Our mission includes participating in activities and raising funds that will enhance curriculum, build community and promote cultural awareness in the hopkins school district chinese immersion program. For the past 11 years, bei dou xing members have successfully worked to become an organization that can support a broad range of chinese activities. Our success commitment and focus on our mission have created many opportunities for our organization to contribute to chinese education and the school community.

Education , Parent & Teacher Groups

Bei dou xing funded $28,935 to support chinese related field trips for all xinxing grades of students. Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades attended caam chinese dance theater's annual chinese new year production. A 6th, 3rd and 4th grade chinese cultural day camp was hosted by the u of m at ymca camp ihduhapi. A 5th grade chinese cooking class and authentic chinese meal was hosted by hong he. Many of the xingxing 8th grade students visited china for 8 days in march. Students spent time touring china, followed by a home stay experience where they were able to be fully immersed in the culture and attend classes with their chinese peers at their sister school in shanghai. Their grade level cultural fund covered misc expenses related to the trip including chaperones, uniforms for students, and gifts for the home stay families. In addition, bei dou xing supports a cultural experience for all chinese immersion students who continue in the program through 8th grade. The members of bei dou xing feel it is important to have funds to support an opportunity for our students to be immersed in the culture and language they are studying. Fluency does not develop through classroom instruction alone. coordinated volunteer host families for three visiting volunteer teachers from china. The volunteer teacher program promotes international exchange between the united states and china. organized a chinese book fair. The book fair provides an opportunity for all xinxing families to purchase chinese books from china sprout with no shipping costs. 10% of all proceeds are given to xinxing academy to purchase chinese books for the school and classroom libraries. continuation of the laoshi fund supporting the costs associated with licensure and immersion education for our teachers. Bei dou xing provided $3247 in laoshi fund grant awards to teachers in fy 2017-18. bei dou xing organized and hosted our annual chinese new year festival in february of 2018. Open to the entire community, the festival included chinese cultural themed activities for families, including calligraphy, chinese arts and crafts, and a traditional chinese lion dance performance. organized online school supply orders for families with proceeds going back to the program hosted and organized a chinese immersion information fair in november of 2017, an innovative opportunity for new families to learn about hopkins chinese immersion programs. Involved working with hopkins school district teachers and administrators. bei dou xing supported hopkins chinese immersion community building by organizing and hosting the following non-fundraising family-friendly get togethers throughout the year. -food-n-fun activities including a roller skating event at the roller garden. As well as community dining out opportunities at pizza luce' and downtown hopkins at chipotle and cold stone creamery. -chinese bingo night to provide a fun event for families in october bei dou xing supports a cultural experience for all chinese immersion students who continue in the program through 8th grade. The members of bei dou xing feel it is important to have funds to support an opportunity for our students to be immersed in the culture and language they are studying. Fluency does not develop through classroom instruction alone. hosted a bbq dinner with cosco in hopkins for chinese students and their families, and also took a trip to a twins game.