'Tis the Season to Start Planning for Vacation...and Winter+Spring 2025! 请边策划假期边关注2025的计划！
Important updates going into the holiday months + How our digital platforms are generally organized so you can stay in the know without getting spammed.
Dear families,
As we venture into the holiday season, I wanted to provide some noteworthy dates, offer some insight into how we operate digitally, and gather some feedback as we start planning for 2025.
Chinese Club has finally become a place where families learning Chinese have the opportunity to really hang out over karaoke and meals…beyond being a training ground for students who are not quite ready for formal classes or want the extra practice during the week. Our final “month’s” sessions for 2024 will be held on Nov. 7, 14, and Dec. 5, & 12…still at the 3:15-4:45pm time slot. Sign up via our upgraded Enrollment Portal! Family Karaoke Time + Friendsgiving on Nov. 14 (members only), and our end-of-term party on Dec. 15 (open to the public).
There are a few “no school” days and next term’s enrollment period coming up! So please mark your calendars:
November 9-11: Veteran’s Holiday Weekend
November 25 - December 1: Thanksgiving Holiday
December 17 - January 24: Winter Break + Enrollment Period for Winter-Spring Term!
Plans for 2025 Winter + Spring Term: As we look to our January - May 2025 term, we are thinking about moving our Saturday morning sessions to 12:30pm instead…to accommodate many of our families’ soccer/dance/baseball morning commitments. Also in January, Mandarin for Adults is scheduled for launch! Chinese Club may start earlier at 2:30pm due to early release days from GUSD elementary schools. Come March 24-28, we are also planning a week-long Spring Camp to pilot our plans for summer immersion camps. If you have strong feelings about those initiatives - or any others - we want to hear from you! Please complete our Planning Survey so we can better tailor our offerings to our Chinese-learning community.
Also, we wanted to give you an aerial view of our digital presence - a sort of roadmap - so you can be more productive and intentional with social feeds from us:
Our website is our comprehensive “Linktree.” You can reach us from it, figure out what Weekend, Weekday, or Online programs are offered, read our syllabi, donate/pay tuition, and tap into Chinese-speaking events around town via our Events page! Info on Chinese-speaking public events, like Dec. 15, are updated with details as we get closer to the date, so bookmark this page somewhere.
This newsletter is issued when there’s something to share with our community and avid followers. Usually monthly - though not guaranteed - and written when we have chunks of news or event invitations to share. No spam, no frills, just an email to stay in touch. Please subscribe if you haven’t already done so.
Our social media platforms are managed by humans, not robots, and still finding their pace:
Facebook Page: Basically our newsletter broken down and delivered in digestible bits…sprinkled in between by Chinese learning resource sharing and event announcements. Follow if you’re a Facebook user, or have a tendency to skip through your emails.
Instagram: Predominantly Chinese learning lessons & resource sharing with visual aids..probably also based upon vocabulary you’d come across in our newsletter. Follow if you prefer a more visual learning experience as you stay in touch.
LinkedIn: Newly created for our teachers, parents, and volunteers to have a space to share opportunities and work together. Connect with us if you’re a person who can help us on the backend of things.
Still not sure how to get in touch? 想要联系我们吗？
Parents & Community members: Unless you were added to a specific chat group by our teachers, email is still the best way to go. Respond to this newsletter or contact us anytime!
Prospective teachers, teaching assistants (TAs), and Remote personnel: Start with our Teachers or Contribute page.
Hope that helped enable a healthier downtime and screen time consumption!
Sincerely,
Principal Jenny & the SBCS Team
亲爱的家长们，
随着假期季节的到来，我想和大家分享一些重要的日期，介绍一下我们如何在线运作，并且在我们开始为2025年做规划时收集一些反馈。
中文俱乐部终于成为了一个让学习中文的家庭能真正放松、一起唱歌、吃饭的地方——不仅仅是为那些还没有准备好上正式课或需要更多课外练习的学生提供的训练场所。2024年的最后几次活动将分别在11月7日、14日和12月5日、12日举行，时间仍是下午3:15到4:45。感兴趣的请通过我们的报名网站注册！11月14日将有家庭卡拉OK时间和感恩节聚会（仅限会员），12月15日是学期末聚会（向公众开放）。
接下来有几个假日以及下学期的报名时间，记得在日历上标注哦：
11月9日-11日：退伍军人节周末
11月25日-12月1日：感恩节假期
12月17日-1月24日：寒假+冬春学期报名时间！
2025年冬春学期计划：
展望2025年1月至5月的学期，我们正在考虑将周六早上的课程时间调到12:30pm，以便配合大家的足球、舞蹈、棒球等活动安排。一月份时，成人班也要开了！同时，由于GUSD小学的提前放学日，中文俱乐部的活动时间也可能会提前至2:30pm开始。到了3月24日至28日，我们还计划举办一周的春季营，作为暑期沉浸式夏令营的试点。如果您对这些计划或相关课程有任何强烈的建议——我们非常希望听到您的反馈！请填写我们的规划调查问卷，帮助我们根据中文学习社区的需求调整我们的课程安排。
为了帮助大家更有效地运用我们的社交媒体，我们想给大家一个“导航图”，方便大家进一步了解我们的电子平台。
我们的网站就像是我们全面的“Linktree”。您可以通过它找到我们、了解正在进行的项目、阅读没班级的教学大纲，捐款或支付学费，并且查看在本地举办的中文相关活动！12月15日的活动信息会在临近时更新，所以记得把活动页面加到书签里。
这份通讯是我们有重要内容要分享时才给大家发送的。发送频率不固定，一般平均每月一次，当有重要消息或活动邀请时我们就会发送。没有垃圾邮件，没有花哨的内容，就是一封简单的邮件，帮助我们保持联系。别忘了订阅哦！
我们的社交媒体平台是由人来管理的，不是机器设定的：
Facebook页面：基本上是我们的通讯内容的精简版，配合一些中文学习资源的分享和活动通知。如果你是Facebook用户，或者你通常会跳过邮件，记得关注我们哦。
Instagram：主要分享中文学习资源和视觉辅助材料，通常会与通讯中的词汇相关。喜欢通过更直观的方式学习的朋友可以关注我们的Instagram。
LinkedIn：为我们的教师和志愿者创建的新平台，方便大家分享机会和协作。如果你愿意为我们提供后台支持，欢迎在LinkedIn上与我们联系。
还不确定怎么联系我们？
家长和社区成员：除非你已经被老师添加到特定的聊天群，否则电子邮件仍然是最好的联系方式。您可以回复这封通讯的邮件，或随时联系我们！
希望以上信息能帮助大家更好地管理闲暇时间和屏幕使用！
余捷校长 & SBCS团队