Newsletter: April 1, 2022, Writing contest 寫字比賽 on Sunday! Taiwan Night Market 台灣夜市 on 5/22

Happy April Fools Day! I hope you all had a great start of Spring so far.

We will continue our mask mandate indoors, since most of the classrooms in Beth Chaim are not big enough to maintain social distance. Individuals who test positive for COVID-19, after remaining in isolation for at least 5 full days after the onset of symptoms, may return to school if they are fever-free (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and their symptoms are resolving. We will also continue the temperature check at the front entrance as a preventive measure.

PCLS will not be hosting summer camp this year due to lack of resources.

Messages from the Academic Director

Writing Contest 寫字比賽

Writing contest will be held on April 3, 2022. It’ll take place during the first 30 minutes of the first language class, so please arrive at school on time. No registration needed. All students will participate. More information about the contest can be found in the Writing Contest Flier.

Word Recognition Contest 認字比賽

Word recognition contest will be held on April 10, 2022. More information about the contest can be found in the Traditional Class Word Recognition Contest flier and CSL Class Word Recognition Contest flier.

Upcoming Contest:

5/8/2022: 看圖說故事比賽 Storytelling Competition

Messages from the Culture Director

Last chance to sign up for Culture Class Open House

The culture class open house will take place on 4/24/2022.  This is a great opportunity for students to try a different culture class and the experience might help them in deciding what they would like to take during the 2022-2023 school year.  Please sign up using this Google form by 04/08/2022.

New culture class!  – Lion Dance 舞獅

PCLS is delighted to announce that in the 2022-2023 school year, we will be offering a Lion Dance class, taught by one of our own PCLS parents!!  The class will start with physical conditioning to warm up and build strength & stamina, then students will have the opportunity to learn about the culture aspects and moves of lion dance.  If you are interested, be sure to sign up for it in the Culture Open House registration Google Form.

We would like to encourage parents to join too – it will be a great chance to exercise and have fun with your kids!  Priority for registration in the 2022-2023 school year will be given to the students.  If there are additional spaces left, parents are welcome to join the class, either as one of the dancers, or as volunteer helpers.

Fun Day 2022 – Taiwan Night Market 台灣夜市

Fun Day will return this year on 5/22/2022 at Rosedale Park. To assist us with planning, please kindly take a moment to complete this Google Form. There will be food, Taiwanese night market games, karaoke and field games.  Mark your calendar, come out and have fun with other PCLS families! You don’t want to miss this!!

General Guideline:

  • This event is limited to PCLS students/parents/grandparents, teachers and TAs.  Extended families are excluded.

  • Each student, teacher, TA and admin will receive a set number of tickets, which can be used to exchange for food or Taiwanese night market games.

  • Extra tickets may be purchased on that day of the event.

  • A Sign up Genius Form will be released in mid-April for attendees to sign up for food/drink to bring.  You will get extra tickets for bringing food to share.  The number of tickets received will vary depending on the item type.

ANJCS Chinese Calligraphy Contest

The ANJCS Chinese Calligraphy Contest will take place at 1:30PM on Sunday 4/24/2022 in Bergen Chinese School (Tenafly High School, 19 Columbus Drive, Tenafly, NJ 07670). See this brochure for details.  If you are interested in participating, please email me at culture@pcls.org and I’ll submit registration on behalf of all PCLS contestants.

Messages from the PTA

Parent Duty

If you are unsure of which parent duty you have signed up for, please check in the following link or reach out to PTA@pcls.org. If you have not signed up yet or did not complete your parent duty due to virtual classes, sign up here . If you are available for additional signups to support our community, please sign up for the remaining empty slots that are still available. PCLS appreciates your support.

We are in need of additional volunteers for the remaining open signups such as the PCLS Fun Day. Please sign up if you have not completed your parent duty or if you are able to spare more time to show your support. Thank you!

ShopWithScrip Fundraising

To continue showing support to PCLS, we partnered with a fundraising organization, ShopWithScrip.  You should have received an invitation email to sign up from ShopWithScrip. Please follow the instructions and make sure that you use the enrollment code to link your purchases to the PCLS account.

Enrollment code: JEGG74SPECAJ

Thank you for your continued support and Happy Shopping!