FCS eNews

October 9, 2026

A Note from the Principal

Dear FCS Families,

Hope everyone's had a great week so far! Tomorrow, 10/10, is our much-anticipated Food Festival! Please feel free to invite your friends and family to stop by, enjoy some delicious food, and cheer on our classes!

Thank you to all the teachers, parents, and students who have helped get everything ready — we can't wait to see everyone there!

Also, a friendly reminder: please take 2 minutes to fill out the Academic Contest survey by tomorrow, 10/10! The contest is a long-standing FCS tradition, planned this year for Saturday, December 19, and it runs entirely on parent volunteers, from preparing materials to proctoring on the day. Even if your child isn't planning to participate or you're not able to volunteer, please let us know in the survey.

Warmly, Angela — Principal, Fremont Chinese School

Week 8 School Update

The Food Festival Is Happening Tomorrow!

Flyer for the FCS Street Food Festival listing the full menu of food, drinks, and games by booth. — Saturday, October 10, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM. Menu highlights: braised pork rice, curry chicken rice, scallion pancakes, egg tarts, and snow cones, plus ring toss, a used book and toy sale, and Korean ear acupoint service.

Time: Saturday, October 10, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

This year's booths have something for everyone! Food includes braised pork rice, curry chicken rice, pan-fried pork buns, fish cake noodles, egg tarts, scallion pancakes, spring rolls, Spam musubi, and tea eggs. For sweets and drinks, there's cotton candy, snow cones, cream puffs, mung bean barley dessert, aiyu lemonade, wintermelon tea, and hot cocoa. Plus games like ring toss, used books and toys, and even a Korean ear acupoint service!

Please bring your friends and family along to join the fun! All proceeds go directly to each class's fund, which goes right back to the kids. Your support means so much to our students!

Week 7 Recap: Staff Meeting

Teachers and staff gathered in a classroom for the FCS staff meeting.

Last week we held our staff meeting, and it was a great success! Thank you to all our teachers and staff for joining — we planned lots of exciting things to come, so stay tuned! More photos here.

School Calendar 2026–2027

Coming event(s):

10/10/2026 — Street Food Festival; Academic Contest sign-up starts
10/24/2026 — All Parent Assembly
10/31/2026 — Halloween Event

Classroom Use Policy

Classroom use guidelines flyer listing nine rules for using Irvington High School classrooms. — We share Irvington High School's classrooms: no food, leave desks and floors clean, return desks to where you found them, and don't use the equipment, drawers, fridge, microwave, or anything on the teacher's desk.

Join Our Volunteer Team

FCS parent volunteers and staff posing together for the 2026–27 committee group photo.

💪 Help build the FCS community — volunteer roles for the 2026–27 school year.

We're excited that many new parents have already joined our volunteer team this year — thank you! We can always use more help. From event planning to photography, translation to administration, there's a role to fit your skills and schedule. Parents matched to a good-fit role are also exempt from traffic and crossing duty. See the open positions.

Volunteer sign-up 2026–27

Donate & Double Your Contribution

FCS is a non-profit 501(c) organization. Donations are tax-deductible (IRS tax ID: 94-2978949) and help Fremont Chinese School continue to operate, teach Chinese courses, and pass on Chinese culture.

Double your contribution: thank you for volunteering at school! Your employer may offer volunteer cash rewards — please consider donating those rewards to Fremont Chinese School. Instructions and an example.

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