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Sept 6th, 2008

1st Day at Lac Hong

 

Lac Hong Vietnamese Language School 1st day of school is on Saturday, September 6th. Classes will start at 1:30PM and will end at 4:00PM. Classrooms are located in Building #2 at the PCC Rock Creek Campus. Please use parking lot C. Parking is FREE on Saturdays.

New registration and check-in procedures are below:

 

1. If you have not registered, you can still register. Registration desk will be opened at 12:30PM. Be warned that there are limited space available for certain classes. Please call 503-997-2260 for more info.
 

2. If you have already registered by mail, but did not receive an admission slip, please stop by the Check In desk to pickup the admission slip(s).
 

3. If have registered and do have an admission slip, check the posted room assignments.

 

 

August 11, 2008

Lac Hong Vietnamese Language School Accepting Registrations

 

Lac Hong Vietnamese Language School, a unit of the Vietnamese Science & Culture Society of Oregon (VSCSO), is now accepting registrations for the 2008-2009 school years.  Students attending Lac Hong will be taught how to speak, read, and write Vietnamese.  Classes are held at PCC Rock Creek campus at 1:30PM – 4PM each Saturday from Sept – June during the school year.  Lac Hong School serves students, 5 to 18 years old, from the Portland / Beaverton / Hillsboro / Aloha area.  Costs will be $100 per student for 30 weeks of instructions.  Young students in the Kindergarten and lower level classes will pay an additional $20 for snacks & material fee. New students will be required to take a placement test before school start on September 6th. Please register at our onsite registration center. Lac Hong students will also be able to participate in our cultural and technology programs. Non registered students may participate if space is available. Currently there are classes for Lego Robotic, Lion Dance, and Cultural Dances.  

 

Registrations & placement tests info is below:

 

When: Fri - August 22 & 29,    4 - 7 PM

          Sat - August 23 & 30    2 - 5 PM

 

Where: Kumon Center, 16755 SW Baseline Rd, Beaverton

 

Contact info: 503-997-2260

 

Returning students may register by mail by downloading the registration form from our website. Registrations will be limited to the first 150 students.

 

Thông Báo (Announcement)

 

Trường  Việt Ngữ Lạc Hồng kính mời quư phụ huynh và tất cả học sinh tham dự lễ bế giảng niên khóa 2007-2008 vào thứ Bảy ngày 24 tháng 5. (Lac Hong Vietnamese  School invites you to attend the year end celebration for the 2007-2008 school year).  Event will be held from 2:15 PM to 5:30 PM on Saturday May 24th, 2008.

1:30 - 2:00   Học sinh vào lớp - Thầy Cô phát phiếu điểm và quà

                             (Students attend class to receive final grades and certificates of completion)

2:15 – 4:00   Lễ Bế Giảng tại thính pḥng PCC (auditorium – building #3 )
(Year end assembly will be held in the auditorium of  building #3)

Chương tŕnh gồm có:

-  Múa Lân (Lion Dance)

Phó Hiệu Trưởng Trường Việt Ngữ Lạc Hồng
( A message from Lac Hong School Vice Principal)

- Thầy Cô Phát Phần Thưởng Cho Học Sinh Xuất Sắc
 (Teachers present academic awards.)

- Học Sinh Lạc Hồng Tŕnh Diễn Văn Nghệ (Students Entertainment)

- Martial Art - Pacific Rim Martial Arts Academy

- Đàn Tranh  - Ban Hoài Hương

- 4:00- 5:30     Ẩm Thực (potluck)

- Xin mời mỗi gia đ́nh mang một món ăn để chúng ta cùng chung vui với nhau.  Trường sẽ cung cấp nước ngọt, pizza và chén dĩa. (Please bring your favorite dish to share. Drinks, pizza, & eating utensils will be provided by the school)

Kính Mời

Ban Điều Hành và Hội Phụ Huynh Học Sinh

Trường Việt Ngữ Lạc Hồng 

 

 

April 19, 2008

BREAST HEALTH SEMINAR|

Dear Parents, Teachers, and Friends:

In collaboration with the Asian Health & Services Center to improve the health of Vietnamese people living in Oregon, Lac Hong Vietnamese School is organizing a seminar about Breast Health.

Location:  Portland Community College - Rock Creek Campus
                   Building # 2, Room # 124
                  Phone: 503-997-2260

Time and Date:  3:45 pm, Saturday April 19, 2008  

During the seminar: Light refreshments will be served.

From the seminar, you will be learning about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, how to do the monthly self breast exam, and the importance of early detection. 

Most importantly, you will learn how to get help if you suspect of having breast cancer but you are uninsured. There will be more beneficial breast health related information and community resources presented at the seminar. We would like to invite you to join the seminar.  Your presence is greatly appreciated by us and each of the volunteers serving our community.  Please pass along this information and remember everyone is invited.

VSCSO Staff

Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!
Happy Vietnamese Tết
Lunar New Year

 

Lạc Hồng School will be celebrating Tết on Feb 9th, 2008 from 2:30pm to 5pm


The Oregon Vietnamese Community Association will host the annual Tết Festival on Feb 2nd and 3rd at the Oregon Convention Center. Click here for more info

Vietnamese New Year Traditions

Tết means the first morning of the New Year in Vietnamese language and Nguyên Đán is the popular name for the Vietnamese New Year. Nguyên Đán begins on the first day of the first lunar month and lasts for seven days. It marks the arrival of spring and is the greatest celebration time as the festival brings along a few breaks in the agricultural year. Vietnamese New Year falls between the period of harvesting of crops and the sowing of the crops

Nguyên Đán Traditions and Customs
Vietnamese are very particular about their New Year traditions and customs. They follow all the customs earnestly and rigidly. Vietnamese believe, on this day their fate and luck for the New Year is determined. Children are told not to cry or fight and people who are in mourning are avoided.

Decorations for New Year
When New Year is near, people of Vietnam start cleaning their houses and ancestral graves. Houses are decorated with Hoa Mai (yellow flowering plant) which is supposed to bring prosperity and well-being for the family. Some people also hang a traditional painting depicting a tale of two lovers. Vietnamese consider Tet to be the time to pay off all debts and to resolve conflicts.

Homage to Kitchen God Táo Quân
Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese New Year is the time to pay homage to the kitchen God Táo. The custom associated with the kitchen God is observed a week before the New Year. Vietnamese believed that there are three gods represented by the three legs of the cooking equipments in the kitchen. The middle God is a woman and the other two are her husbands. In earlier times, it was customary to provide a carp to the gods on which they can travel. The carp symbolizes the second last stage of the process by which animals were transformed into dragons. Keeping the old custom alive, people buy the carp from the market and place in the bucket of water and placed on the altar of the house which was later set free.

Vietnamese New Year Food
Vietnamese New Year food includes a special rice pudding called bánh chưng or banh Tet prepared beforehand. The pudding contains mung beans and pork. Other New Year delicacies include preserved sweets, chicken, fish, oranges, beef, grapefruits, coconuts and some seasonal fruits. Watermelon is considered the most auspicious fruit of the season as it's flesh is red. It dried seeds are also used for various delicacies.

Cây Nêu - The New Year Tree
A tradition of displaying a New Year Tree is performed with sanctity and devotion. The tree is called as Cây Nêu. A bamboo pole decorated with bells, flowers, good luck charms and streamers is placed in front of the house. The red color is considered lucky by the Vietnamese to scare off the evil the spirits. This is the last ritual, lễ khai hạ performed on the seventh day of the Tết.

Nguyên Đán Celebrations
People like to celebrate the first day of the New Year with their families and friends. They wear new clothes and children give traditional greetings to their elders before receiving the New Year gifts from them. People with happy experience over the last year are invited as the first person to enter the house. This act is called as Xông dất in Vietnamese.

The middle of the day observes an offering to the ancestors of the family on the altar of the household and incense is also burnt. It is performed every day throughout the festival. On the second day of the New Year, people visit their in-laws and other relatives. On the third day, they visit the family of their teachers and some distant relatives.

People also visit Buddha temples or other holy places on this day. They bring back flowers as a gift which are kept all year to bring in good health and prosperity for the family.

Fortune - telling is the most popular activity of the New Year celebrations. Experts forecasts people's future based on Truyện Kiều (a famous poem). Some traditional dragon dances are also preformed on this day. A few rich people pay for these dancers to perform at their house. Children also enjoy the festival as they get to play all day.
 


 

 




 
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