A local place to learn Chinese

The Orange County Chinese School, located at 45 Route 32 in Central Valley, is a subsidiary of the Orange County Chinese Association established in 1986. The school and the association are a non-profit organization with the mission to provide educational programs to promote cultural heritage. The school offers programs for learning the Chinese language and culture for children from kindergarten through 12th grade as well as for adults. Basic Chinese and Accelerated Chinese are the language classes available for adults to learn at their own paces. The school also offers extracurricular activities such as Chinese yo-yo, Chinese chess, origami, folk dancing and calligraphy. The school currently has nine classes with more than 80 students. Its graduates consistently s passed China’s national standardized test-Chinese Proficiency Test and Chinese Subject SAT-II. For more information, e-mail (jiangq01@gmail.com) or call the school at 845-602-4602 (office).