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YCIS Silicon Valley operates two campuses in Mountain View: the ECE campus at 199 East Middlefield Road, Suite 100, and the K-8 campus at 310 Easy Street. The school offers a bilingual Mandarin-English program from preschool through middle school and emphasizes a hands-on, cross-campus learning approach. The Kindergarten program includes Art and Music classes weekly, with violin instruction beginning in kindergarten. Outdoor spaces include a playground equipped with items such as hula hoops, tricycles, balance bikes, blocks, a sandbox, and a large structure, while an indoor gym provides a climbing wall for physical activity. The school supports field trips and on-campus experiences that extend learning beyond the classroom.
There is an on-site indoor gym used for physical education. TK students have daily access to one indoor gym period in addition to outdoor play opportunities.
YCIS Silicon Valley provides a bilingual Mandarin-English program for students from early childhood through middle school, and offers Chinese Studies and a Music Program. Weekly Art and Music classes are provided for TK, and violin instruction begins in kindergarten. The campus structure supports a K-8 model with two campuses (ECE and K-8) and opportunities for cross-campus collaboration; Summer Camp is also offered.
YCIS hosts a range of cultural and family events throughout the year, including Founder's Day, Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Imagination Day, Movie Nights, Read Across America, Arts Day, Science Day, Chinese New Year, and Winter and Spring Concerts, along with Field Day and End-of-Year Family Picnic. Learning is extended beyond the classroom through field trips, school events, performances and service projects.
Yew Chung International School Silicon Valley (YCIS Silicon Valley) delivers a bilingual Mandarin-English education for ages 2 to 14 within a non-profit American environment. The school offers EYFS, American, Singapore, and bespoke curricula, taught in English and Mandarin through a bilingual co‑teaching model that pairs English‑speaking and Mandarin‑speaking teachers. Students progress from preschool to middle school across two Mountain View campuses: an early childhood campus on East Middlefield Road and a K–8 campus on Easy Street. The program follows the Yew Chung Approach, emphasizing the Twelve Values and inquiry-based learning, with seven integrated areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Physical Development; Communication and Language; Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World; Expressive Arts and Design. The school blends Eastern and Western traditions to develop compassionate, bilingual world learners. Facilities include weekly violin instruction, Art and Music, an indoor gym, and extensive field trips and campus-wide events for families and communities.
