Well, we\u2019re in to May already and many of us have great summer vacation plans and are looking forward to spending some quality time with families and friends. The staff of CCSA wish you all a safe and enjoyable summer. Even though things around here will be a little slow in summer break, we still gear up for preparation of the new school year back, including setting up the on-line registration. Stay tuned for additional information over the summer and be sure to check out your e-mails, or visit us on our school websiteht t p: / /ccsari zona. org for a complete listing of classes and as always, feel free to contact us through our school e-mailcc sa. c c sar i z ona@ gm ail .c om with your comments, suggestions or questions.

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The 2008-2009 school year is coming to an end. First of all, congratulations to our students for their learning progress and achievements in Chinese and other subjects. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our teachers for their dedication and hard work in educating our children, to thank the school executive team and all volunteers for their tireless efforts and valuable contributions to our school\u2019s success, and to thank all parents for their continued support and understanding.

All credits for our growing and continued success go to our volunteers and teamwork. It is truly an honor for me to serve as principal at CCSA this school year and a true privilege to be supported by the school Board, executive team and parents. I wish our school the best and wish everyone a happy and fun summer.

To encourage senior students to continue learning Chinese, CCSA has established a comprehensive scholarship program, which is overseen by Senior Student Award Committee. Members of the Committee are Bernard Ho (Chair), Sophia Lee (12th Grade Chinese teacher), Tong Fu, Sherry Li and Yi Wei. Following are the types of awards outlined in this scholarship program:

one school year prior to the AP Test
2. CCSA will award Excellence in Chinese Achievement to top 10% students and $50
3. CCSA will award Excellence in Chinese Achievement to top 5% students and $100

1. Excellent Student Award - $200 + plaque
a) Passed all CCSA exams
b) Independently complete a Chinese essay
c) Teacher\u2019s recommendation

2. CCSA Achievement Award - $800 + plaque
a) Meet all Excellent Student Award requirements
b) Excellent Chinese ACT/AP test score
c) Participate in local, national or international Chinese composition and competitions
d) Participate in local public school Chinese teaching activities, if available

3. Outstanding Achievement Award - $2000 + plaque
a) Meet all requirements for Excellent Student Award and CCSA Achievement Award
b) Recommendation by CCSA teachers and teaching committee

The Chinese Knowledge Competition was successfully held on April 4th, 2009. Almost 300 students participated in this event, with more than 100 students winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies, 47 students receiving Encouragement Award, and 134 students receiving Participation Award.

CCSA has held Chinese Knowledge Competition for a number of years. This annual event provides our students a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of Chinese language, culture, and traditions in a competitive, but fun and friendly environment. We encourage students to participate in the competition on a voluntary basis, and no memorization is required for the competition. Competition styles and contents varied from Pre-K to 12th grade, from classes of learning Chinese as Heritage language to classes of Learning Chinese as a 2nd Language. Our higher grade students watched a Kong Fu movie, and competed in re-telling certain parts of the story; 7th grade students did research on their parent\u2019s hometown; Conversational Chinese students practiced their language skills on how to ask for help while in a hotel.