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United States, Washington Dc
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The school teaches Mandarin and English. The bilingual environment is designed to develop reading, writing and thinking in Chinese and English. It operates as an International Baccalaureate World School (IB PYP).
The school offers Mandarin-English bilingual education with immersion. PK3/PK4 have 180 days of all subjects in Mandarin with no English instruction. PK/K Grade 1 have Mandarin for all subjects and 180 days of English Language Arts, with 75% Mandarin and 25% English classroom instruction, and daily instruction in both Mandarin and English. Grades 2-5 deliver all subjects with a 50% Mandarin / 50% English classroom instruction on an every-other-day language model.
Immersion model by grade: PK3/PK4 – 100% Mandarin classroom instruction (180 days). K/Grade 1 – 75% Mandarin, 25% English (180 days Mandarin; 180 days English Language Arts) with instruction in Mandarin and English daily. Grades 2-5 – All subjects split 50/50 (90 days Mandarin and 90 days English) with an every-other-day language model.
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School is a public, two-campus Chinese-English immersion school in Washington, DC, serving ages 3 through 11. The school delivers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) within an immersive bilingual model. PK3–PK4 receive 100% Mandarin instruction; K–1 blend Mandarin (about 75%) and English (25%), with English Language Arts taught for 180 days; Grades 2–5 use a 50/50 Mandarin–English model with instruction delivered on alternating days. The program fosters globally minded learners through inquiry-based learning and the IB learner profile. The Elementary Campus is located at 220 Taylor Street NE, DC 20017, with the Early Years Campus nearby; together they occupy a three-acre LEED-certified site featuring Founders Forest, a one-acre outdoor nature center, supporting environmental learning. REEF provides on-site before- and after-school care. The school emphasizes a values-based community, welcoming families seeking a rigorous, multilingual science and humanities education within a public charter framework for families.
