DBCS Reminder of Week 2/1/2020 中英文

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Dear Parents,

This Sat, for now, our plan is to have regular classes from 9:00-12:30pm. Our plan could change if the coronavirus situation changes. Please check communications from school on Friday and early Sat morning for possible changes.

As our parents, we are closely monitoring the coronavirus situation. Our decision will be made upon information from the following three agencies. (1) US CDC recommendations (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html) ; (2) Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/); and (3) Walnut Valley Unified School District (https://www.wvusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/1154792). Currently, according to LA Dept. of Public Health, " The risk from the novel coronavirus 2019 to spread in Los Angeles County residents is deemed to be low at this time." Therefore, Dept. of Public Health recommend, "Los Angeles County residents, students, workers, and visitors should continue to engage in their regular activities".

Safety, including health safety, is always our top priority. Following the recommendations of the above agencies, we ask (1) Students with fever, please stay at home. (2) students who visited Hubei or in close contact with people visiting from Hubei, particularly Wuhan in recent past, to follow CDC's recommendation of voluntary quarantine for 14 days. (3) for all other students who have not traveled to China recently or without close contact with people visiting from Hubei,  please also practice good personal and public health hygiene. Teachers will remind all students in the beginning of the class too. (4) We will make extra efforts to sanitize the classroom and add hand-wash "break" for each session of class.

We understand that some parents prefer to exercise extra caution and want their kids to skip Chinese school.  Our teachers will prepare e-file of homework assignments. Please send us an email with student's name and class. We will send you homework assignments and other supplementary materials.

On 3/7/2020, we will have a Mock SAT II Chinese test. The test is given by National Council of Chinese school. It will be a good chance to get familiar with the SAT II Chinese test. We strongly recommend all students above Level 6 class to take the test. Through the test, students and teachers can identify issues in Chinese study and make adjustments accordingly in the future. The handbook about the test can be found from this link
https://docs.google.com/a/ncacls ... jUxOTBlMWEwNjEyNGQ. The registration fee for this test is $8. The registration deadline is the this weekend. Please register in person or by email.

各位家長，

本週六，目前的計劃是正常上課。由於新型冠狀病毒的影響，該計劃可能有變動。請在週五及週六早出發前再次查看學校通知（電子郵件及學校網站）。

同家長們一樣，我們也密切關注新型冠狀病毒在本地區的發展。我們的決策將依據以下三個機構的判斷和建議： （1）美國疾控中心（ＣＤＣ）， (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html)； （2）洛杉磯郡公共健康部 （LA County Dept. of Public Health) (http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/); 以及（3）核桃谷聯合學區（WVUSD）， (https://www.wvusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/1154792)。 截止週三本郵件發出時，洛杉磯公共健康部認為“新型冠狀病毒在本地流行的可能性不高”， 因此，“洛杉磯的居民，學生，工人，和訪問者可以正常安排活動”。 但考慮到目前本來也是流感高峰期，加上新型冠狀病毒的潛在威脅，大家都應該注意個人和公共衛生。

學生的安全，包括健康安全一向是學校最重視的。按照以上三個機構的建議，中文學校要求（1）如果您的孩子有發燒，請留在家裡；（2）如果有近期訪問疫區的學生，請自行隔離，14天無症狀的情況下，可以來上課。（2）所有學生都應該遵循流感期間個人和公共衛生的行為準則，包括勤洗手，如咳嗽，需遮掩等。各班老師都會在上課開始時重新強調。（3）中文學校將在課前進一步清潔教室，各班每節課都會安排一個”洗手“的清潔環節。

我們理解一些家長會格外謹慎，選擇讓孩子不來上中文課。為了方便這些學生和家長，我們的老師為本週的家長聯絡單和其他輔助材料都做了電子檔。如果需要，請給學校電子郵件發信息，說明學生姓名，所在班級。我們會通過郵件把作業給學生。

3月7日，學校將進行SAT II 中文的模擬考試，考試是由全美中文學校聯合會出題、組織。是老師和學生們檢驗中文學習的成果，調整今後教學的好機會。我們希望六冊以上同學都能夠參加。該模擬考試的手冊在此， 家長和同學可以參考： https://docs.google.com/a/ncacls ... jUxOTBlMWEwNjEyNGQ.  報名截止日期為本週末，請務必來辦公室或者通過電子郵件報名。
模擬考試報名費8元。

謝謝！

鑽石吧中文學校