1. Schwarzman Scholarship

2. Dr. Li Ye
Chinese Instructor
Welcome to the Open House!

3. Instructor’s Background
•Taught 4 years high school in China
•5 years graduate study at UIC
(Second Language & Curriculum
Instruction)
•4th
year teaching at SHS

4. Chinese Program
• Started in 2006;
• 85 students; 1 level, Chinese 1
• 3 levels in 2008
• 135 students; Chinese1, Chinese2x, Chinese3x
• 4 levels since 2009
• About 200 students
• AP Chinese
• Trip to China in the summer of 2009, 2011,
2013

5. “…learn a new
language, make
sure Chinese is
one of them."
By James Rodgers
American investor and
author

7. Language Learning Performance
Guidelines
Infinite Campus
Gradebook
Collaborative &
cooperative
Learning
Target Language
Use in Class

9. Out of Classroom

10. Chinese Club

11. China Tour in Summer

12. China Tour in Summer

13. Scholarship
NSLI scholarship: The National Security Language Initiative for
Youth (NSLI-Y), sponsored by the US. Department of state,
provides merit-based scholarships for eligible HS students to
learn less commonly taught languages in summer & academic
year overseas immersion programs.

14. Schwarzman Scholarship

15. Parent Involvement
1. Check Infinite Campus
2. Reviewing progress and grade reports
with your child.
Checking your student’s homework

16. Teacher Contact
Li Ye, Ph.D
li.ye1@d125.org
Tel: 847-415-4726