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Tzu Chi Academy
Los Angeles, CA
Welcome!
2024-2025 School Year Registration
Online registration opens on May 19 for returning student, June 1st for new student.
2024-2025 Enrollment
School Info
School day
School begins on September 8, 2024, and takes place every Sunday between 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Curriculum
Chinese 3 and above students have two periods of Chinese classes, and one period of Extracurricular class.
All other classes are three periods of Chinese classes.
Extra Curriculum
Students above Chinese three have to participate in an Extra Curriculum. Class is listed below:
- Basketball
- Recorder Instrument
- Chinese chess
- Math SAT (completed algebra)
- Origami
- Bead/mental arithmetic (Please bring your own abacus)
- Calligraphy & Recital
Textbook
Use Let’s Learn Chinese or Easy Chinese as a textbook.
Class Size
There will be a maximum of 30 students per class. For a class to commence, a minimum of 15 students is required. If the minimum number is not reached, or for any other reason, the school reserves the right to cancel the class.
Placement Test
Students over 4 years old can enroll in kindergarten class.
Students over 6 years old can enroll in phonetic or pinyin classes All new students (first grade and above) need to take a placement test. Please contact the school at 626-775-3675 to arrange the test.
Enrollment
Determined by the order of complete registration.
Parent’s Note
- All new students’ parents are required to serve 30 hours of volunteering services per student in the first year.
- Parents are strongly urged to participate in school activities throughout the school year including: Orientation, Parent/Teacher Conference, Chinese New Year Celebration, Buddha-Bathing Ceremony Humanity Class (May), Last Day of School Assembly.
Requirments
- Age:
- The beginners/ Kindergarten levels of proficiency from ages 4 to 5, must be at least 4 years old before April 1, 2024
- PinYin is available to ages 6 and up. New students enrolled in first grade and higher will be assessed before enrollment.Please call the office first to arrange the test before submitting the registration.
- Uniform:
- Students are required to wear uniforms during Classes.
- Uniform costs are not included in tuition fees. There are summer tops & winter long-sleeved tops.
- Uniform fees are payable in cash.
Uniforms can be purchased from the school after school starts. Navy Blue Khaki trousers and white sneakers may be purchased at stores such as Kohl’s, Target or Walmart.
Tuition & fees; Registration Dates
Tuition Fees
- Returning students: $560 (include $30 Textbook fee)
- New students: $560 (include $30 Textbook fee) + parents are required to serve 30 hours of volunteering services.
- Material fee: $30 Chinese chess, basketball, math SAT bead/mental arithmetic, origami, recorder, calligraphy & recital. Every student in or above Chinese III class has to participate in Extracurricular Class.
- Kindergarten ~ Book 2 students do not need to take electives and the third period class is still Chinese class.
- Registration fee: $30 (non-refundable) is required for all students. Early-bird (by 6/01/24) registration students enjoy a $30 off discount.
Registration Dates
- Returning students: 05/19/24.
- New students: 06/01/24.
Withdrawal And Refund Procedure & Refund Policy
Withdrawal And Refund Procedure
Please fill out the Withdrawal/Tuition Refund Request Form and email the form to school. School finance department will refund in the same payment method.
Refund processing time may take 3~4 weeks, NO REFUND will be given for the registration fee.
Tuition is not refundable after the 7th week of school year.
Refund Policy
- Requests received before school start: 100% refund after deducting $30.00 processing fee.
- Requests received during school 4th Week(include 4th week): 75% refund after deducting $30.00 processing fee. No refund on the material fee.
- Requests received during school 5th to 7th Week(include 7th week): 50% refund after deducting $30.00 processing fee.
- Tuition is not refundable after 7th Week(10/20/24).
- No refunds will be given for expelled students.
- Students truant for three times and above will automatically be expelled and no refunds will be given.
Announcements
Class time
9:00 – 9:50 am Chinese Class (First Period)
10:00 – 10:50 am Chinese Class (Second Period)
11:00 – 11:50 am Chinese Class (Third Period)
Welcome adult learnings from all background to our engaging, fun, and practical 12 week Mandarin and culture learning program on Sundays 9am – 12 pm.
Who We Are
Our School
Tzu Chi established the first Tzu Chi Academy in Los Angeles, California, in 1994. Today, 28 years later, there are 25 Tzu Chi Academies in the United States. The motto of the Academies is “Kindness, compassion, joy, and unselfish giving,” which inspires children’s inherent conscience, abilities, and goodness. Through the study of the humanities and arts, children cultivate gratitude, respect, and love.
Tzu Chi Academy’s curriculum is diversified. It not only teaches Chinese and talent courses but also incorporates lively Jing Si language teaching and Tzu Chi humanities courses to provide children with a full range of humanistic education.
The curriculum encompasses cultural classes, including current affairs, doing good deeds, filial piety, environmental protection, mutual help, and other current world issues, so that children can use Chinese in their lives while studying the language.
Adhering to Tzu Chi’s philosophy and consistent, high-quality education, the Academies teach Chinese language listening, speaking, reading, and writing while integrating Jing Si language and humanities subjects, allowing students to use Chinese while studying. The inherent Chinese culture can also inspire students’ conscience and abilities, leading them toward becoming a pillar of society in the future.
As one of Tzu Chi’s four core missions, education upholds a love-based and holistic philosophy. Tzu Chi’s education combines multiculturalism with cultivating life ethics, moral concepts, and humanities that nurture respect, love, care for one another and giving back to the community. Through humanistic education, students develop character, dignity, thoughtfulness, open-mindedness, and positive life goals.
We welcome families from China, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, the United States, and all over the world who want to learn Chinese and humanities. In addition to the original phonetics class, the Academy offers a pinyin class, allowing children to choose their tools to learn Chinese.
In addition to teaching Chinese language skills, such as speaking, reading, writing, and typing, our humanities classes, cultural classes, and Jing Si Aphorism lessons promote character development.
The Academy’s motto, “Kindness, compassion, joy, and unselfish giving,” inspires awareness, responsibility, helpfulness, community-mindedness, and care for the Earth.
The Chinese language class is mainly based on the textbooks of “Chinese Go Forward” and “New Version of Chinese,” as well as Jing Si language teaching “Great Love Pilot” and other supplementary textbooks.
The Jing Si language and humanities class is adapted from the overseas version of Taiwan’s “Great Love Pilot” by the Tzu Chi Federation of America’s teaching and development room and the Jing Si language workbook teaching materials.
Humanities and talent classes include Tzu Chi songs, sign language, crafts, paper cutting, painting, Chinese chess, kung fu, basketball, badminton, etc.
Students ages four to eighteen are welcome to apply.
Tzu Chi Academy’s curriculum is diversified. It not only teaches Chinese and talent courses but also incorporates lively Jing Si language teaching and Tzu Chi humanities courses to provide children with a full range of humanistic education.
The curriculum encompasses cultural classes, including current affairs, doing good deeds, filial piety, environmental protection, mutual help, and other current world issues, so that children can use Chinese in their lives while studying the language.
Adhering to Tzu Chi’s philosophy and consistent, high-quality education, the Academies teach Chinese language listening, speaking, reading, and writing while integrating Jing Si language and humanities subjects, allowing students to use Chinese while studying. The inherent Chinese culture can also inspire students’ conscience and abilities, leading them toward becoming a pillar of society in the future.
As one of Tzu Chi’s four core missions, education upholds a love-based and holistic philosophy. Tzu Chi’s education combines multiculturalism with cultivating life ethics, moral concepts, and humanities that nurture respect, love, care for one another and giving back to the community. Through humanistic education, students develop character, dignity, thoughtfulness, open-mindedness, and positive life goals.
We welcome families from China, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, the United States, and all over the world who want to learn Chinese and humanities. In addition to the original phonetics class, the Academy offers a pinyin class, allowing children to choose their tools to learn Chinese.
In addition to teaching Chinese language skills, such as speaking, reading, writing, and typing, our humanities classes, cultural classes, and Jing Si Aphorism lessons promote character development.
The Academy’s motto, “Kindness, compassion, joy, and unselfish giving,” inspires awareness, responsibility, helpfulness, community-mindedness, and care for the Earth.
The Chinese language class is mainly based on the textbooks of “Chinese Go Forward” and “New Version of Chinese,” as well as Jing Si language teaching “Great Love Pilot” and other supplementary textbooks.
The Jing Si language and humanities class is adapted from the overseas version of Taiwan’s “Great Love Pilot” by the Tzu Chi Federation of America’s teaching and development room and the Jing Si language workbook teaching materials.
Humanities and talent classes include Tzu Chi songs, sign language, crafts, paper cutting, painting, Chinese chess, kung fu, basketball, badminton, etc.
Students ages four to eighteen are welcome to apply.
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Tzu Chi Academy, Los Angeles
220 E. Palm Ave.,
Monrovia, Ca. 91016
Phone: 626-775-3675
Email: [email protected]
School Location :
226 S. Ivy Ave., Monrovia, Ca. 91016
Hours: every Sunday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Tzu Chi Academy was first established in Los Angeles in 1994 under Tzu Chi USA education departmentwith a unique focus on teaching students Chinese language and culture and the practice of joyous giving by showing sincere compassion. Learn more
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