Announcements & Latest
Activities
- Week
11/20/08 Newsletter - 11/20/08
- Important
Upcoming Dates –
*) Speech Contest at 1:00 pm in the
Amphitheater:
Nov. 23 - CSL-1,2,3 and LL, K, grades 1-2
If you are representing your class, be sure to arrive
by 12:45pm!!
*) Nov. 23 – Board Meeting at 2:45 in
the cafeteria
*) Nov. 30 – No School. Happy
Thanksgiving!!
- Nets vs.
Rockets basketball game, Dec. 22 – Come support PCLS's Lion
Dance Troop and see Yao-Ming in action. Our school will be
participating in the pre-game show and we need your support.
Please contact the Cultural Director, Lavinia Zyvith, via eMail at idehwa@yahoo.com
if you are interested in either purchasing tickets for the game or in
having your children participate in the pre-game show. All ticket
purchase request and payment (payable to PCLS) should be sent in by this
Sunday 11/23/08 to culture director Lavinia Zyvith in the
cafeteria. Please check Nets Rockets Game
for the Tickets Information.
- PCLS
Shirts for Sale
– We
will be selling PCSL Shirts. Polo shirts (Blue for Men, Lavender for
Women) are $20. More information will be shared as it is available.
- Shopping
for the holidays – Support PCLS by buying a variety of gift cards
from grocery stores (such as ShopRite), Department stores (such as
Macy’s), book stores (Borders, and Barnes & Noble, Amazon) and
restaurants, etc... A portion of the proceeds goes directly to our
school. Here is the Gift
Certificate's Listing. We are glad to introduce you a new and wide
variety ways to shop for the holiday. Please bring in your order list to the
Staff on Duty during the school hours.
PCLS will submit orders for gift certificates at the first week of
the month, which would be Dec 7. Asian Food Markets or ShopRite
certificates are available for purchase now. PCLS will earn 5% of
the certificate sales. Please stop by the cafeteria during regular
school hours and ask for the staff on-duty or Hsiu-Mei to purchase your
gift certificates. Thanks in advance!
- Dictionaries:
If you are
interested in purchasing a Chinese dictionary, stop by the cafeteria and
see the academic director, Mrs. Chen. She will have samples and can take
orders.
- IMPORTANT
NOTE FROM PDS –
* Please No Scotch Tape on Painted Area – PDS
has asked us not to scotch tape any signs on painted area since it will peel
off the paint when you remove the scotch tape.
* We have received an official complaint from PDS about Chinese School families parking illegally in
the fire lanes. By parking illegally, you not only risk getting a ticket, but
you also negatively impact our relationship with PDS. Please respect the law
and park only in authorized locations.
* No PCLS students should touch the PDS
lockers or other PDS property. We ask that all parents, teachers and staff
members help us to enforce this rule. We are guests at PDS and should treat
the facility and everything in it with respect. Failure to respect PDS
property is against our Code of Conduct. Thanks for your cooperation!
- School
Weekly Emails - If you did not receive our school weekly emails every week,
please write to us at pcls_org@yahoo.com
so that we can have your correct email address.
- Parents
in Classes - PCLS
strongly discourages parents from sitting in children's classes. Many of
our classes are already full. Adults in the class can be distracting for
both children and the teachers. All our teachers will work closely with
the children to assure that they are comfortable and actively
participating in class. Additionally, each week the teachers send home
information so that parents are updated about what was covered in class
and what the homework assignments are. Finally, all our teachers
encourage you to reach out to them with any questions or concerns. We ask
your cooperation so that we give all students the best possible
Chinese-language experience. Questions? Please see the academic director
or principal.
- Parents
of Young Children - Please
take responsibility to make sure your children know how to get from
their language to culture class. Meet them after class and help them
find their way through the school. Also, be sure to pick them up
promptly at 5pm after culture class. We don’t want any lost children and
PDS is particularly overwhelming to young children for the first few
weeks of school.
- Seminar
Notes on The College Application Process - Our Leadership class teacher
Mr. Wang had taken the notes for "Seminar: The College Application
Process on May 4" and would like to share it with our parents.
Parents can view it by going to www.parents2.com,
look for an icon of table lamp and a link "Regarding College
Admission". If parents are willing to share their notes and
add to it, please feel free to contact wangwh@att.net.
- Free Public Notary Services - Mercer County Library Systems offers Free
Notary Public Service. Contact information for each township are:
Lawrence 882-9246; Ewing 882-3135; West Windsor 275-8901; Twin Rivers
443-1880; Hightstown 448-1474; Hopewell 737-2610; Washington 259-2150;
Hickory Corner 448-1330.
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Fundraising Activities
- Gift
Certificates to Asian Food Markets & ShopRite - Shopping for the holidays?
Support PCLS by buying gift certificates to Asian Food Markets or
ShopRite. A portion of the proceeds goes directly to our school. Stop by
the office and see the Staff on Duty to purchase your gift certificates.
Thanks in advance!!
- Shopping
for the holidays – Support PCLS by buying a variety of gift cards
from grocery stores (such as ShopRite), Department stores (such as
Macy’s), book stores (Borders, and Barnes & Noble, Amazon) and
restaurants, etc... A portion of the proceeds goes directly to our
school. Here is the Gift
Certificate's Listing. We are glad to introduce you a new and wide
variety ways to shop for the holiday. Please check this week’s
Newsletter 10/23/08
for details.
- Corporate
Award to Employees' Volunteer Services -
 Many companies offer employee
awards in recognition of volunteer services to various non-profit
organizations. The amount of award usually depends on the number of
volunteer hours serviced. Please contact your company's HR department to
see if your company has such program.
- United
Way - The United Way authorization form is
available at the front desk if you would like to designate PCLS as the
recipient of your contribution. Check PCLS Fundraising for further
details.
- Grants
from AT&T, Lucent, , Bristol
Meyers Squibb, Alkeon Capital Management, LLC - Thanks to the following
corporations and the parents who applied for funding for our school:
Alkeon Capital Management LLC, AT& T, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and
Lucent.
- Amazon.com
Online Purchases - In
association with amazon.com,
PCLS will get 5% referral fee if you purchase any product from
Amazon.com through this special amazon.com
link.
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