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Kwong Kow Chinese School (KKCS; 中華廣教學校) is a supplementary school located in
Chinatown, Boston Chinatown, Boston (Cantonese: 唐人街; Jyutping: ''Tong4jan4gaai1'') is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England since the demise of the ...
. Founded in 1916 for immigrants in Chinatown, as Qwong Kow Chinese School, it has offered classes for not only members of the local Chinese American community, but immigrant children from
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. In 2007, it moved into its permanent home at the Chinese Community Education Center, after many years of moving around Chinatown.


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* Schools in Boston Chinatown, Boston {{Massachusetts-school-stub