PCLS Newsletter 10/13 – Culture Expo (文化展演)

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers/TA: Hope you have a great week and are ready for the Taiwan Culture Expo (文化展演) held this Sunday.  The students, TAs, and teachers of first class group (PreK, CLS1, CLS5, T6), please report to cafeteria before 2:30 pm. Other classes will go to classroom normally. PCLS students will visit this event in group. Parents of young students: we encourage you to go with their classes. Schedule follows: 2:30-4:10pm @ Cafeteria. Class Schedule (20 mins interval) – T10 will not participate Read More …

PCLS Newsletter – 9/29 Confucius Memorial Ceremony and Happy Teacher’s Day

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers/TA: Happy Teacher’s Day (Confucius’ birthday is 9/28) 教師節快樂 – PCLS would like to thank all of the Language and Culture Teachers – without your dedication and commitment, PCLS would not be possible!  . On this Sunday, 9/29, PCLS will host the 14th Annual Confucius Memorial Ceremony (祭孔典禮) in New Jersey (See attached poster). Prep starts at 10:30am for the volunteer helpers and some PCLS admins. Music and dance performers will rehearse around noon. Parents: please come and invite Read More …

PCLS Newsletter – 9/22 Fire Drill

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers/TA:   Hope you have a great week. This Sunday, please listen for the whistles signaling the start of the Fire Drill  (around 3:00). Staff will guide classes in evacuating from the building during the designated language class time.  This will require everyone, including parents/guardians to evacuate the building. 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 students, it is helpful if parents can walk Read More …

PCLS Welcome letter – 9/8 is the first day of school

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Teachers, I hope everyone has been having a great summer! Our teachers and admins have worked hard over the summer and I believe it will be another successful year for the PCLS community. I will forward you some emails regarding events, classes, and scholarships that might interest our parents before school starts. In addition to those forwarding emails, below are a few things to keep in mind as our new school year approaches. 1. Registration & Read More …

PCLS Culture Class and Adult Class

Dear Parents and Guardians, Below are the updated information about the culture class and adult class.  Please read carefully and contact the class coordinators or our culture director, Ya-ping Su: culture@pcls.org should you have further questions. New class & Offerings this year: We are excited to announce a new culture class (for Adults and Children in different class time) – the quintessence of Chinese culture: Mahjong (麻將). Our volunteer parent teachers David, Howzan, Joseph and Tony will be teaching this class. You probably have Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 6/2 – Last Day of School

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers:    Hope everyone have a great memorial weekend.  This Sunday is the last day of school and also the last week to take the the advantage of Early Registration ($40 Discount per student, first choice of culture classes and parent duties, etc).  Attached is the 2019-2020 calendar for your reference.   We’ve got around 200 students registered in one month.  Thank you for your support and trust to PCLS!  Please note that Three culture classes are already full: Chinese Abacus and Mental Math (兒童珠心算), TaeKwonDo (跆拳道), and Chinese Knotting Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 5/26 – No School

 Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers:        We want to thank everyone who came out and donated something for Fun Day last Sunday.  We had a great sunny day, good food, fun craft activities and exciting field games!  Thank you for all your compliment, help and participation to make our Fun Day a success.   We have No School this Sunday.  If you’re planning go to NYC.  You might want to consider this event: Passport to Taiwan Festival (Sunday, May 26, 12 – 5 pm) @ Union Square North.  Check the Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 5/19 – FUN Day!!

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: PCLS  Fun Day  is on Sunday from 12:30-4 PM at Rosedale Park in Pennington.  Our school staff have worked very hard and planned many fun activities for our Fun Day.  Please bring the whole family to participate in the event so the kids get to hang out with their Chinese School friends outside of class! 本週日是PCLS一年一度的 Fun day,在Rosedale Park (Pennington),會有很多好吃的食物和好玩的活動。學校的行政人員們非常認真地籌備,希望大家可以ㄧ起參加,在美麗寬敞的 Rosedale Park, 讓孩子們有機會在課堂外跟班上同學們同樂! Each student, teacher, TA, and any parent that donates something through the Sign-up Genius will receive 4 tickets to exchange food Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 4/28 – Student Work Exhibition and Registration

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Hope you all had a wonderful relaxing Spring Break! We are pleased to announce that we will have the Summer Camp from Aug 19-23 at YingHua.  You can pick up the student forms and TA forms in the cafeteria. Registration for 2019-2020 has begun (see PCLS Registration email sent yesterday).  As usual, the families that register first will have first choice of culture classes and parent duties.  Please (1) Go to https://www.regstudent.com to complete your online registration.  Then Print and Bring the last confirmation page (2) Read More …

PCLS Newsletter 3/24

Dear Parents/Guardians/Teachers: Hope you have a great week.   We are pleased to announce that we will have the Summer Camp Aug 19-23 at YingHua International School at Kingston  You can pick up the form in the cafeteria. PCLS  Fun Day  will take place on May 19 (12:30 – 4pm).  Get your sneakers out and mark your calendar! It’s going to be a super FUN afternoon packed with food, field activities (e.g., Tug of War, Potato sacks, basketball, Chinese YoYo and many more) and crafts (e.g, Chinese Knotting, Read More …