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Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at Home with Activities, Literature, and Cultural Learning

Stratford School students at our Mandarin language offering campuses are celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival with exciting, enriching, and fun activities, that embrace Chinese culture and traditions. What is the Dragon Boat Festival?  China hosts a beautiful blend of tradition and modernity through Chinese customs and celebrations. The Lunar New…
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Chinese Language Day and the Benefits of Mandarin Language Programs

Happy Chinese Language Day!  Did you know that April 20th marks the celebration of Chinese Language Day? This date is in honor of Cangjie, a legendary ancient Chinese figure who is credited for inventing Chinese script. Research and discoveries have shown that the Chinese language is one of the oldest…
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Arjun with his first Freel Little Library

Stratford Student Builds a Community of Young Readers, One Free Little Library at a Time

Student Giving Spotlight As we wrap up National Reading Month we want to shine a spotlight on Palo Alto 5th grade student Arjun Argawal. Arjun has made it his mission to build Free Little Libraries in his local community as a way to share his love of reading and books….
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Sherry Adams and Neel Sudhakaran

Community Giving: Stratford Honors its Very Own Heart Heroes

As we celebrate our campus-wide $1 Million fundraising milestone of community giving for the American Heart Association, we would like to recognize some of the very special people who are responsible for helping us reach this goal –Stratford’s own Heart Heroes. First, we thank our founder Sherry Adams for her…
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Kids for Heart Challenge

Stratford Crosses the 1 Million-Dollar Fundraising Mark for the American Heart Association!

It’s official! With the Stratford Schools that have already started the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge this year, Stratford has officially crossed the $1Million mark with lifetime donations! Did you hear that? Yes, that is 1 MILLION DOLLARS, and counting, raised for the American Heart Association by our Stratford…
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