[ECS Announcement] October 11th, 2024

English Version

Web Version is available after Friday

 

【Updated Announcement】

 

【Principal】

School Hallway Policy  IMPORTANT

The facility staff on duty at Chantilly High School reminded ECS not to run or play loudly in the hallway of the school building according to FCPS policy.  Please remind the students before class. Thanks for your cooperation!

 

 

【Academics】

Contest Judge and Event Volunteer Sign-Up NEW
The sign-up for academic contests has begun. Please contact your room parent to sign up by 10/13/2024. The academic volunteer opportunities include: Recitation Contest (12/15/2024), Chinese New Year Festival (1/26/2025), and Vocabulary Contest (5/4/2025). Please refer to School Service-point Tasks for more details.

 

【ECS Star Team】

Congratulations! ECS Star Team Won the 1st Place in the 5th Multimedia Application Contest

The contest was on 9/21 and the award ceremony was at the Confucius Memorial Ceremony on 9/28. The participants are from Chinese schools and mainstream schools across the metro DC area. Congratulations to the two outstanding ECS students: Darrell Kao from H2A and ECS TA  Jennifer Dobson for winning 1st place with a $1000 award!

 

【Activities】

2024 ECS Ski Trip to Seven Springs: Registration is Open!

We have arranged significant discounts again for the Ski Trip to Seven Springs Resort!  This is also ECS’ largest fundraiser of the year!  Both ECS and Non-ECS families are welcomed to take advantage of the discounts. The discounts apply to both ECS Ski Trip and EPIC Passes:

●     ECS Ski Trip

○     Reservation dates from December 22 (Sunday) to December 26 (Thursday). Come for any 2 nights to 5 nights

○     Offer condo options  

○     Registration for the ski trip and lodging HERE

○     Early Bird Discount: Saves 10% on registration fees if you register by October 20th

○     Registration will be confirmed with the receipt of either check or Paypal for the confirmed lodging amount. 

●     EPIC Passes Details

○     Access the EPIC Passes HERE

○     Enter Promo Code B7SEXS24    (CASE sensitive)

○     EPIC Passes can be used all season long at ANY Participating Vail resorts (Liberty Resort, Whitetail or other participating Vail Resorts)

○     You can get EPIC passes for ECS Ski trips and the balance of the days on your own in January or February during non black out dates at participating Vail Resorts. 

 

Fall Extracurricular Activities

Registration for extracurricular activities: CLICK HERE

Don’t miss the new and exciting classes for this fall!  Additional information on the website .

●     After School Kids classes (Classes started on 9/22)

○     Chinese Painting

○     Chinese Yoyo

○     Wushu /Kung Fu (Free)

○     Taiwanese Traditional Art

■     Traditional Tile Painting (11/3, 11/10)

■     Holiday Lanterns (1/19/25)

○     Violin class (Free. Bring your own Violin. Register please reach out to ECS Activity )

 

ECS Social Media

The Experimental Chinese School has organized the following online groups to welcome parents to join. These social platforms are for parents to share and exchange information. Please be friendly and polite to one another.

●     ECS Facebook Group

●     ECS Parent Group (Line )

●     ECS Yo-yo Team (Website ) (Line Group )

 

 

【Fundraising】

Fall Festival NEW

The autumn celebration is just around the corner, and we sincerely invite you and your family to join us! Please contact Fundraising if any questions.

 

Still Need Volunteers to:

●     Provide food: Any type of the food is welcome - Please sign up with your room parent(s)

●     Run game booths, balloon animal station, and face painting station – Please sign up with your room parent(s)

●     Room Parents: Please return the completed food menu to the office or the Google form by October 13

●     Food & Raffle tickets pre-sale NOW through ECS Online to reduce wait times on-site. (No change will be given on-site.)

Features:

●     Check out Flyer Video this year and Photos from last year

●     Halloween costume parade

●     Quiz with prizes

●     A second-hand flea market

●     Delicious food donated by ECS parents

●     Mini game stands

 

 

Fundraising Opportunities NEW

Order through ECS Online . Order deadline 10/11.

Order pick up date is October 20th. Please bring your own shopping bag.

Preferable payment methods: PayPal or Check. Please provide the exact change if paying by cash

●     Bread Corner: Breads, buns, toasts, and egg tarts, etc.

●     Dumplings: 2 Flavors: Pork/ Corn and Shrimps/ Pork/ Chive (sold out).

●     Share Tea: Mango Milk Tea w/ Lychee, Mango Passion Fruit Tea w/ Lychee, Okinawa Milk Tea,

Oolong Milk Tea, QQ Happy Family Milk Tea, Taro Milk Tea

●     Cox Farm Snacks: Apple cider, apple cider donuts, sweet and savory kettle corn.

 

 

 

【General Affairs】 

Safety Patrols Are Needed

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