It is hard to believe how quickly the 2019-20 school year has passed and has come to a close already. It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming our students back.

The end of the school year, this year particularly, always brings some mixed emotions. It has been a year full of learning, growing, and sharing. In light of these difficult times, which have changed every aspect of our daily lives, there is a lot of good that has grown from this. We would like to thank you for your trust and commitment to the Chinese Academy of Cleveland (CAOC). We realize the sacrifice each of you makes to send your child/children and yourself to CAOC.

Our teachers, as well as our staff, commit their time and energy toward creating a nurturing environment in which children can learn. Making CAoC an engaging and friendly learning environment has been one of our missions. We hope you have seen the progress we made and your feedback is always welcome!

In closing, we would like to congratulate all of the students of the CAOC. Congratulations to our graduates! CAOC is proud of all students, families, and friends!

Have a happy, safe, and fun summer. Please continue to practice the repeated health and safety recommendations – Stay home, wash your hands, and practice social distancing.

Due to pandemic school closures, we did not get a chance to take group/class pictures this year. Not every student is pictured, including students in adult classes, but we miss everyone!

你好！我叫袁昕。我是八年級的學生。從幼稚班開始，我在中文學校學習已經十年了。在這十年中，我學到了很多東西，克服了許多困難，現在，我很高興我可以畢業了。儘管我對我即將畢業感到非常高興，但是我還是會很想念我的中文學校的。在這裡，我要非常感謝所有幫助我渡過這一趟旅程的老師們。他們每星期六努力，耐心的教我們，每堂課很有意義也很有趣。我還要感謝的是我媽媽。不管我遇到多大的困難，她都願意幫助我。在這十年裡，媽媽和爸爸每週帶我上中文課，幫助我完成家庭作業。如果不是老師和媽媽們的支持，我不可能堅持到畢業。我在中文學校不僅學到了中國語言也學到了中國的文化和傳統。我會永遠記得我的中文學校。

各位大家好，我的名字叫姚裴侖。我覺得這幾年在中文學校很有趣，而且我也學到很多不一樣的東西。因為我爸爸是中文學校的老師，所以我幼稚園就開始在這裡上學了。我從小很喜歡拿獎品，我現在很多獎品都是從中文學校得來的。如果我沒有來這裡上中文課，我不會成為現在的我。

我剛開始學中文的時候，知道的很少，二十五個字只認識三個。自從Ruby 老師開始教我中文後，我進步了很多。我真的很感謝Ruby 老師從五到七年級用心的教導我。我在那三年發展得最多。我以前都不想寫功課，可是Ruby 老師教我的時候，我都會寫。雖然老師很嚴格，每一個禮拜都要我寫作文，但是她也對我很好，教會我很多。謝謝Ruby 老師，讓我的中文達到一個很好的程度。

在我中文學校上學的八年，除了學到中文以外，我也學到一個很重要的人生觀念。我從小就很喜歡拿獎品，所以不管是說故事比賽、或是多麼小的事情，我都很想拿第一。可是我的行程越排越滿，所以我不能每一個星期六都去中文學校。因此我說故事比賽也沒有排第一名了。但這也讓我發現，人生中最重要的東西不是得獎，或拿第一，就像我爸爸很常跟我說：｢你只要學到東西就行了。」

中文學校對我很重要而且也讓我很感動。我會想念大家！