VSB Mandarin Bilingual at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary

Trudeau Elementary hosts the VSB Mandarin Bilingual choice program for Grades 4 to 7. Core subjects stay in English while Mandarin Language Arts builds oral, reading, and writing skills with Chinese characters.

The school is explicit that this is not immersion. Mandarin runs about one hour a day, with conversational Mandarin woven through the day. The pathway continues at Eric Hamber Secondary for Vancouver residents who meet published entry expectations.

Use this when you want sustained Mandarin literacy inside a public school day without committing to a half-day Mandarin curriculum. Confirm District Choice dates and the secondary continuation rules before you plan the middle-school years around it.