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Cambridge Chinese School 
Institution name: Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture
Address: 411 Waverley Oaks Road
Building #2, Suite 214
Waltham, MA 02452
Telephone: (781) 786-2050
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Fax: (781) 786-6662
Web address: http://bostoncccc.org/
 
Name: Ms. Kai Tao (2011-2012)
Title: Principal
Address: 411 Waverley Oaks Road, Building #2, Suite 214
Waltham,  MA  02452
Email: info@cambridgechineseschool.org
Telephone: (781) 786-2050
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Purposes and goals of the program:
The Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) is a non-profit organization which aims to promote Chinese culture, advance the status of Chinese Americans, and promote US-China relationships through Chinese language education, publication, and cultural exchange.

The Cambridge Chinese School, a subsidiary of the CCCC, is devoted to Chinese language teaching. Established in 1991, the Cambridge Chinese School is among the first schools on the east coast to teach K-12 students Pinyin and simplified Chinese characters. With help from the City of Cambridge and through years of hard work by teachers and staff members, the Cambridge Chinese School has evolved from a small after-school class with one teacher and seven students to a regular educational institution of a dozen teachers and one thousand students. It provides various Chinese education programs to the greater Boston area, including bilingual preschool, Chinese after-school, weekend school, and summer school.

In 2011, the Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) was selected as a Chinese Education Model School in the U.S.A. by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China.
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The Cambridge Chinese School, a subsidiary of the The Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture, was established in 1991.
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    Program type:  Community-Based
    Average enrollment: 1000
    Total contact hours per week: 3
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    Comments:
    The profile of Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture was published by Xiaoni Zhang on May 8. 2012.