Chinese Language School in Stamford, Connecticut

Our Mission is to provide a motivating environment to learn Chinese for anyone with an interest, pass along beauty of the Chinese language and traditional Chinese culture  to the next generations in America and foster students life-long interest and appreciation in learning Chinese language and culture.  Click here for Chinese translation.
The School is a not for profit educational institution and is operated on a non-denominational, non-partisan and independent basis.  It does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, nationality, religion, physical condition, or scholastic ability.  

The Chinese Organization in Fairfield County, including the Chinese Language School, was founded in 1975 by the parents of Chinese-American students living around lower Fairfield County. It was incorporated as a not for profit corporation with the State of Connecticut in that year. Since that time, we have attracted students from all over Connecticut, as well as from Westchester and Rockland counties in New York, and over the last thirty years, we have graduated over a thousand students from our school.  Currently, we have an offer Chinese language courses for pre-K to high school students and our students have the choice of whether to learn Chinese using the simplified or the traditional systems.  A typical student attending our school will, upon graduation, have received sufficient instruction to permit him/her to sit for the SAT II in Chinese Language the following academic year.  However, we want to be more to our students than a place of language instruction - we seek to have them enjoy their time with us and to look upon their classmates as friends who are bound by a mutual desire and interest in learning Chinese.    
The Academic Curriculum Please click here to learn more about our academic curriculum. 
Extra-Curricular Activities  We believe that as a living language, Chinese cannot be taught in isolation from its cultural background, and in furtherance of this belief, we also offer our students the opportunity to participate in various activities such as martial arts, dance, literature, calligraphy, art and Chinese chess.  For a more detailed description of our extra curricular activities, Please click here to visit our Cultural Activities Web page. 
 The OCA We are affiliated with the OCA-FC, (formerly the Organization of Chinese Americans chapter for Fairfield County, Connecticut). We are members of various national organizations focused on the teaching of the Chinese language in North America.
Our Teachers and Administrative Staff  Our teachers and administrative staff are all University or College level graduates from China, Taiwan and/or the U.S. and they come to us dedicated to the highest teaching standards, with the same goals and aspirations for our students as our students have for themselves. Each teacher is designated to teach either a simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese class at one academic level, and each teacher is responsible for no more than 15 students.  For a list of our teachers and administrative staff, Please click here to visit our Teacher Biographies Web page. 
Our Board  We are managed by a combination of our school administrators (who are also teachers in our school) and our board.  Our board is comprised of school administrators, teachers, parents of current students and parents of graduates.  All of our board members serve the school on a pro bono basis and are each dedicated to the goal of instructing our students consistent with the mission of the school.  Our board members bring experience and provide input for the management and operation of the school from a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. For a list of our board members, please click here to visit our Board Web page. 
The PTA Our success will not be possible without the continuous and dedicated involvement of our students' parents. The PTA of the school is an invaluable and essential element of our school's administration and operations.  All parents are automatically enrolled in our PTA, and we welcome parents involvement in the activities of the school from supervising breaks and providing instruction for cultural activities, to attend parent meetings and joining us in social events.