Weekly Newsletter January 9, 2026

Upcoming Event

1/11

  • School resumes

  • Last Chance! Raffle Prize Donations accepted at Admin Table

  • Dragon and Lion Dance practice resumes – 1:30pm – 3pm.

1/18

  • Final exam

1/25

  • Second semester begins

  • Online Chinese Typing Contest

Message from Academic Director

Chinese Typing Contest 中文打字比賽

Registration: Now to January 23, 2026. Please register thru PCLS registration system Chinese Typing Contest Registration Form

Practice period: Now to 11:59 am January 24, 2026.

24-hour Chinese Typing Contest Period: Starts at 12 pm January 24, 2026 and ends at 12 pm January 25, 2026.

Best score submission deadline: No later than 12:15 pm January 25, 2026. If you submit after 12:15 pm January 25, 2026, your score will not be accepted.

More information to be found in Chinese Typing Contest Brochure 中文打字比賽簡章

2025-2026 全美AP中文複習考試 (National Preparation Test for AP Chinese)

Eligibility: 6th to 12th grade students

Registration period: 2025-12-01 to 2026-01-23

Registration fee: $15

Test date: 2026-02-28 or 2025-03-01

Registration has to go through PCLS. If your child(ren) is interested, please send the English full name of your child and the email your child plans to use for receiving test information to academic@pcls.org and a $15 check payable to PCLS by Jan 18, 2026.

Please see more details in the attachment.

Message from Culture Director

🧧 2026 LNY Raffle Prize Donations Needed

  • Retail Value: $25 or more. (We’re aiming for prizes that make people shout!)

  • Condition: Must be NEW and UNOPENED. (No dusty relics, please.)

  • Appropriateness: Items should be suitable for the occasion and our audience.

  • Tax receipts are available upon request.

PTA Update

Deposit refund requirement: Please note that only after the parent duties are fulfilled will the deposit be refunded. To check your 2025-2026 parent duty sign ups, please click this link. Detailed parent duty instructions and information can be found in the PCLS Parent Duty Guidelines. Please make sure to sign in at the event/duty to log the completion of your duty. If any events/parent duty signups are canceled/moved, it is the family’s responsibility to fulfill another parent duty in order to receive the deposit.

Any questions about your parent duties, please reach out to Jan-Huey, PCLS PTA Lead, while at school or at PTA@pcls.org.

Vendor Update

Join us at LINE group: “PCLS – Food and Vendors 普林斯頓中文學校美食團” to get the latest information about food ordering and delivery.  https://line.me/ti/g/QuLI3jTQan.  Click the link to join.

1/18: Lin’s Palace 林宮  (PreOrder/OnSite)

1/18: Red Onion 紅蔥頭 (PreOrder)

1/25: 蟹寶-吳氏魚湯  (PreOrder)

1/25: Golden Buns 金華包子 (PreOrder/OnSite)

2/1: 台灣好滋味  (PreOrder/OnSite)

2/6 : 粽子 david Kao

For additional information on the date, time, location and order link, please see this link.

 
Cindy Chen, 校長 Principal