{"id":2117,"date":"2025-10-24T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T16:23:41","slug":"weekly-newsletter-october-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=2117","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter October 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Upcoming Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\">10\/26<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Drawing Contest Day 2 (<span dir=\"ltr\">1:30 &#8211; 2:30 PM<\/span>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PCLS Halloween Parade \u2013 Come to school in your costume! \ud83c\udf83(<span dir=\"ltr\">2:45 &#8211; 3:15 PM<\/span>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\">11\/2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Daylight saving time ends<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dance Studio unavailable in November, class will take place at Upper Gym<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\">11\/9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">First Semester Welcome Meeting with Parents (<span dir=\"ltr\">3:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM<\/span>) at Cafeteria<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message from Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Halloween Event \ud83d\udc7b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Put on your spookiest, silliest or most creative costumes \u2013 our Halloween Parade is happening this Sunday at 2:45 PM!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the parade route and dress up for a chance to win a prize in our Best Costume Contest! Parents are welcome to stand around the Main Entrance, Lobby or Upper Gym to watch the parade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each student will get a goody bag filled with candies and\/or small surprises! If you have concerns about food allergies, please accompany your child(ren) during the event to help keep them safe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Costume Guidelines:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No mask<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No toy weapons, knives or any sharp objects<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No costumes depicting violence or scary\/bloody imagery<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2025 Global Chinese Reading Contest \u5168\u7403\u4e2d\u6587\u95b1\u8b80\u529b\u5927\u8cfd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registration: Now to Oct 31, 2025 through this link<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Details:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2025 Global Chinese Reading Contest &#8212; Chinese Brochure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2025 Global Chinese Reading Contest &#8212; English Brochure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message from Academic Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PCLS \u6821\u5167\u6f14\u8b1b\u6bd4\u8cfd Speech Contest<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The speech contest is a great opportunity for our students to practice public speaking in Chinese. We will hold our 2025-2026 speech contest next month. Please find more information at the registration page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contest date and time: Nov 16, 2025 1:30-2:25 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contest location: PDS Upper Gym<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registration deadline: Nov 12, 2025 11:59 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Log into the Registration System to enter the speech contest. If you have any questions, please contact Sophia at academic@pcls.org .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Message from Culture Director<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drawing Contest (See Flyer) &#8211; Part II<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The drawing contest continues this Sunday, October 26th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. Students should finish their best possible artwork this Sunday. See you there!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PTA Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s responsibility to fulfill another parent duty in order to receive the deposit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any questions about your parent duties, please reach out to Jan-Huey, PCLS PTA Lead, while at school or at PTA@pcls.org.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vendor Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join us at LINE group: &#8220;PCLS &#8211; Food and Vendors \u666e\u6797\u65af\u9813\u4e2d\u6587\u5b78\u6821\u7f8e\u98df\u5718&#8221; to get the latest information about food ordering and delivery. https:\/\/line.me\/ti\/g\/QuLI3jTQan. Click the link to join.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10\/26: Golden Buns \u91d1\u83ef\u5305\u5b50<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11\/07: David Kao\u7cbd\u5b50<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11\/09: \u53f0\u7063\u597d\u6ecb\u5473 from Flushing, NY<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11\/09: \u5317\u65b9\u9eb5\u7c89\u5718<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For additional<\/p>\n<p>information on the date, time, location and order link, please see this link.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy Chen, \u6821\u9577 Principal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Event 10\/26 Drawing Contest Day 2 (1:30 &#8211; 2:30 PM) PCLS Halloween Parade \u2013 Come to school in your costume! \ud83c\udf83(2:45 &#8211; 3:15 PM) 11\/2 Daylight saving time ends Dance Studio unavailable in November, class will take place at Upper Gym 11\/9 First Semester Welcome Meeting with Parents (3:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM) at Cafeteria &nbsp; &nbsp; Message from Principal &nbsp; &nbsp; Halloween Event \ud83d\udc7b &nbsp; Put on your spookiest, silliest or most creative costumes \u2013 our Halloween Parade is <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=2117\" 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-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","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=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}