Message from Founders and Board of Directors
2012 marks the 10th Anniversary of BVCS. Please check out the short video clip about this milestone. BVCS wishes everyone much happiness and fulfillment in Year of The Dragon.
在迎接灣谷中文學校十週年到來的前夕,學校創 辦人及董事分別錄製了一段話與大家共同分享。在此謹祝大家在新的一年心想事成 萬事如意。
* Special thanks to Sophia Chang and her son for making this BVCS 10th Anniversary video clip.

EP Contest Next Week
學校將於
1 月 20 日
舉行校內學術比賽。
BVCS will host an EP contest on January 20. The complete EP Contest materials and rules have been posted on our school website. Please arrive on-time to the contest locations.
5:00 - 6:50pm
| 朗讀 (Read aloud in Mandarin) | Group: B and D | Room 300 | |
| Group: C | Room 301 | ||
| 西畫 (Drawing and Painting) | Group: A, B, D | Room 404 | |
| Group: C | Room 400 | ||
| 毛筆 (Calligraphy) | Room 404 |
5:50 - 6:50pm
| 鉛筆 (Pencil writing) | Room 401 | ||
| 漢拼 (Hanyu PinYin) | Group: A | Room 304 | |
| Group: B | Room 305 | ||
| 著色 (Coloring) | Room 401 |
For 西畫(Drawing and Painting) and 毛筆(Calligraphy) students, please bring your own drawing materials and brushes. Paper will be provided by the school.
Click here for complete contest details.
If you still have question, email winniechang@hotmail.com

EP Contest Parent Volunteers Meeting this Friday
We are having a parent volunteers meeting this Friday at 7PM in Room 400. If you've signed up or able to help with this invaluable program on 1/20, please come and join us.

新春聯歡會 Chinese New Year Celebration
時間過得真快, 1 月 23 日就是農曆龍年的初一了,今年的新春聯歡會將於
1 月 27 隆重登場,希望大家不論男女老幼皆能穿著中國式服裝出席,歡迎共襄盛舉。
We hope everyone rested up over the winter break so that you’re ready to begin Year of The Dragon to a running start. Right away, the BVCS Chinese New Year Celebration is January 27th at 6:30PM in MPR room. Adult and Children are encourage to wear Chinese attire for this festivities.

Raffle Drawing Prizes Needed
BVCS is seeking donation for raffle drawing at Chinese New Year Celebration. The raffle drawing has been the highlight for the BVCS Chinese New Year Celebrations, Please bring the gifts unwrapped to the office between now and January 20. Thank you!

Parent Survey
Let us know how well Bay Valley Chinese School has met your family's and child(ren)'s needs and how you feel about your Chinese school. Please take 3 minutes to complete the online parent survey.

Yearbook Advertising
Please help out this year with by either purchasing ad space yourself or help solicit any businesses that might be interested in advertising in our school yearbook.
For details, click here.

Thank You for Donation
We express our sincere appreciation to Ms. Wendy Yang and her family for their donation to BVCS and believe that Bay Valley Chinese School will continue to benefit from her generous support. If you wish to make a tax-deductible donation, please visit: http://www.bayvalleychineseschool.org/donations.php.

01/13/2012─Parent duty list:
| GULLUM RYAN | GULLUM NANCY | ||
| YEH TONY | YEH THERESA | ||
| YU CALVIN | 余錫龍 | YU PHYBY | 楊中怡 |
| YU JENGYI | 游正義; | TSEI MICHELLE | 崔敏 |
| YU JIMMY | YU ELENA | ||
| YU NEAL | HUANG STACEY | ||
| YU TSE-CHUNG | 于澤中 | CHANG VIVIEN | 張筱盼 |
| ZNEIMER ALAN | ZNEIMER ANN | 張雅芬 |