Rockville Chinese School, Potomac, MD 20854 USA

Rockville Chinese School (RCS) offers weekly classes in Mandarin Chinese, which also incorporate Chinese cultural arts and crafts activities for pre-school children (age 4) through to high school students. The school also offers Chinese courses for parents of their students.

Their school is a warm and open-minded community, and they welcome families of diverse cultural backgrounds. Rockville Chinese School welcomes everyone who wishes to learn about Chinese language and culture. Adults and children from non-Chinese backgrounds are now enrolled in their programs. All you need is a curious mind, plus a desire to learn!

On Sunday mornings, RCS offers classes in Mandarin Chinese for a variety of levels of proficiency, from beginner to experienced.

In the afternoon, their Cultural Arts School offers a variety of classes, including music, dance, sports, arts and crafts.

What classes are available for those students who don't speak Chinese at home? The Rockville Chinese School offers several levels of conversation classes in Mandarin Chinese for non-native speakers (from preschoolers through high schoolers). In these classes, Chinese pronunciation is taught using the pinyin system.

Are there adopted children from China at Rockville Chinese School? Yes! There are several adopted children of a wide variety of ages. Children adopted from China into non-Chinese speaking families can be enrolled in pinyin class (see below).

Parents can take Mandarin Chinese for adults, which is also taught using the pinyin system (Pinyin is a system using the letters of the English alphabet to represent the pronunciation of Chinese words. Pinyin helps English speaking students learn to speak Chinese. Many Rockville Chinese School classes use Pinyin to help students learn Chinese pronunciation).

This way, the entire family can be involved in learning Chinese. There are also many fun afternoon classes for children in the Rockville Chinese School's Cultural Arts School that help children to enjoy learning about Chinese culture.

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Rockville Chinese School