Our Vision
To prepare our little SUNs to take their place as productive leaders in the global community. As experienced educators and parents, we strongly believe in the benefits of learning a foreign language, exploring artistic expression and embracing the joyful discipline of dance. These benefits are essential and profoundly impactful: better problem solving skills; better critical thinking skills; increased creativity and mental flexibility; enhanced memory; improved multi-tasking abilities.
Our Value
To instill within our administrators, teachers, and students a robust system of core values, with integrity and personal responsibility as key components. We acknowledge the intrinsic value of whole child development; therefore, we encourage compassion within our students for all cultures. We regard our students and encourage them to regard each other as gifted and talented individuals. We foster these talents through careful mentorship and guidance based upon respect and dignity for all.
OUR MISSION
- Provide bilingual fluency and intellectual challenge, beginning to advanced curriculum in Mandarin, integrated within the Chinese Dance, Music, and Art & Drama projects.
- Educate and inspire our suns to become cross-cultural leaders, creative problem-solvers, and team builders.
- Nurture our suns with broader experience and greater knowledge, which will open for them excellent opportunities in globalized world of tomorrow.
- Provide well designed student centered curriculum and taught with the understanding that each child learns differently.
Ms. Yang （阳）
Ms. Yang wears many hats: a mom, a former electrical engineer, a senior web designer, and a Mandarin instructor... She started teaching Mandarin at home for her young daughter and several other children, providing a joyful and stimulating learning environment, in contrast to the standard "cookie cutter" Sunday afternoon experience of most Chinese language schools. Ms. Yang infuses her classroom with fun by incorporating Chinese arts and games. In addition to teaching Mandarin, Ms. Yang gently encourages her students to embrace the rich diversity of far-flung cultures, and to maintain an open-minded outlook. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from XiHua University in Chengdu China.
Ms. Ying （颖）
Ms. Ying grew up in China and possesses great talent in music and dance, commencing her formal dance and classical piano training at the age of 4. While attending the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan campus, Ms. Ying earned a Bachelor of Science in Mass Media, with minor in Dance Performance. After relocating to United States, She garnered a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Wichita State University in Kansas. Soon thereafter Ms. Ying founded the Wichita Chinese Dancing Group where she taught dance for 3 years before moving to Austin. She has been happily teaching piano and dance in Austin since 2011.