{"id":1143,"date":"2021-11-19T02:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T02:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2021-12-05T02:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:57:31","slug":"weekly-newsletter-nov-19-2021-covid-19-screening-participate-in-speech-and-drawing-contest-new-food-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter: Nov 19, 2021, COVID-19 Screening; Participate in Speech and Drawing Contest; new food vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It was great meeting some of you during parent meeting in Zoom last Saturday. Thank you for all the great suggestions and feedback to our team!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As a reminder, next Sunday is Thanksgiving Break! No school! Class will resume on December 5. We will also have a speech contest on December 12.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Given the current COVID-19 outbreak at Grover middle school at West Windsor (10 positive cases, 100+ students in contact tracing and the entire 6th grade has gone virtual), we ask that if your child is in close contact with a COVID-19 positive case, do not come to school.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Review the attached<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/UPDATED-2021-22-PCLS-COVID-19-protocols-Oct14.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">COVID-19 Protocol<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">and follow the instructions. We are asking everyone\u2019s cooperation to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">self-screen. Do not send a sick child to school. And do not come to school if you are a close contact.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Messages from the Academic Director\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The speech contest will be held on 12\/12\/2021 and 12\/19\/2021. The rules of the contest are <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uOL1dOCkAMTv_VVdgAPAGL8IlX1oyCe4\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">attached<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. Please register using <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1svMmR_2wveQwNWR_8Ion_uMjZnvD8QhLCtFMgfT8FXo\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">this Speech Contest Google Form<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> by 12\/5\/2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Preparation for Chinese New Year Celebration will begin soon. Please watch out for emails from your teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Messages from the Culture Director<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Year of the Tiger\u201d Virtual Drawing Contest<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last 2 days to submit!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Winners of the drawing contest will be featured in the PCLS directory.\u00a0 Students, please complete your drawing on paper, independently at home and submit your scanned art work using <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSePusExRAsmquuZK2-cPSUjo-c_7b1BDsf_H81BfJlhOuMYJQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">this Drawing Contest Form<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">by <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11\/21\/2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Year of the Tiger\u201d Chinese New Year Celebration\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The CNY celebration will again be held online this year. Performances will be organized by teachers as a class.\u00a0 Please watch out for communication from your language \/ culture teachers. See <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bayNp3tBzXs1DTnjCsw9D_TrpJg557oa\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">attached flyer<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You will have a chance to vote for the 1st prize of the raffle drawing.\u00a0 Stay tuned for related announcements in the upcoming newsletters!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Messages from the PTA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Parent Duty<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"m_5421428326768558497gmail-docs-internal-guid-7c5f8bad-7fff-c3bb-9cdc-f86af4c1f4a9\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>If you are unsure of which parent duty you have signed up for, please check in the following link or reach out to <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:PTA@pcls.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>PTA@pcls.org<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>. If you have not signed up yet, <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/20f0a49ada823aafe3-20212022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up here <\/a>. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>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. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was great meeting some of you during parent meeting in Zoom last Saturday. Thank you for all the great suggestions and feedback to our team!\u00a0 \u00a0As a reminder, next Sunday is Thanksgiving Break! No school! Class will resume on December 5. We will also have a speech contest on December 12. \u00a0Given the current COVID-19 outbreak at Grover middle school at West Windsor (10 positive cases, 100+ students in contact tracing and the entire 6th grade has gone virtual), <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1143\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}