixth through Eighth Grade. A hands-on, minds-on, interdisciplinary curriculum guides students to apply concepts to the issues in their community and world as well as in their own lives.

LATEST NEWS

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21 October 2025

When the Students Can Become the Teachers

Each spring fifth and eighth graders’ Chinese proficiency levels are assessed using the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Our Chinese Program Leadership Team (below) shared this year’s thrilling results showing that 87% of the…

22 September 2025

Golden Gate Youth Philharmonic Now at CAIS

As part of CAIS’s commitment to enhance our performing arts offerings, support partnerships with high-caliber youth-serving organizations in the greater Bay Area, and find new and diverse ways to increase…

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