Chinese Immersion
The mission of Verona Area International School (VAIS) is to educate children to become citizens in a global society.
The school is a Chinese immersion school with 50% of the curriculum being delivered in Mandarin. It is the only Chinese immersion school in the state of Wisconsin. Students spend half their school day learning Mandarin, the number one spoken language in the world. The Verona Area International School was established in 2010 as a tuition-free, public charter school serving grades K-5 within the Verona Area School District.
Each year parents of students entering kindergarten may choose to enroll their child in VAIS. Kindergarten students immediately begin hearing Mandarin during half of their school day. The curriculum meets common core standards and test scores demonstrate that students are able to excel in all subject areas while in an immersion environment for half of their school day.