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Tzu Chi Academy
Los Angeles, CA
Welcome!
2026-2027 School Year Registration
Registration dates:
Returning students begin 05/18/26
New students begin 6/1/26
2026-2027 Enrollment
School Info
- School begins: September 13, 2026
- School hours: Sunday 9 AM – 12:00 PM
- Curriculum: Three periods of Chinese classes, including humanities, holiday activities, and culture classes.
- 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 a 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 completed registration.
- Parents’ Note:
- All new students’ parents are required to serve 40 hours of volunteering service 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 Humanity Class, Buddha-Bathing Ceremony Humanity Class (May), Last Day of School Assembly.
Requirments
Age
- Eligibility age: from 4 years old (completed) up to under 18 years old. Beginners must have turned 4 before April 1, 2026.
- Students aged 4 and 5 may apply for the pre-kindergarten (middle) class.
- Students aged 6 and above may apply for the phonics class. New students entering Class 1 or above will be assessed before admission. Please contact the school for testing before completing registration and paying tuition.
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
- Navy Blue Khaki trousers and white sneakers may be purchased at stores such as Kohl’s, Target or Walmart.
- Uniforms can be purchased from the school after school starts. Uniform fees are to be paid in cash.
Tuition & fees; Registration Dates
Tuition & fees
- Returning students: $640 (including $30 Textbook fee)
- New student: $640 (including $30 Textbook fee) + 40 hours of volunteering service
- Registration fee: $40 (non-refundable) is required for all students.. Returning students who register early (before 5/31/26) can have the $40 tuition fee waived.
Registration Dates
- Returning students begin 05/12/25
- New students begin 05/26/25
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.
Refund Policy
- Requests received before school start: 100% refund after deducting $40 processing fee.
- Requests received during school 4th Week(include 4th week): 75% refund after deducting $40 processing fee. No refund on the material fee.
- Requests received during school 5th to 7th Week(include 7th week): 50% refund after deducting $40 processing fee.
- Tuition is not refundable after 7th Week (10/25/26).
- 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)
We welcome adult learners from all backgrounds to our engaging, fun, and practical 12-week Mandarin language and culture program on Sundays, 9 AM – 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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