Week 14, January 5, 2008 [Back to Top]

Dear Parents,

On behalf of BCS, we wish everyone a joyous holiday and a prosperous New Year. May the New Year bring health, happiness and prosperity to you and your family, and to all the volunteers and teachers of BCS. Please forward the weekly E-news to your class parents.

**Editor's Note

This weekend the Bay Area will have its first major storm. Please take more attention to driving and parking, especially crossing the sidewalk to each campus. Stay tune to the weather forecast and our web site at www.bcs-usa.org for any update information.

**Parent Patrol**:reminder (1/5/08)

 
Morrill 3 parents each; others 2 parents each:
 
           Language class:             Culture class:
Morrill:      C3B, M1C                  L10 (Cartoon Drawing)
Sierramont    C5A, M4C                  S9 (Chinese Go)
Piedmont      M10A, M8B                 P12 (Chinese Harp )

Please show up 15 minutes before school start to ensure our kids' safety, especially Morrill campus.

Updated Schedules can be viewed at http://www.bcs-usa.org/FirstDay/index.html#2

Ahead of us:

1. 1/5/2008: January Board meeting at Morrill library
   
2. 1/12/2008: Academic Competition (drawing) at Sierramont from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.
   
3. 1/26/2008 Academic Competition (drawing) at Sierramont from 8:30am to 2:30pm.
   

Academic Competition News:

1. Academic Competition info correction:

   Cantonese Dictionary contest: Only A, and B group. No CD group
   1/12/2008: drawing contest at Sierramont campus from 1:30pm to 3:30pm.
   1/26/2008: academic contest at Sierramont campus from 8:30am to 2:30pm.
   

All contest rules follow the ANCCS academic competition guidelines. Past titles/examples and current rules have been posted on our home page http://www.bcs-usa.org/2008AC

Please check our web site, www.bcs-usa.org, for updated info.

Spring Performance News:

1. The Spring Performance Team is gearing up the preparation for the 4/13 Spring Performance. They are ready to accept applications for participating in the SP program. We also encourage parents and students to volunteer for the MC positions. One adult and TWO students are needed. There is also a SP Poster Contest for each campus. 1st prize is $75, 2nd prize is $25, 3rd prize certificate. Details please check on our BCS web site at www.bcs-usa.org
   
2. Earlier in the year, the Morrill campus is the designated helper group and each class in Morrill is required to provide 2 parent helpers for this event, either on Saturday afternoon on 4/12 or Sunday 4/13. For those Morrill classes which have not provided the helpers, please email your parent helpers' name and contact info to bcs_board@yahoo.com. There will be a SP working session meeting on 4/12 at Morrill for job assignments.

We have posted past E-News onto the "Class Liaison Home Page" for those of you who missed the mailings at www.bcs-usa.org/ClassLiaison/or one can go to the home page and click the link on the left "BCS Board and Staff" and then click on "Class Liaison Weekly E-News". The weekly BCS Newsletter is also posted on our web site. Just click on "Newsletter" link on the left of our home page at www.bcs-usa.org

Week 15, January 1/12/2008 [Back to Top]

Dear Parents,

Please forward the weekly E-news to your class parents.

**Year end potluck/gathering**

We understand some classes would celebrate end of the Spring Semester with a potluck or gathering. Please remind all parents to have food and drinks OUTSIDE the classroom. For Sierramont classes, DO NOT set up food and drinks inside the building. Set it up outside the building instead. Chinese food has a lingering flavor that would not be appreciated by the day school staff/students when they resume classes on Monday.

**Parent Patrol**:reminder (1/12/08)

Morrill 3 parents each; others 2 parents each:
 
           Language class:             Culture class:
Morrill:      C2A, M1B                  L11 (Chinese Go)
Sierramont    C5B, M4A                  S11 (Badminton)
Piedmont      M10B, M7A                 P13 (Guitar)

Please show up 15 minutes before school start to ensure our kids' safety, especially Morrill campus.

Updated Schedules can be viewed at http://www.bcs-usa.org/FirstDay/index.html#2

Ahead of us:

1. 1. 1/12: Final Day Spring Semester
   
2. 1/12: Academic competition at Sierramont
   Culture Contest 1:00pm to 2:00pm
   Western drawing: 2:00pm to 3:30pm
   
3. 1/26: NO school
   
4. 1/26: Academic competition at Sierramont from 8:30am to 2:30pm.
   
5. 2/2: Februay board meeting at Sierramont library
   
6. 2/9: Chinese New Year Celebration at Morrill
   
7. 2/16, 2/23: No School
   

Academic Competition Reminder:

We made a mistake in the info sent to each student. All questions, changes and/or requests should be sent via email to bcs_board@yahoo.com NOT bcslife@yahoo.com.

Please call Wendy at 408-628-9408 for any urgent questions. We apologize for any inconvenience and confusion. Classroom assignments and contest time information has been posted on our web at www.bcs-usa.org for your review.

1. Academic Competition Reminder
   1/12: Culture Contest: 100pm to 2:00pm
   Western drawing contest: 2:00pm to 3:30pm
   1/26: All other contests: 8:30am to 2:30pmacademic contest

   All contest rules follow the ANCCS academic competition guidelines. Past titles/examples and current rules have been posted on our home page http://www.bcs-usa.org/2008AC

2. 1/12 parent volunteers:
   Thanks to parent volunteers from M7A, M7B, M7C, M8A, M8B, C8B and C9. Please report to Sierramont office by 1:30pm for your assignment.
   
3. 1/26 parent volunteers:

Spring Performance News:

1. The Spring Performance Team is gearing up the preparation for the 4/13 Spring Performance. They are ready to accept applications for participating in the SP program. We also encourage parents and students to volunteer for the MC positions. One adult and TWO students are needed. There is also a SP Poster Contest for each campus. 1st prize is $75, 2nd prize is $25, 3rd prize certificate. Details please check on our BCS web site at www.bcs-usa.org
   

We have posted past E-News onto the "Class Liaison Home Page" for those of you who missed the mailings at www.bcs-usa.org/ClassLiaison/or one can go to the home page and click the link on the left "BCS Board and Staff" and then click on "Class Liaison Weekly E-News". The weekly BCS Newsletter is also posted on our web site. Just click on "Newsletter" link on the left of our home page at www.bcs-usa.org

Week 16, January 19, 2008 [Back to Top]

Dear Parents,

Welcome all to the Spirng Semester!

Please forward the weekly E-news to your class parents.

Parent Patrol Reminder (1/19/08)

Morrill 3 parents each; others 2 parents each:
 
Language class:                  Culture class:
Morrill:      C2B, MK1            L13 (Kung Fu)
Sierramont    C4A, M54B           S13 (Cartoon Drawing)
Piedmont      M9A, M7B            MS9 (Special Mandarin culture class)

Please show up 15 minutes before school start to ensure our kids' safety, especially Morrill campus. 
Updated Schedules can be viewed at http://www.bcs-usa.org/FirstDay/index.html#2
 

Ahead of us:

1. 1/26: NO school
   
2. 1/26: Academic competition at Sierramont from 8:30am to 2:30pm.
   
3. 2/2: Februay board meeting at Sierramont library
   
4. 2/9: Chinese New Year Celebration at Morrill
   
5. 2/16, 2/23: No School
   

Academic Competition Reminder:

We had a great western drawing contest last Saturday. The results are posted on our web under "Recent Events" on the right hand column.

We made a mistake in the info sent to each student. All questions, changes and/or requests should be sent via email to bcs_board@yahoo.com NOT bcslife@yahoo.com.

Please call Wendy at 408-628-9408 for any urgent questions. We apologize for any inconvenience and confusion. Classroom assignments and contest time information has been posted on our web at www.bcs-usa.org for your review.

1. Academic Competition Reminder
   
   1/26: All other contests: 8:30am to 2:30pmacademic contest
   All contest rules follow the ANCCS academic competition guidelines. Past titles/examples and current rules have been posted on our home page http://www.bcs-usa.org/2008AC

2. We would like to thank parent volunteers who came to help on 1/12:
   M7A, M7B, M7C, M8A, M8B, C8B and C9.
   1/26 parent volunteers:
   Thanks to parent volunteers from M9A, M10A, M10B and C10. Please report to Sierramont office by 9am for your assignment.
   

Spring Performance News:

1. The Spring Performance Team is gearing up the preparation for the 4/13 Spring Performance. They are ready to accept applications for participating in the SP program. We also encourage parents and students to volunteer for the MC positions. One adult and TWO students are needed. There is also a SP Poster Contest for each campus. 1st prize is $75, 2nd prize is $25, 3rd prize certificate. Details please check on our BCS web site at www.bcs-usa.org.

Community News:

Most of you might be aware of Irish Chang, the author of "Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II". She was fearful that this incident will become a *forgotten holocaust*, and set out and wrote this book which was published in 1997. Irish Chang subsequently committed suicide partly because of depression resulting from researching materials for this book. A full length documentary (not based on her book) is available in San Jose this week. We would like you to be aware of this opportunity to view this film. Please note that the film is rated "R".

Here is the info:

Synopsis: Documentary set during the Japanese invasion of Nanking , China in the early days of World War II, focusing on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. The events are told through interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries. "This masterful, powerful doc may well rank among the greatest retellings of a historical event put on film." -- Box Office Magazine

Running Time: 91 Minutes
(plus 8-10 minutes of trailers) 
Rated R 
SHOWTIMES Jan 18-24 
Nanking Showtime San Jose Camera 12 1/18-24 
Fri: --- | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Sat: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Sun: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Mon: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Tu-Th:--- | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Camera 12 Downtown 
201 S. Second St . 
408.998.3300 
ADMISSION PRICES
$10 -- General Admission
$7.50 -- Students with current I.D. (every day) 
$6.75 -- Children 12 and under, Seniors 63 and over
$7 -- Matinees
Related links: 

News:

We have posted past E-News onto the "Class Liaison Home Page" for those of you who missed the mailings at www.bcs-usa.org/ClassLiaison/or one can go to the home page and click the link on the left "BCS Board and Staff" and then click on "Class Liaison Weekly E-News". The weekly BCS Newsletter is also posted on our web site. Just click on "Newsletter" link on the left of our home page at www.bcs-usa.org

Academic Competition reminder + Free books and Sales on 1/26[Back to Top]

Dear Parents,

We do not have school this Saturday 1/26.

This is a reminder of the Academic Competition this Saturday from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

We had a total of 527students and 1063 entries for 17 different categories. We would like to thank all of you, parents and teachers, for your persistant encouragement for our kids to learn our heritage. Please be on time and be there at least 15 minutes before your contest begins. Everyone participant will have a small gift just by their attendance.

Academic Competition Reminder:

1/26: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm at Sierramont campus

All contest rules follow the ANCCS academic competition guidelines. Past titles/examples and current rules have been posted on our home page (http://www.bcs-usa.org/2008AC/ )

1/26 parent volunteers: parent volunteers from M9A, M10A, M10B and C10, please report to Sierramont office before 9am for your assignment.

Free Books and Sales

We will have a lot of surplus books (textbooks, exercise books) from BCS inventory to be given away free to all parents. All we ask of you is a small donation (e.g. 25 cents per item) and it is entirely up to you. We also have other items for sale at a much reduced price, e.g. BCS logo T-shirts, souvenirs, and many other items.

Spring Performance News:

1. The Spring Performance Team is gearing up the preparation for the 4/13 Spring Performance. They are ready to accept applications for participating in the SP program. We also encourage parents and students to volunteer for the MC positions. One adult and TWO students are needed. There is also a SP Poster Contest for each campus. 1st prize is $75, 2nd prize is $25, 3rd prize certificate. Details please check on our BCS web site at www.bcs-usa.org.

Community News:

Most of you might be aware of Irish Chang, the author of "Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II". She was fearful that this incident will become a *forgotten holocaust*, and set out and wrote this book which was published in 1997. Irish Chang subsequently committed suicide partly because of depression resulting from researching materials for this book. A full length documentary (not based on her book) is available in San Jose this week. We would like you to be aware of this opportunity to view this film. Please note that the film is rated "R".

Here is the info:

Synopsis: Documentary set during the Japanese invasion of Nanking , China in the early days of World War II, focusing on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. The events are told through interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries. "This masterful, powerful doc may well rank among the greatest retellings of a historical event put on film." -- Box Office Magazine

Running Time: 91 Minutes
(plus 8-10 minutes of trailers) 
Rated R 
SHOWTIMES Jan 18-24 
Nanking Showtime San Jose Camera 12 1/18-24 
Fri: --- | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Sat: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Sun: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Mon: 1:20 | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Tu-Th:--- | 3:50 | 6:30 | 8:45
Camera 12 Downtown 
201 S. Second St . 
408.998.3300 
ADMISSION PRICES
$10 -- General Admission
$7.50 -- Students with current I.D. (every day) 
$6.75 -- Children 12 and under, Seniors 63 and over
$7 -- Matinees
Related links: 

News:

We have posted past E-News onto the "Class Liaison Home Page" for those of you who missed the mailings at www.bcs-usa.org/ClassLiaison/or one can go to the home page and click the link on the left "BCS Board and Staff" and then click on "Class Liaison Weekly E-News". The weekly BCS Newsletter is also posted on our web site. Just click on "Newsletter" link on the left of our home page at www.bcs-usa.org