Droves of Chinese Come to Study in US Primary and Secondary Schools

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Miriam Jordan, US Schools Draw More Chinese; A record number of Chinese students are enrolling in American primary and secondary schools. Wall Street Journal, Dec 18, 2015.
www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-schools-draw-more-chinese-1450400223

Quote:

(a) "A record number of Chinese students are enrolling in American primary and secondary schools, public and private, according to new figures from the Department of Homeland Security, many with the goal of getting an edge in U.S. college admissions.

"The number of Chinese K-12 students rose 290% to 34,578 as of November from 8,857 five years ago, according to data collected by the Student Exchange and Visitor Program, a DHS unit that tracks foreigners on student visas and the schools they attend.

"Chinese students now make up roughly half of the 60,815 foreign pupils in US high schools and the 6,074 in primary schools.

(b) "Lori Mangual, who has sent three children of her own to college, hosts two Notre Dame seniors from China. 'My kids would do their homework and their share of partying and other things,” she said. “These girls are studious and have no social life; that was an adjustment for me.'

"The only thing she had to train them to do was chores, such as cleaning their room and bathroom. At first, she recalled, 'they told me their job was to study.'


Note:
(a) drove (n; Old English drāf herd):
"1: a herd of livestock being driven together
2: (often plural) a moving crowd of people"
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/drove

(b) "Chase Collegiate, a private, K-12 school in Waterbury, Conn"
(i) Waterbury, Connecticut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut
(The name Waterbury was chosen because of all the streams flowing into the Naugatuck River)
(i) For -bury (as in Canterbury), see burh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burh
(or burg; section 1 Name)

(c) "At Notre Dame High School in Belmont, Calif, tuition is $28,900 for international students, compared with $20,440 for Americans."

Notre Dame High School (Belmont, California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_High_School_(Belmont,_California)
(a private, All-Female, Catholic, college preparatory high school located in [City of Belmont,] San Mateo County; The school is operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for the Archdiocese of San Francisco)