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43
Years of Innovation
1st Mandarin immersion school in the US

83
Teachers

86
% of 8th Graders
Met benchmark to teach Mandarin
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“My name is Xinyi (Cindy) Huang, and I am from Yangzhou, China. I have teaching experience from PreK to 12th grade. I have also worked as a full-time music teacher in Maryland, responsible for general music, choir, band, and orchestra instruction. I hold a Maryland teaching certificate and have Orff and Kodály music teaching certifications. My primary instrument is voice, and I have performed many opera pieces and art songs. In my free time, I love traveling, trying new things, tasting different cuisines, watching sports, and playing pool. I am particularly fond of Yoga, Pilates, and dance, and I am currently learning African dance. Making life interesting is one of my favorite things. As an ENFP personality type, I enjoy making friends and socializing. Furthermore, I am passionate about my work, love building relationships with my students, and enjoy sharing the joy of music with them. I am very excited to work with the excellent teachers at CAIS and can't wait to meet my students and create musical miracles together.”
Go Firedragons! Our CAIS Cross Country team had a fantastic race at McLaren Park, pushing through the challenging course with determination and team spirit. Great job to all the students for giving it their all and representing CAIS proudly! Congratulations to eighth grader Liv A. and fifth grader Caitlyn S., who both took first place in their respective races!
Our first graders are loving their new school and making new friends! They're learning, playing, and having fun together every day as they settle into their new environment.
Second Grade All About Me Share! Students are getting to know each other better and building a strong classroom community by sharing family pictures, favorite stuffed animals, cards, toys, and more! What would you put in your All About Me Bag?
In-service Days carve out important time for professional development and intentional community building. This morning, our English and Chinese teams collaborated to enhance teachers’ own learning skills. Together, we’re channeling our Curiosity and Inclusion Firedragon Core Values!
“I was born and bred in Dalian, Liaoning, China. I love the opportunity to engage with young minds, help them to explore and grow, which brings immense joy and a sense of fulfillment to me. My library vision is to establish it as a community hub: the hub of learning, reading, research, discussion and collaboration. In my spare time, I love reading, playing music, cycling, swimming, and cuddling with my cat, Happiness. “The Pursuit of Happyness” is always on stage at home. I recently became a SUP (Stand-up Paddle Boarding) enthusiast. I cannot wait to meet our CAIS family!”
Seventh grade kayakers had an exciting adventure in Sausalito. Throughout the activity, students worked in pairs, learning to coordinate their paddling strokes to move their kayaks smoothly and efficiently.
Head of School Jeff Bissell and High School Transition Counselor Sean Mosconi met with Allie Murphy (Loomis Chaffee) and Cynthia Stahura (Choate) from the Ten Schools Admissions Organization, a group of top New England preparatory schools. Ms. Murphy and Ms. Stahura visited our campus Friday to interview prospective CAIS 8th grade applicants. The Ten Schools include Deerfield, St. Paul's, Choate Rosemary Hall, Loomis Chaffee, Phillips Exeter, Phillips Andover, Taft, Hotchkiss, Hill, and Lawrenceville.
“My name is Xinyi (Cindy) Huang, and I am from Yangzhou, China. I have teaching experience from PreK to 12th grade. I have also worked as a full-time music teacher in Maryland, responsible for general music, choir, band, and orchestra instruction. I hold a Maryland teaching certificate and have Orff and Kodály music teaching certifications. My primary instrument is voice, and I have performed many opera pieces and art songs. In my free time, I love traveling, trying new things, tasting different cuisines, watching sports, and playing pool. I am particularly fond of Yoga, Pilates, and dance, and I am currently learning African dance. Making life interesting is one of my favorite things. As an ENFP personality type, I enjoy making friends and socializing. Furthermore, I am passionate about my work, love building relationships with my students, and enjoy sharing the joy of music with them. I am very excited to work with the excellent teachers at CAIS and can't wait to meet my students and create musical miracles together.”
Go Firedragons! Our CAIS Cross Country team had a fantastic race at McLaren Park, pushing through the challenging course with determination and team spirit. Great job to all the students for giving it their all and representing CAIS proudly! Congratulations to eighth grader Liv A. and fifth grader Caitlyn S., who both took first place in their respective races!
Our first graders are loving their new school and making new friends! They're learning, playing, and having fun together every day as they settle into their new environment.
Second Grade All About Me Share! Students are getting to know each other better and building a strong classroom community by sharing family pictures, favorite stuffed animals, cards, toys, and more! What would you put in your All About Me Bag?
In-service Days carve out important time for professional development and intentional community building. This morning, our English and Chinese teams collaborated to enhance teachers’ own learning skills. Together, we’re channeling our Curiosity and Inclusion Firedragon Core Values!
“I was born and bred in Dalian, Liaoning, China. I love the opportunity to engage with young minds, help them to explore and grow, which brings immense joy and a sense of fulfillment to me. My library vision is to establish it as a community hub: the hub of learning, reading, research, discussion and collaboration. In my spare time, I love reading, playing music, cycling, swimming, and cuddling with my cat, Happiness. “The Pursuit of Happyness” is always on stage at home. I recently became a SUP (Stand-up Paddle Boarding) enthusiast. I cannot wait to meet our CAIS family!”
Seventh grade kayakers had an exciting adventure in Sausalito. Throughout the activity, students worked in pairs, learning to coordinate their paddling strokes to move their kayaks smoothly and efficiently.
Head of School Jeff Bissell and High School Transition Counselor Sean Mosconi met with Allie Murphy (Loomis Chaffee) and Cynthia Stahura (Choate) from the Ten Schools Admissions Organization, a group of top New England preparatory schools. Ms. Murphy and Ms. Stahura visited our campus Friday to interview prospective CAIS 8th grade applicants. The Ten Schools include Deerfield, St. Paul's, Choate Rosemary Hall, Loomis Chaffee, Phillips Exeter, Phillips Andover, Taft, Hotchkiss, Hill, and Lawrenceville.

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

幼教部2岁-1年级

Preschool (ages 2-5) through First Grade. The Preschool program is full immersion and consists of four classes of 18 students taught in Mandarin. Kindergarten and 1st Grade follow the 50/50 immersion model.


Lower School

小学部2-5年级

Second 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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04 October 2024

When the Students Can Become the Teachers

Each spring fifth and eighth graders’ Chinese proficiency levels are assessed using the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Chinese Program Director Cindy Chiang (right) shared this year’s thrilling results showing that 86% of the Class…

21 September 2024

Home at Last!

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting at Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Our new campus roared to life on Saturday, as more than 1,000 Firedragon families, faculty, alumni, and friends gathered for the Grand Opening…

Ribbon Cutting at CAIS Campus Grand Opening
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