On-line Registration Opening Period

On-line registration for school year 2011-2012 is open to all families from June 24 to August 14, 2011.

School Opening Date

The first day of school for school year 2011-2012 is on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Classes run from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on Sundays.

Registration Related Dates:

Dates	Description
06/24/2011–08/14/2011	On-Line Registration open to all families
08/15/2011–08/26/2011	Late Registration (subject to $30 late fee)
09/11/2011 and before	Tuition refund on withdrawal (note: $40 per family management fee plus $36 per student registration fee are non-refundable)
09/11/2011	First day of school
09/12/2011-09/18/2011	Tuition refund on withdrawal: 80%
09/19/2011-09/25/2011	Tuition refund on withdrawal: 50%
09/26/2011 and after	Tuition refund on withdrawal: 0%
10/02/2011	Last day for class transfer.

Basic Steps for Registration:

• Read and Agree to the Registration Policy before proceeding to the Online Registration section
• Update student and family information
• Select language class level and culture class
• Print out Registration form
• Click "Submit" to (a) indicate your acceptance of the legal releases and (b) submit the registration form to register
• Send the hardcopy of the Registration form with a payment check payable to “Huaxia Chinese School of New York” and mail to:
  Huaxia Chinese School of New York , P.O. Box 1236, Scarsdale, NY 10583
• After receiving the school notice for the admission, print out the admission email and bring it with you when report to school on 9/11/2011

Basic Facts

First Day of School: 9/11/2011

Classes start from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Sundays

School Campus:
Westchester Community College
75 Grassland Rd,
Valhalla, NY 10595

Online Registration Website: http://reg.hxcsny.org

Subsequent School Days: All Sundays except holidays.

While efforts will be made to maximize the number of school days, the school may be closed because of inclement weather, or for scheduling conflict with the activities of the hosting campus.

Classes

Among our class offerings are basic Chinese language skill courses and culturally oriented courses.

In Chinese language courses, there are three types of class levels. The grade levels are offered from K to G9; the advance levels are offered from G5 to G9; the experimental classes are offered from G1 to G6(please refer to Textbook Evaluation Report for details). The Chinese as Second Language (CSL) classes at the school are bi-lingual programs specially designed for non-Chinese students.

Registration and Selection of Classes

Please note that all registrations are based on "First Come First Serve" and are subject to availability. Classes may be canceled for insufficient enrollment, or if essential facility is not available. Should any class you registered be canceled, we will work with parents to select the next best alternative. If for any other reason the school cannot admit a student, a full refund for your payment will be made.

When more than one class is available for the same grade level, parents/students may select any of the classes at initial registration. In general, experimental classes will adopt new textbooks. The advance classes will base on prior exam results and teacher’s assessment. However, the school reserves the right to make final assignments. This may become necessary if there is significant imbalance in class sizes, or if the number of classes have to be increased or decreased.

Textbooks

Kindergarten	汉语拼音Han Yu Pin Yin
Grade 1 - 9 Grade & Advanced Level Class	标准中文 ((BIAO ZHUN ZHONG WEN)) Book 1-1 to Book 3-2, written by the Textbook Institute of China and published by the People’s Educational Publisher.
Grade 1-6 Experimental Class	Textbook to be determined
CSL1-5	My First Chinese Reader series.+ CDRom + Animated Lessons Online

Tuition and Fees Policy

In general, our programs are planned for the whole year. The tuition for the school year 2011-2012 for kindergarten to 9th grade is $576 for the 1st student of a family, and $536 for each additional student ($1,112 for a 2-student family and $1,648 for a 3-student family). This includes non-refundable $40 per family management fee and $36 per student registration fee.

Students in Experimental and CSL classes may need to pay extra fees due to special order of the textbooks, online material and other special requirement. The tuition for CSL1-3 class is $626. The tuition for CSL4-5 is $726.

Students who have completed all the language classes are allowed to register culture classes only without language class requirement. Please contact Principal Dapeng Hu (email: dapeng.hu@gmail.com, phone: 203-588-1883) or PTA Chair Yawen Liu (email: yawen66@gmail.com, phone: 914-713-4886) for details.

No partial refund will be issued if you should decide for your child not to participate culture classes.

Tuition payment needs to be in the format of a check payment. You shall print out the payment sheet from the online registration system, and have the check attached to it. Make sure to mark the students’ names on the check and on the registration printout sheet.

Please make the tuition check payable to: Huaxia Chinese School of New York and mail it to: Huaxia Chinese School of New York, P.O. Box 1236, Scarsdale, NY 10583. The tuition payment needs to be post marked by August 20, 2011. The tuition payment needs to be received within two weeks after registration. The registration will be considered incomplete if no payment is received. The School has the right to deny a student’s acceptance if the payment has not been made in full and on time.

Refund Policy

• Since the tuition is paid for the whole school year, if a student decides to withdraw for the spring semester, he or she needs to inform the School Administration team before spring semester starts.
• For each semester,
       A. Withdraw before the first week's class starts: $40 per family management fee and $36 per student registration fee non-refundable
       B. Withdraw before the second week's class starts: 80% refund
       C. Withdraw before the third week's class starts: 50% refund
       D. Withdraw from the third week's class and after: 0% refund
• No partial credit will be granted for students registering a class in the middle of a semester. Instead a $35 late registration fee will be added to the full tuition.
• If a check is returned for any reason (e.g., insufficient funds, stop payment, or account closed), the School will charge a $35 processing fee in addition to any penalty amount charged by the bank. If a student with a bounced check decides to withdraw from the school, the $35 returned check fee should still apply.
• No student should be allowed to sit in the class without FULL tuition payment, except for new students who get written permission from the School Administration team to audit the class.

Teacher Assignment

The School Administration team will assign each grade's teachers to different classes based on random draws during each year's kickoff meeting. The teacher assignment will be available on the School's website the week before the start of a new school year.

Classroom Assignment

The classroom (building/floor/room#) assignment can be found on the School’s website 2 weeks before the start of a new school year.

SSN Collection

Due to Westchester Community College (WCC) requirement, the School will need to collect Social Security Number (SSN) for every student. The SSN will not be collected in the online registration system per security reasons. The school will collect it when you pay. If the SSN is not provided with the check payment by August 20, 2011, a student’s enrollment process may be delayed or even denied.

Photo Usage

The school reserves the right to pictures taken for students/families participating in the Huaxia School’s academic or social activities (e.g. speech contests, or parties hosted by Parent-Teacher Association), and may post them on the School’s website internal sections, which is only accessible by the registered members of the School.

Acknowledgement and Agreement of 2011-2012 Registration Rules

I and my family hereby acknowledge and agree that we have received, read, understood, and agreed to the Huaxia Chinese School Rules and Regulations for 2011-2012 Registration and for attendance at the Huaxia Chinese School of New York. We agree that all members of the School are subject to such Rules and Regulations in their entirety.

By registering hereunder, each student and/or family assumes the risks of participating in any activity at Huaxia Chinese School of New York and hereby irrevocably release Huaxia Chinese School of New York and its agents, officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns from any and all liabilities of any type of nature arising out of his/her participation in activities at Huaxia Chinese School of New York.