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.
Artists From China To CPS Schools
As one of the activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dog, the Chicago Chinese Language Center invited three artists from China to bring Chinese folk art of puppet, dough figurine and paper-cutting into CPS schools.
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.
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2017 CPS Arabic & Chinese STARTALK Program
2017 CPS Arabic & Chinese STARTALK Program video. Please click here to watch.
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.
