Hopkins School District #270

XinXing Academy, Hopkins Public Schools' Chinese immersion program, opened at Eisenhower Elementary School in 2007. XinXing attracts students from all parts of the Hopkins School District, as well as from other school districts in the Twin Cities area through open enrollment.

We currently have two sections each of full-day kindergarten and grades 1-4 and we will continue to add a grade level every year through the 6th grade. We believe that having full-day kindergarten provides students with sufficient contact with the language to form the necessary base for success in 1st grade and beyond. Since it is a full immersion program, immersion classroom teachers use no English at all in the early years.

XinXing classrooms have been designated Confucius Classrooms by the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota.  As part of this designation, XinXing has received grants to support Chinese cultural experiences such as dance, art and Gong Fu.  Teacher training and materials have also been provided by the Confucius Institute to support Chinese language learning in the Confucius classrooms.  A sister school connection between XinXing and Capital Normal University Primary School in Beijing China is also being supported through the Confucius Institute affiliation.

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