Important Dates
March 13 | ACC: Adolescent sex education
March 18 | Parent Meal-Tasting Event
March 19 | Secondary Division Picture Day
March 31 | Spring Off-campus Activities Week begins, campus closed
April 7 | Classes resume
The 2025-26 School Calendar is Now Available
This high-level calendar provides key dates for when our campus will be open. Please note that dates are subject to change.
The 2024-25 School Calendar Updates
Following the national holiday changes for labor day, May 2 is an additional day off, and the labor day break is from May 1 to May 2. Student will return school on May 5.
Secondary Division Updates
Avenues Community Connections | Adolescent sex education
8:30–10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 13
Venue: 1F MPR, A19
Presenter: Emily Wang
Adolescent sex education is not merely about imparting physiological knowledge of sex; it is about equipping children with the ability to have open, informed discussions about sex. Parents must integrate sexual education into everyday conversations, making the topic of sex a natural part of parent-child communication. Only in this way can children feel comfortable turning to their parents as a source of guidance when they encounter confusion about sexuality, rather than avoiding support and attempting to navigate these questions in isolation. Our upcoming sexual education seminar aims to help parents understand the fundamentals of adolescent sexual education and learn how to effectively initiate conversations about sex with their children. This topic is very important, we strongly encourage all SD parents to make time to attend.
About the Speaker: Emily Wang
Master of Arts in Literature from Shenzhen University, Founder of Huiguang Education Consulting, Parent/Parental Sexuality Counselor, National Level 2 Psychological Counselor, Member of the Sexual Education Subcommittee of the Chinese Society of Sexual Science.
Published books: "Sexual Education Gifts for Families with Teenagers", "Being an Informed Parent: Talking to Your Child About Sex"(pending print).
Sign - Up | Meal Tasting
4:15-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18
To provide nutritious and delicious meals for students, we will hold regular meal-tasting sessions for parents. During these sessions, we will also introduce the Meal Program. You will be trying new dishes that will be served soon. Your feedback is important to our catering team. We have held four meal-tasting events so far. Thank you to the APA Food Committee and all parents for your feedback!
The March meal-tasting will be held from 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18. Please click on the link below to sign up. We will confirm the details with you after the registration closes.
March Menu
Please click the button below to view the March snack and lunch menu.
Middle Grades Updates
Weekly Standing Meeting
To open up more opportunities for parents to meet with our teachers, we set up weekly standing times on Thursdays and Fridays for teachers to meet with you. If none of the dates and times work for you, please email the teachers directly to schedule the meetings.
Please note:
- These are not required meetings; please make an appointment based on your family's needs.
- You can book up to the next 30 days of meetings, and each teacher has 30 mins available to meet parents at these fixed times every Thursday and Friday.
- The SD operations team will email you the meeting location before the meeting date.
- Click here to make your appointment.
Please contact our Operations team Iris (iris.huang@avenueschina.cn) directly if you need help or have any questions.
Upper Grades Updates
Weekly Standing Meeting
To open up more opportunities for parents to meet with our teachers, we set up weekly standing times on Thursdays and Fridays for teachers to meet with you. If none of the dates and times work for you, please email the teachers directly to schedule the meetings.
Please note:
- These are not required meetings; please make an appointment based on your family's needs.
- You can book up to the next 30 days of meetings, and each teacher has 30 mins available to meet parents at these fixed times every Thursday and Friday.
- The SD operations team will email you the meeting location before the meeting date.
- Click here to make your appointment.
Please contact our Operations team Iris (iris.huang@avenueschina.cn) directly if you need help or have any questions.
Campus Updates
Parenting Workshop Series: A Family Life Cycle Perspective
This week we held the third parent-child relationship workshop for parents of children aged 7-9 and here is the handout of this workshop for your reference.
Next week, we will conduct another session for parents of children aged 10-12. Since enrollment is full, we will share relevant parent strategies on next week's bulletin board for your consideration. Parents who have enrolled will receive an email reminder this Friday and a WeChat notification next week.
Furthermore, for those parents who were unable to sign up, from April until the end of this semester, we will have an additional session each month. We will notify you in advance for sign-up.
Welcome to Share | Avenues Parent Information Session for External Families
Saturday, March 22 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
On March 22, we will host an Parent Information Session covering all divisions, from Early Learning to Primary and Secondary, for external families interested in Avenues. We warmly invite you to share this invitation with your friends and family, and encourage them to visit our campus to experience firsthand the vibrant learning and growth atmosphere at Avenues. We look forward to welcoming more families to our community!
