FAQ

Age Preference

4 years old by October 1st is the recommended minimum age for Westwood Chinese School. The child must be toilet trained and be able to use the bathroom without assistance. This is for the Pre-K, bilingual K, and MLP K classes. All other students must be 5 years old to register for classes including extracurricular classes. Exceptions may be considered by the school administration or the teacher. Please note we reserve the right to cancel classes for low enrollment.

Hours of Operation

We are open on Sundays from September to June, 9:00 AM- 12:30 PM, with the exception of holidays and other No School days listed on our calendar. Language classes are from 9:00 – 10:30 and extracurricular classes are from 10:30 – 11:30 and 11:30 – 12:30. You may contact us via contact@westwoodcs.org.

Location

Our school is located at the Westwood High School, 200 Nahatan Street, Westwood. Please enter using the driveway alongside the track and field. Our entrance is located after the Auditorium entrance.

Payment for Tuition, Parent Duty, and Textbook

Please see the detailed information here.

Student Rules

  1. Do not write on the smart board.
  2. Do not wipe anything from the whiteboard.
  3. Do not take anything from the classroom.
  4. Do not go to the second floor.
  5. Do not make loud noises or run in the lobby.
  6. Do not interrupt classes still in session during the class break.
  7. Do not go outside of the building without being accompanied by the parents.
  8. Kids need to wait inside the building to wait for parents to pick them up after classes are completed.
  9. Do not enter the library.
  10. Consult the teacher or school staff if you are not happy with another student.

First Day of School

You will see the front desk after you enter the building through the entrance at the back of the building. There will be a map at the front desk that shows the location of each classroom. In addition, the class name will be displayed on the door of each classroom.

If a young student takes multiple classes during the day, his/her parents may need to bring the student to the next classroom after a class is completed at the beginning of the school year when the students are unfamiliar with their schedules and classrooms.

Parents, please tell your children the following:

  1. Kids should not go outside of the building by themselves. The kids should wait inside for the parents to pick them up.
  2. Kids can only remove the textbook wrap if they are certain they will attend the class. Once the textbook wrap has been removed, the school cannot return the textbook.

Unsubscribe from WCS emails

You can unsubscribe from WCS emails by simply clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the message.

Unspam WCS emails from your Spam folder if necessary

To mark an email as “Not Spam” in Gmail, you can follow these steps:

Open Gmail/Yahoo/Outlook etc and go to the “Spam” folder.

Find the email that was incorrectly marked as spam.

Select the email by checking the box next to it.

Click on the “Not spam” button located in the toolbar above your emails. It looks like a stop sign with an exclamation mark.

By doing this, you’re informing Gmail that the selected email is not spam, and future emails from the same sender are less likely to be marked as spam.

Add WCS email address to the Safe Senders List

To add the WCS address to the Safe Senders List, you can follow these general steps. Please note that the exact steps may vary based on the email service or client you are using.

  1. Gmail:
    • Open the email.
    • Click on the three dots (More options) next to the reply button.
    • Select “Add [Sender] to Contacts list.”
  2. Outlook:
    • Open the email.
    • Right-click on the email address.
    • Choose “Add to Outlook Contacts” or “Add to Contacts.”
  3. Yahoo Mail:
    • Open the email.
    • Click on the three dots (More options).
    • Choose “Add Sender to Contacts.”
  4. Apple Mail:
    • Open the email.
    • Click on the sender’s email address.
    • Select “Add to Contacts” or “Add to VIPs.”
  5. Other Email Clients:
    • Look for an option similar to “Add to Contacts” or “Add to Safe Senders List.”
    • This option is often found in the context menu when right-clicking on the sender’s email address.