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California's first Hmong charter school opens in Sacramento

  • 08-03-2010
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By Stephen Magagnini/Sacramento Bee

Lee Thao chirped "dog … squirrel … snake!" as teacher Edna Vang-Xiong wrote the words in Hmong on the board Monday afternoon. Thao, 10, and nine other other Hmong kids dazzled their fifth-grade classmates with their command of Hmong, a spoken language that's as old as the redwoods anchored on the Pocket school's front lawn. The 209 elementary schoolkids who showed up Monday are part of a grand experiment: California's first Hmong public charter school, Yav Pem Suab (Preparing for the Future) Academy. (more...)

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