Mid-Autumn Festival
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, cultural stations are held in each of our classrooms. The students are provided a variety of opportunities to understand and talk about this very important traditional festival in China. Students alternate between stations, lead by parent volunteers, where they make moon cakes, learn legends and stories about the festival, and experience traditional activities that Chinese people do for Mid-Autumn Festival. With each station, students are given opportunities to have fun while applying the target language – another powerful way of learning language and culture through fun and entertaining activities!
Chinese New Year
During the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) Celebration Week, students will experience one or several Spring Festival Traditions each day. Activities include couplets writing, paper cutting, calligraphy, making lanterns, making dumplings, participating in a reunion meal, learning the new year greeting and receiving red packets.
To celebrate as a community, our Chinese New Year Celebration features faculty lead performances from our students as well as other guest musicians and dancers, showcasing Chinese history, culture and customs. Our celebration is open to family, friends, and the public.
Our students have also been invited to participate in various Chinese New Year Celebrations throughout the Portland metro area. Celebrations include performances at Washington Square Mall and the Portland State University Chinese New Year Gala.