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Kindergarten Chinese Educational Target Sheet (ETS) – April 2010
Kindergarten Chinese Homework – April 2010
Kindergarten French ETS – April 2010
Kindergarten French Homework – April 2010
Health Education Curriculum (K-8)
 Madam Nadia Dahim, French Teacher, Kindergarten Grade Chair
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Madam Nadia DahimMadam Dahim who came to BIA in 2009 has worked in several teaching positions since 1994. She has has two loving and active boys Yanis and Ellias and a supportive and loving husband Mohand.
Kindergarten is an exciting time as children embark upon new adventures in the world of learning. This is a year of important transitions, as well as one in which acquisition of new skills is accelerated. Madam Dahim hopes to make each child’s learning experience a fun and exciting one, and she hopes to instill a love of learning that will last throughout your child’s years of schooling.
Madam Dahim believes that a good parent-teacher relationship is necessary for maximum school success. Throughout the year she communicates with parents through notes, telephone calls, and parent-teacher conferences. She encouraged parents to contact her with any questions or concerns.
 Ms. Elaine Kukin, Russian Paraprofessional
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 Ms. Irina Popova, Russian Teacher
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 Ms. Patricia Rebull, Spanish Teacher
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Born to immigrant Cuban parents, Ms. Rebull grew up in Ridgefield Park, N.J. She attended Union Hill High School in a predominately Latino community under the guidance of her grandmother where she was a dedicated track runner and graduated in the top 10 of her class. Success in this setting allowed her to receive an academic scholarship to Smith College in Northampton, Mass. During her four years at Smith Ms. Rebull ran track, participated in the Black Students Alliance, Nosotras (Latina Student Organization), completed an internship on Capitol Hill with then Congressman Bob Menendez (D-13th District, NJ), became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and managed a dorm of 83 students her senior year while obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Spanish.
Ms. Rebull has always been passionate and involved in community relations with a focus on youth and their education; she volunteer tutored for two years during her college career at a local high school in Springfield, Mass., supporting students in Math and English and has dedicated roughly five years of volunteer administrative and coordinating services with FC Harlem, (formally Harlem Youth Soccer) a youth soccer league catering to the youth of Harlem and surrounding neighborhoods.
Prior to BIA she worked as a Parent and Community Coordinator at Bladensburg High School in Prince George’s County and worked briefly in Washington as a Government Relations Assistant at a small non-profit. She has been a certified instructor of Spanish for adult classes for three years and currently does so with Baltimore Community College.
This is her first year at BIA and in Kindergarten! She believes exposing our students to education through another language not only builds upon their confidence but expands their minds, and marketability in adulthood. The U.S. has a strong growing Latino population, and bridging the gap of communication between these two cultures will help our children see Latinos and Spanish-speaking peoples without differences. The concept of linguistically diverse students gives our children an excitement to seek out in the world citizens that are also native speakers to their target (BIA) languages and bond with them. It is an academic advantage for sure, but at its core, BIA is producing a more open-minded and cultivated way of life, according to Ms. Rebull.
 Ms. Jingmei Shi, Chinese Kindergarten Paraprofessional
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 Yutaka Houlette, Art Teacher
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Yutaka Houlette has experience working in a variety of art and teaching related jobs in both Japan and America. After studying art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, he moved back to Japan for
18 months to work as a translator and gallery assistant at Yamamoto Gendai, a contemporary art gallery.
During this time he also taught English to students ranging from toddlers to college students.
Upon returning to Baltimore, Yutaka worked as a freelance editor for the advocacy based non-profit arts organization, Art On Purpose. He now teaches art at the Baltimore International Academy to more than 300 K-7 students.
 XiaoXia (Airry) Zhang, Chinese, Kindergarten Teacher
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XiaoXia (Airry) ZhangXiaoxia (Airry) Zhang earned a Bachelor of Art Degree in Shandong College of Arts, and had 5 years teaching experiences in Weifang Preschool and Special Education Normal School in China as an Art teacher. In 1998, she moved to Japan. In 2003, she graduated from the Education Department of Oita University in Japan, earning a Masters of Art Education. In the same year, she immigrated to the United States. Since then, she has worked in several Chinese schools as a Chinese teacher or Art teacher, and has had wonderful experiences teaching the Chinese language or Fine Art.
In 2007, she moved to Maryland from North Carolina. She worked in Chinese kindergarten class as a teacher assistant in the first school year of Baltimore International Academy (2007-2008). She is currently teaching Chinese kindergarten in BIA. She is using the tenet of International Bacchalaureate to illume, guide and inquire her students to learn knowledge based on the Maryland standard and trying to open their minds and to expose the whole world to the little ones.
Xiaoxia (Airry) Zhang's Teaching Philosophy:
My teaching philosophy, developed from years of teaching Chinese language and Fine art and my own learning experience, is based on the following principles:
1. Students are different, so teachers should try different way to teach to reach the best results.
2. Encouragement sparks students’ enthusiasm to learn, which is much more important than the content of the class.
I have stayed in Japan for 5 years and earned a master degree in education there. My experience in learning Japanese and English enforced my belief in the above two principles.
My satisfaction comes from students’ interest in learning Chinese language and Chinese culture. Though they might have difficulty in grasp Chinese now or even in years, as long as they get to know and love the Chinese culture, they would be more likely to master the language in the future.
Blog: http://artspace-airry.spaces.live.com
Web: http://www.artstudious.com
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