BCS Weekly E-Newsletter WW09 11/02/2019 - 博愛中文學校 Berryessa Chinese School

Dear Parents,

This year is BCS 40th anniversary. BCS will be making memorable yearbook and T-shirt for sale as one part of the celebration events. You may order the yearbook, T-shirt or both (at discounted price) using the attached form. Please do so before the due date to help BCS fulfill the right amount of orders than excess.

This year we are celebrating BCS 40 th Anniversary. BCS Spring Performance (SP) and Spring Performance Poster Contest will become parts of 40 th anniversary celebration. The SP will be held on Saturday, Mar 14, 2020 at the Multi-Purpose Room of Sierramont Middle School. If you and your class are interested in any of two events, Poster Contest and Spring Performance, please submit the following application form to any BCS offices. Please refer to the attached file for details.

Every class is required to submit 2 pages for BCS 40th anniversary yearbook. Please refer to the attached zipped file for the template and details about the contents. Please email to yearbook@bcs-usa.org should you have any questions. The submission due by Feb/15/2020.

A very successful Fall Carnival on last Saturday. Please refer below for the thank you message from the Principal.

The Academic Competition Registration Form of 2020 was distributed to all classes last Saturday(10/26/2019). Please remember to pick up the forms from the campus offices and distribute to your classes. Please remind the students that the registration deadline is 11/16/2019. On the day of the deadline, please collect then submit all the students’ registration forms with the class cover form as well as the checks for the fee to the campus offices by 10am. Please pay special attention that, the age cut off date is September 1 for group classification, which is different from previous years.

Teachers, please highly encourage your students to participate in the competition.

During the holiday, you may shop at smile.amazon.com to generate AmazonSmile donations for BCS.

Please check with your department associate deans if you are unsure about anything to watch out in the classroom.

**Campus Patrol**

Week 9 11/02/2019

Language Classes Culture Classes

Morrill MK [3] C2 [3] L10 (Cartoon Drawing 漫畫) [2]

Sierramont C5 [3] CFL3 [3] S11 (Badminton 羽毛球) [2]

Piedmont C12/C11 [2] HSIC1 [2] HSIC2 [2]

Note: [number] = number of parent patrol for each campus.

Campus patrols must be at least 18 years old

Duty time: 8:45AM – 11:45AM (Language classes) / 11:40AM-12:55PM(Culture classes)

**Campus Announcement**

Morrill/Sierramont/Piedmont campus:
Room Parents, not the class representative, need to turn in the classroom checklist when the class is over, not during the class session.

It is imperative that Room Parents should arrive at the classroom early to assist teachers in maintaining classroom order and ensuring student safety.

No eating or drinking is allowed in the classroom at any time.
Restore classroom condition after class. No mix and match on chairs and tables.
Avoid using apparatus within the classroom.

**BCS News**

BCS Panera Bread Program

如果您是住在Coleman Ave的Panera bread附近，而又可以於星期五晚上九時前幫忙去拿取麵包，又或是可以在星期六早上九時到十時在Morrill或Sierramont 辦公室幫忙分發麵包，請到任何一個辦公室與我們聯絡或電郵到bcs_board@yahoo.com。您將會和其他的家長輪流去拿取麵包。謝謝！

Fall Carnival Thank You Message from Principal

I like to thank you everyone involved with the Carnival. We have another successful event despite the unusually warm weather. I hope you all had the time to attend. The performance by Chinese Instructment, Shaolin Wushu and Taichi were spectacular.

Our VIP really enjoyed this event, this year we have Superintendent Dr Fuentes, Trustee David Cohen, TECO Deputy Director Jane Chung, Assembly member Kansen Chu and wife Daisy. Otto Lee and also Huy Tran also happened to drop by.

Special thanks to the following:

Activity Team and Alan Ha — despite shorthanded, they got everything done quickly.

Brenda, Ben Li, Brian Lee, Matthew Fong, Huong for taking care of the VIPs and our info booth

May — for creating all the signs, raffle prizes, and contacting the volunteers

Rita — with raffle ticket sales and all helper/volunteers sign in/out

Robin and Daniel — for being the MC and keeping everyone entertained

Steven Quan and Jordan Ho –for photography, I hope you took lots of pictures for the year book

All our parent helpers, without whom we can’t run this event.

BCS Academic Competition

2020年學術比賽報名表已於上週六 (10/26/2019) 分派到各校區辦公室，請家長代表記得去領取.

報名截止日期為11月16日, 請各班代於上午10:00以前，將全班報名總表、個人報名表、全班報名費總額支票繳交至各校區辦公室。煩請老師鼓勵同學們參加, 謝謝您的合作.

請大家注意,今年的年齡組別分配跟往年不一樣: 年齡分組以九月一日為基準。

The Academic Competition Registration Form of 2020 was distributed to all classes last Saturday(10/26/2019).

To all the class representatives, please remember to pick up the forms from the campus offices and distribute to your classes. Please remind the students that the registration deadline is 11/16/2019. On the day of the deadline, please collect then submit all the students’ registration forms with the class cover form as well as the checks for the fee to the campus offices by 10am.

Please pay special attention that, the age cut off date is September 1 for group classification, which is different from previous years.

Teachers, please highly encourage your students to participate in the competition.

**Community Events**

論語經典名句漫畫比賽

為提高灣區中文學校學生學習論語的興趣以及鼓勵學生學以致用，第38屆北加州祭孔大典委員會今年特舉辦論語經典名句漫畫比賽. 比賽將分三組: 低年級組:09/28/2009 (含)以後出生, 中年級組:09/28/2005 (含)以後出生以及高年級組:09/28/2001 (含)以後出生. 請各校鼓勵學生踴躍報名參加.

作品內容: 請在論語選出一句名言佳句,將句子依照參賽者的理解,用漫畫方式呈現,並在漫畫中以中文標註該句文字及論語出處。
作品規格: 8.5英寸×11英寸 Letter Size 紙張(彩色筆、彩色鉛筆、水彩均可)。
請將報名表詳細填妥,浮貼於比賽作品背面。未按照規定者,恕不受理。請直接將作品送交或郵寄至:金山灣區華僑文教服務中心
Culture Center of T.E.C.O.. (CCMC Cartoon Drawing Contest)
ATTN: Yolanda Lin
地址:100 S. Milpitas Blvd.Milpitas, CA 95035

報名截止日: 即日起至十一月三十日前
如有問題請聯絡：劉梅梅 (408) 896-3873 smartyprogram@yahoo.com
高玉麗（408）252-7070, kaoelaine@gmail.com
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