{"id":908,"date":"2021-02-26T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=908"},"modified":"2021-02-28T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T13:35:41","slug":"newsletter-feb-26-2021-get-ready-for-handwriting-word-recognition-and-yoyo-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=908","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Feb 26, 2021: Get ready for Handwriting, Word Recognition, and YoYo competitions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7d10\u6fa4\u897f\u666e\u6797\u65af\u9813\u4e2d\u6587\u5b78\u68212021\u5e74\u6625\u7bc0\u6176\u795d\u6703\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u300c\u725b\u8f49\u4e7e\u5764\u7dda\u4e0a\u79c0\uff1a\u7dda\u4e0a\u4f60\u7684\u725b\u624d\u85dd\uff01\u300d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese New Year Celebration: Ox Talent Show press release is now live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huayuworld.org\/index.php\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huayuworld.org\/index.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614605602333000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe4m16wZHCgIfv75-l-V1IpF1u0w\">Huayu World Website<\/a>. The article link is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huayuworld.org\/ocac_content.php?post_id=1448&amp;utm_source=%E5%83%91%E6%A0%A1%E5%9C%92%E5%9C%B0&amp;utm_medium=main&amp;utm_campaign=2018\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huayuworld.org\/ocac_content.php?post_id%3D1448%26utm_source%3D%25E5%2583%2591%25E6%25A0%25A1%25E5%259C%2592%25E5%259C%25B0%26utm_medium%3Dmain%26utm_campaign%3D2018&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614605602334000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGi8Iuqb2VG0-Qg1KPm7t2_ST4mDw\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The 52<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0World School Children\u2019s Art Exhibition<\/strong>\u00a0is looking for talents around the world. See\u00a0attachments 1\u00a0for details (<strong>\u4e2d\u83ef\u6c11\u570b\u7b2c<\/strong><strong>52<\/strong><strong>\u5c46\u4e16\u754c\u5152\u7ae5\u756b\u5c55\u5fb5\u756b\u6bd4\u8cfd<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u958b\u8dd1\u4e86<\/strong><strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u95dc\u65bc\u5fb5\u4ef6\u6bd4\u8cfd\u6d3b\u52d5\u4e4b\u76f8\u95dc\u898f\u5b9a\uff0c\u656c\u8acb\u8a73\u95b1\u9644\u4ef6\u6d3b\u52d5\u7c21\u7ae0\u5167\u5404\u9805\u8aaa\u660e<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Messages from the Academic Director, Molly Yang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Writing Contest on 3\/7<\/strong>: Will take place during language class time. Parents, please be on standby to upload your child(ren)\u2019s writings. Specific details will be e-mailed to parents. See\u00a0attachments 2\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Word Recognition Contest on 3\/28:<\/strong>\u00a0PCLS will be offering our first-ever words recognition contest this year via Zoom. All students from grades 1 through 10 in both traditional and CSL tracks are invited to participate. To prepare for this contest, students will review the words learned this and the last school year. It will be a great way to reinforce the learning of Chinese characters and vocabulary while getting students into the habit of reviewing with flashcards on a regular basis. See\u00a0attachments 3 and 4\u00a0for details. Please register for this contest via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScMGzl9sNwtQ1KJst63Okh5UNa2GHXmMKYdZ_2XIZmDefcZxg\/viewform?vc=0&amp;c=0&amp;w=1&amp;flr=0&amp;gxids=7628\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScMGzl9sNwtQ1KJst63Okh5UNa2GHXmMKYdZ_2XIZmDefcZxg\/viewform?vc%3D0%26c%3D0%26w%3D1%26flr%3D0%26gxids%3D7628&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614605602334000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQJ__YuxJi-0fsZcgpjWu6wYlcMQ\">google form here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Messages from the Culture Director, Veronica Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>ANJCS YoYo Competition<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Sunday 2\/28\/2021 is the deadline to register for the ANJCS (Association of New Jersey Chinese Schools) online yoyo competition, which will take place on\u00a0<u>3\/21\/2021<\/u>\u00a0via pre-recorded video submissions.\u00a0 See the PDF brochure in last week&#8217;s newsletter for more details.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos need to be submitted by\u00a0<u>3\/7\/2021<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost to register:\u00a0 Free<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All participants will receive $10 award from ANCJS<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 participants maximum per group from each school<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video should be 2.5 to 3.5 minutes long, comprised of tricks and music of your choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are currently 2 spots left in the Grade 6-8 group and 1 spot left in the Grade 9-12 Group.\u00a0 If your child is interested in participating, please send an email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:culture@pcls.org\">culture@pcls.org<\/a>\u00a0by end of day\u00a0<strong><u>Saturday 2\/27\/2021<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and include the following info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese name \/ English name<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email address<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group (Grade 1-5 \/ Grade 6-8 \/ Grade 9-12)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birthday (M\/D\/Y)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>PCLS YoYo Competition<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark your calendar!\u00a0 PCLS YoYo competition will take place on 4\/25.\u00a0 Details will be announced later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u7d10\u6fa4\u897f\u666e\u6797\u65af\u9813\u4e2d\u6587\u5b78\u68212021\u5e74\u6625\u7bc0\u6176\u795d\u6703\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u300c\u725b\u8f49\u4e7e\u5764\u7dda\u4e0a\u79c0\uff1a\u7dda\u4e0a\u4f60\u7684\u725b\u624d\u85dd\uff01\u300d Chinese New Year Celebration: Ox Talent Show press release is now live on\u00a0Huayu World Website. The article link is\u00a0here. The 52nd\u00a0World School Children\u2019s Art Exhibition\u00a0is looking for talents around the world. See\u00a0attachments 1\u00a0for details (\u4e2d\u83ef\u6c11\u570b\u7b2c52\u5c46\u4e16\u754c\u5152\u7ae5\u756b\u5c55\u5fb5\u756b\u6bd4\u8cfd\u00a0\u958b\u8dd1\u4e86!\u00a0\u95dc\u65bc\u5fb5\u4ef6\u6bd4\u8cfd\u6d3b\u52d5\u4e4b\u76f8\u95dc\u898f\u5b9a\uff0c\u656c\u8acb\u8a73\u95b1\u9644\u4ef6\u6d3b\u52d5\u7c21\u7ae0\u5167\u5404\u9805\u8aaa\u660e) Messages from the Academic Director, Molly Yang Writing Contest on 3\/7: Will take place during language class time. Parents, please be on standby to upload your child(ren)\u2019s writings. Specific details will be e-mailed to parents. See\u00a0attachments 2\u00a0for details. Word Recognition Contest on 3\/28:\u00a0PCLS will <a href=\"http:\/\/pcls.org\/?p=908\" 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-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908","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=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pcls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}