Weekday Chinese Program

SCCCA offers school age students Chinese language courses for different proficiency levels between 3:30 pm and 5:30 Monday to Thursday, as well as the cultural enrichment and language enhanced courses between 3:30 and 5:30pm every Friday. The program also offers 5 days of kindergarten Mandarin immersion courses from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. These courses are designed to keep our students highly engaged and motivated to learn Chinese language and culture. SCCCA also provides students a safe and comfortable learning environment with its beautiful facilities, such as a children’s library, an indoor gym, a dancing studio, and reconfigurable multi-purpose rooms.

Re-Enroll & New Student Inquiry

Kindergarten

Students at SCCCA participate in three-hour Chinese learning sessions led by experienced ICS teachers who utilize theme-based instruction. Our courses prioritize direct learning of novice-level Chinese characters over Pinyin. SCCCA promotes a fully Mandarin-immersed learning environment. Parents have the option to choose between 2-day, 3-day or 5-day attendance options.

Schedule

  Schedule Instruction
1:30-2:30 Arrival/Warm up Individual Reading/Playing
2:30-3:35 Circle Time Daily announcements, calendar, weather, theme lessons, language literary and Chinese culture
3:35-3:55 Break Time Outdoor
3:55-5:20 Group Activities/Work Time Story time, show and tell, music, rhyming activities, hands-on crafts

 

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1st-8th Grade

Language Instruction

Students come to SCCCA for 2 hours of Chinese learning each time, twice a week. Parents have three options for attending: 2 days (language courses only), 3 days (2 days language & 1 day culture enrichment), and 5 days (2 days language, 2 days review and 1 day culture enrichment). Students will be assigned to the appropriate language class based on the student background survey. All our Chinese courses are instructed by experienced ICS teachers, with the same curriculum and instruction adopted in the weekend Chinese school. Per parents’ request to the Traditional or Simplified Chinese, students will receive the specified instructional material. Students will need to complete the unit test and assignment at school.

Culture Enrichment/Language Enhancement

SCCCA offers 2-hour language enhanced/culture enrichment elective classes every Friday for students attending 2-day language courses. Students may select two courses from the following options: Calligraphy, Chinese Idiom Fun Game, Story Studio: 24 Solar Terms, Culture Workshops, Lion Dance (lower grades), Chinese Yoyo (upper grades) and Chinese Knotwork.

Class Schedule

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1:30-2:30 / / Language Tutoring / /
2:30-3:30 Language Tutoring Language Tutoring Language Tutoring Language Tutoring Language Tutoring

3:30-4:20

Recess

4:30-5:20

Mandarin Lessons

Option A: Day 1

Mandarin Lessons

Option B: Day 1

Mandarin Lessons

Option A: Day 2

Mandarin Lessons

Option B: Day 2

Day 3 : Calligraphy, Chinese Idiom Fun Game,

Story Studio(24 Solar Terms), Culture Workshop,

Chinese YoYo, Chinese Knotwork
Attending

2 Days:

Option A: Monday & Wednesday
Option B: Tuesday & Thursday

 3 Days:

2 Days plus Friday

 5 Days:

3 Days plus 2 Days

※ A culture enrichment class may be cancelled for not reaching minimum student numbers. Students then will be assigned to the other class as alternative.

 

Schedule (2025-2026 School Year)

  • The 2025-2026 School Year consists of 36 weeks, spanning from August 20, 2025, to May 21, 2026, excluding school holidays. The program schedule offers options for either a 2-day, 3-day or 5-day program, Monday through Friday, from 2:30 PM to 5:20 PM.
  • First day of the Weekday Program:
    8/19 (Tue/Thu classes)
    8/20 (Mon/Wed classes)
    8/22 (Friday cultural elective classes)

IUSD/SCCCA Holidays/Important Day - Weekday Program is Closed

  • 09/01/25 Labor Day
  • 10/13/25 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 11/11/25 Veteran’s Day
  • 11/24/25 -11/28/25 Thanksgiving Day
  • 12/24/25 - 01/02/26 IUSD Winter Recess
  • 01/19/26 Martin Luther King Day
  • 01/20/26 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 02/16/26 President's Day
  • 03/09/26 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 04/01/26-04/04/26 IUSD Spring Break
  • 05/25/26 Memorial Day

2025-2026 Weekday Chinese Program Calendar

Tuition

  • The tuition covers a 36-week language course, along with culture, art, sports, language enrichment, and access to iChinese Reader.
  • Tuition payment plans remain unchanged and are not reduced or pro-rated for scheduled closures, absences, illness, or vacation. Furthermore, there are no fee reductions or makeup days for missed classes due to absences, illness, or vacation.

Other Fees

  • Registration Fee (K-6th): $45, which is a one-time, non-refundable fee.
  • The weekday program utilizes integrated traditional/simplified teaching handouts instead of ready-made textbooks.
  • Students may request class changes due to inappropriate proficiency levels or personal scheduling conflicts. Proficiency levels will be re-verified through an assessment. After the first day of classes, a $25 fee per change will apply, unless initiated by the teacher.

Activity Courses

Weekday Chinese Program also provides students the convenience and flexibility to attend various courses in SCCCA community programs, such as basketball, badminton, ping pong, Chinese orchestra, dance and many more!

Please feel free to check from the school website

Community Classes

 

Making Payment

After you finished the “Re-enroll” or “New Student Inquiry”, please wait for our staff to contact you for class information and will send an invoice for you in 7 business days.
Invoice sent via email. Or log in to your account to view and print the invoice.

You may submit the payment at your earliest convenience via login to your school system (Sycamore). The payment will be due on June 30, 2025 to ensure to reserve your child spot.

 

Registration & Policy Agreement

  • There is a one-time & non-refundable $250 registration fee & program fee due at the time of registration.
  • There is a $25 fee for credit cards declined or checks bounced.
  • All program fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, including: illness.
  • The 10-payment plan will be charged to your credit card or ACH automatically on the first of each month through the school and are non-refundable.
  • A 30-day written notice is required to terminate enrollment. Failure to give such notice will result in a charge of one-month tuition.
  • Tuition does not include pick-up from schools. Parents must arrange and pay pick-up fees directly to drivers.
  • All courses are subject to cancellation or changes.
  1. There is a one-time & non-refundable $35 registration fee due at the time of registration.
  2. The $85 book and material fee per school year for English/Math Class is non-refundable.
  3. The $10 material fee per month for Chinese Class is non-refundable.
  4. There is a $25 fee for credit cards declined or checks bounced.
  5. All program fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, including: illness
  6. The monthly tuition will be charged to your credit card automatically on the first of each month through the school and are non-refundable if I agree to pay the tuition on a monthly basis.
  7. Please notify SCCCA, After School Program (Jesi: jschung@sccca.org) in writing by the 15th of the month prior if your child will be withdrawing from the program. There is a $50 drop charge for withdrawing from the program.
  8. Tuition does not include pick-up from schools. Parents must arrange and pay pick-up fees directly to drivers.
  9. All courses are subject to cancellation or changes. Paid tuition will be credited to the next available session/class.

 

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