Sarah Phipps receives recognition for Mandarin Speaking Award
At the May 26, 2014 meeting of the Polk County Board of Education Sarah Phipps received public recognition for winning the “Best Talent Award” in the Intermediate Level of the 2014 NC Chinese Speech Contest sponsored by North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute.
Sarah is seen here accepting her award from Board of Education Chair Geoffrey Tennant.
Sarah has taken Mandarin through Polk County School’s Confucius Classroom program which affords Polk County Middle School and High School guest Chinese teachers from China to teach Mandarin.  Sarah has taken Mandarin since her eighth grade year and was selected by her Mandarin teacher, Lou Qiaoying.  Ms. Phipps thanked the Board of Education and Superintendent Miller for their commitment to offering Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language at

– article submitted
by Polk County Schools