Fall Semester Newsletter, 2010

Summer break is officially over.  Hope everyone had a wonderful summer!

If you’re parents of a new student, welcome to St. Louis Chinese Language School, if you are parents of a returning student, welcome back.  We’re thrilled to begin a new school year. 

As the first day of school is quickly approaching, I would like to say thanks to all volunteers who have been preparing for the new school year. Thanks to the support of our staff, board members and parents we will have another successful school year. The following are a few items that you should be aware of:

First Day of School: August 29， 2010,

Registration begins at 1 p.m.

Language classes are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Enrichment classes are from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Classes Categories: 1) Kindergarten

2) Simplified Chinese (S-track)

3) Traditional Chinese (T-track)

4) English –track (Children class, Adult class or conversation class)

Enrichment classes are badminton, Kungfu, taiji, folk-dance, craf, drawing, ping pong, chess, etc.

Online registration: Please register before August 25, 2009.

We highly recommend parents register online and then pay tuition on the first day of school. Also, you can register on the first day of school if you don’t have internet excess.

Tuition: $175 per student

In the same family, the 2^nd or more students is $170 per person.

The tuition for Enrichment Class only is $100 per person.

Parent Taiji and Exercise class is $40 per person per hour section.

Parents on duty:

It's required for a parent from each family to sign up to be a “parent on duty” on the 1st day of school next to the registration station.

$50 deposit will be taken on the first day of school for this duty. After the “parent on duty” task is performed, the school will refund the $50 deposit to the family.

If you are not able to sign up on the first day you may sign up on other days that school is in session.  If you do not fulfill this require the school will not refund your deposit.

Text Book:

Each adult E-track student needs to pay $30 in addition to the tuition to buy the text book titled “Learn Chinese With Me”.

Other classes’ text books are available to students at no additional cost.

However, if a student lost his/her text books or needs to buy second set of the books, the charges will be incurred.

Chinese Grocery Store Coupon Sale:

Please purchase these coupons to support the school. 

You can purchase these gift certificates in 10 dollar increments. The more you purchase the more you are helping Saint Louis Chinese Language School. These coupons greatly benefit the school itself. The school gets 5% of your total bill when you use them at the Chinese stores.

School Facility:

This year we have rented the facility of St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf again.

As you see, there are many items displayed on hallway or in classrooms.  Please tell your children “DO NOT TOUCH” anything that belongs to St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf (SJID).  It is very difficult to find and rent a place big enough for our school, so we don’t want to have any complaints from SJID.

Parent Activities:

We have organized some seminars for the parents. Please do not miss the notices and attend the seminars. The activities will be posted in front for the school. If you have some other ideas please contact board member- Allie Li (636-536-7439).

Promote School:

Please help promote the school to your friends, colleagues and neighbors.

School Info:

Please visit the school website www.stlcls.org to view school history, board member names, and school staff names.

Other school contact information: e-mail：stlcls@rocketmail.com

Phone：314-560-9804

Mail：PO Box 410656, St. Louis, MO 63141

Thank You for Your Cooperation!