WJON — Five local seniors are making history in the St. Cloud Area School District.
Isaiah Weekes, Thomas Otto, Grace Leapaldt, Elizabeth Weitzel, and Phoenix Ackerman are all currently seniors at Apollo High School and will be the first students to graduate from the Chinese Immersion program that started back in 2007.
Now fluent in Mandarin, Leapaldt and the rest of the students say they are planning on continuing in college.
The Chinese Immersion program started with 17 kids at Madison Elementary School and has grown to over 200. The district also offers a Spanish Immersion program that begins at Clearview Elementary School.
Read more: https://wjon.com/first-graduates-of-chinese-immersion-program-look-to-the-future/
