DBCS Reminder of Week 1/26

tangwei

Dear Parents,

This Saturday, 1/26, DBCS will have regular classes.
First, we want to apologize for last week's late door-opening problem that affected 4 classes and 1 computer elective class. Since we use facilities at DBHS, our custodian is assigned by DBHS. Recently, DBHS has been rotating their custodians, rather than assign one custodian for us like before. As a result, last week's custodian got the wrong instruction and did not open the intended classrooms. We were unaware of the custodian change and could not find the new custodian's phone. It took a while for us to finally get the problem solved. Two classes were left outside for 40 mins and the computer class was forced to move to a different lab. We are very sorry for that. During the week, we talked to the general manager of DBHS about it. We clarified many things and established proper contact channels to prevent problems in the future. Though DBHS will continue to rotating their custodians and problems will be hard to completely avoid, with the contact channels worked out, we hope the negative affect of their new system will be minimal in the future.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, many celebrations and events are coming up. Diamond Bar Chinese American Association and DBCS will host the Diamond Bar Chinese New Year Celebration on Feb 23. Let's mark the calendar. This Sat, the City of Walnut will have a Chinese New Year Celebration Event. Please visit our website www.dbcaa.org for information.
For students who are interested in taking the Mock SAT test in March, the test organizer requires $8 per students for material fee. DBCS will provide the test classroom and test administrator for free as a service for our students and community. The test will be on March 9, Sat. You are welcomed to sign-up no matter if you are current student or past student. All DBCS  TAs are welcomed to participate, as well as friends that might find such test helpful.
Our dance class last Sat was a huge success. We will closely monitor the size of the class as well as the age distribution of the class. Once we have enough little ones, we will try to separate the class so that our pre-teen and teen students and our younger students can all enjoy.
各位家长，
首先，我們對上週教室門沒有按時開的問題道歉。全校共有四個班的第一節課和電腦班的才藝課受到影響。過去，校工的是由高中指定專人負責。近來，高中決定校工輪流，不固定專人負責週六中文學校的事務。上週的校工是初次接觸這個工作，他得到信息不全，不准。我們對此并不知情。由於過去我一直同主管校工聯繫，所以不知道這個校工或其主管的聯繫辦法，因此，用了很多時間才解決問題。本週內，我們和學校進行了交流，確定了今後聯繫的管道。雖然，校工輪流的制度仍然會繼續，一些問題將難免發生，但保持暢通的聯絡應該會最大限度地減少類似問題造成的後果。

春節就要來了。鑽石吧華協和中文學校主辦的鑽石吧華人新春園遊會將于2月23日舉行。本週六，核桃市的華人新春遊園會將舉行。具體信息可以到我們的網站上查詢：www.dbcaa.org。
請有興趣參加SAT模擬考試的同學盡早來辦公室登記。模擬考試的主辦機構，全美中文學校聯合會，對每一個參加者收$8的材料費。鑽石吧中文學校將免費為同學們提供考場和安排工作人員。報名截止日期為2月6日。歡迎有意參加的在校生，過去參加過中文學校的學生，以及其他學習中文的朋友報名參加。
上週六我們的舞蹈課開了一個好頭。我們將會密切關注這個課的人數和學生的年齡分佈。如果小朋友的人數增多，我們應該會分另一個班，這樣我們的大同學和小同學都可以更好地跳舞了。
謝謝！
鑽石吧中文學校