Description of Program
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
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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
This page was last updated on June 30, 2022