A: After register classes for your children, please review the "Payment" menu item, then print out the registration form. You need bring this form along with a check pay to "Xilin NW Chinese School" on the first day of school.

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A: We use textbooks and curricular materials published by Univ. of JiNan, China. It is the same serial materials used by other Xilin Chinese Schools. It is very convenient for parent to switch the school and still keep up with consistent and seamless curricular study.

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Q: My child will be 5 years old in Oct, is she eligible for Kindergarten class?

A: Our recommended age for Kindergarten class is 5 years old. However, it is not a strict cut off line. It should really depend on your children's linguistic level in Chinese and their maturity. The only one concern we have is the balance of maintaining the integrity of the classroom and teaching pace.  But in general, if she is 2 month younger from 5 years old and she could fully understand and listen to Chinese, we don't see any problem for her registering in this class.

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Q: My kid speaks English at school and ShangHai Dialect at home most of time, which class should I register her in? 

A: The first recommendation is our Bilingual class because these classes use English as the basic communication tool and gradually introduce Chinese. The Kindergarten class uses the opposite method. We use Chinese as the main language and combined with English explanation.  However, it is also based on her Chinese listening skills and her personality. If she understands basic daily Chinese in PuTongHua, but she just does not get enough opportunity to practice, you could also try Kindergarten class. The good part of school policy is that in the first week, you could consider switching class if the class is not full to provide parent and children better choices.

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Q: My kid is very active, I am not very sure that she is able to sit straight for a 2 hours Chinese Class, do you have any suggestion?

A: General speaking, the concentration time periods for kids younger than age 7 are very short. Usually it is about 15 minutes. It is very common at this age. All of our teachers for this age group are extremely experienced dealing with this situation. The design of these classes is tailored for their specific age needs. The teacher will have various activities to entertain the kids like singing, dancing, stretching, game, drawing, group-activity combined with core Chinese content. None of the same topics will be last longer than their tolerance of concentration. That is a big advantage your kids will get from our school.

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Q: I have a child who will be at grade 7 in English school this fall. I am not sure if he/she should be in Algebra class (7-8 grade) or in SAT I class?

  A: You can try either one of the classes. In general, the Algebra class (7-8 grade) will provide the students with more systematical materials in Algebra, while the SAT I class will focus more on the SAT questions and related techniques. It will not provide systematic teaching, although many important topics will be reviewed.   

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Q: How do you handle the situation in the SAT or ACT math classes where there are students from different grades and at different levels?

A: The materials designed in the math classes will take into consideration the mixture of students with different backgrounds. For each topic to be covered in the class, it is tried to provide with students with three levels of information: basics techniques, extended techniques, and relatively challenge techniques. 

Q: I am interested in attending both the Chinese class and math classes for my child, but found the time conflict between the classes. What should I do?

A: Register both for now, it might be get re-arranged depending on the registration result.