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The Chinese Academy office will be on winter break from December 21st to January 3rd, 2022.

We will open starting Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 from 9AM to 5PM.

亚省中文学校维德广场校务处将由12月21日起放寒假。

校务处下次开放日期为2022年1月4日（星期二）上午9点至下午5点。

亚省中文学校的首要任务是确保我们的学生及其家人、教职员工的健康安全。经过校董会及学校行政的慎重考虑，并与卡尔加里公立教育局 (CBE) 设施租赁部门确认，我校所有中文和兴趣班课程将在2021-2022学年剩余时间保持在线教学状态直至 2022 年 6 月。

关于我们是否会在 2022-2023 学年恢复面授课的决定将取决于阿尔伯塔省卫生服务部、亚省教育厅和 CBE 设施租赁部门收到的建议。我校将继续以电邮形式通知家长具体情况。

如果您有任何问题，请通过电子邮件与我们联系。

谢谢您的理解！

亚省中文学校

 

The health and safety of our students and staff are our top priority and primary consideration during these unprecedented times. After careful consideration among our school administration team and board of directors, as well as confirming with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Facility Rentals Department, all of our Chinese and Option courses will remain on-line for the rest of the 2021-2022 school year, until June 2022.

We will continue to keep you and our school community informed. The decision for whether we will return to in-person classes for the 2022-2023 school year will be dependent on the advice we receive from Alberta Health Services, Alberta Education and the CBE Facility Rentals Department.

Please contact us via email if you have any questions.

Thank you.

The Chinese Academy 亚省中文学校

To register, please click the link below: (first come, first served)

註冊請點擊：（名額有限，報名從速）

A班：https://chineseacademy.ca/product/ielts-a/

B班：https://chineseacademy.ca/product/ielts-b/

Thank you for a smooth start to the new school year! Over the past month, we have thoroughly enjoyed having your child back learning with us at The Chinese Academy (TCA). 

English Parent Orientation on Wednesday, October 27th. A lot of tips to assist your students with their Chinese courses will be shared!

TCA classes will be online until at the earliest, January 2022.

1. Our number one priority is to ensure our students, families and staff are safe and healthy. After careful consideration, we have decided not to go back to in-person learning until at the earliest, January 2022. We will then review.
2. There is no school on Saturday, October 9th. We hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving long weekend!
3. We had a very successful student orientation for our Grade 7 to 12 students on Saturday, October 2nd. We appreciated all of the students’ questions.
4. The English Parent Orientation will be on Wednesday, October 27th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. We hope all of you are able to attend. There will be a lot of tips on how to support your child in learning Chinese. A reminder and Zoom link will be sent out closer to the date.
5. Please continue to review the Student Code of Conduct with your child prior to class. Some important reminders include keeping their cameras on for the entire class time (except during break), and ensuring there are no virtual Zoom backgrounds displayed. We are already very impressed by all of our students attending respectfully to our TCA Code of Conduct.
6. The Media Consent Form email has already been sent out to families. If you do not consent, you must state it in the digital form. If we do not receive your forms back by Friday, October 15th, this indicates that you provide us with media consent.
7. If you referred a student to attend The Chinese Academy as per past practice, you can collect your $10 referral gift card at the office. Your very appreciated $10 gift card will be available at our office once all of the present pandemic restrictions are removed.
8. We will be postponing Picture Day. We can’t wait until all of us are in person and can take these beautiful pictures for your children!
9. We are now offering Adult Mandarin classes. Please register on our website as soon as possible. When we have enough parents who are interested in this class, we will inform you of the start date.
10. We also offer Mathematics and English tutorial classes to students. They are held between 12:00pm to 1:00pm on Saturdays. Please register on our website if your child is requiring extra support in Mathematics and/or English.

What a great start to the school year so far!

The Chinese Academy (TCA) has been offering Chinese classes to students for over 24 years. We have received many inquiries from parents asking for recommendations to support their children’s learning. We are excited to offer Adult Mandarin classes this year. We have attached a poster with information about the Adult Mandarin class.

Dates: Saturdays from October 2, 2021 to May 28, 2022
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Tuition fee: $300

To register please visit the following link: Click Here

Applicants can select the class to register, complete the form and pay on our website. We accept VISA and MasterCard. Alternatively, they can visit our office in-person to pay by cheque, debit or credit card. We do not accept cash for payment.

Please note that this Adult Mandarin class will commence only if we reach a certain number of registrations. Thank you for your understanding.

The Chinese Academy (TCA) has been working with the CBE for 25 years to offer a Chinese IB program to all students who are interested.

TCA has received many inquiries from parents asking for recommendations to support their children’s learning. We are offering Mathematics and/or English tutorial option classes again this year.

Dates: September 18, 2021 to April 2, 2022 (20 Saturdays)
Time: 12pm to 1pm
Tuition fee: $490 per subject

To register please visit the following link: Click Here

Applicants can select the classes they want to register, complete the form and pay on our website. We accept VISA and MasterCard. Alternatively, they can visit our office in-person to pay by cheque, debit or credit card. We do not accept cash for payment.

A number of our families decided to take the 2020-2021 school year off from learning Chinese due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The Chinese Academy would like to offer our Kindergarten to Grade 9 students a one-time opportunity to make up the curriculum they missed over the past school year.

For example, if your child was registered in Grade 1 at The Chinese Academy during the 2019-2020 school year and then missed Grade 2 Chinese Saturday classes due to the pandemic, they will be permitted to register for Grade 3 this year, as a special exception. However, your child will be required to purchase the textbook and learning materials of the grade they missed and complete this work independently by the end of December, 2021.

This Fall Learning Package (FLP) is $50 and must be purchased when you register your child. You can find this on-line as a separate product. (Click Here). The FLP can be picked up at the Madison Office (Madison #191, 1518 Centre Street N.E. Calgary T2E 2R9).

A warm and heartfelt greeting to all of our TCA families!  Your wellness is so important to us. Our teachers and administration team want to thank you for your hard work and support during this most unique year of virtual online learning, assisting our students with their lessons and assignments. It was not always easy and we respect your commitment to your children learning the Chinese language and culture.

Please take the time to carefully read this newsletter.  You will see information listed below regarding:

• Student Report Cards
• Our TCA Graduation Ceremonies
• Awards, Certificates and Scholarships
• Summer Camp/School
• Phase 2 Early Bird Registration
• 2021-2022 School Year Commencement

Student Report Cards

The Chinese Academy is emailing the year-end report cards to all families this year. Your child’s 2020-2021 report card is attached to this parent newsletter.

Note: Please appreciate as we are a very large school that it will take us several days to send out all report cards to our students. Please email us if you have not received your child(ren)’s report card by June 21^st.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us or contact us at: 403-777-7663.

Our TCA Graduation Ceremonies

 

The Chinese Academy 24^th Annual Graduation Ceremonies were online for the first time ever. The feedback from our parents, guests and students was very positive. Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend these special events, celebrating a very important milestone for your children. Your presence helped to make Saturday, June 5th a special day. We appreciated all the enthusiasm demonstrated from our virtual audience.

For all students and parents who wish to view the celebrations, our school will be uploading the following items onto the TCA website over the next week. Please click here to view the page.

1. Principal’s Message
2. Full Virtual Graduation Recordings
3. Grade 12, Grade 6 and Kindergarten 2 Valedictorians Speeches
4. Congratulatory Video from The Honourable Michelle Rempel Garner, P.C. M.P.
5. Congratulatory Letters from our Special Guests
6. Award List for All Classes
7. Graduation Preshow Videos
8. Sponsors and Donors
9. Students’ Performances and Classwork Demonstrations in full

 

 

 

Awards, Certificates and Scholarships

The Chinese Academy is pleased to be continuing our Awards and Scholarships Program.  This is only possible through the generous donations of our school sponsors. We want to celebrate the exceptional work and accomplishments of our students.

Our school will be posting the full list of award recipients for the 2020-2021 school year onto our website by the end of June. Congratulations to all our students who have received awards! The certificates for these awards can be picked up at the office in late August/early September.

Grade 12 IB Chinese Scholarships: We also offer a TCA IB Chinese Scholarship to our grade 12 IB graduates. These students can apply for this scholarship upon receiving their IB Chinese report card from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in July. For more information, please refer to our IB Q&A: Click Here.

Kindergarten 2 Returning Scholarships: For our Kindergarten 2 graduates, The Chinese Academy is offering a $50 scholarship to these graduates upon registration into a grade 1 Chinese course in the 2021-2022 school year. To register as a returning grade 1 student, please click here.

Summer Camp/School

We are offering a special three-week online virtual summer camp in July 2021. These sessions will give the students an opportunity to practice their Chinese language skills and learn more about the Chinese language and culture.

Language: Mandarin

Dates: Mondays to Fridays, July 5 to July 23, 2021 (15 sessions in total)

Time: 10:00AM to 12:00PM

For additional information and to register, please see our fun summer camp/school posters. Click here.

Phase 2 Early Bird Registration

Just a reminder that the $20 discount for Early Bird Registration continues until Wednesday, June 30th, 2021. Please visit this link to register. Also, please take a look at all of the fun Option Classes The Chinese Academy offers as well.

Registering your child(ren) early is a tremendous help to TCA as we plan for ordering teaching and learning materials, hiring teachers, scheduling classes, and setting up classrooms. This process has begun.

 

2021-2022 School Year Commencement

While The Chinese Academy (TCA) is optimistic that in-person classes will be allowed for the 2021-2022 school year, we are unable to determine potential future restrictions. Please be aware that due to Alberta Health Services (AHS), Alberta Education and Calgary Board of Education (CBE) changing guidelines, TCA may be required to modify programs and classes to a virtual on-line platform. This could occur at any time and post registration.

Please contact The Chinese Academy office via email if you have any questions.

Thank you for your hard work and dedication during this special time. We look forward to seeing all our students on Saturday September 11^th for the 2021-2022 school year.

Have a Restful, Healthy and Safe Summer!

The Chinese Academy

亚省中文学校在此向所有的家长致以诚挚的问候，祝您和您的家人身体健康！这是个特殊的在线学年，我校的老师及管理团队衷心地感谢您给予孩子学习中文和中国文化的全力帮助，感谢您帮助您的孩子顺利完成了本学年的中文课程学习，更要感谢您对我们学校工作的理解及支持。

请您仔细阅读本通讯简报，内容包括：

• 成绩报告单
• 2021 毕业典礼
• 奖项和奖学金
• 暑期中文班
• 第二阶段早注册优惠
• 2021-2022 学年开学日程

学生成绩报告单

亚省中文学校今年是通过电子邮件将学生成绩报告单发送给所有家长。 您孩子的 2020-2021 学年学生成绩报告单已附在本家长通讯邮件中，请查看【附件】。

请注意：我们学校的学生人数众多，需要几天时间才能将所有成绩报告单发给我们的学生。如果您在6月21日之前还没有收到您孩子的成绩单，请通过电邮联系我们。

如果您有任何问题，也可电话联系学校校务处：403-777-7663。

2021毕业典礼

亚省中文学校第24届毕业典礼，也是首届网络毕业典礼已在6月5日隆重举行。 我校的家长、嘉宾和学生反应非常热烈。毕业是学生生涯的一个重要的里程碑，我们感谢所有预留时间参加毕业典礼的家长，您见证了孩子们的这个精彩时刻，感谢您的热情参与。

对于所有希望再观看庆祝毕业活动的学生和家长，我们将在下周把以下项目上传到学校网站。请点击观看：

1. 校长寄语
2. 网上毕业典礼完整版
3. 十二年级、六年级、幼儿园高班毕业生代表致辞
4. 国会议员 Michelle Rempel Garner, P.C. M.P.祝贺视频
5. 特别嘉宾的祝贺信
6. 各班的获奖名单
7. 毕业典礼前奏视频
8. 赞助嘉宾
9. 学生表演和作品演示完整版

奖项、奖状及奖学金

今年，亚省中文学校通过赞助商的鼎力支持，令我们对学生的奖励政策得以实行。 我们很高兴能以此鼓励我校的优秀学生。

校务处将在学校网站上发布2020-2021学年的获奖名单。恭喜所有获奖的同学们！ 这些奖状可以在八月底/九月初在维德广场办公室领取。

地址：Madison Unit 191, 1518 Centre Street NE Calgary T2E 2R9

十二年级TCA IB中文奖学金：IB毕业学生可以在7月份收到国际文凭组织（IBO）的IB中文成绩单后申请该奖学金。有关更多信息，请参阅我们的 IB 常见问题及解答：请单击此处。

幼儿园毕业回头注册奖学金：我校提供返回注册奖学金$50给幼儿园毕业学生，该奖学金将在2021-2022学年注册一年级中文课程后自动获得。如要继续注册成为我校一年级学生，请单击此处。

线上暑期中文班

我们将在 2021 年 7 月提供为期三周的线上暑期中文班。这些课程将为学生提供学习中文和了解更多中华文化的机会，帮孩子们度过一个有趣又有意义的暑假。

• 语言：普通话
• 日期: 星期一至星期五, 2021年7月5日至7月23  (共15 次)
• 时间: 上午10:00 – 12:00

如需了解更多详情，请查看我们有趣的夏令营/学校海报：请点击这里。

第二阶段早注册优惠

敬请您留意，我校的早注册$20折扣将截止至2021年6月30日星期三。请访问此链接注册：请点击此处。 另外，也请查看我校饶有趣味的兴趣班课程。

在我们快要计划订购教与学材料、聘请老师、设置课程和安排教室时，尽早为您的孩子注册会对我校提供极大的帮助。

2021-2022 学年开学日程

尽管亚省中文学校（TCA）乐观地认为2021-2022学年将允许面对面授课，但我们无法确定将来可能出现的限制。我校将严格遵循亚省卫生厅（AHS），亚省教育厅和卡尔加里教育局（CBE）最新规章，随时作出相应调整，按需要将面授课程改为网课。

如果您有任何问题，请通过电子邮件联系亚省中文学校校务处。

再次感谢您对我们学校工作的理解与支持。我们期待在9月11日星期六与2021-2022学年的所有学生见面！

祝愿您有一个健康快乐的夏天！

亚省中文学校

 

在线注册请点击

为了让孩子过一个既有趣又有意义的暑假，亚省中文学校将在7月份开办为期三周的网络夏令营。趣味夏令营课程可以让学生在暑假继续体验中国文化和巩固中文语言知识，以便孩子可以准备在下学年2021年9月的中文课程。 

夏令营课程将以趣味实用专题形式开展，如拼音、识字，成语、三国演义、历史名人故事，美文、诗词赏析等，再以讲故事、唱歌、手工艺品制作、绘画等为辅助教学。

语言：国语
日期：2021年7月5日至7月23日，星期一至星期五，共15天
时间：上午10:00至12:00

第一组：1-3年级
第二组：4-7年级

Register On-line Here

The Chinese Academy is offering a special three-week summer camp for those students who did not attend our virtual, live classes during the 2020-2021 school year. These sessions will give the students an opportunity to practice their Chinese language skills and catch up so they can join their friends in the same class starting September 2021.

 For the Grade 1-6 students, there will be storytelling, singing, arts & crafts, plays and exercises!

For the Grade 7 and above students, there will be fun projects, group activities and videos on the Chinese history and culture!

Language: Mandarin
Dates: Mondays to Fridays, July 5 to July 23, 2021 (15 sessions in total)
Time: 10:00AM to 12:00PM

Group 1: Grades 1-3
Group 2: Grades 4-7

尊敬的家长/监护人：

 很期待我们所有学生在2021年9月能重新加入亚省中文学校这个大家庭。我校的老师都迫不及待地想再次见到你们！有许多父母一直在问我们，即使他们的孩子去年因为疫情错过了一年的中文学习，他们是否可以重返与英语学校相同的班级并与自己的朋友和同学在同一班级上中文课？当然可以！

 我校将为这些学生提供以下的学习机会：

 

暑期中文优惠学习套餐

由于疫情给我们很多家庭带来了空前的影响，亚省中文学校将为您的孩子们提供一个特别的学习机会，让他们在2021年9月可以与同班同学以同等水平重新加入学习中文的行列。

1.  如何实现：

• 支付 $50，购买学习材料可提供贵子弟在2020-2021学年暑期学习。
• 暑期学习材料将包括教科书、练习册及作业簿。在整个暑假，您可以帮助贵子弟补回错过的学习内容并迎头赶上。
• 8月下旬，安排测试，相信贵子弟在您的协助下完成所有学习材料后，定会通过测试。
• 测试完成后，分班。

2.  如何注册：

 注册请访问链接。

 付款方式：

1. 在线注册平台可用信用卡付款：VISA和万事达卡
2. 邮寄支票到亚省中文学校办公室。地址：Unit 191, 1518 Centre St N.E. T2E 2R9

 温馨提示：早注册优惠第二阶段至2021年6月30日截止，优惠$20。注册请访问https://chineseacademy.ca/registration/courses-registration/。也请查看亚省中文学校提供的兴趣班课程。

 在我们计划订购教与学材料、聘请老师、设置课程和安排教室时，尽早为您的孩子注册会对我校提供极大的帮助。 

 请注意：尽管亚省中文学校（TCA）乐观地认为2021-2022学年将允许面对面授课，但我们无法确定将来可能出现的限制。我校将严格遵循亚省卫生厅（AHS），亚省教育厅和卡尔加里教育局（CBE）最新规章，随时作出相应调整，按需要将面授课程改为网课。

 如有任何疑问，包括如何使用教材及辅导信息等，请在办公时间内随时联系办公室。

 祝：百尺竿头，更进一步！ 

亚省中文学校

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are looking forward to your children rejoining us in September 2021. We can’t wait to see all of you again!  Many parents have been asking us if their children, even though they missed their Chinese learning last year, can return to the same class level as their English school and be with their friends/classmates.  Respecting what we have all endured, The Chinese Academy (TCA) is offering the following:

The One-Time Summer Learning Package

Due to these unprecedented, challenging times, TCA is offering a special opportunity for your children to rejoin us in September, 2021 at the same level as their classmates.

1)             How It Will Work:

• For $50, just covering the basic cost of materials, you will be provided with a Summer Learning Package for the 2020 – 2021 TCA year your children missed.
• This package will include their textbook and workbook. Over the summer, you will assist your children with catching up.
• In later August, there will be a test which we are confident they will pass as long as they have covered all of the materials with your assistance.
• Upon the completion of the test, the students will be assigned to the appropriate class levels.

2)             How You Will Register:

Please visit this link.

The available payment options are:

1. VISA and MasterCard for the online registration platform
2. Cheque can be mailed to The Chinese Academy Madison Office. Address: Unit 191, 1518 Centre St N.E. T2E 2R9

Just a reminder that the $20 discount for Early Bird Registration continues until Wednesday, June 30^th, 2021. Please visit https://chineseacademy.ca/registration/courses-registration/. Also, please take a look at all of the fun Option Classes TCA offers as well.

Registering your child(ren) early is a tremendous help to TCA as we plan for ordering teaching and learning materials, hiring teachers, scheduling classes, and setting up classrooms. This process has begun.

 

Note: While The Chinese Academy (TCA) is optimistic that in-person classes will be allowed for the 2021-2022 school year, we are unable to determine potential future restrictions. Please be aware that due to Alberta Health Services (AHS), Alberta Education and Calgary Board of Education (CBE) changing guidelines, TCA may be required to modify programs and classes to a virtual on-line platform. This could occur at any time and post registration.

If you have any questions or concerns, including how to use the learning materials and teaching tips to assist your children, do not hesitate to contact us during office hours.

Thank You and Best Regards,

The Chinese Academy

亚省中文学校诚聘各级国、粤语语文老师及兴趣班导师，请电邮至学校，合则约见。

The Chinese Academy is looking for teachers to teach Chinese and option classes.
Please email resume to The Chinese Academy directly.

YOU ARE INVITED

You are invited to attend The Chinese Academy 1st Annual Virtual IB Information Session. During this Information Session you will be presented with an introduction and overview of our school:

• Our TCA Mandarin & Cantonese language classes
• Our IB Chinese Program at TCA, the only school in Calgary that offers IB Chinese courses
• Our TCA culturally inspired option programs – Badminton, Martial Arts, Dance, Yoga and much more
• Our TCA English & Mathematics tutorial classes

Dates:
English Information Session – Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Chinese Information Session – Friday, January 29th, 2021
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Speakers: Principal Vicky Liang & Assistant Superintendent Maureen Hall
Registration: It is “first come-first served”. The maximum capacity is 100 participants.
Guests: You are most welcome to invite your older children, any family members and friends who are interested in learning more about all our exciting 2021-2022 programs that we continue to offer. 

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83107603243
Meeting ID: 831 0760 3243
Passcode: TCAVIBIS

Please go on 10 minutes prior as you will enter a waiting room. This process provides all participants with the best TCA security protocol for our virtual on-line sessions. 

Contact Information:
Tel: 403-777-7663
Website: www.chineseacademy.ca
Address: Madison維德廣場Unit 191, 1518 Centre Street NE Calgary T2E 2R9
Office Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9AM – 5PM

Look forward to you joining us!

The Chinese Academy

The 2020-2021 Parent Teacher Interviews for Kindergarten to Grade 6 classes will be held on Saturday, January 16th, 2021. These interviews will be conducted on Zoom. There are no Chinese classes on that day for students from Kindergarten to grade 6. Students are encouraged to participate in the interview but attendance is not mandatory.

 Grade 7-12 students will attend their regularly scheduled classes. There are no scheduled interviews for these grades. If you wish to contact your child’s teacher, you may do so through their TCA email address.

Based on the class size, each parent(s) will have either 7 or 10 minutes to talk to the teacher.

To enter the meeting, please use your regular Zoom classroom link. It would be appreciated if you enter the waiting room 2 minutes in advance of your scheduled time slot.

Please note the following:

1. To protect parent’s and student’s individual privacy, the waiting room for each class will be turned on and only one family at a time will be permitted into the meeting room. In addition, respecting students’ confidentiality, no interviews will be recorded.
2. If you enter the meeting room early, please wait patiently for your turn. The teacher and teaching assistant will invite each parent to enter the interview session according to the time slot reserved for each parent(s).
3. To ensure your Parent Teacher Interview session is held on time and efficiently, please prepare your questions and items prior to be discussed with the teacher.
4. We want you to be aware that our technology staff will be coming into interviews periodically to check the meeting software is working properly.
5. If you need additional time, please make another appointment with the teacher through email or directly during the interview.
6. The interviewer will remind the parent when there are 2 minutes left in the interview.
7. When the interview is over, the teacher or teaching assistant will remove the current parent from the Zoom meeting session.

If you are unsure about your booked time slot, or you would like to change your interview, please contact The Chinese Academy office via email before Thursday, January 14th.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The Chinese Academy 亞省中文學校