PCLS Newsletter 1/26

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers/TA: Today is Chinese New Year’s Eve.  May the year of the rat bring you good luck and good fortune.  今天是除夕夜,在此祝福大家:闔家健康平安、鼠年吉祥如意、好運非您莫鼠! PCLS Chinese New Year and 50th Years Celebration is around the corner!  We have only this week and 2/2 for rehearsal.  All the staff, students, teachers, and TAs have been working hard on the preparation and the performance.  Special thanks for those parents helping their classes – your support will make the kids’ performance a great memory on 2/2. Please Read More …

PCLS Newsletter – 9/15

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers, Happy Moon Festival!  中秋節快樂!! Our first day of PCLS went pretty well. The teachers, students, and parents have shared positive feedback regarding the start of this school year. Thank you for all your help and cooperation!!  Most of the staff will be in the cafeteria (campus center) this Sunday if you need help with anything. As a reminder, language class is 2:30-4:15, with a 5 minute break in between.  Culture class is 4:20-5:00. Particularly for new and younger Read More …

Summer Camp Registration Form

Summer camp registration form We are pleased to announce that we will have the Summer Camp from Aug 19-23 at YingHua International School.  Please check the registration form and our  summer camp video from last year. 2019 pcls summer camp form REVISED 5.2.19 2019 pcls summer camp TA form REVISED 5.2.19

PCLS Newsletter 5/5 – Registration Continues

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Registration for 2019-2020 has begun (See PCLS Registration email sent on 4/25 for details).  In only one week, we’ve got 102 students registered (with 65 already paid their tuition last Sunday). Take the advantage of Early Registration by 6/2 ($40 Discount, first choice of culture classes and parent duties, etc).  Please note that the following three culture classes already or almost reaches half of the size limit: Chinese Abacus and Mental Math 兒童珠心算 (13/15), Chinese Knotting 中國結 (16/25), and Chinese Yoyo 扯鈴 Read More …

PCLS announcement – Handwriting contest winners

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Attached please find the winner list for HW contest.   From our Academic Director: “The total winners are more than the previous years.  We would like to reward kids who demonstrate great handwriting in their non-native language in order to encourage them to continue making efforts in Chinese learning. We pick the winners based on the quality of handwriting and the number of class size.” The winners’ handwriting pieces will be displayed on Student Work Exhibition on 4/28.  Great job everyone.  Read More …

Handwriting contest winners

2018-19 寫字比賽 Hand Writing Contest Winners 基礎班 Kindergarten 1 st Place: 陳澤勵 Riley Chen 2 nd Place: 葉逸寧 Kaia Cox 3 rd Place: 許晏綾 Ivy Hsu 4 th Place: 許愷祐 Kyle Hsu 5 th Place: 田尚恩 David Tizn 6 th Place: 陳恩德 Aidan Chen 一年級 Traditional 1 st Grade 1 st Place: 廖蔚茗Audrey Liaw 2 nd Place: 吳永捷Evan Ng 3 rd Place: 曾凱樂Sophia Eby 4 th Place: 麥凱安Kaianne Mark 5 th Place: 王志海Adler Wang 6 th Place: 林以菲Sofia Lin Honorable Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 3/10 – PDS book fair, Daylight Saving Time

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Please remember to “spring forward” and move your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday morning for Daylight Saving Time. Last Sunday, PCLS is proud to have hosted the ANJCS (新澤西州中文學校協會) Annual Chinese Chess Competition.  There are 31 contestants coming from 7 Chinese Schools and 4 PCLS students (out of 9 winners) won the top three.   PCLS’ Christopher Tai (戴天惠) won 2nd place in the oldest group.  Ian Hsu (許益睿) won 3rd place, Logan Rolleri (孫智成) won 2nd place, and Jeffery Yu (游杰樺) won 1st Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 1/13

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: How are you?  We will just have 3 weeks to rehearse for our Chinese New Year Celebration which is 2/3/2019 at Montgomery High School.  Please pay attention to the emails sent by your teachers or room parents regarding the rehearsal plan and performance details.  Your help will make the kids doing well in their CNY performance. This Sunday is the last day to donate the raffle prize.  We would greatly appreciate donations (value of $20 and above) of Raffle Prizes for the raffle during Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 1/6 – Recognition Ceremony

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: 新年快樂!  Happy New Year!  I hope everyone has had a very pleasant and restful holiday season. This Sunday, we will have the Recognition Ceremony at 1:45 PM in the McAneny Theater on the main floor.  This ceremony is for the Drawing Contest and Speech Contest winners to receive their trophies and certificates.  Please note that all contestants will receive ONE extra coupon while the winners of each contest will receive TWO extra coupons on 1/20 coupon day.  (Congratulations to all the contest winners!  Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 12/16 – Last Class of 2018

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Please note that this Sunday, 12/16 will be the last PCLS class of 2018.  We will not have class on 12/23 and 12/30, so we will resume classes on 1/6/2019. Once we return in January, we will just have 4 weeks to rehearse for our Chinese New Year Celebration which is 2/3/2019 at Montgomery High School.  More details (the show, raffle ticket sales and prize, the dinner after the show, etc) will be announced in my newsletter in January. We would greatly appreciate donations (value Read More …