SCHOOL DAY

Fall Semester 2024 begins on August 4, 2024 and ends on December 1, 2024.
Spring Semester 2025 begins on January 5, 2025 and ends on May 11, 2025.
School Hours: every Sunday 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

JingSi Adult Class takes place between 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.

REQUIREMENTS

• Age:
  • K1 Chinese Class, must be at least 4 years old by 09/01/2024.
  • K2 Chinese Class, must be at least 5 years old by 09/01/2024.
  • Grades 1 to 10, age 6 to 18 years old.
  • Each class has a maximum of 18 students, classes with less than 6 students may not be offered.
  • Transfer students must be evaluated before class placement (excluding Pre-K & Fundamental classes).
• Uniform:
  • Students are required to wear uniforms during classes.
  • Uniform fees are not included in tuition and are available for order during the registration process. Uniform will be ready to be picked up on the 1st day of school (8/4/2024).
  • Tzu Chi summer uniform: $15.00
  • Tzu Chi winter uniform: $20.00
  • In addition, please purchase the blue pants on your own.
  • School uniform fee are non-refundable.
• Extracurricular electives: If the size of the student’s 1st preferred elective class exceeds its capacity, the school will arrange the student to his/her 2nd preferred elective class. Maximun 12 students per class.
  • Elective class: Di Zi Gui (Student’s Rules), GuZheng (Chinese Zither), Painting, Chinese Chess, Chinese YoYo, Art and Craft and Chinese Kung Fu.

TUITION & FEES

• $500.00 for the school year, including Elective Class and a non-refundable $40 registration fee.
• Pre-Registration discount for current students register during pre-registration period. Registration completed by the end of the previous semester (04/21/24 – 05/5/24), a $40 discount per student will be applied.
• Adult JinSi Class for the school year (9:30~12:00): $360.00.
• Adult specialty class for the school year: $320.00 (please contact the school to confirm the required specialty class’s availability)
• Full payment of the school year is payable on registration.

REGISTRATION DATES

• Returning students’ Fall Semester registration starts on 04/21/2024  and ends on 05/05/2024.
• New students’ Fall Semester registration starts on 05/06/2024.

TEXTBOOK

• Grade (1-10): Let’s Learn Chinese  is a series of textbooks teaching Traditional Chinese characters, ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (Bo/Po/Mo/Fo) Zhuyin phonetic symbols, Simplified Chinese Characters, Hanyu Pinyin phonetic system and English.
• Jing Si Adult class: “LET’S LEARN MANDARIN” is used for Adult class focusing on daily conversation.

REFUND POLICY

• Parents will need to complete a “Leave of Absence/Withdrawal application form”.
• Registration fees are non-refundable for all students.
• For withdrawal before the 1st class of school, 100% of tuition can be refunded  after deducting $30 processing fee.
• For withdrawal after 1st class to the end of 4th class, 75% of tuition can be refunded after deducting $30 processing fee.
• For withdrawal after the end of the 4th class to the 7th class, 50% of tuition can be refunded after deducting $30 processing fee.
• Tuition is not refundable after 7th Week.
• If classes are not offered due to small class size, the full amount of the paid tuition will be refunded.
• Please bring your original receipt with you when applying for a refund.

SCHOOL POLICIES 

日期

2024學年度秋季班： 8/4/2024至 12/01/2024
2025學年度春季班： 1/5/2025至 5/11/2025
上課時間：每星期日上午9:30至下午1:00。
成人靜思人文班上課時間：每星期日上午九點半至中午十二點。

註冊條件

• 入學年齡：
  • 學前班（K1）：報名學前班的新生，須於09/01/2024前年滿四歲。
  • 基礎班（K2）：報名基礎班的新生，須於09/01/2024前年滿五歲。
  • 中文班（1-10）：六歲至18歲。
• 班級人數：以12 名為上限，若學生人數不足6 名，原則上將不開班。
• 新生插班須參加中文程度測試（學前班及基礎班免試）。

• 制服：
  • 學生上課須穿制服。
  • 慈濟短袖襯衫 $15，慈濟長袖襯衫 $20，藍色長褲請自行購買。
  • 制服費在註冊時與註冊費同時繳交。
  • 制服費用，恕不辦理退費。
• 才藝課：依學生選擇志願優先順序予以編班；每班人數不超過12人，若第一志願人數過多校方將安排學生更換至第二志願。
  • 才藝班：弟子規、古箏、繪畫、象棋、扯鈴、美勞 、功夫。

學費與註冊費

• 學年費用：全學年$500, 含才藝課及註冊費$40 (註冊費恕不辦理退費)。
• 預註冊優待辦法：( 下列優待辦法僅適用於預註冊學生，學期開學後才報名者一律不予優待。) 在校生若於上學期結業典禮前完成預註冊(04/21/24-05/05/24)，每位學生減收$40。
• 成人班學年學費-靜思班(9:30~12:00):$360.00。
• 成人才藝班(單選): $320.00。（註冊後聯繫學校以確認所需的才藝課）。
• 註冊時需支付全學年的全額費用。

註冊日期

• 在校生預註冊：4/21/2024 起開放 – 5/5/2024 止。
• 新生預註冊：5/6/2024 起開放。

課本

• 中文班（1-10）：本校使用《學華語向前走》教材包括繁體中文、注音、簡體中文、漢語拼音及英文。
• 成人靜思人文班：本校使用中英對照的《來! 学華語》教材來教導日常生活中常用的實用會話。

退費辦法

• 學生註冊後欲辦理退學/退費，請向註冊組申請並填寫「退學/退費申請單」。
• 註冊費不退費。
• 於學期開學日之前申請退費者，所繳學費全額退還但需扣除手續費$30。
• 於學期開學後至第四次上課日前申請者，扣除所繳學費之25%與手續費$30後其餘退還。
• 於第四次上課後至第7次上課日前申請者，扣除所繳學費之50%與手續費$30後其餘退還。
• 第七次之後將不再退還學費。
• 若人數不足無法開班時，所繳之學費全額退還。 辦理退費時請務必附上當初繳費之收據為憑證。

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