Kindergarten-8th Grade Cantonese Dual Language Immersion

This program is offered at Alice Fong Yu Alternative School (Grades K-8).  Detailed information can be found at: http://www.afypa.org/ and https://www.sfusd.edu/school/alice-fong-yu-alternative-school-k-8

Students Served

• English Learners
• English proficient students

Language Instruction

• The students at Alice Fong Yu have the unique opportunity to acquire Cantonese (K-8) and Mandarin (6-8).
• Students in the middle grades will take one Cantonese language arts and one Accelerated Mandarin course each year.
• Curriculum integrates Chinese World Language Proficiency Targets.

K-5 Pathway Eligibility

• The district will assign an appropriate balance of students who are proficient in Cantonese and students who have not demonstrated proficiency in Cantonese. To demonstrate proficiency, students who indicate a language other than English on the home language survey are assessed in Cantonese.

Students who wish to enroll in the 6-8 Secondary Dual Language Pathway (SDLP) must meet one of the following requirements:

• K-5 students already enrolled at Alice Fong Yu Alternative
• General Ed students who passed 6th grade placement test at the Educational Placement Center
• K-5 Mandarin Dual Language Immersion students who passed 6th grade placement test at the Educational Placement Center
• K-5 Cantonese Dual Language Immersion pathway students