Founded in 1995, Northwest Chinese School is a Washington State-registered non-profit educational organization that specializes in Chinese language education. Northwest Chinese School (NWCS) offers classes on Saturday at the main campus at Newport High School in Bellevue and Washington Middle School in Seattle. After-school classes are also offered Monday through Friday in downtown Bellevue. NWCS currently hosts 58 Mandarin Chinese language classes for ages ranging from preschool to adult, where Chinese is taught using simplified Chinese characters and Pinyin. In addition, the school also offers classes in enrichment math, English, Chinese youth painting, art, performance dance and violin, as well as free classes in English, dance, and Taiji for the school’s teachers and parents. Every summer, NWCS also operates a full-time summer camp that is very popular with the local community. NWCS has been supported by years of dedication and service from faculty, administrators, parents, and students. There are currently more than 1900 enrolled students and over 100 staff members. NWCS is accredited by AdvnceED and was designated as "Demonstration School" for overseas Chinese education by the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs of the Chinese government in 2014.