WASHINGTON YU YING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
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Mission Statement
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School inspires and prepares young people to create a better world by challenging them to reach their full potential, in a nurturing Chinese/English educational environment.
About This Cause
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School (Yu Ying) combines Mandarin Chinese language immersion with the inquiry-based International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme curriculum framework. Established in 2008 by a group of parents, Yu Ying was named after a ground-breaking girls school established in 1911 in China by former Imperial Lady-in-Waiting, Madame Tzen-Kuei Wang. As the only public elementary school in Washington, DC to offer Mandarin immersion, Yu Ying provides tuition-free high-quality education to 551 students in Grades Prekindergarten to 5. Students in Prekindergarten learn in Mandarin 100% of the time. Kindergarten through 5th grade students alternate between Chinese and English classrooms daily. Yu Ying’s 62 teachers, native speakers of English and Mandarin, collaborate within and across grade levels to provide vertical and horizontal articulation throughout the school. Grade level teaching teams meet weekly to coordinate lesson plans - material is not repeated in the English and Chinese classrooms - instead, lessons build upon each other. Yu Ying is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as an IB World School. The primary years curriculum is an international, transdisciplinary framework designed to foster the development of the whole child. Students make connections across disciplines and between what they are learning in the classroom with the world outside. One of Yu Ying’s strengths is diversity - students are 36% African-American, 30% White, 19% Multiracial, 10% Asian and 5% Hispanic. The different perspectives brought to the classroom help students develop awareness and acceptance of other cultures and races. Yu Ying’s success is evidenced through high-demand for the program and a high student retention rate. Each year, over 95% of our students return.