Immersion
Weibao Zhang: To Teach Children to Love God and His Word
爱上帝，爱孩子，爱学习 Ama a Dios, Ama a los niños, Ama aprender Love God, Love Kids, Love Learning Weibao Zhang – 4th & 5th Mandarin Immersion Weibao (Way-baow), or Zhang Laoshi (Jahng La-ow-shur) as known by the students, is an energetic, kind teacher with a heart for the Lord. One of Weibao’s favorite things about teaching is…
Read MoreThe Geurinks: Our Perspective After Eight Years of Mandarin Immersion
Many times throughout recent years we’ve been asked what made us decide to choose ZCS’s Mandarin Immersion program for our children. Our short answer is that we had heard about the benefit of immersion learning and loved the idea of that for our children. Learning that ZCS offered a Christian education in either Mandarin or…
Read MoreZCS Graduates Innagural Class of Mandarin Immersion Students
即将结束的2020学年不仅对于泽兰基督学校来说非同寻常，对于所有渥太华县的学校，以及所有中西部地区的基督教学校来说也是史上首次。8年级的毕业班里将会有一小部分学生在进入高中之时就具有中英文双语能力。这些学生开始小学的学业时并不会说任何中文，但是经过了8年沉浸式中文的学习，这些同学在毕业时达到了8年级中文会话，阅读和写作的能力。“我非常喜欢学习中文，”学生刘佳宜说，“我感谢泽兰基督学校给我这样的机会。我希望能够在生活里用中文帮助别人认识上帝。” The closing of the 2020 school year may have been unique for Zeeland Christian School, but it also marks a historic first for any school in Ottawa County and any Christian school in the Midwest. Within the 8th grade graduating class of 2020 is a small group of students who will begin high school…
Read MoreAn International Mandarin Connection
Distance Learning brings challenges and new opportunities. One of those opportunities is a connection between our Mandarin Immersion Kindergarten class and an international class whose target language is English. ZCS Kindergarten teacher, Hou Laoshi, shares about the experience. “The idea came up when I was talking with my friend, Belle, about some cheers and struggles…
Read MoreBeginners, Together!
By Karyl Morin, Director of Learning Innovation at Zeeland Christian School “We will desire to get back to normal, yet I believe we will realize an even better normal after we learn and grow together through this.” We are all beginners! Each of us is learning and working in new ways and are there ever-growing…
Read MoreNature Rich Initiative: Learn. Worship. Play. pt. 1
Nature Rich Initiative at Zeeland Christian School Learn. Worship. Play. pt. 1 of 3 In an age of electronics and screens, there is a movement toward integrating nature back into the classroom. Zeeland Christian School (ZCS) is taking the initiative to enhance students educational experience without the use of a screen through the Nature Rich…
Read MoreFaith over Fear
Guest post by ZCS Board Member Shanda Sprick, read more of Shanda’s writing. In December ZCS mom Jane Klingenberg was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. Jane, mom of Kendal in 2nd grade, reached out to a group of moms in her daughter’s class for support via text messages. While she went through various treatments,…
Read MoreINAUGURAL SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL
In 2006 Zeeland Christian School was approached by a group of homeschool moms who had dreams to create a bridge to another culture for their children. Zeeland Christian, inspired by this idea, took a leap of faith and launched a Spanish Immersion program enrolling children in three-school, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. “The…
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