Guess what Driscoll school teacher did together last Friday evening at home? We took the group dance challenge to ‘ Blinding Lights’ by The Weekend!

Finished my visual Mandarin classroom yesterday night and can’t wait to let my students start to explore this week!! Miss their smiles SO much in my classroom.

Happy #earlylang day today! The importance of starting languages at a young age is vital to the global community, economy & much more. Here is a video that four siblings that I’ve taught practiced asking and answering questions about their favorite color. SO proud of them!

Hey Driscoll! You are invited the end of school year virtual flash mob party! Check your email box and send in your dance videos! I can’t wait to see them.

So proud of all my students who participated in this at very short notice. 2020 Driscoll Virtual Flash Mob in Mandarin: You Look So Beautiful When You Smile youtu.be/gjeb5lUY-9M via YouTube

I’m honored to join Raffi Cavoukian 🇨🇦 to celebrate 40 years of “Baby Beluga,” and to call on each of us to work together for a sustainable future where life under the sea can swim wild & free. #songsofcomfort #songsofchange Global Goals #SDG14 #belugagrads youtu.be/lBb2dsN85UU

I am so excited and grateful that my two asynchronous Mandarin instruction videos are posted on MAFLA. mafla.org/pdonline/on-de… 🥰 #earlylang

You can also sign up for our Conflict De-Escalation and our How to Respond to Harassment for people experiencing Anti-Asian Harassment training. Our workshops are only one part of the work that needs to happen to make sure xenophobia stop occurring. ihollaback.org/bystanderinter…

Please take a moment to read our statement on the rise of AAPI hate crimes. Please actively support our teachers and students during this difficult time. #StopAsianHate #LeadwithCLASS

I am still very shaken, horrified, and deeply saddened by the recent crimes targeting the asian community. Today my colleagues at Driscoll gave me much needed strength and support by texts, emails, etc. I am surrounded by the educators that elevate me everyday. #StopAsianHate

Read our statement on anti-Asian racism in the U.S.: bit.ly/3vF0rUp In light of increasing instances of racism and violent hate crimes perpetrated against Asian American and Pacific Islander people, here are some actionable ways we can support the #AAPI community. 1/9

“My hope was to inspire kids to learn a new #language and to encourage students who spoke multiple languages to feel comfortable speaking them in school." Students at Alpine Elementary celebrated #InternationalMotherLanguageDay. bit.ly/3db38EM

I made this Padlet with all the resources I used in my K-4 Mandarin class since 2020 spring, including the videos I made for asynchronous teaching. I hope it will help students retain their language skills over the summer : padlet.com/wan_wang/njq6u…

I’m so excited for these sessions and the many many more at MAFLA this year! #langchat

#MaFLA21 I am so excited to register MaFLA conference this year! I want to recommend Amy Marshall’s presentation: Short Games and Brain Breaks. You can use these great ideas next day in your WL classroom!! mafla.123signup.com/event/details/…

In Town of Brookline, chants included “Pay cuts for teachers, please say no, tax the people w/ lots of dough” & “What’s disgusting, union busting” as Brookline BEU educators demanded a fair contract. Haven’t heard back from The Public Schools of Brookline School Committee yet. WBZ NewsRadio

8th graders communicate in Mandarin to benefit our multilingual community! Check out their projects in the window at the Spa.

Our K-8 schools now feature programming in Spanish, French and *Chinese* (formerly known as Mandarin). Thank you, Lihua and Fu-Tseng, for your advocacy and making sure that we're giving our K-12 languages the representation they need.