I. Enrollment of Current Students for 2024-25
- Registration opening date: March 30, 2024
- The fees for current students for the 2024/2025 School Year are $545 (including $20 registration fee, $25 material fee and $500 tuition).
- Please write your check to: Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
- Steps to enroll a Current Student:
- Please fill out the Enrollment Form for Current Students
- Please print and sign the Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement
- Please submit the school fee check with the signed Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement to the Office.
- Current students who have not completed registration by the start of the 2024-25 school year will be registered in accordance with the “Enrollment of New Students” rules, on the condition that enrollment is still available.
II. Enrollment of New Students (for new students in Pre-K class and transfer students for the Zhuyin(K) class and above)
- Registration dates: March 30, 2024 to three weeks before the start of the school year (The registration may end earlier when the class is full). Please contact us for enrollment availability.
- Enrollment age:
- Children who are four years old by 9/1/2024 (born before 9/2/2020) may be enrolled in the pre-K class.
- Children who are five years old by 9/1/24 (born before 9/2/2019) may be enrolled in the Zhuyin (K) class.
- Placement test for transfer students: All transfer students enrolling in the Zhuyin (K) class or above must pass a test before admission which will be based on their test result. Individual transfer students will be contacted for schedule of the test. For details, please see section 5: Instructions for Transfer Students.
- Registration procedure: Please prepare photocopies of the Birth Certificate or Passport, fill out the online form- Enrollment Form for New Students, print, fill out and sign off the Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement and a check ($575 for new students), mail to
Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
Attn: Maggie Lin
2355 Oakland Rd. San Jose, CA 95131 - Uniform: all new students must purchase the uniform at the time of registration. When coming to school, students must wear the uniform with the logo of Tzu Chi Academy ($20 for short sleeves/$25 for long sleeves), blue khaki pants, and white shoes.
III. Fee Breakdown
- Tuition Fees: $545 for current students (includes $20 registration fee, $25 material fee and $500 tuition); $575 for new students (includes $50 registration fee, $25 material fee and $500 tuition). Registration fees are non-refundable.
- Please write checks payable to: Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
- Uniform: $25 for one winter long sleeve shirt, $20 for one summer short sleeve shirt.
- Please write “Student’s name and enrollment class” in the memo field at the lower left corner of your check.
- Enrolling three or more siblings from the same family will be eligible to receive $48 off for the third child, please contact the registration team for details.
- Returned checks will be subject to a fee of $35.
IV. Instructions for Refund/Withdrawal from school
- If a refund is applied for a registered student, the registration and textbook fees will not be refundable; please contact the registration team and fill out a refund application form if you wish to apply for a refund/schooling suspension.
- If a class is not available due to insufficient class size, all amounts paid will be refunded without deduction of the registration fee.
- Refund Table:
Tuition Refund Amount: |
Full Refund (Tuition Only) |
50% Refund of Tuition |
No Refund |
Withdrawal Date: |
Before the school year starts |
Start of school year to the 3rd week |
After the 3rd week of the school year |
V. Instructions for Transfer Students
- New students, except pre-K students, shall take a placement test. The school staff will contact parents for the test date.
- The placement test will be composed of a written test and an interview, which will focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Zhuyin(K) class: The study will focus on the learning of 37 Zhuyin symbols, with focal consideration of students’ acceptance of the Mandarin Class.
- Grade 1: The test will be on the reading and writing of the Zhuyin symbols, including vowels, rhymes, and combined rhymes.
- Grade 2 and above: Please refer to the MeiZhou Chinese textbooks http://www.mzchinese.net/ and do the textbooks (of the student’s “class level before the summer) listening, speaking, reading, and writing quizzes. (Preparations may only be focused on the latter half of the textbook for each class level, the teacher will take one or two lessons to perform the quiz.)
- Students taking the placement test do not need to be stressed about the test, as the results of the interview will be at discretion subject to the student’s interactions.
*** Testing of students enrolling in the Zhuyin(K) class will be in-person meetings through which the teacher may learn about students’ interactions in Chinese and their knowledge of the Zhuyin symbols. Parents are allowed to accompany the students during the test.
一、 2024-25在校生報名辦法
- 註冊日期:自2024年3月30日開始
- 在校生2024/2025學年度費用為$545 (包括手續費$20, 教材費用$25, 學費$500)
- 支票抬頭請寫:Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino ,支票左下角備註欄請註明「學生中英文姓名及報名年級」。
- 註冊程序:
- 開學前未完成註冊之在校生,在名額許可下,可依「新生報名辦法」另行註冊。
二、 新生報名辦法 (幼兒班新生及注音班以上插班生)
- 註冊日期:自2024年3月30日開始至名額截止(名額若滿將提早截止)。
- 入學年齡:
- 報名幼兒班(Pre-K),須於9/1/24前滿四歲(9/02/2020前出生者)。
- 報名注音班(K),須於9/1/24前滿五歲(須於9/02/2019前出生者)。
- 插班考試:注音班(K)以上之插班生均須通過考試,依成績錄取,本校將於學生完成報名手續之後,通知家長安排插班考試,詳細規定請參考本須知中第五項「插班須知」
- 註冊程序:備妥「出生證明或護照影印本」、
- 報名註冊以收到所有文件及學費支票,才可確認完成報名手續。
- 制服:所有新生一律於註冊時購買制服,學生到校上課,必須穿著印有慈濟人文學校校徽之制服(短袖$20/長袖$25), 並搭配深藍色長褲與白布鞋。
三、 費用明細
- 學年費用:在校生$545(內含報名費$20,教材費用$25, 學費$500);新生 $575 (含報名費$50,教材費用$25,學費 $500)
- 支票抬頭:Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
- 制服費用:冬季長袖一件$25, 夏季短袖一件$20。
- 支票左下角備註欄請填寫「學生中英文姓名及報名年級」。
- 同一家庭如有三個以上孩子同時就學,第三位孩子可享有$48 優惠,詳情請洽註冊組。
- 支票退票者,將收取退票費用$35。
四、退費/休學須知
- 已註冊的學生申請退費時,註冊之報名費恕不退回;欲辦理退費/休學請洽註冊組,並填退費申請單。
- 學校若因班級人數不足無法開班時,校方將退還所有費用,不扣除註冊費。
- 退費金額表:
Tuition Refund Amount: | Full Refund(Tuition Only) | 50% Refund of Tuition | No Refund |
Withdrawal Date | 開學前 | 開學至第三週內 | 開學第三週後 |
五、插班須知:
- 除了幼兒班之外的新生,都需經過插班考試,學校志工將聯絡家長考試時間。插班考分筆試和口試,主要目的是了解學生的程度是否合適所報名的班級。
- 注音班:以認讀37個注音符號為主,針對孩子對線上課程的接受程度為主要考量。
- 一年級:對於注音符號聲符、韻母及結合韻認讀及寫法做測試。
- 二年級及二年級以上:請參考美洲華語課本 http://www.mzchinese.net/,針對學生“今年暑假前的年級”課本,做聽、說、讀、寫的問答。(只要準備每個年級的後半部課文,老師會抽一或二課來問答練習。)
- 百詞測驗,請參考各年級百詞,插班生須完成百詞認讀
- 插班考試的學生們,不要對考試有太多壓力,面試結果會視學生對答情形斟酌。
***報名注音班的學生,將會以面試為主,了解學生對中文的對答,及對注音符號的認識,家長可以陪伴孩子參加。
CONTACT US 聯絡我們
Tzu Chi Academy, Cupertino
庫菩提諾慈濟人文學校
Phone: 408-888-7903
Email: [email protected]
Class Location 上課地點:
Lynbrook High School
1280 Johnson Ave., San Jose, CA 95129
(只限於上課時間,每週六上午 9:00~12:00)