The registration for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year is now open!
The Board and faculty members have been vigorously planning for the upcoming school year this past year while we were still learning remotely. As we approach the end of the school year, the Board is very pleased to announce that for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year, we will be returning in-person.
For more details, please contact us via phone (516) 526-0549 or email: info@ccali.org

July 13, 2020 – We hope everyone is having a safe summer so far. At this time, we would like to update everyone in regards to the current status of our upcoming 2020-21 school year’s plan.

The school administration did not stop working after 6/14, we have been constantly monitoring what the government has planned for the new school year. As everyone may know, it is still undecided. Due to that regard, the school administrative team has held meetings to discuss the reopening plan for CCALI Chinese School. We would like to let everyone know that there will no longer be an early registration deadline on 7/15/2020. The early registration discount will continue for everyone who registers. Registration Information

We will also be sending out a reopening plan survey to everyone later this week, please help us to fill out the survey and voice your concerns and suggestions!

Regarding the Chinese New Year Dinner Party refunds, we are in the process of sending you the images of your voided checks, and we will be in contact with the members that paid with cash and making arrangements for getting the money back to you, please help to pay attention to those communications as well.

Thank you for your attention, and we wish everyone to stay safe and healthy this summer!

(Updated March 23, 2020 at 12:13pm)

由於目前紐約州已經於三月二十二日（日）晚間八點開始實施了非民生必需營運暫停令，為了全面配合居家防疫，長島文協中文學校也正式宣布，從三月二十九日（日）開始，本學年剩餘上課日的教室上課改為遠距教學。

在過去停課的兩週，學校的行政人員與老師們並沒有停頓下來，全體人員一直在進行遠距教學培訓以及課程準備，非常感謝他們的配合與努力。謝謝家長與學生們耐心的等候，接下來也需要您的幫忙讓遠距教學能順利進行。

本學年度剩下的八週分別為：3/29, 4/5, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/31, 6/7, 6/14，其中6/14是畢結業典禮，其餘七週是採用遠距教學來維持正常上課。這七週遠距教學上課時間維持在下午1:30pm到4:00pm，課綱將由各班老師個別提供，請注意在本週內要特別留意老師們的電郵。文化課的部分，因為每門課的性質不同，我們正在研究計劃當中，會盡速跟大家公佈進一步的細節。畢結業典禮形式將視何時解除居家防疫而定。

目前紐約州全面積極地進行防疫抗疫，也呼籲大家配合政府指令確實做到“居家防疫”，讓社會早日回歸正軌，祝大家健康平安！

As you may know, Governor Andrew Cuomo has mandated the entire state to be “put on PAUSE”, all non-essential in-person operation workforces are required to stay home starting 8pm on Sunday, 3/22/2020 until further notice. To comply with this new guidance, CCALI Chinese School is also announcing our remaining classes of this school year will be conducted remotely beginning 3/29/2020.

Even though the classes were canceled/postponed for the past two weeks, our school staff and teachers continued to work on getting set-up with remote learning and adjusting on their lesson plans accordingly. We greatly appreciate our staff and teachers for their effort to get this done in such a short time, as well as your patience as parents and students. We will need your continuous support as we execute this plan for as long as we need it.

The remaining school days are: 3/29, 4/5, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, in which 6/14 is the graduation and awards ceremony, the other 7 days will follow regular school schedule via remote learning, which is from 1:30pm to 4:00pm. The actual lesson plans will be distributed by your class teachers, so please pay close attention to your email communications throughout this week. In regards to cultural classes, it’s still under discussion with the teachers on different options, we will share the details as soon as that’s finalized. The method on how to conduct the graduation and award ceremony will be determined depending on the situation as we get closer to the date.

New York State government is working diligently on helping our communities to fight the situation, we would like to take this moment and remind everyone to please comply with the policies, exercise “Social Distancing” religiously, stay home as much as you can. We hope the society will soon return to its norm, stay safe and healthy everyone!

Stay connected.
CCALI Communications

(Updated March 10, 2020 at 11:22pm)

As we continue to closely follow the developments regarding the coronavirus COVID-19, there have been actions taken by a few Long Island school districts to close schools on Tuesday 3/10/2020 until further notice. NYIT also announced to close campuses on 3/10/2020 to conduct a thorough cleaning and disinfecting of all spaces, as a precautionary measure even though there are no confirmed cases in NYIT community. NYIT has also announced to suspend all in-person classes, classes will be taught online via video conferencing until further notice going forward.

As we communicated earlier, due to the above updates, CCALI school officials and the Board of Directors had held a few meetings and decided on the following changes:

• CCALI Chinese School will be closed on 3/15/2020 and 3/22/2020. Make-up classes will be held on 5/31/2020 and 6/7/2020. The graduation and awards ceremony will be moved to 6/14/2020. Updated calendar will be distributed when ready.
• Classes will resume on 3/29/2020, online classes will be offered if in-person classes are deemed to be at high-risk until the situation settles. Details will follow.

All the school contests and events will be rescheduled accordingly. More details will follow on all the logistics. Please stay connected on all of our communication channels during this time for the latest updates.

NYIT School Updates:
https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/health_updates

(UPDATED: Apr. 25, 2020 at 8:00am)
由於疫情狀況的不明朗，今年的新春晚會正式宣佈取消。晚會入場券如以支票付款，協會會把支票作廢退還，以現金支付的請於秋季開學時到教務處領回。如有不便請見諒，感謝大家的支持。

Due to the uncertainty with COVID-19 related shutdown, CCALI has officially canceled Chinese New Year Dinner Fundraiser for this year. In regards to the admission tickets refund, the association will void all check payments and return them to payers, for payments in cash, please come to the administrative office to obtain your refund when school starts in the Fall Semester of 2020-21 school year. We apologize for any inconveniences and thank you for your support.

(UPDATED: Jan. 28, 2020 at 11:19pm)

在過去的ㄧ週裡，社區內因為武漢肺炎的疫情而擔憂，長島文協也一直密切的關注著。雖然目前紐約州並無任何確診病人，但由於所有文協大家庭成員們的健康與安全對我們來說是最為重要的，所以協會與學校還是決定原訂二零二零年二月一日的新年籌款晚會將予以延期。

關於晚會新的日期及其他細節，我們在確認之後將會立刻通知各位。真心感謝所有朋友們對協會跟學校持續的支持與關注。我們衷心希望大家都能平安健康，希望疫情能盡快平息，社會恢復平靜。

如有任何疑問，歡迎與我們email聯繫。感謝各位。

As we hear more about the Novel Coronavirus in the past week, the association and school had been paying close attention to the situation, even though there are no confirmed cases in New York State so far, we still made the decision to postpone our Chinese New Year Celebration Fundraiser Dinner that was scheduled for 2/1/2020 to a later date. We are taking all precautionary measures to ensure safety for all of our members and their families.

We will communicate the new event date and other details with a follow-up notice as soon as it is determined. Thank you everyone for your understanding and continuous support! We hope everyone stay healthy and safe, including all the people around the globe.

Feel free to contact us via email should you have any questions. Thank you!

時間很快！這週日九月八日就是開學日了！三週前文協舉辦了一次說明會，非常高興認識了更多對於宣導中華文化給下一代有興趣的家長。當天沒有參加到的家庭們，也歡迎你們開學日到學校來諮詢。需要更多訊息歡迎大家用臉書即時通與我們聯絡或者email至：info@ccali.org

How time flies! The first day of school will be this coming Sunday, 9/8/19. We hosted an information session about our school about 3 weeks ago, we were very happy to meet some more parents that are interested in teaching their children on Chinese culture and language. For those of you who missed the session, you are more than welcomed to come to the school on our first day to learn more. For more information, send a message to us on Facebook or email us at info@ccali.org

2019-20學年度報名四月二十八日開始。

2019-2020 CCALI Registration Form 報名表

2019-2020 CCALI Tuition 學費表格

CCALI Pamphlet 2019-20 學校簡介

Any questions, contact us at: info@ccali.org

4/28 學校將舉辦開放日，提供給在校家長參觀各班成果展，也會開放給校外家長學生參觀教學內容，提供入學訊息，請大家告訴大家，幫忙把文協推廣給更多想學中文文化的朋友，歡迎他們來參觀！

當日流程表：

2018年9月16日是教學課程日。各班的老師會在班上與家長們解說今年度的教學內容，評分標準，注意事項等等。請各位家長務必出席，如果您有關於教學內容與教室規則的任何問題，也請準備好於此次開會提出跟老師們進行討論。時間定於4:00-5:00pm, 地點於各班的教室內。有任何問題請與我們聯絡。

Next week (9/16/18) is our Curriculum Day. Language class teachers will be sharing their lesson plans for the school year with the parents. This may include class content, grading standards, classroom policies, etc. If you have any questions about the class, please be prepared to discuss with the teacher during this time. This meeting will be held at 4:00-5:00pm in each classroom. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

好消息！今年將會有一個全新的文化課，手工童玩+模型組合。

現在的孩子好像很少再跟家長要玩具或者遊戲了, 大部分的時候好像都是”我要一個iPhone”,或者”我要一個iPad”. 因為裡面有玩不完的電子遊戲, 還有看不完的Youtube影片. 回想沒有電腦的世界, 那些孩子是如何從生活中的小事物取得樂趣呢?

這堂課是希望利用身邊隨手可得的一些材料, 透過一個概念的設計. 讓小朋友們能夠享受能夠靠自己創作一個玩具或遊戲的樂趣. 從中學習到如何看圖依照步驟來完成每一個玩具, 讓小朋友知道一件物品從無到有的過程. 還有分享如何在遇到問題的時候, 大家一起解決問題.

三個簡單的project, 可以讓孩子學到, 如何測量大小, 為什麼製作過程有先後順序. 物理的原理在哪裡. 大小的比例如何呈現, 學期終得利用學到的知識去製作一個故事情境, 這將是一個很好的機會啟發孩子對圖案的解讀, 訓練美術方面的創作, 將數學運用在製作過程, 並對原理探索, 還有練習如何思考去做出心中的想法. 小朋友在過程中,慢慢體會自己的興趣與方向, 對未來生涯規畫提早有體驗.

報名資料:

• 課程編號：12
• 年齡限制: 八歲以上
• 材料費：$30+（此費用包括兩樣作品，如超過兩樣則會酌取費用）

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Good news! There is a brand new cultural class this year, “Handcrafted Toys and Model Building”.

Nowadays, most kids don’t ask their parents to buy toys or games anymore, more often than not, they ask to own an iPhone or iPad, just like their parents. Because inside the electronic devices, there are unlimited games and YouTube videos. A lot of the times we would wonder, what happened to the world without the electronics where kids can just have fun by playing a simple game?

The plan for this class is to use recycle material to build the projects. With some simple design, we allow children be creative on making a toy or a simple game. During the building process, they will learn to follow the instruction to complete each project. They will also enjoy the process to build from scratch until the very end. Children get to learn how to solve the issues they may face during the project and share the results with their classmates.

There will be 3 simple projects for children to complete. They will learn how to measure, and follow instruction step by step, and understand the concept of ratio when building model-size objects. At the end of the school year, they get to be creative to build their diorama by using the technique they learned throughout the year. This is a great opportunity to inspire kids on learning how to read and follow, also an opportunity to reveal their artistic talent. They get to apply the math they learn from school in real life scenario. It can also help in finding interest and direction for their future.

Registration information:

• Class Code: 12
• Age Requirements: Age 8 and up
• Materials Fee: $30+ (This includes 2 projects, if time allows for more, we will collect the fees accordingly)