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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Medfield Schools Receive Grant Money, National Recognition for Chinese Program

Medfield Public Schools recently received a $30,000 grant and national recognition from the Asia Society for the district's Chinese program.

Medfield Public Schools recently received good news from the Asia Society regarding the district’s Chinese Initiative and further expansion of its Chinese language program. Earlier this month, the school district was informed by the Asia Society that it would be receiving $30,000 of the $39,000 in funding it applied for through the society’s continuation grant to be used in Medfield for expansion of its Chinese program. Superintendent of Schools Bob Maguire said the district applied for the grant at the beginning of the school year, after receiving $10,000 from the society a year ago. “[The Asia Society] awarded us about $9,000 at the beginning of this year but there was another portion of the grant, beyond just the regular continuation …

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