Are Native Languages Worth Saving? A Globetrotting Scholar Says Yes
Geography Professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond, the author of books on how societies succeed and fail, argues in a lecture that being bilingual or multilingual is good for cognitive skills, for memory in later years and probably for your country.

April 1, 2010 - KPSF Director, Hoori Ghahremani, explains the tradition of "sizdah bedar" in Irvine World News article.

March 25, 2010 - KPSF Director, Hoori Ghahremani, appears on front page of Irvine World News for a story on Persian New Year (Norooz) celebrations at Woodbridge High School.

March 13, 2010 - Annual Noruz Celebration draws 250 enthusiastic parents and family members for our students' poetry, music, and dance performances

March 8, 2010 - KPSF will present about challenges and issues concerning teaching Persian as a heritage language at The Real California Gold": Indigenous & Immigrant Heritage Languages of California, to be held at the University of California, Davis on May 7-8, 2010.

September 18, 2009 - KPSF Director, Hoori Ghahremani, speaks at the PARSA Community Foundation workshop, titled Working with K-12 Schools for Persian Culture and Education. More news...

Persian classes are primarily for children ages 6-12 years old and are taught by experienced teachers.


Arrangements can also be made for non-Persian speaking adults who are interested in learning the Persian language and culture.