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 success in 2012.
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 This Week
The EP contest will be this coming Friday. Please arriving 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 | Room 404 | |
| Group: C & D | 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

Chinese New Year Celebration Volunteers
Reminder has been sent to parent volunteers for the Chinese New Year Celebrations. If you've signed up at Registration or able to help on 1/27, please come at 5PM next Friday and join us.

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!

新春聯歡會 Chinese New Year Celebration 1/27
時間過得真快,今年的新春聯歡會將於
1 月 27 日 6:30 PM 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 the Year of The Dragon to a running start. Right away, the BVCS Chinese New Year Celebration is next Friday, January 27th at 6:30PM in MPR room. Adult and Children are encourage to wear traditional Chinese attire for this festivities.

Make-A-Wish Foundation at BVCS Chinese New Year Celebration
At the BVCS Chinese New Year Celebration, members of the California High School's DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) will be doing a fundraising for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish Foundation is the nation largest wish-granting organization and a well-respected international charity. The Foundation gives hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions by granting their wishes with donor funds.
To fundraise, Cal High students will be selling drinks and snacks on Friday, 1/27 inside MPR room. Please help support their efforts by making a kind purchase. 100% proceeds will go to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Thank you!

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 Mr. Paulo Cheong and his family for their donation to BVCS and believe that Bay Valley Chinese School will continue to benefit from his generous support. If you wish to make a tax-deductible donation, please visit: http://www.bayvalleychineseschool.org/donations.php.

Chinese New Year Events around the Bay Area 新春活動
歡迎大家來參加, 現場備有小禮物送給大家。
時間 : 1 月 22 日下午 1 到 4 點
地點 : 南灣華僑文教中心 (1269 Forgewood Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089)
中國新年海報設計比賽展覽和頒
獎;
(由北加州中文學校聯合會主辦
僑委會贊助)
現場會展覽參賽同學的作品,
將選出優勝者並在當日 (22)
下午二點頒獎。
同時優勝者的作品, 也將會放在
County of Santa Clara 大廳展出
(1/23 - 2/5)。
新春揮毫活動; (由北加州中文學校聯合會和大專校聯會合辦
僑委會贊助) 現場有書法家展示毛筆書法,
教你如何寫 "龍" 字, 用紅封套做燈籠,
剪紙等。
Event: Chinese New Year Poster Design Exhibition
Place: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office: 1269 Forgewood, Sunnyvale CA 94089
Date & Time: Jan 22, 2012 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
***Winners of the poster contest will be announced at 2:00 PM***
The winning posters will be displayed at the Santa Clara County Office (70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, California 95110) from Jan 23 - Feb 5.
In welcoming the year of the Dragon, there will be a demonstration of calligraphy techniques in writing the "Dragon" character 龍. Lantern making and origami skills will also be demonstrated.

01/20/2012─Parent duty list:
| ALLEN CHARLES | TAI-ALLEN ALICE | 戴曉華 | |
| BAKER MARK | BAKER LISA | ||
| CHAN BEN | 陳煐傑 | LEE YAU MEI (MAY) | 李幼薇 |
| CHANG CHING K | CHANG SHERRY | 李淑貞 | |
| CHAN SIDNEY | OWYANG SUSAN | ||
| CHAO WAN | CHAO MAGGIE | ||
| CHANG WEN | 張文淵 | CHANG KAREN | 鄭惠文 |
| CHEN ALVIN | 陳昱志 | CHEN JOAN | 黎美秀 |