If you still have a cassette player, you may be interested in the following. An anonymous NWCS parent has donated dozens of copies of a beautiful cassette of nuns from a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan singing beautiful spiritual prayers to the accompaniment of bells. The parent was given these as a thank-you present from Chuan Yen Monastery in Carmel for editing a text pro bono for the Monastery, written by an author whose native language was not English. The donor needs only one copy herself for her family! Please help yourself to a copy…for friends, family, and teachers. They will be available near the breakfast table. The singing is beautiful and uplifting. If you would like to learn more about the monastery, please visit bays.org.

So, tomorrow is our last day of school of this year … and I heard that Santa is coming to visit our school! For those who have been good, come by the cafeteria to have your photo taken with Santa … If you have a Santa hat, please wear it and we can welcome Christmas together! I believe Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting around 11:00 am to 12:15pm.

After tomorrow, we will resume school on Saturday, 1/3. We will have rehearsals scheduled in the big auditorium and the teachers are working out the schedule. Some classes will have their finals on that day as well. Some teachers might plan to have the finals on 1/10 since this will give the students more time to study. The exam time is scheduled for 1/10 from 9:00 am to 10:00am.

January 10th is also our Graduation Day, followed by our Chinese New Year performances where all the students will receive a lucky money red envelope from the Principal. We will then have lunch and a fun carnival full of fun events for the children. If you have any questions, please discuss with your teacher.

See you tomorrow! Classes start at 9am sharp. Please be on time.