We've moved into our new kindergarten rooms but we are still waiting for sidewalks before we can use the new office building.  Our School Office will be in the new kindergarten building, Room 2, for the next few weeks.  We anticipate moving into the new office building by April 1st.

Tours and pre-registration for new students are finished for this year.  We continue to accept applications but all new applicants will be placed on a waiting list. New tours for 2013-14 will begin again in November, 2012.

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NEW Student Registration - Aceptance letters will be sent from the district office near the end of Frbruary. Once you recieve your acceptance letter, you should pick up a new student registration packet at the school or district offices and return it on the dates listed below. We will not be able to accept registration packets without the district acceptance letter.

When you bring back your completed registration forms, be sure you have:

• New Student Registration Form
• Home Language Survey
• Informal Primary Language Survey (only for families who speak two or more languages)
• Birth Certificate or passport (kindergarten students MUST be 5 years old on or before November 1st, 2012)
• Up-to-date Immunization Record
• Report of health exam from your doctor or clinic (record of latest well-baby visit)
• Two Current Utility Bills(PG&E, Water, Phone, Cable or Garbage)(Lease or escrow papers also acceptable but not preferred)
• Parent Photo ID (Driver license, Government ID Card, Passport)

With over 100 new student applications, our office staff has planned three special times for new students to register.

• Tues., March 6th 9 - 11am
• Wed., March 7th 2 - 6pm
• Thur., March 15th 9 - 11am

We have set aside those times to accept your packet, give you information about the new school year, and to welcome you into the College Park family!   If, due to an emergency, you are unable to come at one of those times, please contact the principal, Diana Hallock, at dhallock@smfc.k12.ca.us

The Mandarin Immersion Talented and Gifted Program at College Park is founded on the belief that all students possess talents and gifts.  The educational program at College Park endeavors to identify, nurture and celebrate these qualities in all of our students.  In addition we believe that all students can benefit from, and have the capacity to be bilingual and bicultural.  Regardless of background or home language, all incoming K-3rd graders spend 30-50% of their instructional day learning the California standards in Mandarin Chinese. We will continue adding grade levels until 2013 when we will have Mandairn Immersion K-5.

All College Park teachers receive ongoing training in GLAD, RtI² and GATE strategies.  GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition by Design) ensures that all students receive daily instruction in language development and advanced vocabulary in listening, speaking, reading and writing.  RtI² (Response to Instruction and Intervention) utilizes frequent and specific assessments to determine how students are responding to instruction and refers students to interventions that may be required.  GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) gives teachers specific stragies to challenge students to think more critcally, approach challenges more creatively, and solve problems in unique and individual ways.  These are not programs taught in isolation but strategies to enrich instruction in all content areas and in both English and Mandarin.

Welcome to College Park, a rare, exciting  Mandarin gem in the heart of San Mateo-Foster City!


Diana Hallock
Principal