Happy New Year! Hope you and your families had a great holiday break! MCS classes resume this Saturday 1/7/23.

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent On Duty

Family: Max Fong/Jean Liang

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Chinese New Year Party Tickets (Wristbands)
All Parent Representatives, please collect the pre-order tickets (wristbands) this Saturday (1/7/23) from I-Chun (意純) and distribute them to the parents in your class.

Free Lanterns and Calendars

We received lanterns and calendars from Overseas Community Affairs Council of Taiwan (中華民國僑委會). Please come see me at the area outside of the classroom area if you would like to pick one up. Quantities are limited, they will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

Weekly Food/Item Sale for Donations to MCS 
We are starting a food/item sale each week during school hours. Earnings of all sales will be donated to MCS. The sale will be located at the hallway outside the classroom area. The following are the food/items we will be selling this Saturday. If you are interested in selling food/items for donation to MCS, please let me know. Please note that you or someone you designated will be responsible for selling your food/item.

• Lightning charging cables for Apple products from Ivan Tang – $1 per pack of 3 cables.

Multicultural Festival at Waterford Montessori School (1/27/23 6-8pm) 
The International Adviser for International Students and Scholars at Oakland University, Petra Knoche, is seeking volunteers who would be interested in participating and sharing their culture with the community for the Multicultural Festival event at Waterford Montessori School. They are looking for performers or anyone who would be willing to have a display table. Service hour would be given for the participation. Please let me know if you are interested.

台北酷課雲」辦理寒假外語線上直播講座「2023年酷課外語村X雲之國度-環遊世界冬令營

台北市政府「台北酷課雲」辦理寒假外語線上直播講座「2023年酷課外語村X雲之國度-環遊世界冬令營」，歡迎海外臺灣學校及僑校學生踴躍報名參加。

台北酷課雲於112年寒假期間辦理，提供線上外語學習資源，豐富學生多樣化外語「聽、說、讀、寫」學習機會，厚植學生外語能力!

該計畫課程資訊:
(一)   自111年12月27日(星期二)至112年1月10日(星期二)中午12時進行報名，將依電腦隨機抽籤錄取學生名單。
(二)   課程費用：學員無須繳納任何課程費用(除授課教師請學生自行購買教材外)。
(三)   辦理期程：自112年2月2日(星期四)至112年2月10日(星期五)止，每門每1日開設1堂課，皆開設5天。
(四)   報名網址: https://forms.gle/6E8Th3Tvnymawp1A6

另課程相關問題請洽台北市數位學習教育中心賴虹宇老師 (電子郵件: t1308@zlsh.tp.edu.tw 或加入臺北酷課雲官方LINE（LINE ID：@cooc）線上提問，將即時回覆與協助。

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696