New Family Bowling Events

New Family Bowling Events are a great opportunity to meet new friends and faculty from The Spanish School (TSS), The French School (TFS), The Chinese School (TCS) or The Japanese School (TJS).

TSS New Family Bowling: April 14th from 2 – 4 pm.

TFS New Family Bowling: April 21st from 2 – 4 pm.

TCS & TJS New Family Bowling: April 28th from 2 – 4 pm.

All bowling events will take place at Moolah Lanes, located at 3821 Lindell Boulevard in St. Louis. Families will need to pay for shoe rental and concessions if they wish.

We’re looking forward to meeting our new families!

2012 Night of Celebration

SLLIS Community,

Please save the date for an exciting evening where guests will experience language & cultural immersion as Saint Louis Language Immersion Schools’ (SLLIS) four languages – French, Spanish, Mandarin, & Japanese – are demonstrated through food, music, art and more. The 2012 Night of Celebration is Saturday, June 9th at our Papin location. We are thrilled to honor Novus, Inc. and their ongoing commitment to SLLIS’ growth and success.

If interested, there are many ways to get involved:

• Committee Member: We are looking for volunteers to assist with obtaining
event sponsorships and in-kind donations, preparing mailings, and assisting
with other event logistics.

• Table Host: As a Table Host, you would lend your name our celebration for
use in event materials. We ask you to purchase a table sponsorship and/or
help sell tickets to friends, colleagues, and family. There’s no set number of
tickets you need to sell; it is our hope that everyone put forth their greatest
effort to make this a successful event. We will provide you with email and
print invitations that can be shared with your network, as well as any other
materials you may need.

• Event Volunteer: Volunteers are needed on June 9th for event set-up/clean-
up, registration, greeting, tours, and more. We are also looking for a very
organized individual to serve as Volunteer Captain for the day.

• Attendee: The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of and funds for
SLLIS. We hope to have a great turnout from the current SLLIS community
as well as the greater St. Louis community. Individual tickets to the Night
of Celebration are $200. There will be a limited number of discount tickets
available for purchase by SLLIS staff, parents and volunteers. These tickets will
be distributed in late May. If you are interested in being put on the waiting list
for these tickets, please send an email to Rachel that includes your name, best
contact information and if you would like 1 or 2 tickets.

For more information or to get involved, please contact Rachel D’Souza-Siebert at 314-533-0975 or Rachel.dsouza-siebert@sllis.org.

We look forward to a successful Night of Celebration!

Jennifer Jones
TSS Parent
2012 SLLIS Night of Celebration Chair

Weekly Overview: 2/6/12 – 2/12/12

And so begins another busy week at SLLIS!

Monday 2/6: From 1:30 – 3 pm, SLLIS founder and president, Rhonda Broussard, is hosting an HR Info Session for the Chinese and the Japanese Schools to learn more about the St. Louis Language Immersion Schools model and the next steps for consideration for employment.  Participants will also get to observe an immersion classroom in The French School or The Spanish School. RSVP to rhonda@sllis.org.

Tuesday 2/7: From 6 – 7:30 pm, join the Parents’ Assembly in the Multipurpose room for their monthly meeting. This meeting is open to all parents. Childcare and light supper will be provided. For more information contact parentsassembly@gmail.com.

Wednesday 2/8: The Staff Appreciation Lunch, originally scheduled for today will be rescheduled for next Wednesday, February 15th. The assignments for February are Appetizers: Third Grade, Main Dishes: Kindergarten, Side Dishes: First Grade, Desserts: Second Grade. Email Lisa Berman at sllispateacherappreciation@gmail.com if you’re planning on bringing a dish.

Join us from 4 – 5 pm for our next PA-SAC Transition meeting, focusing on Finances. This is the first meeting to understand how parent-initiated events/programs have been funded in the past and how new events will be funded in the 2012-13 school year. Lisa Dorner will coordinate donation-based childcare for this event.

Join Conrad from 5 – 6 pm for a Love and Logic class (rescheduled from last week). If you are planning to attend, RSVP to conrad@sllis.org

Thursday 2/9: The Center for Hearing and Speech in St. Louis is coming to SLLIS to perform free vision and hearing screenings for TFS students today and Friday (2/10).

From 5 – 6 pm, join Madame Louise for French classes for parents. Be sure to bring paper and a writing utensil.

From 6 – 7 pm, TSS SAC will hold their meeting. Contact Maribel Martinez for more information (maribel@sllis.org)

From 6 – 8 pm, the TCS/TJS School Project Group meeting will be held.

Friday 2/10: The Center for Hearing and Speech in St. Louis is coming to SLLIS to perform free vision and hearing screenings for TFS students today.

Have en excellent week everyone!

Coffee Monday morning, beer Tuesday evening

Coffee monday morning

Families of SLLIS students are invited to attend Coffee with the Currents on Monday, Dec. 12, from 9 to 10 .m.  It’s a great opportunity to share information about your child’s experience at SLLIS with parents who are thinking of enrolling for the 2012-13 school year. (Editorial note: My kindergartener is counting to 110 in Spanish!   Woohoo!)

Enrollment Coordinator Anne Carr will provide coffee, tea, hot chocolate and donuts. She’ll also have enrollment packets available — in case your family has a child who will start kindergarten next year — and she can notarize the gold sheet, make copies of birth certificates and other paperwork, and answer any questions you might have.

No RSVP is needed for Coffee with the Currents. If you would like to contact Anne about enrollment, please e-mail anne@sllis.org.

Beer Tuesday evening

Join the Parents Assembly for Second Tuesday Microbreweries on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.  This month’s location is Square One Brewery and Distillery in Lafayette Square (1727 Park Ave., St. Louis).  Square One is a unique destination in a number of ways. For example, it has a cask ale system — which means some of its beers are finished in kegs and can be served straight from the cellar — and it was also the first microdistillery restaurant in the state of Missouri.

TFS parent Brad Morrow has arranged a short tour of the brewing facilities, followed by plenty of time to socialize with other SLLIS parents over a glass of beer such as Park Avenue Pale Ale or Maple Stout, or maybe over a cocktail made with Square One’s own spirits. Each person pays for his or her own drinks and food, and all participants must be over 21.

If you have any questions, please contact Brad via e-mail at sllispapromotions@gmail.com.

Extra! Extra! Read all about us… in Chinese!

SLLIS has been recently featured in two Chinese periodicals.

The Chinese edition of The Epoch Times featured SLLIS in their October 14th publication.

The St. Louis Chinese American News published an article about SLLIS on October 20th.

It looks like everyone is as excited as we are to begin The Chinese School and The Japanese School next year in 2012!

St. Louis Osuwa Taiko drumming performance to help Japan

On October 8th and 9th, 2011 St. Louis Osuwa Taiko, the region’s only Japanese drumming group will perform. The performance will feature the original Osuwa Daiko from Japan and celebrates the 25^th anniversary of the St. Louis group.

The October 8^th show will be held at the William D. Purser Center at Logan College of Chiropractic at 1851 Schoettler Road in Chesterfield and begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children in advance or $20 for adults and $13 for children at the door. VIP tickets, which a prime seat and a drink, are also available for $20 for adults and children in advance and $25 at the door.

The second performance on October 9th will be at the Schoenberg Auditorium in the Missouri Botanical Garden at noon. This performance is free with Garden admission.

St. Louis Osuwa Taiko will accept donations to help fund continuing disaster efforts in Japan. Please come, enjoy the fantastic performance and also help those in Japan still in need of much help!

Click here to view the event flier.

 

Welcome Back newsletter – August 2011

Welcome back to SLLIS for another exciting year of learning and fun! Please read Rhonda’s most recent newsletter for updates, new information and thank yous.

TCS, TJS School Project Group Meeting on June 23rd

Don’t forget about The Chinese School (TCS) and The Japanese School (TJS) School Project Group meeting on June 23, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at SLLIS!

The Chinese School and The Japanese School: 1st School Project Group Meeting

Thank you, xie xie and arigato to everyone who joined us for our first School Project Group meeting for The Chinese School and The Japanese School.  This is an exciting time to be living and working in St. Louis!  I am encouraged by your presence and participation and look forward to seeing our group grow and push the doors of our schools open.

If you were unavailable to attend Wednesday, below is a link to download the PowerPoint from our meeting.

110309 TCS TJS School Project Group

Join us at 6pm for our next meetings:

April 21st

May 25th

June 22nd

July 13th

September 15th

Local Chinese community is getting excited about The Chinese School!

Ni-hao!  We’re receiving great feedback for our upcoming School Project Group meeting for The Chinese School and The Japanese School.  The meeting will be Wednesday, March 9th at 6pm at SLLIS.

St. Louis Chinese American News ran an article about the meeting and ways that the local community can be involved to support our efforts.

The School Project Group meeting is open to all.  This kick-off meeting will give an overview of SLLIS, the timeline for the opening of these two campuses and volunteer and employment opportunities.  We hope to see you there!