Newsletter – January 12, 2014

From Principal Shawn Liu

  • School will be closed on the 1/19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
  • G3 and G4 will have “Books and Cookies time” between 2:45 and 3:15.
  • Report cards I will be sent home this Sunday. Please put down your comments and return it back to the teacher next Sunday.
  • The National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS) will offer a National Preparation SAT II Chinese exam on 3/9 at TCLS. We encourage all our 9th and 8th graders to take the test. It is voluntary for the 7th graders. Students wishing to take the practice test can with their teacher before 2/2. The registration fee is $10, payable to TCLS. Scores will be available before 4/30.
  • We’ll be hosting the year of the horse celebration on 2/2 and have invited families from Clarke middle school’s mandarin classes. In preparing for the event, we’ll need your help.

Food donation: Please sign up on http://www.thechineselanguageschool.org/?p=2016.

Raffle gift donation: please send to Jaime Wu (samblue79@gmail.com).

Game hosting: please contact Celia Lee (Snoopy0112@yahoo.com). All proceeds will go to the classes.

There are also offering special traditional Chinese foods you can place orders in advance with Li-Chu Lo (lichu02139@hotmail.com) and pick up on 2/2. Food items include:

Bamboo wrapped rice with meat 肉粽 (3) for $10 and $3.5 each

Tofu skins 豆腐皮 $8/box

Meat soup 肉羹湯 $10/jar (1 QT)

Pan fried Bums生煎包 $8/box (8 in a box)

Spiced sticky rice糯米飯 $6/box

 

  • In the event of the inclement weather or snow day the school cancellation will be posted on school website (http://www.thechineselanguageschool.org). You will also be notified via email.

 

From Vice Principals Celia Lee

• PARENT DUTY – The following parents are scheduled to work on January 12:

Brenden Maher & Delphine Lui

Andy Lian & Mei Hui Zou

Steve Teng & Suzanne Ellslager

Ricahrd Chen & Teresa Tsui

 

• Parents on duty should report to the Office (Room 243) at 1:45pm. If you cannot come, please contact Vice Principal, Celia Lee(508-337-6071,clee.tcls@gmail.com.).There is a $50 fine for absence without prior notice to the Vice Principal.