Learning Chinese in Maine Conference a Success

On November 30, 2007, 120 teachers gathered for Primary Source's "Learning Chinese in Maine" conference at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The teachers, who came from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and as far away as Ithaca, New York, represented 34 school districts and 12 private academies.

Presentations at the conference featured Dr. Shuhan Wang of the Asia Society as well as panels of non-profit organizations including the China Exchange Initiative, the College Board, and US-China Teachers Exchange.

To learn more about the conference and Chinese language initiatives in New England, read the following articles from the Boston Globe and the Portland Press Herald.

In photo above, from left to right, Chinese teachers Leland Arris (Westbrook High School) and Greg Huang-Dale (Fryeburg Academy), sat on a panel with Superintendent Paul Stearns (SAD #4: Guilford) and Foreign Language Department Chairperson Cindy Sturgeon (Bangor High School) to discuss how they each initiated Chinese language programs in their schools.