Howard County Chinese School, founded in December 1998 in Howard County, Maryland, USA, is a non-profit educational institution registered under the laws of the State of Maryland. The school remains firmly committed to non-political and non-religious principles in all of its operations. Over the years, it has grown into a leading provider of Chinese language education in the local community, recognized for its outstanding teaching achievements by both parents and students.

The school is dedicated to serving the community, parents, and students as its core mission, offering not only high-quality Chinese language courses but also a wide variety of extracurricular activities. As the most influential Chinese organization and cultural exchange platform in Howard County, Howard County Chinese School actively promotes the excellence of traditional Chinese culture, participates in community service initiatives, fosters cultural exchange among different ethnic groups, and continuously enhances the social influence of the Chinese community in the local area.

Howard County Chinese School enrolls heritage and non-heritage children aged four and above, as well as adults, teaching Mandarin, Pinyin, and Simplified Chinese characters. The school offers Chinese language courses from Kindergarten through tenth grade, along with a variety of subsidiary enriching programs, including painting, dance for children and adults, choir, various fitness dances, yoga, martial arts, Tai Chi, FLL/FTC, high school physics competitions, Math Olympiad (for middle and high school students), Go (Weiqi), Hulusi, and ocarina.

Our specially designed bilingual Chinese program is tailored for non-native Chinese speakers, with age-appropriate instruction that meets students’ individual learning needs. The program emphasizes conversational fluency through both one-on-one and group speaking activities. Classes use Yangyang Chinese – Conversation Edition, a textbook developed by Hanban specifically for overseas learners, featuring Pinyin and English annotations to support language learning.

The school regularly hosts a series of community and educational lectures covering topics such as parent-child communication, school education and college applications, personal financial management, and other community hot topics. With the support of various levels of government and local foundations, the school actively carries out a range of community service projects, including community gardens, road and environmental clean-up, community safety, and extracurricular activities for youth, serving both young people and adults.