{"id":1161,"date":"2022-01-07T02:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T02:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2022-01-15T02:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T02:45:49","slug":"weekly-newsletter-jan-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter: Jan 7, 2022, Congratulations to Speech Contest Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><i>Happy Snow Day! <\/i>I hope you all have enjoyed our first snow of the year!<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As a reminder, we made changes to our school calendar due to the surging COVID statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Jan. 9th and 16th: online<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Jan. 23th: Back to in-person at Beth Chaim (tentative, will continue monitor omicron situation)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Feb. 6: in-person at Beth Chaim (previously online celebration for Chinese New Year)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Feb. 13:\u00a0 online for Chinese New Year celebration<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/14.0\/1f4e3\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udce3\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udce3\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udce3\" \/>Donations for CNY Raffle<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you would like to donate any items for the Chinese New Year celebration raffle, please bring them to the PCLS admin team on 1\/23\/2022.\u00a0 We will set up a table near the Chapel (right of the entrance) for drop off.\u00a0 Tax receipts will be provided upon request.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please consider the following criteria for your donation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Retail value of $25 or more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Item should be NEW and UNOPENED<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Items should be appropriate for the occasion and audience<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Please include a Post-it note on the item with your name and email address so we can recognize your generosity in the CNY program<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Messages from the Academic Director<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSpeech Contest\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/14.0\/1f4e3\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udce3\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udce3\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udce3\" \/>Congratulations to our winners! All participants will receive an extra coupon and a trophy. Thank you all for your participation!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>Group 1: K and T1<\/b><br \/>\n1st Place: Ethan Tsai<br \/>\n2nd Place: Olivia Tsai<br \/>\n3rd Place: Katherine Chiu \u90b1\u4eae\u6137; Damian Wang \u738b\u6690\u7a0b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Group 2: T2 and T3<\/b><br \/>\n1st Place: Anna Chiu \u90b1\u4eae\u745c<br \/>\n2nd Place: Kaleb Huang \u9ec3\u51f1\u777f<br \/>\n3rd Place: Riley Chen \u9673\u6fa4\u52f5<\/p>\n<p><b>Group 3: T4 and T5<\/b><br \/>\n1st Place: Amelia Huang \u9ec3\u777f\u742a<br \/>\n2nd Place: Sophia Huang \u9ec3\u54c1\u7444<br \/>\n3rd Place: Callie Zheng \u912d\u51f1\u8389<\/p>\n<p><b>Group 4: T6, T7 and CSL5<\/b><br \/>\n1st Place: Winston Shih \u65bd\u67cf\u4e1e<br \/>\n2nd Place: Allison Holt \u4faf\u611b\u5229<br \/>\n3rd Place: Kyle Chen \u9673\u6fa4\u51f1<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Messages from the Culture Message from the Culture Director<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Upcoming Culture Event &#8211; YoYo Contest<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">YoYo contest will take place IN PERSON this year on March 13, 2022.\u00a0 Students will perform a 2-3 minutes routine he\/she put together to music of your choice. YoYo students, you can start by picking a piece of music you like and begin to build on it!<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Messages from the PTA<\/h3>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Parent Duty<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you are parent helpers for this Sunday or the following Sunday. We will contact you to re-arrange your parent duty since PCLS will be online. PCLS appreciates your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Snow Day! I hope you all have enjoyed our first snow of the year! As a reminder, we made changes to our school calendar due to the surging COVID statistics: Jan. 9th and 16th: online Jan. 23th: Back to in-person at Beth Chaim (tentative, will continue monitor omicron situation) Feb. 6: in-person at Beth Chaim (previously online celebration for Chinese New Year) Feb. 13:\u00a0 online for Chinese New Year celebration Donations for CNY Raffle If you would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=1161\" 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-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","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=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}