IUPUI

K-12 Students

For language learning, the younger the better. To better prepare our children to learn Chinese language, the Confucius Institute in Indianapolis offers a Chinese Language and Culture summer day-camp for K-8 students. The camp is held on the IUPUI campus, and last for five weeks. Students will have a full curriculum of Chinese language, Chinese games & crafts, singing & dancing, calligraphy, martial arts, and more.

Who: Children of age 5 - 13 at the time of enrollment.
Where: IUPUI campus.
When: Mon. - Fri. July 5 - August 6, 2010; 8:30 AM - 4:15 PM.  Pre & After School Care available 7:30 - 8:30 AM, and 4:15 - 6:00 PM
Costs: $125 per week for those enroll 5 weeks. $150 per week for those enroll on the weekly base. $25 per week for pre- and after-school care. $15 teaching materials and textbooks.

Registration time: Open. $25 one-time discount for enrollment before March 15.

The tentative class schedule is below. If you are interested in the program, please contact Mr. Noah Buonanno via email,  ncbuonan@iupui.edu, or by phone (317) 278-7900.

Please visit the link for the 2010 registration  form: 2010-summer-camp-registration.pdf

Flyer for 2010 Chinese Summer camp: 2010-summer-camp-flyer.pdf

 

 See video of 2009 summer camp for kids

See more photos of 2009 summer camp for kids

 

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See video of Summer camp of Chinese culture 2008

See video of a field trip 2008

See video of the camp celebration of 2008

2010 Chinese Fair

We are excited to announce that the 2010 Chinese Fair and Language Contests will be held on Saturday, April 17 from 10:30 to 2:30 at Zionsville West Middle School: 5565 South 700 East, Indianapolis, IN 46075.  It is sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Indianapolis and ICLASS (Indiana Chinese Language/Culture Association for Secondary/Elementary School Teachers).  The schedule for the day is 10:30-12:30 Games and contests; 12:30-1:00 Lunch; 1:10-2:10 Performances and award ceremony; 2:30 Close.This year’s performances include Chinese children dances, the lion dance, Taiji quan and wushu demonstration, and so on.  Activities include Bingo, Chinese Yoyo (chělíng), paper folding, paper cutting, kicking the shuttlecock (tī jiànzi), Calligraphy, memory/concentration games, puzzles, and use of chopsticks.  The language contests for k-12 students are picture word bee contest (for K-3rd graders), character bee contest and character writing contests (for 5th-12th graders).  The contests for college students will be character bee contests and speech contests.This year each school can have one table on which to showcase their students’ accomplishments in Chinese language and culture.  If you wish to participate, you must inform us by March 2, 2010.We hope that many of your students will enjoy a day full of fun.  Please follow the link for the  registration form:  registration-form-for-2010-chinese-fair.doc   Click here to see the video of the 2009 FairMore photos of the 2009 Fair 2009 Chinese language competition winners:Elementary School

First Place: Owen  Kraft (Crooked Creek Elementary School, Teacher: Yan Yang)
Second Place: Jimmy Stueve (Crooked Creek Elementary School, Teacher: Yan Yang)
Third Place: Hannah Power (Crooked Creek Elementary School, Teacher: Yan Yang)

Middle School, Level 1

First place: Lena Duncan (Westlane Middle School, Teacher: Grace Heebner)
Second Place:  Alex Hauptmann (Zionsville West Middle School, Teacher: Wendy Yuan)
Third Place: Lindsey Boyce (Zionsville West Middle School, Teacher: Wendy Yuan)
and Anne Krueger (Westlane Middle School, Teacher: Grace Heebner)

Middle School, Level 2

First Place:  Eli Profeta (Westlane Middle School, Teacher: Grace Heebner)
Second Place: Rob Blickenstaff (Westlane Middle School, Teacher: Grace Heebner)
Third Place: H.B. Webber-Hunt (Westlane Middle School, Teacher: Grace Heebner)

High School, Level 1

First Place: Molly Mildenberg (Zionsville High School, Teacher: Wendy Yuan)
Second Place: JoannHart (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Third Place:  Brianna Adkins (Perry Meridian High School, Teacher: Reena Evens)

High School, Level 2

First Place:  Paul Staff (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Second Place: Sonia Vandenbark (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Third Place: Sarah Masick (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)

High School, Level 3

First Place:  Paul Staff (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Second Place: Sarah Masick (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Third Place: Sonia Vandenbark (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)

Heritage Group

First Place: Nelson Wong (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)
Second Place: Chester Xie (Indiana Academy, Teacher: Mindy Zhang)

College Students

Level 1:
First Place:  Erina Takaku
Second Place: Surachate Pinich

Level 2
First Place:  Erica India McGee
Second Place: Arian Nasser Saghafi
Third Place: . Eric Glen Angleton

Heritage Students
Vincent Kevin Bounleua