Enrollment of Continuing Students

• Registration opening date: March 18, 2023
• The fees for continuing students for the 2023/2024 School Year are $525 (including $20 registration fee, $25 material fee and $480 tuition).
• Please write your check payable to: Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
• Steps to enroll a Continuing Student:
  1. Please fill out the Enrollment Form for Continuing Students
  2. Please print and sign the Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement
  3. Please print and sign the Covid 19 Wavier
  4. Please submit the school fee check with the signed Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement and Covid 19 Wavier to the Office Room 604 by May 13, 2023.
• Continuing students who have not completed registration by the start of the 2023-24 school year will be registered in accordance with the “Enrollment of New Students” rules, on the condition that enrollment is still available.

Enrollment of New Students

(for new students in pre-K class and transfer students for the Kindergarten class and above)

• Registration dates: March 18, 2023 to the start of the school year (registration may end earlier when the class is full). Please contact us for enrollment availability.
• The fees for new students for year 2023/2024 school year are $555. (includes $50 registration fee, $25 material fee and $480 tuition).
• Enrollment age: Children who are four years old by 9/1/2023 (born before 9/2/2019) may be enrolled in the pre-K class. Children who are five years old by 9/1/23 (born before 9/2/2018) may be enrolled in the Zhuyin (K) class.
• Placement test for transfer students: All transfer students enrolling in the Zhuyin (K) class or above must take a placement test before admission which will be based on their test result. Individual transfer students will be contacted in August 2023 to schedule a placement test. For details, please see (Instructions for Transfer Students) of the Instructions.
• Registration procedure: registration can be done in person or online.
  1. Please fill out the Enrollment Form for New Students 
  2. Required Documents:

1. 1. • 1. Copies of birth certificate or passport
        2. Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement
        3. Covid 19 Wavier
        4. Check payable to Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino.
        5. Please write “Student’s name and enrollment class” in the memo field at the lower left corner of your check.
2. • For in-person registration: please bring all required documents and check to school location during school time. Please check the school calendar for school dates. Office Room 604.
   • For online registration: mail all the required documents (signed) and check to
     Tzu chi Academy Cupertino, Attn: Maggie Lin
     2355 Oakland Rd. San Jose, CA 95131

• Uniform: all new students must purchase the uniform at the time of registration. When coming to school, students must wear the uniform with the logo of Tzu Chi Academy ($20 for short sleeves/$25 for long sleeves), blue khaki pants, and white shoes.

Fee

• Tuition Fees: $525 for continuing students (includes $20 registration fee, $25 material fee and $480 tuition); $555 for new students (includes $50 registration fee, $25 material fee and $480 tuition). Registration fees are non-refundable.
• Please write checks payable to: Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
• Uniform: $25 for one winter long sleeve shirt, $20 for one summer short sleeve shirt.
• Please write “Student’s name and enrollment class” in the memo field at the lower left corner of your check.
• Enrolling three or more siblings from the same family will be eligible to receive $48 off for the third child, please contact the registration team for details.
• Returned checks will be subject to a fee of $35.

Instructions for Transfer Students

• New students, except pre-K students, shall take a placement test. The school staff will contact parents for the test date.
• The placement test will be composed of a written test and an interview, which will focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Zhuyin (K) class: the study will focus on the learning of 37 Zhuyin symbols.
• Grade 1: the test will be on the reading and writing of the phonetic symbols, including vowels, rhymes, and combined rhymes.
• Grade 2 and above: please refer to the MeiZhou Chinese textbooks http://www.mzchinese.net/ and complete the textbook’s (of the student’s class level before the summer) listening, speaking, reading, and writing quizzes. (Preparations may only be focused on the latter half of the textbook for each class level, the teacher will take one or two lessons to administer the quiz.)
•  Recite 100 Phrases
• Students taking the placement test do not need to be stressed about the test, as the results of the interview will be at discretion subject to the student’s interactions.

*** Testing of students enrolling in the Zhuyin(K) class will be in-person meetings through which the teacher may learn about students’ interactions in Chinese and their knowledge of the Zhuyin symbols.

Instructions for Refund/Withdrawal from school

• If a refund is applied for a registered student, the registration fee will not be refundable; please contact the registration team and fill out a refund application form if you wish to apply for a refund/schooling suspension.
• If a class is not available due to insufficient class size, all amounts paid will be refunded without deduction of the registration fee.
• Refund and withdrawal dates:

在校生報名辦法

• 註冊日期：自2023年3月18日開始
• 學費：在校生費用為 $525（包括註冊費$20, 教材費$25, 及學費$480）
• 請填寫 $525 學費支票。支票抬頭請寫「Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino」，支票左下角備註欄請註明「學生中英文姓名及報名年級」。
• 註冊程序：
  1. 請上網填寫「在校生註冊報名表」、「免責影像授權書」和「Covid 19免責書」需印出並簽名
  2. 註冊時需繳交：所有文件及$525的學費支票。並請於 5/13/2023 之前交給辦公室（604）註冊組
• 報名註冊需收到所有文件及支票，才可確定完成報名手續。
• 開學前未完成註冊之在校生，在名額許可下，可依「新生報名辦法」另行註冊

新生報名辦法 （幼兒班新生及注音班以上插班生）

• 註冊日期：自2023年3月18日開始至名額滿截止。
• 入學年齡：
  • 報名幼兒班（Pre-K）的學童，須於9/1/2023前滿四歲（須為9/2/2019前出生者）。
  • 報名注音班（K）的學童，須於9/1/2023前滿五歲（須為9/2/2018前出生者）。
• 插班考試：注音班（K）以上之插班生，均須通過考試，依成績錄取。本校將於學生完成報名手續後，通知家長與學生插班考試時間，詳細規定請參考本須知下方的「插班須知」。
• 學費：新生費用為$555（包括註冊費$50、教材費$25、學費 $480）
• 註冊程序：

1. 1. 請上網填寫 「新生註冊報名表」
   2. 請備妥文件
      • 「出生證明或護照影印本」
      • 「免責影像授權書」需印出並簽名
      • 「Covid 19免責書」需印出並簽名
2. • 親自報名：
     請備妥所需文件及報名費，於上課期間至學校辦公室Room 604 註冊組報名。
   • 網路報名：
     請將所需的文件與學費支票寄到：Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
     Attn: Maggie Lin
     2355 Oakland Rd. San Jose, CA 95131

• 報名註冊以收到所有文件及學費支票，才可確認完成報名手續。
• 制服：所有新生一律於在註冊時購買制服，學生到校上課，必須穿著印有慈濟人文學校校徽的制服。短袖制服$20，長袖制服$25，並搭配深藍色長褲與白布鞋。

學雜費明細

• 學年費用：
  在校生$525（含註冊費$20， 教材費$25，及學費$480）
  新生 $555（含註冊費 $50，教材費$25，學費 $480）
• 支票抬頭：Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
• 支票左下角備註欄請填寫「學生中英文姓名及報名年級」。
• 制服費用：冬季長袖一件$25，夏季短袖一件$20。
• 同一家庭如有三個以上孩子同時就學本校，第三位孩子可享有$48優惠，詳情請洽註冊組。
• 支票退票者，將另外收取$35退票費用。

插班須知

• 除了幼兒班之外的新生，都需經過插班考試，報名手續完成後，學校將會與家長聯絡考試時間。插班考分筆試和口試，主要目的是了解學生的程度是否合適所報名的班級。
• 注音班：考試內容以認讀37個國語注音符號為主。
• 一年級：對於注音符號聲符、韻母及結合韻認讀及寫法做測試。 二年級及二年級以上：請參考美洲華語課本 http://www.mzchinese.net/，針對學生“今年暑假前的年級”課本，進行聽、說、讀、寫的問答。（只要準備每個年級的後半部課文，老師會抽一或二課來進行問答練習。）
• 百詞測驗，請參考各年級百詞，插班生須完成百詞認讀，美洲華語百詞（一到九年級）
• 插班考試的學生們，不要對考試有太多壓力，面試結果會視學生對答情形斟酌。

＊報名注音班的學生，將會以面試為主，了解學生對中文的對答，及對注音符號的認識。

退費／休學須知

• 已註冊的學生申請退費時，註冊之報名費恕不退回；欲辦理退費／休學請洽註冊組，並填退費申請單。
• 學校若因班級人數不足無法開班時，校方將退還所有費用，不扣除註冊費。
• 退費金額表：