{"id":2168,"date":"2026-01-31T03:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2026-01-31T03:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:42:27","slug":"weekly-newsletter-january-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=2168","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter January 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Event<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/1
\nDragon and Lion Dance practice at 1:30pm sharp!<\/p>\n

2\/8<\/p>\n

2\/15
\nNo School (President\u2019s Day and Lunar New Year holidays)<\/p>\n

Message from Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Updated School Calendar
\nPCLS SY25-26 Calendar<\/p>\n

Message from Academic Director<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congratulations to the Chinese Typing Contest Winners!!<\/p>\n

Group
\nWinners
\nT6 and under<\/p>\n

1st place
\n\u90b1\u4eae\u6137 Katherine Chiu
\n2nd place
\n\u8a31\u54f2\u744b Theodore Hsu
\nT7 and above<\/p>\n

1st place
\n\u5433\u5955\u81fb Audrey Wu
\n2nd place
\n\u9673\u9ece\u514b Leif Chen
\n3rd place
\n\u5433\u5955\u6f54 Julia Wu<\/p>\n

Storytelling Contest \u770b\u5716\u8aaa\u6545\u4e8b\u6bd4\u8cfd<\/p>\n

PCLS will host the \u201cChinese Story Telling Contest\u201d on 2\/22\/2026. We cordially invite all students to participate. Speaking is one of the key components in Chinese language learning. In addition to daily conversations and reciting textbook contents, \u201cstory-telling\u201d is a fun way to practice speaking and communicating in Chinese.<\/p>\n

Contest Date and Time: 2\/22\/2026 1:25-2:25 PM
\nContest Location: PDS upper gym
\nGroup:
\nRegistration Period: Please use this link to register between 1\/30\/2026 to 2\/20\/2026.
\nGroups: Group A – PreK~T1
\nGroup B – T2~T4
\nGroup C – T5~T10
\nGroup D – All CSL
\nPrompts can be found at here (Group A \/ Group B \/ Group C \/ Group D)
\nPlease find more information in the Storytelling Contest Rules<\/p>\n

Message from Culture Director<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preparation for our Lunar New Year performance resumes. We kindly ask all lion and dragon dance performers to arrive on time by 1:30pm for practice. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!<\/p>\n

PTA Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to the postponement of the LNY event, many duties have been affected. Please check the updated list for the changes.<\/p>\n

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

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

Vendor Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us at LINE group: “PCLS – Food and Vendors \u666e\u6797\u65af\u9813\u4e2d\u6587\u5b78\u6821\u7f8e\u98df\u5718” to get the latest information about food ordering and delivery. https:\/\/line.me\/ti\/g\/QuLI3jTQan. Click the link to join.<\/p>\n

2\/1: Formosa Food \u5bf6\u5cf6\u98df\u54c1 (PreOrder)
\n2\/1: \u53f0\u7063\u597d\u6ecb\u5473 (PreOrder\/OnSite)
\n2\/6 : \u7cbd\u5b50 david Kao (PreOrder)
\n2\/8 : \u5317\u65b9\u9eb5\u7c89\u5718 (PreOrder\/OnSite)<\/p>\n

For additional information on the date, time, location and order link, please see this link.<\/p>\n

Cindy Chen, \u6821\u9577 Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Event 2\/1 Dragon and Lion Dance practice at 1:30pm sharp! 2\/8 2\/15 No School (President\u2019s Day and Lunar New Year holidays) Message from Principal Updated School Calendar PCLS SY25-26 Calendar Message from Academic Director Congratulations to the Chinese Typing Contest Winners!! Group Winners T6 and under 1st place \u90b1\u4eae\u6137 Katherine Chiu 2nd place \u8a31\u54f2\u744b Theodore Hsu T7 and above 1st place \u5433\u5955\u81fb Audrey Wu 2nd place \u9673\u9ece\u514b Leif Chen 3rd place \u5433\u5955\u6f54 Julia Wu Storytelling Contest \u770b\u5716\u8aaa\u6545\u4e8b\u6bd4\u8cfd PCLS will Read More …<\/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-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","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=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}