Chinese Education Center Elementary School

I visited the school multiple times and the teachers and principal are passionate about what they do and care for the students. The teaching methods are geared towards newcomers. Instead of just reading a book, the teacher would stop and ask questions about what happened and make it interactive. It’s really amazing and the best way to get the kids involved and thinking.
The kids are sweet, enthusiastic, and supportive of each other. They help each other when one of them has trouble understanding. This school is a safe place to grow and learn. I wish the schools I attended were more this one.
I witnessed a sweet moment when a new student visited the school with his mom. The teacher introduced herself and squatted down to talk to the student in Chinese. She needed to grab some papers from the classroom for them and as she turned around, the student took her hand. She looked down and without missing a beat, asked if he wanted to see his future classroom. He nodded and they walked to the classroom hand-​in-​hand.
To address Joy’s comment, a lot of the teachers since the 80’s have probably retired. The teachers I met are young and likely immigrated as young kids themselves.

I attended CEC back in 1985 – 1986. It was a horrible experience that no little kids should go through. The teacher I had was Ms. Lee. She would use rulers to hit the students’ heads and called them «stupid and dumb.» She would take her anger and frustration out on the kids any chance she got. And these kids were only 5 – 7 years old, and they were all new immigrants that didn’t speak a word of English. I remembered she would drink something in the closet that smelled weird and now I think that it could be alcohol, but I was too young then to know what it was. Hopefully, CEC has changed for the better. Hopefully, they have teachers that love kids, and love teaching; and most importantly, treat their students with respect.

Work here as a after school program leader, good school for new comer kids, they can learn a lot here, and all the teacher care for the students.