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Ray Chinese School (headquarters) 
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Address: 2929 Green Trails Dr
Naperville, IL 60532
Telephone: (630) 234-2663
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Web address: http://www.raychineseschool.org
 
Name: Zhongqiu Du (2011-2012)
Title: Principal
Address:
Naperville,  IL  60504
Email: principal@raychineseschool.org
Telephone: (630) 401-9851
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Ray Chinese School (Headquarters) is a Naperville/Lisle Community Chinese School. It is a non-profit organization registered with the State of Illinois. The mission of the school is to enrich students’ multicultural experiences by teaching the Chinese language. It also teaches cultural classes such as Chinese literature, painting, dancing, music, chess, and martial arts. It serves the western suburbs of Chicago by organizing cultural exchanges, sports, and other social activities for students, their parents, and other members of the community.







In 2011, Ray Chinese School was selected as a Chinese Education Model School in the U.S.A. by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China.







For more information aboutRay Chinese School (headquarters), check out the following:







Ray Chinese School (Kennedy Campus)



http://www.cal.org/CALWebDB/Heritage/ProfileDetails.aspx?id=687







Ray Chinese School (Still Campus)



http://www.cal.org/CALWebDB/Heritage/ProfileDetails.aspx?id=688
Program origin:
Ray Chinese School was established in 1992.
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    Kennedy Junior High School, 2929 Green Trails Drive, Lisle, IL 60532 Still Middle School, 787 Meadowridge Drive, Aurora, IL 60504
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    This profile of Ray Chinese School (headquarters) was created by Xiaoni Zhang on November 1, 2011 and published on March 20, 2012.

    Updated by Carmen Winkler on 11/3/2017- unpublished because it is a duplicate