In combination with the Chinese Double Ninth festival and the spirit of respecting grandparents, Yinghua will celebrate Grandparents’ Day on October 22. On Tuesday, October 22, we invite all grandparents and elders to join us at Yinghua to spend time with their grandchildren as we focus on our theme of “Celebrating Travels and Adventures”. The Grandparents’ Day schedule can be found online (link opens in a new tab).

If any grandparents or elders are planning to attend Grandparents’ Day, we ask that they complete the registration form to inform us by October 18 (link opens in a new tab). We also invite elders to briefly share with the class about their experiences on the theme of travel and adventure. If elders are interested they can note that on the registration form. If you know of a grandparent or elder who would like to share briefly with their student’s class on the theme of travel and adventure, but cannot attend, they are welcome to share a video. We ask that videos be less than three minutes and share a story of where they visited or something they learned from traveling. Videos can be sent to Claire Little by October 18, claire.little@yinghuaacademy.org, with the name(s) of the student(s) the grandparent or elder knows.

Please contact Lai Zhuren, shumei.lai@yinghuaacademy.org, with questions

Yinghua Academy is proud to be partnering with Cook Center for Human Connection and their Mental Health Resource Center, ParentGuidance.org.

Cook Center and Parent Guidance provides important free resources for students, families, and staff who are navigating mental health and wellbeing issues. Parent Guidance has an on-demand library of courses led by mental health experts to help guide adults through a variety of topics when helping children. As part of this partnership, families and staff will have the ability to schedule coaching sessions with mental health professionals and ask therapists questions to get tailored assistance.

Through this partnership, Yinghua hopes to foster closer relationships between students, their families, and their community. Visit the Cook Center Page for more information.

These meetings are offered as an opportunity for current parents and guardians to speak with Dr. Lien about topics that are important to you, our students, and our community. This is a one hour informal talk, which will each focus on grade specific topics though each session is open to parents/guardians of all grades. The registration forms are available below. Please note that each session is limited to 15 people due to spacing limitations.

• Kindergarten – 2:30 p.m. on October 24
• 1st and 2nd – 8:30 a.m. on November 7
• 3rd and 4th – 2:30 p.m. on November 14
• 5th and 6th – 8:30 a.m. on December 5
• General session – 2:30 p.m. on March 27
• General session – 8:30 a.m. on May 1

If Yinghua Academy is closed due to snow or weather emergency, closing information will be posted by 6 a.m. on the day of the closing including on the Yinghua website, local media (WCCO, KSTP, Kare11), and direct communication through email, text messages, and phone calls. Yinghua will be implementing e-learning as a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning beginning after two snow days. On the occasion that Yinghua does have an e-learning day, it will be announced with the school closing information through our normal platforms. More details about the e-learning plan can be found at yinghuaacademy.org/e-learning.

Yinghua Academy’s Administration will monitor weather forecasts and conditions to ensure the school will be open only during safe transportation conditions.