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Looking for volunteer to be our Yearbook Editor.

Dear Parents,
Past editions of the WVCLS Yearbook have been made possible through the dedication and hard work of our students, teachers, and parent volunteers. We are currently looking for a Yearbook Editor to make this school year's Yearbook happens! If you are interested in taking on this rewarding role, please contact us at [email protected]. As the Yearbook Editor, you will be exempt from all the general service and traffic duty for the remainder of the school year. 👍🏻

The primary responsibilities of the Yearbook Editor include:

• Coordinating with room parents from all grades to collect class page submissions and securing teacher approvals.
  
• Collaborating with the student council to gather submissions for the school activities page.
  
• Ensuring all layouts are aligned and aspect ratios are corrected.

The school board will provide project templates, suggested timelines, and proofreading assistance. The project will begin in February and conclude in late April, with an estimated 20-30 hours of volunteering work over the course of the project. There is nothing comparable to the excitements when your children are flipping through the yearbook pages filled with memories custom-made by yourself!

If you are interested in taking on this important role, please send email to [email protected].
We truly appreciate your support and look forward to hearing from you!

Warm regards,
WVCLS School Board

Calling for volunteer hours submission.
As you might have known, the school's activities are mostly supported by our volunteering parents. To defray the tuition cost, we rely on many generous donations from our parents and their employers' matching grant program. Different employers have their different matching grant process. Some might require their employee to submit the volunteer hours annually, while some might do it quarterly. Some would match volunteer hours with cash grant to school, while others would match dollar-to-dollar donations. Whatever steps they have chosen to take, most employers would set a deadline where their employee have to submit the matching grant request. We would like to remind all our generous and supportive parents to check out their employers' matching grant process, and to make sure filing the volunteer hours or donations in time so that our school would be able to receive the much needed and appreciated donations from the employers.

If you have any questions or need assistance with this process, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]. She would be able to give you some guidance or supportive documentation needed for matching grants. On behalf of the whole school, we sincerely thank you for your continued support!

2 weeks Virtual Second Harvest Fundraiser: Nov 15 to 29!
Hello Parents & Staff!

This year's virtual Second Harvest Fundraiser has officially begun on Friday, November 15th! Every donation made towards Second Harvest will contribute to feeding hungry families in need, so any contribution is appreciated.

Like last year, we have implemented a reward system: The class with the highest total donation will receive a class party!

To submit a donation, simply scan the QR code provided on the handout, or visit this link. This will lead you to the official website, where you can directly make a donation. When prompted for your name, kindly input it in the following format: [Student Name - Class] (ex. Gabriella Wong - CAdv). Most importantly, please ensure all donations are submitted before November 29th at 11:59pm, as the fundraiser will close after this date. 

If you have already made an anonymous donation and would like to claim your contribution for your student, please send an email to [email protected] as soon as possible and our officers will ensure your donation is acknowledged.

For your convenience, we have attached a brochure containing the donation website link as well as a scannable QR code.

Once again, thank you for your support, and we are extremely grateful for your participation in this fundraiser. 

Sincerely, 
Student Council Co-Presidents Gabi & Kyla

Penmanship Contest 鉛筆書法比賽 winners!
After a fierce contest and plenty of hard work from our students, we have the Penmanship Contest 鉛筆書法比賽 winners! We will give out the certificates to the winning students on Picture Day on Feb 7, 2025, and they will be our first choice to enter the Association of Northern California Chinese Schools (ANCCS) contests on 3/30/2025. 

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​Nov 1 is Halloween Family Fun Night, organized by our Student Council.
From the WVCLS Student Council:

The spooky season has begun, and there are only two weeks until West Valley Chinese Language School Student Council's annual Halloween Family Fun Night! Our event will be taking place afterschool from 9pm - 9:45pm on November 1st. 

We are happy to announce that our event incorporates games to suit students of all ages! Activities include chopsticks and eyeballs, a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt, plinko, archery, mini-golf, and stacking cups.

Of course, there will be prizes! Your students will each be given one free stamp card in class, which can be exchanged for a mystery prize upon completion. While in class, students will also be given flyers containing the details of the event. Please make sure to go over these with your student to keep up to date on our Halloween activities! 

Finally, we will be holding a boba, ice cream, and balloon fundraiser to help support future Student Council events! The pricing is as follows:
Boba Milk Tea (caffeinated) - $8.00
Passionfruit Drink (non-caffeinated) - $8.00
Ice cream - $2.00
Balloon animal/Balloon sword - $1.00

Each boba or passionfruit drink purchased comes with a free bonus stamp card, so make sure to bring cash (no card accepted) for purchases during the event! 

We hope to see you at our event, and wish you a Happy Halloween!! 

WVCLS Student Council

​Penmanship Contest 鉛筆書法比賽 is coming on Nov 1.
The yearly Penmanship Contest, or more appropriately called Pencil Calligraphy Contest, will be on Nov 1. Every students from CK to C3 classes will be participating in the contest. The winners will be our first choice to enter the Association of Northern California Chinese Schools (ANCCS) contests on 3/30/2025. Please encourage your child to practice and practice and practice, for this exciting and memorable event.

The Cantonese Read Aloud (Speech) Contest will also be coming up on Jan 10, 2025. Start early and be prepared.
These contests are open to students in C4 and above classes if they are interested in participating. Please contact our Curriculum Co-Director Wendy at [email protected].

Oct 11, Nov 8, Nov 15 are our Class Observation Days 觀課日.
Every school year, we encourage our students' parents to come to their child's classroom to observe the teacher conducting the class and provide their feedback to the school in a survey. The purpose is to provide positive feedbacks and to suggest improvements. The school will aggregate the collected survey responses and pass the anonymous feedbacks to the teachers. Hopefully, we would be able to keep improving the classroom teachings for our students.

This year's Class Observation Days will be on Oct 11, Nov 8 and Nov 15 from 7 to 7:30pm. Please pick up a paper copy of the survey at the entryway of the 1st and 2nd floor in the classroom building, or download a copy here, or fill out an online form here.

Thank you in advance for your support in improving our school and our teachers.

All classes are open for registration.
Due to overwhelming demands, we are actively opening another kindergarten class. This is a reminder that our school is now open for enrollment and all classes are available. If anyone is interested in enrolling his/her child, please feel free to email our Registrar, Rachel, at [email protected], or simply come to the Student Center in Homestead High School (21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014) this coming Friday 9/20 at 7pm.​

Friday 9/6/2024 7pm is our 1st day of school!
Summer flies by so fast that it is almost over! We are gearing up for the 1st day of school on Sept 6 of the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.
First, every student family who had pre-registered their child will receive a welcome package a week before the school starts. It will contain the latest school calendar, their attending grade level and assigned classroom.
Second, for the returning students or new students who had not pre-registered, please come to our office in Homestead High School to complete their registration. We are opened for on-site registration on the first two weeks, Friday Sept 6 and Sept 13.
Currently C1 class is full. All students signing up to C1 class will be put on a waiting list. Please come early to secure a place for your child.
See you all on Sept 6!

Come to drink some milk tea and taste the ice cream on 5/10 at 8pm
Student Council is holding a Fundraising Boba Tea Night on May 10. Following the Chinese calendar, we are at the starting of summer (立夏). Temperature will start rising and most things will start growing. It is time to enjoy a touch of ice cream before the heat waves!
   Milk Tea with Boba ($7)
   Passion Fruit Tea with Lychee Jelly ($7)
   Vanilla Ice Cream Cups ($2)
   Chocolate Ice Cream Cups ($2)
Thank you for supporting the Student Council and the school!

60th Anniversary Celebration and Teacher Appreciation Dinner on Sunday 6/2 at 6pm
Dear Alumni, Parents, Teachers, and Beloved Students,
You are formally invited to the prestigious West Valley Chinese Language School 60th Anniversary Celebration and Teacher Appreciation Banquet. Taking place on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, at 6:00 PM, at the Grand Dynasty Restaurant, this event offers an opportunity to witness the school's remarkable achievements over six decades. Join us in expressing gratitude to our dedicated educators and reflecting on the institution's progress. Engage in activities including lucky draws and souvenir giveaways, and reconnect with fellow alumni, faculty, and students, sharing cherished memories and spreading happiness together.

Date and Time：2024年6月2日 (星期日), 6pm
Venue：Grand Dynasty酒樓, 6164 Bollinger Rd, San Jose, CA 95129
Ticket : $80 per pax (RSVP by April 26)
RSVP : Please email [email protected] 或於每週五晚7-9點前來學校親自購票。學校地址: Room B108, Homestead High School, 21370 Homestead Road, Cupertino.
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西谷中文學校60周年校刊封面設計比賽冠軍及參賽者讚賞
我們由衷感謝所有參與校刊封面設計比賽的同學。你們的付出、獨特的創意和努力給我們留下了深刻的印象。你們的藝術技巧在設計中表現得非常突出，為比賽增添了更多色彩和美感。我們向所有參賽學生致以最高的讚揚，感謝他們出色的作品。你們的貢獻使得我們的年鑒更加生動吸引，我們將所有設計收錄在今年的版本中。

初級組
👏 張安定 Aiden Brenner
👏 胡燕欣 Skyli Hu
👏 楊忻媛 Henrietta Makepeace
👏 伍逸 Brenden Ng
👏 伍悅 Masen Ng
👏 尹星月 Serena Yin

高級組
👏 Gloria Liu 廖心怡 and 👏 廖心悅 Abigail Liu
👏 羅盈洛 Sophia Law
👏 張緯琪 Jonathan Cheung
👏 陳芷霨 Jolie Chan
👏 羅安娜 Fiona Law and 👏 羅進賢 Edwin Law

👉 點擊這裡欣賞我們才華橫溢的參賽者所創作的卓越設計。
🏆 我們非常高興地宣布，陳芷霨 Jolie Chan 在西谷中文學校60周年校刊封面設計比賽中獲得最高票數，成為勝出者。 恭喜你，芷霨！你的出色設計被選中成為西谷中文學校60周年校刊封面。👏👏👏

我們要向所有參與者表達最真摯的感謝，感謝你們在比賽期間展現的熱情、創意和承諾。我們鼓勵每位學生繼續培養自己的創意才華，透過各種多樣的藝術形式表達自我。

今年的校刊意義非凡，充滿了特別的回憶和意義，每一個西谷中文學校的家庭都會得到一本。如果您想要額外獲得一本西谷中文學校六十周年校刊，與家人或朋友分享這特別的時刻，請即與我們聯繫！我們將提供額外的校刊，每本$25，供您購買。

請在4月18日星期五之前通過電子郵件聯繫我們，郵箱為：[email protected]。


Calling for volunteer hours submission.
As you might have known, the school's activities are mostly supported by our volunteering parents. To defray the tuition cost, we rely on many generous donations from our parents and their employers' matching grant program. Different employers have their different matching grant process. Some might require their employee to submit the volunteer hours annually, while some might do it quarterly. Some would match volunteer hours with cash grant to school, while others would match dollar-to-dollar donations. Whatever steps they have chosen to take, most employers would set a deadline where their employee have to submit the matching grant request. We would like to remind all our generous and supportive parents to check out their employers' matching grant process, and to make sure filing the volunteer hours or donations in time so that our school would be able to receive the much needed and appreciated donations from the employers.

If you have any questions or need assistance with this process, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]. She would be able to give you some guidance or supportive documentation needed for matching grants. On behalf of the whole school, we sincerely thank you for your continued support!

It is the time of April, when we are gearing up for the early bird registration.
In every April, our school will start the early bird registration for the next school year. We encourage all our current students and even new students joining our school to register early during this time. This would help the school to do a better planning for the upcoming school year, such as hiring for more teachers if a certain class is projected to be very full, or combining classes if the enrollment turns out to be too low.
So go check it out at our registration page. Anyone can sign up using the online registration form and enjoy a discount in registration fee!

Congratulations to the ANCCS academic competition winners!
我們西谷學校總共 18 位參賽者，有 11 位同學獲獎。這是一個很好的成績。沒有得獎的同學，這是一個很好的經驗。不要氣餒，下年再接再厲！

Happy Chinese New Year Celebration Party 2/9/2024.
We had lots of fun and plenty of great food in this party night. Just look at the pictures here by our official photographer Philip and some more here, you will feel the energy in the whole cafeteria. There were so many good dishes for everyone to try in the first hour, then we have a musical performance, followed by numerous games organized by the student council. The background music was perfect and we did not want to leave when the time comes.
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Website was corrupted and we lost some files from 9/15/2023 to 2/9/2024.​

​Back to School Night on Friday 9/15/2023.
After two nights of onsite registration, we had our Back-to-School night on 9/15. Each year on the 3rd day of class, we hold this event to align all our parents with the school's plan for the year. The first hour would be the Annual General Meeting where the school board members would introduce to all parents the board members of the coming school year, our financial report, parents volunteering duties and our planned activities in the coming 9 months. The next hour would be the parents-teacher meeting where the parents of each class would meet up with their class teacher, get an idea of the teacher's classroom setup, and elect two parents reps to help organize activities and celebrations specific to the class.

We had a good participation this year and our photographer Philip took some pictures of the night.

2nd day of school is on Friday 9/8/2023. Last day of onsite registration.
We are accepting registrations in all classes, including CK, C1 and C2. If you missed the onsite registration on our 1st day of class, there is another chance on the 2nd day of class Sept 8. Please come to the Student Center next to Building B in Homestead High School at 7pm.

1st day of school is on Friday 9/1/2023. Easy to remember.
After this long and hot summer, we are glad it is almost over and our evening Chinese school will start again.
If you have not registered your child in our Chinese school, please visit Registration to learn more about our registration and come on the first two days of school, Sept 1 and Sept 8, at 7pm at Homestead High School (HHS) to register your child. We will be in the Student Center next to Building B.

For returning students, please note that our usual classroom Building B has completed brand new renovation and we are moving back this year! Building B is on the east side of campus, near the student parking lot. Parents are advised to drop off their child in the Horseshoe area along Homestead Rd, or at the student parking lot which is closest to the classrooms. Our office will be in room B109. Please come to this room if you need any assistance.

For those students who had pre-registered during our early registration period, or had registered online, please check out the Classroom Map to see which room your class is assigned. We will also post the class assignment on the front door of each room.
For others who have not registered, we will conduct our usual onsite registration on Sept 1 and Sept 8 in the Student Center. Registration will start promptly at 7pm so that your newly registered child can go to the classroom asap. Please bring a checkbook to make the tuition payment.

One thing to note is currently our CK, C1 and C2 classes are getting full, so we are accepting names into a waiting list. If you would like to be on the waiting list, please come to Homestead High School’s Student Center at 7pm on Sept 1 to register your child. We will try to accommodate as many as we can on the waiting list according to the registration order.
​All the other classes, from C3 and above, are open for immediate enrollment.

Separately we contacted HHS to see if they are willing to let us rent their gym for our badminton class. Initial response was discouraging. They rejected our request on all the dates. We are trying to contact their Athletic Director to learn if we can remedy the situation.

See you all on our 1st day of class, Friday Sept 1 at 7pm!

Congratulations to the winner of this year's Yearbook Cover Design Contest.
This school year has come to an end. As usual, we distributed the yearbooks to our students during the last day of class.
This year we have a high number of contestants submitting their beautiful drawings to compete in the Yearbook Cover Design Contest. It is indeed a very tough challenge to the judges to evaluate and decide on a winner. We are impressed by the dedication work each student had put in and we want to give every participant a round of applause here:
  👏 Abigail Liu 廖心悅 from C1
  👏 Pui Wai Sun 孫佩韋 from C1 
  👏 Serena Yin 尹星月 from C1 
  👏 Gloria Liu 廖心怡 from C3
  👏 Jonathan Cheung 張緯琪 from C5 
  👏 Ella Cheng 鄭思詠 from C8, and
  👏 Joyce Cheung 張綺琪 from C Advance
All participants' submitted entries and stored here.

After careful and deliberate considerations, the judges had announced the one submitted by our C-Advance class student, 張綺琪 Joyce Cheung, to be the winning design in this year. Her drawing consists of several adoring rabbits gathering together cooking and enjoying food for the new Year of the Rabbit. This winning design becomes the cover of our school yearbook this year.

And not to be outdone by this exciting moment, the School Board has started calling for entries in the upcoming WVCLS 60th Yearbook Cover Design Competition!
Our West Valley Chinese Language School has been serving the community since 1963. Starting in the coming school year, it will be our 60th anniversary. To celebrate this occasion, the school is calling for all WVCLS students to participate in the 60th yearbook cover design competition. During the summer holiday, we have the opportunity to reflect on this milestone and express our appreciation and commitment through our cover design.

Here are the contest rules:
Format: Submit your design in  8½ by 11-inch sized (letter size) paper OR digital format in PDF, JPEG, PNG.  "Portrait" layout 
Artwork must include:
  School name: "West Valley Chinese Language School" or "WVCLS" or "西谷中文學校" 
  Theme: WVCLS 60th Anniversary

If you don't have our school logo, don't worry! Simply send an email to Amanda at [email protected], and she will provide you with the logo via email.

💡 Tip: Please send in your entry with subject line “WVCLS 60th Anniversary Yearbook Cover Design Contest Entry” to Amanda at [email protected]. Don't forget to include Student’s Name and Class of your submission, or in the email if you are submitting a digital file. 

Have a great summer! 

Announcing our first ever Summer Learning Program by our Student Council!
Our Student Council, led by students from Grade 6 and above, have designed a free Summer Learning Online Program to increase Chinese learning engagement for all our students during the summer. It consists of fun videos tailored to different grade levels, including Chinese grammar, Chinese history and idioms. giving students a cheerful and educational experience during their summer break.

To further our students' participation, we are giving a prize to every student who score +90% in the online quiz when the next school year begins. Have fun in the Summer Learning Online Program and feel free to send us a message in the Contact Us page if any questions, comments or suggestions. Have a great summer!


​Closing ceremony on 6/2/2023. Have a great summer!
It was a joyful yet solemn night. First we announced the two senior students graduating from our school this year. Both of them are receiving our scholarship to help them in attaining college next year. Besides calling out each of our winners in the 3/26 ANCCS competitions, we invited the student who won the 1st place in the Cantonese speech contest to present her winning speech to us. Next our current Student Council described the activities they organized in the past year, and introduced every council officer in the next school year. After the introduction, we delivered the scholarship awards to the two graduating students and also presented a Teacher Service Award to our longtime teacher who had been with us for 20 years. Each of our current school board members then came to the front to address the audience and also we announced the board members for the next school year.

All in all it was a memorable occasion and we were happy to see so many young boys and girls are growing up and completing another school year of Chinese learning. Our school photographer Philip had captured these moments again in these great pictures.

Have a great summer!

School year is coming to close. Our thanks to all the volunteering to make this happen!
Our school is run by volunteers. They are our students' parents, graduates and alumni. They take up operations such as Traffic Duties, Security Patrol, Event Helper, Competition Judge, Classroom Support, Teacher Assistant, Board member and many more. Because of their help, we are able to run the school smoothly and economically while maintaining the non-profit status, giving our students the best education we can. We want to thank everyone for their selfless giving and devotion to the school.

Besides the countless volunteering hours, many parents donated fundraising gifts or cash to the school. Every penny of these gifts goes to the school's operation, such as textbook and yearbook printing, teachers' salary, and classroom rental. Furthermore, when the parents' workplace has a company matching program, they submitted their volunteer hours such that the company will donate a corresponding cash amount to the school. We received a substantial matching donation in the past year from companies like Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, Intel, Lam Research, ServiceNow,...etc. We sincerely thank them for supporting their employee in volunteering in the school.

This coming Friday May 26 will be the final exams and June 2 will be our Graduation Ceremony. Many students are looking forward to that date as we will have classroom parties after the Ceremony. All parents are welcomed to come to the Ceremony and join the parties to share the joyous moments with their child. It is a time to celebrate the past nine months of hard work and Chinese learning by their child. Slowly and surely the children had learned a few new Chinese words, a few Cantonese pronunciation, plus some Chinese culture along the way.

Before we close out the year, we want to spread the word that we are looking for teachers on all grade levels. Our enrollment had been steadily increasing in the past years. To maintain a reasonable student to teacher ratio, we need to split classes. We also have some usual attrition and substitution to fill. If you or any friends/relatives are interested and passionate in teaching and guiding our young children, please feel free to take a look at our hiring post and contact Vice Principal Angie if any questions.

See you in the Graduation Ceremony and have a wonderful summer!

It was a great evening on May 12 Family Fun Night.
The weather was very pleasant and many of us stayed till almost 10pm enjoying the Family Fun Night.
This is our last fun event organized by the Student Council before the Final exam and graduation. So we are excited to stick around.

There were several fun games hosted by the student council members. After completing each game, a student would get a check-off mark to pick up a small prize from the prize table. The fun part is we can play the game as many times as we want and get as many prizes as we want.

To entertain the waiting parents, we have peach tea, milk tea, popsicles and ice cream for sale. And thank you to some generous parents, they donated stuffed animals and toys for sale to fundraise for the school.

Our official photographer Philip, besides taking all the pictures, becomes our official salesman for the night and helped out up-selling all our toy donations. The school made many dollars more due to his great effort!
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Open House for New Families and Students on April 28!
We are excited to extend our warmest invitation to all new students and families to join us for our Open House on April 28th! This is a fantastic opportunity for you to gain firsthand experience of our WVCLS learning environment. You will be able to observe our teaching methods and student interactions by sitting in a classroom during the event. We kindly ask that all questions be reserved until the observation session is complete, to minimize disruption to our students' learning. Our WVCLS school board will be available to answer any queries you may have after each observation session.

We would appreciate it if you could help us spread the word to any families who may be interested in learning Chinese culture and wish to offer their children the chance to learn to speak, read, and write Chinese.

Date:  Friday, April 28th, 2023
Registration Time:  7pm
Venue:  Room 108, Building L, 21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014

西谷中文學校將於4月28日舉行開放日 🎉
誠邀有興趣就讀的家庭及學生前來參觀
我們誠摯邀請所有新生和家庭參加我們於4月28日舉行的學校開放日！這次開放日可以讓有興趣學習中文語文的學生及家庭，第一手體驗我們的 WVCLS 學習環境。您將有機會坐在課堂上觀察我們的教學方法。為免減少對學生學習的干擾，我們謹請您在觀察課程期間保留所有問題。我們的 WVCLS 學校委員會將在每次觀察課程後回答您的任何疑問。

日期: 4月28日星期五
時間: 晚上七時
登記及地址: Room 108, Building, 21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014

如果您認識任何家庭對學習中國文化感興趣，並希望為孩子提供學習中文語言，閱讀和寫作的機會，懇請所有西谷中文學校的家長幫助我們邀請他們前來參觀學校開放日。

Early registration started on April 7 . Sign up to save a bundle.
Register early for the 2023-2024 school year to enjoy the benefits of early bird tuition fee discount! By registering early, you need to pay only $540 by check (or $555 by PayPal) instead of the regular $590 tuition fee, receiving a discount of $50 per student. Early registration enables the school to plan and allocate teacher and classroom resources, benefiting our students and the school. We strongly recommend all parents to take advantage of the early bird discount before it ends on April 28, 2023.

Please read the Registration page to learn more details on our Registration Policies and our Mandatory Parent Participation Policy.
The early registration can be done completely online through the Online Registration Form, or by downloading and filling out the Registration Form and bring to our office (Building L, room L108) during our school hours, or mail it in. For the payment, you can pay the registration fee through PayPal ($15 extra processing fee applies), bring a check to the office (Building L, room L108) during school hours, or mail it in. The deadline for the application and payment received by the school is April 28, 2023.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Registrar, Rachel, at [email protected].

Thank you for choosing our school to provide for your child's education. We are excited to join together in bringing the best possible learning experience to your child.

請不要錯過這個機會，提早為2023-2024學年註冊報名學費優惠。如果以PayPal支付費用為$555, 或以支票付款費用則為$540，正價學費為$590。提早註冊能讓學校更早地安排資源，同時亦為家長節省開支。我們建議所有家長在4月28日早鳥期截止前，把握機會盡早報名。

如有任何疑問，請聯繫註冊辦事處Rachel，電郵地址為[email protected]。
感謝您考慮我們的學校為您的孩子提供教育。我們期待與您合作，為您的孩子提供最好的學習體驗。

Our great results from ANCCS Academic Contest on 3/26.
我們西谷學校總共 18 位參賽者，有 11 位同學獲獎。這是一個很好的成績。沒有得獎的同學，這是一個很好的經驗。不要氣餒，下年再接再厲！
Whether winning or not, it was a challenging and great learning experience to all our participating students. Enjoy these pictures to appreciate their happiness and fulfillment.

​大家好！
2024年北加州中文學校聯合會主辦之學術比賽，謹訂於2024年3月24日(星期日)舉行。學生報名一律採用email各校統一報名的方式報名。
一、比賽時間:2024年3月24日(星期日)下午1:30 開始
二、比賽地點:Lynbrook High School
三、西谷中文學校報名截止日期:2023年 2月2日(星期五),逾期概不受理。
四、報名費用:每位參賽學生美金45元。每名學生只限參加一項比賽。

Click this link 報名
名額有限，請從速報名 !

北加州中文學校聯合會學術比賽的重要訊息與細節已於聯合會網站公佈，請點擊以下連結:
https://sites.google.com/anccs.org/2024-academy-contest
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請詳細閱讀所參賽項目之規章及注意事項
2024 ANCCS 學術比賽須知及評審細則 Academic Contest Terms & Rules

在此希望學生能踴躍參加此次比賽，如有任何相關問題，請用下面電郵與西谷中文學校教務主任 聯繫：[email protected] 。
期待我們的學生在學術比賽中發揮所長，於學習中文的道路上更上一層樓！

WVCLS Board of Directors, Curriculum

Congratulations to our Read Aloud winners!
​After a long 4-weeks Christmas and New Year break, the first thing our younger class students do is to compete in the Speech (Read Aloud) Contest.
With ample of preparation, they were all performing exceptionally well. For many fellow classmates, it was a thrilling and educational experience to stand in front of a small audience and loudly delivering a short speech. We want to congratulate those who had demonstrated their best and were recognized by our parents judges. 
​
We will give out the winning certificates to them on Picture Day Feb 2, 2024, and they will be our first-in-line to compete in the upcoming ANCCS competition scheduled to be on 3/24/2024.  
Keep up the good work!

The Yearbook Cover Design Contest deadline is extended to 3/24.
Turn in your entry before it is too late!​

Be a sponsor of our Yearbook.
Do you have a business that serves the Chinese community, a product that many young kids would enjoy, or simply a word of advice and congratulations to your loved one? Help the school to meet the printing cost of our Yearbook by sponsoring a section of a page.

As a sponsor, your advertisement will be featured in our Yearbook, which will be distributed to over 100 WVCLS families and local communities. By sponsoring our Yearbook, you will have the opportunity to showcase your business to potential customers and show your support of WVCLS.

Sponsorship options include:

• $25 for a 1/4 page advertisement
• $50 for a 1/2 page advertisement
• $90 for a full-page advertisement

Don't miss out on this opportunity to promote your business and support WVCLS. To become a sponsor or for more information, please contact us at [email protected].

Picture Day on Friday Feb 3.
Our annual Picture Day is here where each class will take a class photo to be posted on our Yearbook. Don't miss out!

Apply our scholarship by April 1, 2023!
Our school is the only Chinese school in the Bay Area that offers scholarships to our college-bound senior students. It was established by the generous donations of our students' parents.  Last year, we gave out four scholarships, ranging from $300 to $1000. There is also no limit on the number of scholarships to be given out. The more applications we receive the better. Please go to the Scholarships page and apply right away!

The Yearbook Cover Design Contest is now open!
Thank you to our Marketing/Public Relations Director Amanda, the following is an excerpt of our eNews #7 sent out on 1/18/2023.
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Do you love to draw 🎨 and would like to showcase your talent in the West Valley Chinese Language School yearbook for all your friends and family to see? All entries will be included in this year's memory book. The winning entry will be featured on the cover of the 2022-2023 Year Book. Please turn all entries into the “Yearbook Cover Design Contest Entries” to WVCLS school board or email Amanda at [email protected]. The deadline is Friday, March 10th, 2023. We recommend that you get started on this project early.

你喜歡畫畫🎨，想在西谷中文學校年鑑上展示你的才華，讓你的朋友和家人看到嗎？所有參賽作品都將收錄在今年的紀念冊中。獲獎作品將刊登在 2022-2023 年鑑的封面上。請將所有參賽作品變成“年鑑封面設計競賽參賽作品”，並發送至 WVCLS 學校董事會辦公室或發送電子郵件至 [email protected] 給 Amanda。截止日期是 2023 年 3 月 10 日。我們建議您儘早開始這個項目。

To enter, please read the following rules carefully and make sure ALL the requirements are met.
​請仔細閱讀以下規則: 
Contest Rules:
One entry per student:

• Use 8½ by 11-inch sized, white paper, in "portrait" format.
• Use brightly colored markers, crayons, or paint. (Color pencils are not recommended.)

Artwork must include:

• "West Valley Chinese Language School" or "WVCLS" or "西谷中文學校" school name
• "2022-2023"  school year
• Drawing of the West Valley Chinese Language School logo

On the back of the Artwork, include:

• Student’s name, grade, teacher’s name
• Color/fill up the entire page (edges may be cropped slightly)

Artwork should be "friendly" (no battles or weapons, etc) and abide by the school's handbook.
Have fun and good luck to all participants!
Questions? Contact Amanda at [email protected]

Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit!
Everyone had a big feast last Friday. There were sweet glutinous rice cake, curry fish balls, red bean soup, dumplings, sweet rice balls, cake, fried wonton, fried rice, chow mein, roast pork, fried shrimp, and even a whole crab! Several parents actually cooked the food in an Instant Pot® pressure cooker and bring the whole pot in so that the food would stay fresh and hot. Our parents are genius!
Of course our students likes the candies the best, such as Hi-chew and Ferrero Rocher hazelnut chocolate.

Two of our talented students presented a live performance on two Chinese musical instruments: Erhu (二胡) and Ruan (阮) which is such an inspiration to many young students who were watching. To entertain younger kids, our student council set up booths for Chinese zodiac reading, fortune wheel, Chinese art craft and several games with candy prizes for winners.

As usual, our school official photographer Philip Wong had captured the memorable moments with his high end camera and stored them here. Enjoy!

Don't miss the Chinese New Year potluck celebration on Friday 1/27 at 7pm!
Welcome to the Chinese New Year, the year of the rabbit! 恭祝新年快樂，身體健康！
On this coming Friday, instead of the regular classroom instruction, we will have a Chinese New Year potluck party at the cafeteria. Each parents are asked to bring a dish to share on their class's table in the cafeteria. We can try out delicious food from our children's class as well as those from other classes.  ​At the same time, the school have ordered a whole roast pig to be shared with all families.

Our student council will also do a live performance and set up some games for our students.
Come join us in the fun!

ANCCS Academic Contest 2023 is now open for registration.
Every year, Association of Northern California Chinese Schools (ANCCS) holds an academic competition among the students from more than 110 Chinese schools in northern California. This year, the competition will be held on Sunday March 26, 2023. It will be a fun and exciting day to meet many fellow Chinese students from across the bay area and compete with them in the same room! As there are limits on how many students from each school can enter each category of the competition, our students are encouraged to submit this Registration form asap before Friday Feb 3, so that we can coordinate to sign up the most of our students to each category. The competition categories include Cantonese Read Aloud, Mandarin Read Aloud, Pencil Calligraphy, Mandarin Speech, Cantonese Speech, Western Drawing, Chinese Painting, Chinese Writing Composition, and many others. Feel free to register to compete in any of them.

大家好！
2023年北加州中文學校聯合會主辦之學術比賽，謹訂於2023年3月26日(星期日)舉行。學生報名一律採用email各校統一報名的方式報名。
一、比賽時間:2023年3月26日(星期日)下午1:30 開始
二、比賽地點:To Be Determined
三、西谷中文學校報名截止日期:2023年 2月3日(星期五),逾期概不受理。
四、報名費用:每位參賽學生美金40元。

                                                                                                                  👉Click this link 報名👈
                                                                                                                   名額有限，請從速報名 !

請詳細閱讀所參賽項目之規章及注意事項
2023 ANCCS 學術比賽須知及評審細則Academic Contest Terms
2023 ANCCS 國、粵語演講題目
2023 ANCCS 國粵語注音朗讀稿 
2023 ANCCS 國粵語漢語拼音朗讀稿
2023 ANCCS CSL/CFL Read Aloud Articles
2023 ANCCS 試題及答案卷樣本 (Question, Topic, & Answer Samples)
2023 ANCCS 國粵語朗讀稿更新部分節錄 (11/24/2022)

北加州中文學校聯合會學術比賽的重要訊息與細節已於聯合會網站公佈，請點擊以下連結:http://www.anccs.org/ 。
在此希望學生能踴躍參加此次比賽，如有任何相關問題，請用下面電郵與西谷中文學校教務主任 聯繫：[email protected] 。
期待我們的學生在學術比賽中發揮所長，於學習中文的道路上更上一層樓！

Many many thanks to your generosity!!!
As of today, our school has received over $4300 cash donations! They are from our parents, alumni, friends and several undisclosed donors. Moreover, as some of their work places have matching programs, we received matching funds from companies such as Google, eBay, Lam Research, Intel, Apple, Cisco, etc. Our school is run by parent volunteers and every penny of the donations are going to the operation of the school. On behalf of the school, we want to give our sincere thanks to all the generous donations and everyone who are contributing their time or money to help running the school. 

As our school is a non-profit organization, your donations are fully tax-deductible. Please visit our Support Our School webpage for more details.

We will make use of the Picture Day on 2/2/2024 to present each winner with a commemorative certificate and they will be our first in line to join the ANCCS academic competition scheduled to be on 3/24/2024.

Class Observation Days: Oct 6, Oct 13 and Nov 17.
Every year our school designated 3 days as Class Observation Days. They are meant to give parents a chance to observe the actual teaching process of their child's classroom. This year, the days are 10/6, 10/13 and 11/17. Interested parents are encouraged to go inside their child's classroom promptly at 7pm, stay and observe quietly till 7:30pm. If there are some recommendations or feedbacks, instead of informing the teacher at the classroom, parents should fill out a survey form and the school would collect all feedbacks and provide to the teacher anonymously.
Copies of the survey form will be placed at the hallway entrance of the two classroom floors. It can also be downloaded here or filled out online here.

Congratulations to our winners in ANCCS 光輝的十月國慶繪畫比賽.
Congratulations to two of our students in winning a prize in the drawing competition held by ANCCS! We can see their bright smiles holding their winning drawings.
Keep up the good work as our penmanship contest is coming soon by the end of October.
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12/9 Speech Contest 朗讀比賽 winners are here!
Whether our children came out winning or not, it was a great experience for them. In most classes, the speech is reading aloud or reciting a paragraph of Chinese literature. Each student is asked to stand in front of the class to preform the speech, giving them an opportunity to practice public speaking. Some would come out assertive and firm, pronouncing the words one by one. Others might come out shaking, but holding steady towards the end. A very few might just be too shy, and parents had to videotape the performance to send in as a make up.

We are delighted to announce the winners here of the five classes. Our teachers gave the students a lot of motivation and will present them with a winning certificate on the Picture Day on Feb 3, 2023. They will also be the first in line to participate in the Speech Contest to be held by ANCCS (Association of Northern California Chinese Schools 北加州中文學校聯合會) on 3/26/2023. We encourage all of our students to keep practicing speech. More practice will calm our stage fright, induce us to clearly verbalizing each word, and stimulate our body gestures to deliver the topic to the listening audience.

11/4 Penmanship contest 書法比賽 are done, and the winners are ...
Many students tried their best and parents were surprised at the great calligraphy their children was able to achieve. Our many volunteering parents-judges spent diligent hours evaluating, comparing and finally made the winning list. These winners will be presented by their teachers with a certificate on the Picture Day on Feb 3, 2023 and their winning entries will be included in our annual Yearbook. 

For those of us who did not win this time, don't be discouraged. Keep practicing and improving, as the ANCCS (Association of Northern California Chinese Schools 北加州中文學校聯合會) Academic Contest will be coming up soon (3/26/2023). Even though the winners in our Penmanship Contest will have priority in participating in the ANCCS Penmanship Contest 鉛筆書法比賽, all our students are welcomed to join (if space is available in any contest). Please refer to ANCCS contest details and sample exams.

Watch out for our eNews newsletter!
Many thanks to Amanda, our Marketing/Public Relations Director, who have been diligently preparing and sending out our monthly newsletters. It contains a lot of information on the upcoming events happening in our school.

In the latest eNews #3, it described the Halloween Family Fun Night we had last Friday, and the next upcoming event, Penmanship Contest 書法比賽, to be held on Nov 4. This is a Pencil Calligraphy Contest where the students will be given a short piece of Chinese words to demonstrate their calligraphy skills. Besides winning a certificate, they will be eligible to enter into the annual ANCCS academic competition next year.

eNews #3 also described our Yearbook Cover Design Contest. At the end of every school year, our school publishes a Yearbook, free to every student. We invite student participation in designing the cover of the yearbook. The competition is now open and the deadline to turn in an entry is Friday 3/10/2023. Please read the submission details in the newsletter and we recommend our students to start early on this contest.

Lastly, our 2nd (1st one was on 10/14) and the last Class Observation Day will be on 11/18. Parents can pick up a one-page blank form in a box in Building L hallway, go inside a classroom, observe and provide some comments on the form, then drop it off back into the box. We would not give any specific parent names back to the teacher, but would only aggregate the comments and provide a general feedback to the teachers to reflect our opinions and hopefully improve their teaching to our students in the future.

If you had not received the newsletter in the email, please feel free to contact Amanda at [email protected], or send us a message at the Contact Us page to add your email address into our email list.

Lots of fun in our Halloween Family Fun Night Friday 10/28.
Our students and parents had lots of fun last Friday playing games, enjoying boba milk tea, ice cream, and the raffle drawing till 10pm! Certainly lots of us had captured many prizes, big and small. Our school official photographer Philip Wong had captured the excitement in these pictures, plus many more pictures from our PTA Director Ken Law. Enjoy!

Thank you to many students in our student council and several volunteering parents who had made this event a success. This is a fund-raising event organized by our student council and subsidized by our school. It gave the students an experience in managing events and raising operating funds for future student council activities.

Join us in back-to-school night coming Friday 9/9 7:15pm in HHS cafeteria.
From 7:15-8pm, we will have our annual All Parents Meeting at the Homestead High School (HHS) cafeteria where we will introduce this school year's volunteer school board members, information on our finance, parent participation, planned activities and some important dates. We will also have a short time for parents' questions and answers, plus some light refreshments (most likely some mooncake 月餅 😃) after the meeting.
At 8pm, our parents can proceed to their child's classroom to attend a meeting with the teacher. The teachers would mostly be describing their plan of teaching in the coming school year, their expectation on the students, and try to confirm one or two parents as volunteer class rep. The class rep main function is to forward school news to other parents, collect a class fund (~$30/student) and manage spending the money on class functions during Christmas, New Year and end of school year party.

This year we had 20 new kindergarteners joining our CK classes with over 100 total enrollments. We expect to have a busy school year this year. Stay cool and have fun!

1st day of school is on Friday 8/26/2022. Come and register your child.
If you have not registered your child in our Chinese school, please visit Registration to learn more about our registration and come to the first two days of school, Aug 26 and Sept 2, at 7pm at Homestead High School (HHS) to register your child. We will be in Building L room L108.

After a successful and safe onsite classroom instruction in the past school year, we plan to continue onsite in the coming 2022-2023 school year, following HHS re-opening policy and guidelines. We encourage everyone to be fully vaccinated and to wear mask inside classrooms. It will help keep everyone safe and healthy during these lingering pandemic times.

Please note that our usual classroom Building B is under renovation. So we will be conducting our classes in Building L this year, which is on the west side of campus, near the intersection of Mary Ave and Homestead Rd, next to the faculty parking lot. Parents are advised to drop off their child along the faculty parking lot which is closest to the classrooms. Our office will be in room L108. Please come to this room if you need any assistance.

For those students who had pre-registered during our early registration period, or registered online, please check out the classroom assignment posted in front of Building L before going to your assigned classrooms.
For others who have not registered, we will conduct our usual onsite registration on Aug 26 and Sept 2 in room L108, our office, in Building L. Registration will start promptly at 7pm so that your newly registered child can go to the classroom asap. Please bring a checkbook to make the tuition payment.

HHS decided to reserve their gyms during their volleyball and basketball season. We are sorry that we would not be able to conduct our badminton class for our parents and community friends during this school year.

See you all on our 1st day of class, Friday Aug 26 at 7pm!

A recap of our school at Hong Kong Day 香港節 on 7/2.
Many thanks to the great support by our board members: Amanda, Angie, Rachel, Rebecca, Wendy, plus their families! Our booth at the event site was able to attract many new perspective parents and also reunite some of our current and former students' parents. At the same time, we collected some potential candidates for our Cantonese and Mandarin teaching opportunities.

This is the first such event held in the bay area. According to the event organizer, there were over 6,500 attendees visited the site. Our booth showcased the uniqueness of our school, where we focus on teaching the Cantonese language. This is the dialect spoken by all the Hong Kong residents, and all the 126 million residents in China's most populous Guangdong (Canton) province. When you know Cantonese, you will feel at ease shopping and dining in all the Chinatowns around the world.

Here are some memorable pictures at the event and an interview by Deltapath.

Visit us at our booth on Saturday 7/2 Hong Kong Day 香港節 in Milpitas.
Hong Kong Day is organized by 415EHK focusing on Hong Kong culture, consisting of food and retail vendors, guests’ seminars, music performances, exhibitions, games, workshops, etc. It will be held on 7/2 from 12 noon to 6pm at Crosspoint Church of Silicon Valley (indoor baseball court) at 658 Gibraltar Ct., Milpitas, CA 95035. For more details of the event, feel free to check out their website, watch the June 20 KTSF26 interview, or visit their Facebook page.

Successful conclusion of the school year. See you in August!
After nine months of on-site Chinese school, all our students deserve a good summer break. During the promotion ceremony on 5/27, we were happy to congratulate six graduating seniors and even happier to be able to award scholarships to four of our senior students. All of them had achieved good academic performance and demonstrated a dedication to learning Chinese and its culture. Here are some pictures of the happy moments from our school official photographer Philip Wong, and some more from our Marketing Director Amanda on our CKA class.

Plenty of fun time in the Family Fun Night 5/13/2022
Due to pandemic concerns, we were not able to hold our annual Chinese New Year party in February, but we made it up with our Family Fun Night in May on Friday the 13th! Thanks to the great effort by the Student Council and numerous board members, we have good participation of students playing till late hours, fundraising with ice cream and milk tea. The pleasant evening weather also help us in enjoying the cheerful outdoor family time.
Our PTA Director Ken Law took lots of pictures here, while our school official photographer Philip Wong took a whole album!

Congratulations to our winners in the ANCCS contests!
Association of Northern California Chinese Schools (ANCCS) conducted their annual academic contests on March 27 and April 3 this year. With much hard work and diligent preparations from both the teachers and the students, we competed with many other fellow students from numerous Chinese schools in the bay area and achieved a superb performance. Congratulations to all our students in participating in this challenging event.
Here are some happy pictures from our school official photographer Philip Wong. 

We are gracious to be able to take a class picture together again.
Our class picture day on Feb 18 went smoothly and it was so nice to be able to stand next to each other to take a picture again, instead of sending out a collage of Zoom windows. Many thanks to our school official photographer Philip Wong who took excellent pictures, and our photo editor Gabriella Wong who built in several enhancing backgrounds. Here are the class pictures. Let's hope we can take off our masks next time!

Successful Penmanship Contest.
We had our annual penmanship contest on Oct 27. With great student participation and many parents volunteering as our judges, we can now declare and congratulate the winners!

Congratulations to our Read Aloud winners!
After a long 4-weeks Christmas and New Year break, the first thing our younger class students do is to compete in the Speech (Read Aloud) Contest. With ample of preparation, they were all performing exceptionally well. For many fellow classmates, it was a thrilling and educational experience to stand in front of a small audience and loudly delivering a short speech. We want to congratulate those who had demonstrated their best and were recognized by our parents judges.

We will give out the winning certificates to them on Picture Day Feb 2, 2024, and they will be our first-in-line to compete in the upcoming ANCCS competition scheduled to be on 3/24/2024.

​Keep up the good work!

Successful Penmanship Contest.
We had our annual penmanship contest on Oct 27. With great student participation and many parents volunteering as our judges, we can now declare and congratulate the winners!

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Welcome to our school!

​​Welcome to West Valley Chinese Language School! 
​Our school provides an engaging, experiential Cantonese and Mandarin learning environment that excels a student's understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture and heritage. 

Classes are held every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. during a school year. 
​
Please browse around our website to learn more about programs offered, enrichment activities, and curriculum highlights.

歡迎來訪西谷中文學校！
​本校提供著重學生參與和體驗廣東話及國語的學習環境，從而提升學生對中國文化和傳統的理解和欣賞。

​本校上課時間為逢星期五傍晚七至九時。
​
想要多了解我們提供的課程及課外活動, 請瀏覽我們的網站。

A reminder to parents

For the safety of your child(ren), please use extra caution in and around the parking lot. 

The horseshoe area on Homestead Road is a loading zone.  Never leave your vehicle unattended and never double park. 
Unattended vehicles may be cited by the Sheriff's Department and/or towed away at car owner's expense. 

​To enforce this parking rule, the school will begin placing notices on unattended vehicles this school year.  

Thank you for your cooperation.

為確保學生安全， 家長們於接送學生時請留心道路安全。
切勿在Homestead Road的上落區停泊車輛或雙線停車。違例者可能被票控。 無人值守的車輛如若被拖走，車主將需負責有關費用。

為提醒家長，本校將於本學年開始向無人值守車輛貼上告示。

​多謝各位家長合作。

The horseshoe area (red) is a loading zone.  Please park in the blue zones.
​
​紅色區域為上落區。 如需要停泊車輛，請利用學校兩旁停車場圃藍色區域)。