Upcoming Events:

• BCIC Lunar New Year
  • Saturday, February 28 from 1-4 pm
  • BHS
  • Purchase entry, concession, & raffle ticket on RevTrak. 
    • Registration for all attendees required.
  • Urgent Need: Adults and high schoolers, Volunteer here!

• BCIC Open Board Meeting
  • Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 pm
  • Barrington Area Library
  • Registration for all attendees required. 

• BCIC Transition to High School Panel
  • Tuesday, March 31 from 6:30-8:00 pm
  • BHS in Upper Atrium
  • Registration for all attendees required

• BCIC Transition to Middle School Panel
  • Wednesday, April 1 from 6:30-8:00 pm
  • Station Middle School in Media Center
  • Registration for all attendees required

• College Exploration
  • Wednesday, April 8 from 7-8:30 pm
  • Virtual
  • Check BCIC website: registration coming soon
• Character Bee
  • April 16 5-7 pm
  • Countryside
  • Check BCIC website: registration coming soon

• BCIC Graduation Party
  • Sunday, April 26 5:30-8:00 pm
  • Pier 91
  • Check BCIC website: Revtrak coming soon

Ages 0-4 are FREE!

Ages 5+ are $15 each.

Our Lunar New Year Party is open to everyone in the community!

Please welcome extended family, friends, and neighbors to join the fun!

What can you expect?

On Stage:

Cultural performances from Nan Arts Dance

Songs from our elementary students

Lion Dance from our high school students

Other special and talented artists!

Lots of booths including:

Hand Fan Marbling

Year of the Horse crafts

Advanced Chinese Calligraphy

Stenciling

Games:

Mahjong

Weiqi: Are you smarter than a 3rd grader?

Other Special Highlights:

Lunar New Year Storytime

Sensory Activities

Raffles!

You do not need to be present to win!
Order your raffle tickets on RevTrak.

This family friendly celebration will feature Chinese and Asian arts and crafts, cultural performances, and experiences for all ages. We hope you will join us for this very special event.

Note: Please make sure to sign up under the correct volunteer sheet. There are two shifts for students and two shifts for adult. You can volunteer for one or both sessions. THANK YOU!

Register and join our BCIC Open Board Meeting in person or virtually; link will be emailed shortly before meeting to registrants. Come learn about BCIC and hear how we are supporting the CI program through initiatives and events. Enhance the experience of your child(ren) in CI by being a part of our group! Please use the registration link to submit a question/comment for our board to discuss by Monday, March 9.

All current 8th graders and their families are invited to join BCIC for a panel discussion about the transition to high school in the Upper Atrium of Barrington High School. After the panel discussion, there will be time for the current 8th graders to informally chat with the current high school students and/or teachers. At the same time, current 8th grade parents can informally chat with current high school parents and/or teachers.

This is NOT intended to be a drop off event; students and their parents will benefit from hearing from our panelists. Students should attend with their parents or another trusted adult.

This is a FREE event, but registration is required. ALL attendees must be registered to attend. This means you should click “+ Add Guest” for each additional person in your group attending.

You may submit as many questions to the panel ahead of time via this same registration form. Questions submitted on this registration will be asked annonymously during the event. You can also directly ask questions at the event to our CI high school students serving on the panel, Mrs. Yang or Ms. Stumpf (our CI high school teachers), parents of current/past high schoolers, and BCIC reps.

All current 5th graders and their families are invited to join BCIC for a panel discussion about the transition to middle school in the media center (library) of Station Middle School. After the panel discussion, there will be time for the current 5th graders to informally chat with the current middle school students and/or teachers. At the same time, current 5th grade parents can informally chat with current middle school parents and/or teachers.

This is NOT a drop off event; students must attend with their parents, guardians, or trusted adult. Both students and parents will benefit from hearing from our panelists.

This is a FREE event, but registration is required. ALL attendees must be registered to attend. This means you should click “+ Add Guest” for each additional person in your group attending.

You may submit as many questions to the panel ahead of time via this same registration form. Questions submitted on this registration will be asked annonymously during the event. You can also directly ask questions at the event to our CI middle school students serving on the panel, Mrs. Weerts & Mr. Yu (our CI middle school teachers), parents of current/past middle schoolers, and BCIC reps.

An email with the Revtrak to purchase tickets will come out in about a week. Check the BCIC events page for a link to the Revtrak if you don't get our emails. Email Becca Patchak at beccapatchak@bcic220.org to be added to our email list. Thank you!

Thank you: Ready, Set, Kindergarten Crew!

We give thanks to general members, Jennifer Naddeo and Claudia Miller as well as board members, Erin Lales, Leeann Chang, Matthew Benkert, Tracy Lauffer, Zaoli Zhang, & Becca Patchak, for representing BCIC at the elementary schools for Ready, Set, Kindergarten on February 2. Thank you for helping to support the future of our CI program by sharing your experiences and answering incoming kindergarten family questions. 

We also give thanks to board members Erin Lales, Tracy Lauffer, Matthew Benkert, & Becca Patchak for attending the Ready, Set, Kindergarten Chinese Immersion meeting on February 4. Special thanks go to CI student, AJ, for so eloquently and passionately speaking about our wonderful CI program during the event. We are most grateful for your committment to growing our CI program for years to come.

If you know incoming kindergarten families that may have an interest in CI, please direct them to: Erin Lales at erinlales@bcic220.org

Parent University: Chinese Immersion

Thank You, D220 Administration & Teachers!

We give thanks to the administrators and CI teachers that planned for and presented at D220's Parent University for Chinese Immersion. It was a very informative night. 

If you missed or have any follow up questions, please direct questions to Becky Wiegel at rwiegel@barrington220.org

To avoid events being scaled down, merged, or canceled, we need many people to register to be volunteers. You can help in the planning process or the day of event, but we need you to sign up to be on a list to contact. Every small contribution has a big impact. Please see how you can support our group for the benefit of your children and their classmates.

Every spiritwear order helps support BCIC!

Do you need a BCIC shirt to wear to our LNY event? We've got t-shirts & sweatshirts--and lots of other fun gift ideas too!

Adults, grab some CI gear to wear around town or at upcoming BCIC events like LNY.

Kids, grab some new CI gear to wear on Fridays to show your school spirit.

Your donation will help us to more generously support our events, students, & teachers! BCIC welcomes donations of any size. We very much appreciate all company matches. 

This link is a general donation towards BCIC that helps with all the things we support.

This link is specifically for a donation towards books to be used in our CI classrooms.

This link is specifically for a donation towards recruitment efforts. 

DISCLAIMER: BCIC is not a sponsor of, affiliated with, or otherwise connected to the organizations or events below. The appearance of our name, logo, or any reference to our organization in connection with this/these event(s) does not constitute endorsement, approval, or support of the event, its organizers, or its activities.

We have not authorized the use of our name or branding for promotional purposes related to this/these event(s). Any views, opinions, or representations expressed in connection with the event are solely those of the event organizers and participants and do not reflect the views or positions of BCIC.

For questions regarding this/these event(s), please contact the organizations below as shared. 

Would you be interested in celebrating the Lunar New Year at the Chicago Chinatown Lunar New Year parade taking place on Sunday, March 1? Click on the link for more details.

https://ccc-foundation.org/

Would your child be interested in taking a Mandarin summer camp (ages 5-11), no school day camp (kinder-5th grade), or preschool program (15 months - 5 years)? Check out Billingual Rock Immersion School's website for more information.

https://www.bilingualrock.org/

Would your family be interested in being a host family for a Chinese exchange student for 2 weeks this summer? Scan the QR code for more information.

Read more about LPZ's new red panda at the link below. 

https://www.lpzoo.org/new-arrival-qi-red-panda/