The Heritage Chinese 12YO course is designed for Elementary students (five to thirteen years of age) who speak Chines at home or have a strong knowledge of Chinese. In addition, the student will have completed Heritage Chinese 12YO course.  Heritage Chinese focuses on providing students with the opportunity to continue their Chinese language education similar to their home country language expectations.  The curriculum is designed for students to master Chinese language through reading, writing and speaking. The Heritage Chinese curriculum will focus on the use of Mandarin Chinese characters.