Here you'll find information on school activities, and resources to help you learn Chinese in fun and interesting ways.

Now offering opportunities to earn Student Service Learning (SSL) credit. 

Students in most public school programs in Maryland are required to earn a total of 75 hours of SSL credits starting in Grade 6.  It is possible to meet most of this requirement by helping out at RCS.

The classroom monitor position requires students to assist teachers by cleaning the classroom whiteboards after class and helping with setup and clean up at other times as directed by the teachers and RCS staff.  Generally, the time commitment is about 30 minutes after class each week.  It is easy to earn credits, and can be fun -- particularly if you work together with a friend!

Please contact Nate Bolin with any questions about this program.

Here are fun & interesting tools to help you learn Chinese. 

If you know of another good learning website, please contact the RCS website administrator by clicking on "E-Mail" up in the black strip below the school logo.

http://www.nciku.com/ - FREE Online English Chinese Dictionary

Chinese Writer - Learn how to write thousands of Chinese characters with this free app for your PC, Mac, or Android device. www.trainchinese.com

http://www.pleco.com/ - The Essential Companion for Learning Chinese - available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

www.chinesepod.com - Use your iPod for 10 minutes a day, & learn Chinese! FREE podcasts, small fee for optional lessons.  Seven ability levels, from newbie to advanced.  ChinesePod releases a new lesson every day!

www.chinapage.com - Loads of interesting stuff about China!

www.mandarintools.com - Online Chinese learning tools.

www.yellowbridge.com - A free online Chinese-English talking dictionary.  Has handwriting recognition and even allows you to research etymology of Chinese characters.

www.zhongwen.com - Chinese language and culture site with literature from Lao Zi to the present day.

OMG 美语- Cutest online english educational video program for chinese ever!  Available on iPod, iPhone, iPad (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/omg-mei-yu/id465945396?mt=8), and Android (http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/net.apehills.OMGMeiyu/OMGMeiyu).  See, Washington Post article on OMG美语, http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/omg-meiyu-a-breakout-hit-web-show-schools-chinese-in-american-slang/2011/09/13/gIQAXeLJTK_story.html

Would you like your artwork displayed here?  Just contact the Website Administrator by clicking on "E-Mail" in the black band on this webpage, on the left side under the school logo. 

An RCS parent asked about Chinese cartoons on TV.  According to RCS parents Leona Chan & Stacey Liu, some Chinese programs are available on TV through the DishNetwork.  DishNetwork has an optional package that includes a dedicated channel for children called "Yo-yo TV."  Yo-yo TV also has a DVD collection of Chinese cartoons.  Stacey used them last year for her second grade kids, for the last 10 minutes of the class time  (they summarized a cartoon's story, then discussed what they saw, in Chinese); she says that Yo-yo did an excellent job on its educational program, & she highly recommends it.

Please note that this is not a recommendation that you subscribe to the Dish Network.  This link is provided only to help you get information about one source of Chinese programming, so that you can see if it fits your needs.  The Dish Network is not affiliated with Rockville Chinese School, nor does it sponsor any of our school activities.