Charter students pass Chinese test

All 25 students from Wesley International Academy in Atlanta who took a Chinese language test at Kennesaw State University in May have passed, the school said.

The students, in third through fifth grades, took the level one Youth Chinese Test at KSU's Confucius Institute. Three of them passed with perfect scores.

The academy, an Atlanta charter school, teaches Mandarin to all 620 students in grades kindergarten through eight. Principal Henry Stephens said the students get daily language instruction for 35 to 45 minutes from five native speakers.