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XinXing Celebrates Year of the Dragon (02/28/2012)

XinXing Celebrates Year of the Dragon
XinXing Academy, Hopkins' Chinese immersion program, celebrated the Year of the Dragon with two performances. The first performance was performed by kindergarten through second-grade students on Feb. 16. The second was performed on Feb. 21 by third and fourth-grade students. A short video clip of the former performance is available here.
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XinXing Academy -- Five Years Later (01/30/2012)

XinXing Academy -- Five Years Later
Molly Wieland still remembers the advice an immersion expert at the University of Minnesota gave her when she was exploring the possibility of starting an elementary immersion program at Hopkins Public Schools.
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XinXing students wow the crowd (11/03/2011)

XinXing students wow the crowd
XinXing Academy, Hopkins' Chinese immersion program, performed with the Chinese community choir Minhua in a "20 Years of Music" celebration on Oct. 29. It was a great success! The audience was wowed by the XinXing students' performance and, in particular, their mastery of the Chinese language.
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100 percent of XinXing students pass Chinese proficiency test (07/21/2011)

100 percent of XinXing students pass Chinese proficiency test
XinXing Academy is leading the way in Minnesota with 100 percent of students passing an international standardized Chinese proficiency test administered by the Confucius Institute. District administrators anticipate that next year's fourth-grade class will be able to read and write in Chinese at an adult level by May 2012.
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XinXing Families Celebrate the New Year (03/03/2009)

XinXing Families Celebrate the New Year
XinXing familiies celebrated Chinese New Year with food and fun!
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XinXing Students Perform at International Conference (10/16/2008)

XinXing Students Perform at International Conference

XinXing students performed at the 2008 International conference on Immersion Education in St. Paul Minnesota.

 

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Eisenhower/XinXing Baseball Day at the Target Field! (05/22/2012)

Eisenhower/XinXing Baseball Day at the Target Field!
Mark your Calendars!
Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox
When: Saturday, September 15
Time: 12:10 p.m.
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A Note from the Principal 5/18/12 (05/17/2012)

A Note from the Principal 5/18/12
A great day was had by all at Field Day on Wednesday!
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Imagination Fair (01/26/2012)

Imagination Fair
It is time for the 20th annual Eisenhower/XinXing Imagination Fair! This will take place March lst from 6-8 pm.
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Get your summer on at the May 22 Parent Community Fair (05/11/2012)

Get your summer on at the May 22 Parent Community Fair
Summer is just around the corner. If you are looking for fun and inexpensive activities to do with your children over summer break, look no further than the SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee) Parent Community Fair. The purpose of the event is to give parents ideas for how to have the best summer ever with children of all ages.
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XinXing kindergarten class performs at MOA (04/25/2012)

XinXing kindergarten class performs at MOA
Last weekend XinXing kindergarteners, led by their teachers, Yiran Li and Donghong Wang, performed for hundreds of shoppers at the Mall of America during Passage to China, an annual outreach event sponsored by The Chinese Heritage Foundation and China Insight. XinXing students sang two Chinese songs, performed a Chinese Rhyme and did a Chinese dance.
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A Note from the Principal 4/20/12 (04/19/2012)

Order your Memory Book by April 27!
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