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Feature: How one artist is bringing Chinese culture to Chicago students

Xinhuanet/by Jian Ping 

CHICAGO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Students from several grades at Kenwood Academy High School in Chicago Thursday gathered in a class to learn Chinese art and culture. They focused intensely on the hands-on activity of carving images on eggshells.

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Artists From China To CPS Schools

As one of the activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dog, the Confucius Institute in Chicago invited three artists from China to bring Chinese folk art of puppet, dough figurine and paper-cutting into CPS schools.

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Chinese Cultural Festival 2017

The 2017 Chinese Cultural Festival took place at Whitney Young Magnet High School on Saturday, September 23, 2017.

Xinhua News Agency covered the event. Click on the title of the coverage for details Chicago students, parents celebrate Chinese Cultural Festival. 

Click here to watch a video report. 

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2017 CPS Arabic & Chinese STARTALK Program

2017 CPS Arabic & Chinese STARTALK Program video. Please click here to watch. 

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Celebrating 11 Years of Successful CPS Student Chinese Study Abroad Program

On July 20, 2017, another 24 CPS high school students successfully completed the CPS Student Study Abroad program in China and came back to Chicago. By then, funding received for this extracurricular program totaled over 2.5 million dollars and 283 students benefited from the program.

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Artists from China Program Features Chinese Fine Arts Teacher from Jiangsu

CIC, in collaboration with the Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute, kicked off the ninth year for the Artists from China Program in Chicago in late Feb. and early March. Mr.
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Chinese New Year Celebration 2020
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Events

Workshop: Sharing Experiences in Using New CPS Chinese Curriculum Guide and Resources by CPS Chinese Teachers
Workshop: Rich Comprehensible Inputs via Songs, Picture Talk, Movie Talk and Storytelling by Jian Li
Workshop: Re-Thinking Assessment for Online and Hybrid Language Courses by Weibing Ye
WORKSHOP: Useful Tech Tools for Remote Teaching by Mary Ann Durso
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