{"id":270,"date":"2018-12-08T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=270"},"modified":"2018-12-08T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T23:43:13","slug":"pcls-newsletter-129-speech-contest-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"PCLS Newsletter 12\/9 &#8211; Speech Contest Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Parents\/Guardians\/Teachers:<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone have a great week and are enjoying your holiday shopping and vacation planning.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, we distributed\u00a0<strong>PCLS 2018-2019 Directory<\/strong>\u00a0to our families and teachers.\u00a0 If your child was absent last week, please ask his\/her language teacher or stop by the cafeteria to get the directory.\u00a0\u00a0Each family should receive only ONE directory.<\/p>\n<p>We are gearing up for preparations for Chinese New Year! We would greatly appreciate donations (value of $20 and above) of<strong>\u00a0Raffle Prizes<\/strong>\u00a0for the raffle during our New year&#8217;s festivities.\u00a0 All the donations go to our raffle which helps as a fundraiser for the school. Please drop off the items to either\u00a0<strong>Sylvia<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Sophia<\/strong>\u00a0in the cafeteria until 1\/13\/2019.\u00a0\u00a0We will also provide<u><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/u><u><em><strong>donation receipt<\/strong>\u00a0for your tax filing purpose<\/em><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Messages from the Academic Director, Molly Yang:<\/u><\/b><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>speech contests<\/em><\/strong> part 2\u00a0will be held on\u00a012\/9 for contestants in group 1 (PreK, CSLK, K),\u00a0group 2 (CSL1-3),\u00a0group 3 (T1-2),\u00a0and group 4 (CSL4-5).\u00a0The competition starts at\u00a012:50 pm\u00a0in the Main level\u00a0<strong>McAneny Theater<\/strong>\u00a0(DIFFERENT location from last week).\u00a0 Due to the large number of participants, we have two Check in time:<\/p>\n<p>The check in time for participants\u00a0<strong><u>(T1-T2, CSL1-CSL5)<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0<u>12:40 pm<\/u>\u00a0and the contest will start at 12:50 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The check in time for participants (<strong><u>PreK, K<\/u><\/strong>) are\u00a0<u>1:50 pm<\/u>\u00a0and the contest will start at 2:10 pm. The group photo will take place at 2:00 pm before the contest starts.<\/p>\n<p>If your kid(s) enrolled but didn&#8217;t receive the reminder email, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:academic@pcls.org\">academic@pcls.org<\/a>\u00a0as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Messages from the Culture Director, Ya-ping Su:<\/u><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PCLS is proud to announce that our first YoYo competition will take place on March 3, 2019 from 4:20-5:40pm in the Large Gym. All PCLS students and alumni are welcome to participate in this competition. Competition will include two types: individual (high school, 9<sup>th<\/sup>-12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0graders, middle school, 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 8<sup>th<\/sup>, and elementary, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0to 5<sup>th<\/sup>) and double (1<sup>st\u00a0<\/sup>through 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0graders). Registration will be available in January 2019!<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar! Chinese New Year Celebration will take place on<strong>\u00a0February 3, 2019<\/strong>\u00a0at Montgomery High school from 2-5 pm. Rehearsal starts at 12pm.\u00a0\u00a0We are currently looking for volunteers to help out in addition to your parent duty sign up. Please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:culture@pcls.org\">culture@pcls.org<\/a>\u00a0or stop by the culture director table at cafeteria if interested.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Messages from PTA, Shao-ching Cheng<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>12\/9 speech contest helpers, please arrive on time as directed by the Academic Director to help. You should have received reminder emails from PTA and assignments from Academic Director. If you did not, please contact PTA &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:pta@pcls.org\">pta@pcls.org<\/a>\u00a0and Academic Director &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:academic@pcls.org\">academic@pcls.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Parents please note, you can always check your signups from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/60b0e49a8ae2fa20-20182019\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/60b0e49a8ae2fa20-20182019&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1544398903874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExXjmvYiDE7s6pUzz-w9F1zvZV9g\">https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/60b0e49a8ae2fa20-20182019<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0You should receive the reminder emails from Signup Genius few days prior to the event. If you have never received emails from SignUp Genius even when you first sign up, please double check to see if your email entry is corrected in SignUp Genius.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Please try NOT to change your signups few days prior to the event.<\/strong>It will affect the arrangements and won\u2019t have enough time to find other helpers.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>4 Food Vendors this Week, from Ya-ling Chen:<\/u><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* 2:00 Stella&#8217;s bubble tea AND Taro cake (\u828b\u982d\u7cd5), sweet soup (\u7d05\u8c46\u6e6f\/\u9280\u8033\u6e6f), Mochi (\u9ebb\u7cec), Eggtart (\u86cb\u5854), Spicy Cold Noodle (\u9ebb\u8fa3\u6dbc\u9762), Ramen Noodle (\u65e5\u5f0f\u62c9\u9eb5) and Sushi\u00a0\u58fd\u53f8<\/p>\n<p>* 3:00-4:30 NuRo Beef Noodle Soup \uff08\u6b63\u4e2d\u725b\u8089\u9eb5\uff09: Please pick up your order at the designated time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* 2:00 \u53f0\u7063\u5c0f\u5403 \uff08Taiwanese snack and bento box)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* 2:00 Debbie, \u92b7\u552e\u6642\u5c1a\u548c\u5be6\u60e0\u7684\u73e0\u5bf6, \u6709\u5404\u7a2e\u5404\u6a23\u7684\u96c5\u7dfb\u4f5c\u54c1\u53ef\u4f9b\u9078\u64c7\u3002\u4e0d\u8981\u932f\u904e\u9019\u500b\u6a5f\u6703\uff01<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>JEWELRY VENDOR<\/strong>\u00a0Debbie, will come to the\u00a0cafeteria to sell fashionable and affordable costume jewelry.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a large selection of tasteful pieces to choose from.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t miss the chance!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Other valuable information for our parents:<\/u><\/strong>.<br \/>\n* There will be a seminar &#8220;<strong>screens are hurting children&#8217;s eyesigh<\/strong>t&#8221; NEXT Sunday at PCLS.\u00a0 Please see the attached file for the information.\u00a0 The location and time will be announced in the next week&#8217;s newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<strong>Quakerbridge Learning Center\u00a0<\/strong>at Lawrenceville is offering after school programs and SAT classes.\u00a0 There are some brochures in the cafeteria.\u00a0 Please feel free to grab the brochure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents\/Guardians\/Teachers: I hope everyone have a great week and are enjoying your holiday shopping and vacation planning. Last Sunday, we distributed\u00a0PCLS 2018-2019 Directory\u00a0to our families and teachers.\u00a0 If your child was absent last week, please ask his\/her language teacher or stop by the cafeteria to get the directory.\u00a0\u00a0Each family should receive only ONE directory. We are gearing up for preparations for Chinese New Year! We would greatly appreciate donations (value of $20 and above) of\u00a0Raffle Prizes\u00a0for the raffle during <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=270\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}