School News

 

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After School Immersion Program

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Bilingual Buds School Calendar

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School Tours

We are currently scheduling school tours for both our Mandarin and Spanish programs. Please call to arrange for a visit.

After school Bus pick-up from local schools to Bilingual Buds.  If interested, inquire by emailing admin@bilingualbuds.com.

 

 

 


General News

Foreign Languages Fall as Schools Look for Cuts in New York Times-September 11, 2009. See More

Read As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools in USA Today - Nov 19, 2007 here.

Read how the Kinsales, found in Bilingual Buds a preschool environment that offers racial diversity along with the benefit of learning Mandarin Chinese. New York Times – October 7, 2007. See More

Our Mission

Bilingual Buds is a unique Mandarin Chinese and Spanish immersion school for children ages 1-10. We provide children with an opportunity to develop proficiency in Chinese and Spanish language and literacy, while developing the "whole child" in a child-centered environment. Our mission is to prepare our children to be global citizens who are intellectually curious, culturally aware and linguistically capable. The need for our children to be able to understand and communicate with other cultures will be ever greater in the years to come. We believe that helping a child become bilingual is one of the greatest gifts a parent can give.

Family Support

We strive to support the parents in their efforts to help their child become bilingual. To this end we provide newsletters, parent education sessions and recommendations of home support materials. Many of our families do not speak Chinese or Spanish at home and thus, find this support invaluable.

Inside our Program   See Video

This video gives an overview of our unique Mandarin Chinese program featuring Mommy & Me, preschool and after school students, as well as parent and teacher perspectives.

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Bilingual Buds was broadcast on CBS News 2 in New York City and other affiliate stations November 7, 2007. Reporter Alexis Christoforous focuses on Bilingual Buds preschool students who are learning Mandarin.

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Bilingual Buds was broadcast on CNN nationwide and internationally during late May 2007. Listen to reporter Jim Acosta and parents Victoria and John Carlson talk about their daughter Victoria’s experience at Bilingual Buds learning Mandarin Chinese.