Swain School Offers Summer Chinese Classes for Kids

Area students entering grades 1-5 will have an opportunity to learn basic at 1100 S. 24th St., Allentown, in two summer classes.

“Learn Chinese I” will be offered the week of July 18-22, from 9 a.m.-noon. A follow-up session, “Learn Chinese II” will be held the week of Aug. 1-5, also from 9 a.m.-noon. Students may register for the first session only, or both.

The classes are taught by Bei Wang, a Lower Macungie resident who was born in China’s largest city, Shanghai. She is one of the area’s few teachers of Mandarin. Last school  year she taught about Chinese culture to Swain’s fifth grade social studies classes and also initiated a language course for the school’s seventh graders.

Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most commonly spoken language. The classes will focus on conversational basics such as numbers, colors, and fruit, and they will use a book featuring classical Chinese children’s stories and songs. 

Swain is offering other summer classes as well as sports camps for basketball, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey. For more information or to register for any of the programs, visit the school’s website at www.swain.org/summer or call 610-433-4542, ext. 211.