PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 校長週訊 (5/01/2020)
Dear Westside Chinese School families,
If you have not gotten a chance to fill out registration survey, please fill in a quick survey to help our school. It is very important that we receive your feedback. I will be available via Zoom this week to answer any question and concerns. Please see the announcements below:
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
If you have not gotten a chance to fill out registration survey, please fill in a quick survey to help our school. It is very important that we receive your feedback. I will be available via Zoom this week to answer any question and concerns. Please see the announcements below:
- School Registration Survey - Please help our school by completing a brief registration survey to better plan for the next school year. Your input is very important to us, here is the link.
- Board Election Nomination - Our School is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors. Please click the link here to nominate yourself or other interested adults from the CLSSC community to the listed positions, along with a good way to contact those persons by adding their email or phone number.
- Principal's Office Hours: 5/2/2020 (Sat) 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm - I want to keep an open channel for everyone to communicate with school. There will be a weekly meeting until the end of this school year designed to hear from parents directly and answer any questions via Zoom. Please RSVP at servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.org to receive meeting information.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 校長週訊 (3/26/2020)
Dear CLSSC Students and Parents:
There is no higher priority than your health, safety and well-being. These past few weeks have seen a whirlwind of changes that impact each of us at school, at work, in our homes and throughout communities around the globe. I am writing to share with you what we have been doing here at the Chinese Language School of Southern California to adapt to this dynamic situation.
In order to ensure academic continuity and progress in Chinese-learning, effective this Saturday, March 28, our in-person, on-campus instruction will officially transition to remote learning through the end of this school year in response to the impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). While the school might be closed, we have been busy meeting with our teachers to make sure they are properly trained to deliver the curriculum via Zoom and to share best practices in breakout meetings. Last Saturday, our teachers did a test run with their students, making sure your children know how to participate in class remotely, learning different Zoom functions and sharing teaching plans for the upcoming classes. The teachers will be reaching out to the students and parents with details on classes including time, length of each period, behavior expectations and in-class/homework assignments.
Due to the "Safer at Home" order by both the City and County of Los Angeles, we have decided to continue our classes over the previously planned spring break and sports day in order to make up for the three classes we had to cancel (4/4, 4/11, 4/18). Over the next few weeks, we will provide you with more details about the rest of the school year and beyond. For now, we want to focus all of our efforts to help our students and teachers complete the transition to remote instruction and learning. Please bear with us as we work together to find solutions to any problems that may arise.
I am so proud of our students and our parent volunteers for their resilience, flexibility, ingenuity, understanding and compassion as we navigate these uncharted waters. Our students have been fantastic in their adaptability to meeting their teachers and fellow students online. We’ve quickly pulled together as a team, working with students and teachers to ensure that we give our students the academic and emotional assistance they need in order to be successful despite the challenges we are facing.
As a valued member of the CLSSC family, your steadfast support through the years and especially at this critical time is greatly appreciated. While we may be apart physically, let's stay connected through distant socializing via email, Zoom meetings and other platforms. Should you have any questions concerning your children's classes, we ask for your patience and wait for the teachers to contact the class first before reaching out to them individually. If you have any non-academic questions, please send us an e-mail at servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.com and we will respond to you as quickly as we can.
I understand this is a time of great uncertainty for all of us and I want to reassure you that we will keep you apprised of any updates. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
There is no higher priority than your health, safety and well-being. These past few weeks have seen a whirlwind of changes that impact each of us at school, at work, in our homes and throughout communities around the globe. I am writing to share with you what we have been doing here at the Chinese Language School of Southern California to adapt to this dynamic situation.
In order to ensure academic continuity and progress in Chinese-learning, effective this Saturday, March 28, our in-person, on-campus instruction will officially transition to remote learning through the end of this school year in response to the impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). While the school might be closed, we have been busy meeting with our teachers to make sure they are properly trained to deliver the curriculum via Zoom and to share best practices in breakout meetings. Last Saturday, our teachers did a test run with their students, making sure your children know how to participate in class remotely, learning different Zoom functions and sharing teaching plans for the upcoming classes. The teachers will be reaching out to the students and parents with details on classes including time, length of each period, behavior expectations and in-class/homework assignments.
Due to the "Safer at Home" order by both the City and County of Los Angeles, we have decided to continue our classes over the previously planned spring break and sports day in order to make up for the three classes we had to cancel (4/4, 4/11, 4/18). Over the next few weeks, we will provide you with more details about the rest of the school year and beyond. For now, we want to focus all of our efforts to help our students and teachers complete the transition to remote instruction and learning. Please bear with us as we work together to find solutions to any problems that may arise.
I am so proud of our students and our parent volunteers for their resilience, flexibility, ingenuity, understanding and compassion as we navigate these uncharted waters. Our students have been fantastic in their adaptability to meeting their teachers and fellow students online. We’ve quickly pulled together as a team, working with students and teachers to ensure that we give our students the academic and emotional assistance they need in order to be successful despite the challenges we are facing.
As a valued member of the CLSSC family, your steadfast support through the years and especially at this critical time is greatly appreciated. While we may be apart physically, let's stay connected through distant socializing via email, Zoom meetings and other platforms. Should you have any questions concerning your children's classes, we ask for your patience and wait for the teachers to contact the class first before reaching out to them individually. If you have any non-academic questions, please send us an e-mail at servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.com and we will respond to you as quickly as we can.
I understand this is a time of great uncertainty for all of us and I want to reassure you that we will keep you apprised of any updates. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 校長週訊 (3/13/2020)
Dear students and parents,
We have received an official notice from LAUSD to suspend all of our campus activities until further notice. Our in-person classes will be temporarily cancelled as result of this notice. CLSSC will be evaluating alternate teaching options and provide updates as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, school administration will continue to operate and determine the best course of action for the school. We appreciate your patience and support.
Please email servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.com for any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
We have received an official notice from LAUSD to suspend all of our campus activities until further notice. Our in-person classes will be temporarily cancelled as result of this notice. CLSSC will be evaluating alternate teaching options and provide updates as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, school administration will continue to operate and determine the best course of action for the school. We appreciate your patience and support.
Please email servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.com for any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 校長週訊 (3/11/2020)
Dear parents and students,
CLSSC has been carefully following news and development about the COVID-19 situation. We had an emergency meeting with our board members and committee coordinators to consider how to best further prepare for possible scenarios. While there are no confirmed cases in our community at this time, we believe that it is important to inform everyone about the school's new protocol and keep the students learning Chinese in a safe condition.
After detailed and thoughtful discussion, we have formed a special task force to help our school closely monitor the Covid-19 situation and actively respond to this ongoing issue. This task force is led by our parent rep A track, Patrick Poon and our parent rep B track, Alex Wong.
Families with any concerns can contact the task force via parentrep@westsidechineseschool.com
Please carefully review our Response Plan below, it will be effective this Saturday (3/14/2020)
CLSSC Covid-19 Response Plan
Please read through thoroughly.
School will close for a minimum of 2 weeks if any of the following conditions exist:
Contingency teaching plan during school closure:
School operational changes:
Extra Sanitation Measures:
Parents involvement can really help the school. It will be very beneficial for parents to help disinfect our students' classrooms in the morning and we need help purchasing disinfecting wipes or similar cleaning products such as disinfecting spray and paper towels.
Please contact servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.org if you are able to help.
Spring Concert, Sports Meet, and Camping Events:
We take pride as the first Chinese school in Southern California and we are determined to provide our students with 30 instructional days either in person or online. We will navigate through this uncertain time together and provide our students with the best possible learning experience.
Your support and flexibility is much appreciated. We will keep everyone updated with any changes.
Thank you,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC
CLSSC has been carefully following news and development about the COVID-19 situation. We had an emergency meeting with our board members and committee coordinators to consider how to best further prepare for possible scenarios. While there are no confirmed cases in our community at this time, we believe that it is important to inform everyone about the school's new protocol and keep the students learning Chinese in a safe condition.
After detailed and thoughtful discussion, we have formed a special task force to help our school closely monitor the Covid-19 situation and actively respond to this ongoing issue. This task force is led by our parent rep A track, Patrick Poon and our parent rep B track, Alex Wong.
Families with any concerns can contact the task force via parentrep@westsidechineseschool.com
Please carefully review our Response Plan below, it will be effective this Saturday (3/14/2020)
CLSSC Covid-19 Response Plan
Please read through thoroughly.
School will close for a minimum of 2 weeks if any of the following conditions exist:
- Grand View Blvd Elementary School (or LAUSD) decides to close the school.
- Any member of Grand View Blvd Elementary School or their families test positive for Covid-19.
- Any member of CLSSC or their families test positive for Covid-19.
- If our special task force reports that there is a special development that warrants the closure and board approves it.
Contingency teaching plan during school closure:
- Postpone the classes to the next available date.
- Provide students with online teaching via Zoom.
School operational changes:
- Hot Food service will be postponed until further notice. Packaged snacks will still be available.
- School entrance will be limited to 1 entrance located adjacent to teacher’s parking. This is to provide better security for our students and families. Please plan accordingly.
- All students will be asked to check their temperature at home before school. We strongly advise all families to exercise extra caution and keep sick students home.
- A digital non-contact thermometer will be available at the office for parents to utilize if they feel the need to check on their children.
- CDC advises to avoid all nonessential travel to infected countries. List of countries can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html
Extra Sanitation Measures:
- Grand View Blvd Elementary School is exercising extra precautionary cleaning procedures around the restrooms and “high-touch” areas.
- All students will require disinfecting their study area before class starts as an extra precaution and part of building good habits. Parent volunteers can help with lower classes.
- A Cleaning Committee sign up will be created to provide additional help around the campus.
- All students will be asked to wash their hands before returning to class from each recess. For classrooms without a handwashing station, please use the restrooms around the campus. All restrooms will be open to accommodate everyone.
Parents involvement can really help the school. It will be very beneficial for parents to help disinfect our students' classrooms in the morning and we need help purchasing disinfecting wipes or similar cleaning products such as disinfecting spray and paper towels.
Please contact servicepoint@westsidechineseschool.org if you are able to help.
Spring Concert, Sports Meet, and Camping Events:
- Spring Concerts currently have no plan to postpone or cancel. This event will be cancelled if the venue closes or our school closes due to Covid-19
- Camping coordinator will hold a meeting on 3/14/2020 to determine an outcome of the event based on participation rate. This event will also be cancelled if the venue closes or our school closes due to Covid-19
- Sports Meet will proceed as scheduled. This event will also be cancelled if the venue closes or our school closes due to Covid-19
- Any event refund will have to be approved by Mary Chan, our treasurer.
We take pride as the first Chinese school in Southern California and we are determined to provide our students with 30 instructional days either in person or online. We will navigate through this uncertain time together and provide our students with the best possible learning experience.
Your support and flexibility is much appreciated. We will keep everyone updated with any changes.
Thank you,
Michael Chang
Principal of CLSSC