Spring Forward! 春天前进！
All about Spring Camp, After School Enrichment, and Volunteering at SBCS. 关于春假中文培训营，课后中文俱乐部及中文学校的志愿者报名情况。
Dear SBCS Community,
We have 2 more spots for Spring Camp!
Suitable for students ages 4 -12 years old, Zero Beginner to Intermediate level Chinese. Please come play, learn, and perform in Mandarin with us if you will be around during spring break. It’s basically our weekend formal class + enrichment classes + Chinese Club w/ food + book exchange + ice skating packed into 5 immersive days. Chloe Laoshi, Yang Laoshi, Ma Laoshi, and Principal Jenny are currently tailoring our course curriculum according to the students who are already enrolled. For details, please see the breakdown from our previous newsletter.
For those who are signed up, please look out for our “Welcome to Spring Camp 2025!” email to be sent out next week along with instructions and preparation information.
Yes, we are planning to offer Summer Camp too…for 3 weeks, starting in late July. However, we will not be accepting sign ups until early April. Let’s perfect Spring Camp first!
Chinese Club Updates:
For Spring term, we are working to add two more elementary schools to our Chinese Club lineup: La Patera Elementary School for alternative recess on Wednesdays & Ellwood Elementary School on Fridays. We will also continue to offer Chinese Club at SB Charter, Isla Vista Elementary School, and Kellogg Elementary School…open to all 1st graders to 5th graders, led by Yang Laoshi. There are so many benefits to learning a second language as early as possible, let’s not wait until high school!
Our own SBCS-run Chinese Club, led by Principal Jenny and Ma Laoshi, is open to all children 4 years old to 9 years olds, 1.5 hour long per session, and comes with Asian snacks. Chinese Club is our play-based tutorial session offering, which is a more low-key way to get an intro to Mandarin and Chinese culture, or get tutoring help…office-hour style. There are only 2 more months (8 Thursdays) of these small group sessions left before we are off for the entire summer!
SBCS’s Chinese Club is also our training ground for all the elementary school programs, and for our TAs, run the way we intended. While we have an agreement with Pardall Center by UCSB to gather there, their newly remodeled community space unfortunately flooded after the rain, so we are meeting in the Clubhouse by Ellwood Bluffs in the meantime.
We’d also like to offer Chinese Club for adults during the week, but we simply don’t have the capacity yet. Do join us on Sunday at 2:30pm if you are able! We may switch to Saturday 9am in the Fall. Feedback welcome!
Thank you for Volunteering at SBCS!
Over the last year, we’ve had high school students, college students, and parents inquire about volunteering for school credit, internship experience, or discounts in tuition, etc. We love your enthusiastic support, and thank you for taking the initiative!
If you’re a fluent Mandarin speaker, we are always happy to train our volunteers in our pedagogy, then put you in the field as our teaching assistant (TA). If you’re looking for English-speaking opportunities, we offer real-world experience both in-person and remote. Either or both tracks could result in offering you a paid position someday.
It really does start with this volunteering spirit that we can run as effectively as we’ve had. Please don’t hesitate to reach out or sign up via our Contribute page!
Thank you for reading until the end! We hope your Spring plans are coming along smoothly and look forward to seeing you out and about more as the weather warms up. Colds and viruses, be gone!
Wishing you only the best,
Principal Jenny & the SBCS Team
亲爱的SB中文学校社区，
春假中文培训营只剩两个名额咯！
适合4至12岁，零基础到中级中文水平的学生。如果你在春假期间有空，快来和我们一起玩、学、用中文表演吧！这基本上是我们周末的正式课程 + 丰富的拓展课程 + 中文俱乐部（还有美食）+ 图书交换 + 冰上溜冰，五天的沉浸式学习体验哦。Chloe老师、杨老师、马老师和Jenny校长正在根据已经报名的学生调整课程内容。详情请参考我们上一封通讯。
已经报名的小伙伴，请留意我们下周发送的“欢迎加入2025春季营地！”邮件，里面会有详细的准备信息和注意事项。
对，我们计划7月下旬提供夏令营。不过报名得等到4月初才开始。先让我们把春假的一周办好才能提供更完善的服务。谢谢您的耐心等待！
中文俱乐部最新动态：
我们这个学期正在考虑增加两个新的中文俱乐部地点：La Patera小学和Ellwood小学。由杨老师带领的俱乐部课外活动也同时继续在SB Charter、Isla Vista小学和Kellogg小学开设，面向所有1至5年级学生。学习第二语言的好处绰绰有余，越早开始越好，别等到高中再学！
我们中文学校举办的俱乐部由Jenny校长和马老师带领，适合4到9岁的孩子，每节课1.5小时，课中包括亚洲食品的介绍和品尝。中文俱乐部是我们基于游戏的辅导课程，是一个轻松入门中文和中国文化，或者进行辅导的好机会...就像办公室开放时间一样！距离暑假还有2个月，共8个星期四。欢迎加入我们这个小班辅导课！
咱们办的中文俱乐部也是我们所有小学项目和助教的培训基地，按照我们原定的方式运营。虽然我们和UCSB的Pardall Center有合作，但是他们新装修的社区空间在雨后不幸被淹了，所以我们暂时回到Ellwood Bluffs附近的俱乐部会所上课。
我们也很想在平日为成人开设中文俱乐部，但目前我们唯一的成人班是设在周日下午2：30开。欢迎参与！
诚恳感谢我们的志愿者这一年来的支持！
过去一年，我们有高中生、大学生以及家长咨询是否可以参与志愿者工作，以获得学分、实习经验或学费折扣等。我们非常感谢你们的热情支持，感谢你们主动伸出援手！
如果你是流利的中文母语者，我们非常欢迎你加入我们的教学团队，接受我们教学法的培训，然后作为我们的助教参与教学。如果你在寻找英语的实习机会，我们也提供现场和远程的实战经验。这两条路径都是加入我们主团队的好机会。
正是因为有了大家的志愿服务精神，我们才能如此高效地运作。请随时通过我们的“贡献”页面报名参与我们的工作！
感谢过目！希望你们的春季计划顺利进行，随着天气逐渐的变暖，我们期待和各位有更多的交流机会。感冒病毒，快闪开！
祝一切顺心，
余捷校长和SB中文学校团队