[ECS Announcement] October 13th, 2023

English Version

Web Version is available after Friday

【Updated Announcement】

● Contest Judge and Event Volunteer Sign-Up

● 10/29 Fall Festival 3:50-5:00pm, Volunteers are Needed

● 10/15 Culture Class - E3A, E3C, M1A, M1C

● 10/15 Pickup Day for Fundraising Group Orders

● ECS Ski Trip 2023 Registration now open

● Recruit for Chinese Calligraphy Team

● Free after-school WuShu Drop-in Welcome Class

【Principal】

ECS teachers who won the Teacher’s Service Award by OCAC (Overseas Chinese Affairs Council):

Yun Ching Shou (30-year service award) and Anne Wu (5-year service award).

【Academics】

Contest Judge and Event Volunteer Sign-Up IMPORTANT
The sign-up for academic contests has begun. Please contact your room parent to sign-up before 10/15. Activities open for signing up include: Speech Contest (12/10/2023), Chinese New Year Festival (2/11/2024), and Vocabulary Contest (5/1/2024). Please refer to School Service-point Tasks for detail.

Culture Class Schedule This Week IMPORTANT

For M1A and M1C, please wear used/ dark color clothes for the Calligraphy culture class.

For your child’s safety, please have them wear sneakers and comfortable clothes for culture class.

2-2:50pm E3A / Traditional Toys (4)＠ Cafeteria（Mr. Albert）

3-3:55pm E3C / Traditional Toys (4) ＠ Cafeteria（Mr. Albert）

2-2:50pm M1A / Calligraphy ＠ Art Room （Ms. Stella）

3-3:55pm M1C / Calligraphy ＠ Art Room （Ms. Stella)

【ECS Star Team】

Recruiting 2023 NVAECS Stars Competition Team- Chinese Calligraphy IMPORTANT

Competition will be on Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:00 PM at TECRO

Please register HERE . Any questions please contact Ms. Chen .

Requirements:

● 2023-2024 registered 5th to 12th grade ECS Students

● Parents’ and students’ full participation in the training through the competition date.

【Activities】

ECS Ski Trip Registration Is now open!! ＮＥＷ

Welcome both ECS and non-ECS families! Come for any 1 night or all 7 nights!

● 2023 ECS ski trip can be 1 to 7 nights between 12/21 and 12/27

● Registration is now open and we will need to receive checks by October 29, 2023 for early bird discount

● Early bird discounts will have 50% savings on Registration Fee ($25 for ECS Families & $75 for Non ECS Families).

● Please refer to more details and Register HERE.

● Please contact ECS Activity if you have any further questions.

Fall Extracurricular Activities Begin

Ｍore information Here .

Kids’ Chinese Wushu Lesson (for Age 6+)

● Instructor: Kylor Chou

● Location: 1F Cafeteria, 4pm-5pm

● Date: 10/15, 10/22, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10

● Fee: FREE（Drop-in welcome）

Parents Game Time

Come to meet other parents and compete over board games, card games, and chess at 1F Cafeteria between 2pm-4pm

【Fundraising】

10/29/2023 Fall Festival 3:50-5:00pm IMPORTANT

The highly-anticipated Fall Festival is coming! We need lots of volunteers. Please contact your room parent(s) to sign up to donate and serve food, to host game stations, or to help at second-hand sale tables. Contact Fundraising to sign up to set up or clean up the cafeteria.

Fundraising Opportunities NEW

Order pick up date is 10/15/2023. Please bring your own shopping bag.

Preferable payment methods: PayPal or Check (Please write separate checks for different group purchasing items).

Please provide the exact change if paying by cash

● Chinese Style Pastries

● YiFang Fruit Tea

● Hand made Seafood combination dumpling - 30 bags available

● Bento Box with three Chinese BBQ (BBQ Pork, Roasted Duck and Roasted Pork) - only 2 Boxes Left!!!

● Bread Corner

● Laozihao Chinese Snacks

● Asian Pears

● HoneyCrisp Apple

【General Affairs】

Safety Patrols Are Needed

Several Safety Patrols are needed for the Fall semester. Safety Patrol will earn 1 service point each time. Please go online to register if you are interested in.