Happy Chinese New Year!

CIS will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit on February 4^th.  Our celebration will include classroom musical performances, a PTA sponsored Chinese lunch, and a special guest performance. 

February 4^th Events:

All day: individual classroom celebrations and performances

11-12:30: Chinese lunch* (sponsored by PTA)

12:45-1:45:  Lion Dance Performance

Thank you PTA!

  谢谢 PTA!

*lunch will be provided to all students  free of charge.  There will be no pizza sales  on Friday, February 4^th. 

Chinese New Year - often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar - is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. Despite its winter occurrence, in China it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name (Pinyin), owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. The festival begins on the first day of the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as "Eve of the Passing Year."