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SCCCS ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS 

Each year our students participate in the Southern California Council of Chinese Schools (SCCCS) annual Fall and Spring Academic Competitions.  

2023 SCCCS SPRING ACADEMIC COMPETITION

On May 7, 2023, one of our students won at the SCCCS Academic Competition at Arcadia High School.  Fourteen of our students competed against top students from thirty-five Chinese schools across Southern California.  Congratulations to all of our hard-working students who represented our school!

7A         鍾馥琳   Evelyn Chung          Intermediate Group               Honorable Mention - Speech

2022 SCCCS OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Three students from our school were awarded the Outstanding Student Scholarship Awards on October 30, 2022 in the auditorium of the Los Angeles Overseas Chinese Cultural and Educational Service Center in El Monte.  Congratulations to our outstanding students!

5B           曹瑞安 Tsao Danielle       SCCCS Student Scholarship

8A           周道全 Chow Antonio     SCCCS Student Scholarship

10/11/12A   周欣美 Chow Angelina   99 Ranch Market Charitable Foundation Scholarship 

2019 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
Four students from our school won at the 2019 SCCCS Fall Academic Contest held on November 3, 2019.  Congratulations to all the winning students!  Special thanks to all our participating students who have worked so hard to represent our school at this event!

5A   周道全 Chow Antonio    Elementary Drawing Competition     Honorable Mention
4A   鍾馥琳 Chung Evelyn     Elementary Drawing Competition     Honorable Mention
5A   李璟旻 Lee Katie             Elementary Drawing Competition     Honorable Mention
7A   周欣美 Chow Angelina  Intermediate Drawing Competition  Sixth Place


2019 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
Sixteen students represented our school in the SCCCS annual Poetry Recitation Contest held at Arcadia High School on May 5, 2019.  Seven students from our school have won recognition in the contest!  Below is the winners list.  Congratulations to all the winning students!
 
6A        徐嘉懿      Zoe Tsui                   Middle Grades Group    First Place         
6A        陈凯          Ryne Kapen            Middle Grades Group    Second Place 
3A        鍾馥琳      Evelyn Chung          Lower Grades Group     Second Place   
4A        李璟旻      Katie Lee                  Lower Grades Group     Third Place       
6B/7B   黃林夕      Lindzi Hutchinson   Nonheritage Group        Third Place      
9-12A   景山愛泉  Sarah Kageyama   Nonheritage Group        Fourth Place    
2A         罗卡特     Carter Roberts        Primary Grades Group  Fourth Place   

2018 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
Five students from our school won at the 2018 SCCCS Fall Academic Contest held on November 4, 2018.  Congratulations to all the winning students!  Special thanks to all our participating students who have worked so hard to represent our school at this event!
 

5A   邱可依   Chloe  Chiou        Intermediate Writing Competition        Third Place
8A   吳謙昀   Fiona Herzog        Intermediate Drawing Competition      Fourth Place
6A   周欣美   Angelina  Chow   Intermediate Drawing Competition      Honorable Mention
4A   周道全   Antonio  Chow     Elementary Drawing Competition         Fifth Place
3A   鍾馥琳   Evelyn Chung       Upper Beginner Drawing Competition  Honorable Mention

2018 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
Sixteen students represented our school to participate in the SCCCS annual Poetry Recitation Contest held at Arcadia High School on May 6, 2018.  Eight students from our school have won recognition in the contest!  The contest is organized by the Southern California Council of Chinese Schools (SCCCS) and our students were competing against top students from forty-four Chinese schools across southern California.  This is an impressive achievement for our students!  Below is the winners list.  Congratulations to all the winning students!

2A    鍾馥琳   Evelyn Chung        Primary Grades Group  First Place    
4A    趙樂兒   Helen Zhao            Primary Grades Group  Second Place
7A    黄瀚文   Hanwen  Huang    Middle Grades Group    Second Place
5A    周欣美   Angelina Chow     Lower Grades Group     Fourth Place 
5A    秦天聆   Samantha Chyn   Lower Grades Group     Fourth Place     
3A1  吳秉昱   Eugene Herzog       Primary Grades Group  Fifth Place
6A    徐明予   Phoebe  Xu             Lower Grades Group    Fifth Place 
PA   張若曦    Isabelle Dumortier Kindergarten Group​     Honorable Mention
 

2017 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
The Southern California Consortium of Chinese Schools (SCCCS) held its annual Fall Academic Competition on Sunday, November 5, 2017.  We are so proud of our students who participated in the competition.  Special thanks to all our participating students who have worked so hard to represent our school at this event.  They all did a great job!  Seven of our students are recognized as winners of the competition by SCCCS.  CONGRATULATIONS!
 

8A   張雅星   Stella Paz              Advanced Drawing Competition           Honorable Mention
7A   徐敏維   Rebecca Hsu        Intermediate Drawing Competition      Honorable Mention
6A   徐丞妍   Sophia Hsu           Intermediate Drawing Competition       Fifth Place
3A1 王雁楨   Yan-Zhen  Wang  Elementary Drawing Competition          Honorable Mention
5A    周欣美   Angelina Chow   Elementary Drawing Competition          Honorable Mention
3A1  吳秉昱   Eugene  Herzog   Upper Beginner Drawing Competition   Honorable Mention
3A1  周道全   Antonio Chow      Upper Beginner Drawing Competition   Honorable Mention

2017 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
On May 7, 2017, sixteen students represented our school to participate in the SCCCS annual Poetry Recitation Contest held at Arcadia High School.  Six students from our school have won recognition in the contest!   We thank all our participating students who demonstrated great talent and dedication to represent our school at this event.  We would also like to express our special thanks to teacher Pei-Yi Lin for her professional expertise in preparing all the participants year after year.  Congratulations to all the winning students!

2A2   趙樂兒   Helen Zhao         Primary Grades Group    Fifth Place                    
2A1    吳秉昱   Eugene Herzog  Primary Grades Group    Honorable Mention    
4A     徐嘉懿   Zoe Tsui               Lower Grades Group      First Place                    
4A     陈凯       Ryne Kapen        Lower Grades Group      Second Place              
6A     吳謙昀   Fiona  Herzog     Middle Grades Group     Honorable Mention   
6A     黄瀚文   Hanwen Huang Middle Grades Group     Honorable Mention   


2016 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
The SCCCS held its Fall Academic Competition on Sunday, November 6, 2016.  We are so proud of our students who participated in the competition.  Special thanks to all our participating students who have worked so hard to represent our school at this event.  They all did a great job! 
 
Seven of our students are recognized as winners of the competition by SCCCS.  CONGRATULATIONS!

10/11/12A  林柔均 Zoe Lin                 High School Writing Composition     First Place
6A          黃瀚文 Hanwen Huang  Intermediate Writing Composition   Second Place
10/11/12A  黃优亞 Ana Wong           Advanced Drawing Contest             Second Place
5A          李青林 Bella Lee              Intermediate Drawing Contest         Honorable Mention
6A          金雅琳 Allie Kim               Intermediate Drawing Contest         Honorable Mention
7A          張雅星 Stella Paz             Intermediate Drawing Contest         Honorable Mention
4A          周欣美 Angelina Chow  Elementary Drawing Contest            Honorable Mention

2016 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
On May 15, 2016, fifteen students represented our school to participate in the SCCCS annual Poetry Recitation Contest held at Arcadia High School.  Seven students from our school have won recognition in the contest!  This is an impressive achievement for our students as this contest is very competitive.  The contest is organized by the Southern California Council of Chinese Schools (SCCCS) and our students were competing against top students from forty-seven Chinese schools across southern California.  
 
We thank all our participating students who demonstrated great talent and dedication to represent our school at this event.  We are so proud of our students!  We would also like to express our special thanks to teacher Pei-Yi Lin for her professional expertise in preparing all the participants year after year.  Last, but not least, we greatly appreciate our parents, who support and encourage the participation of students, and make this event a success.
 
Below is the winners list.  Congratulations to all the winning students!

5A   徐敏維  Rebecca Hsu     Middle Grades Group     Honorable Mention 
3A   徐嘉懿  Zoe Tsui               Lower Grades Group      Fifth Place                 
5A   黄瀚文  Hanwen Huang  Lower Grades Group     Fourth Place             
5A   吳謙昀  Fiona Herzog      Lower Grades Group      Fourth Place           
3A   秦天聆  Samantha Chyn Primary Grades Group  Sixth Place                 
1A1   符恩慈  Mandy  Fu             Kindergarten Group      Sixth Place               
1A1   吳秉昱  Eugene Herzog    Kindergarten Group      Second Place          

2015 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
The SCCCS held its Fall Academic Contest on Sunday, November 1, 2015.  We are so proud of our students who participated in the contest.  They all did a great job!


Seven of our students are recognized as winners of the contest by SCCCS.  CONGRATULATIONS!

9/10/11/12A   黃优亞  Ana Wong        Poster drawing  Sixth Place
5A               徐敏維  Rebecca Hsu   Poster drawing  Honorable Mention
6A               張雅星  Stella Paz          Poster drawing  Fourth Place
4A               徐丞妍  Sophia Hsu       Poster drawing  Sixth Place
5A               吳謙昀  Fiona Herzog    Poster drawing  Second Place
1A1               草野葵  Aoi Kusano        Poster drawing  Fifth Place
3A               周欣美  Angelina Chow Poster drawing First Place

2015 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
The SCCCS Poetry Reading Contest was held at Arcadia High School on Sunday, March 22, 2015.  Five students from our school have won the contest!  Below is the winners list.  Congratulations to all the winning students!

6A  劉圓緣  Yvonne Liu         Upper Grades Group   Third Place     
2A  徐嘉懿  Zoe Tsui              Middle Grades Group  Second Place  
4A  吳謙昀  Fiona Herzog     Middle Grades Group  Third Place       
3A  黄瀚文  Hanwen Huang Middle Grades Group  Fifth Place        
1A   盛雨行  Lyra Sheng          Lower Grades Group   Sixth Place         

 

We thank all our participating students who demonstrated great talent and dedication to represent our school at this event.  We are so proud of our students!  We would also like to express our special thanks to teacher Pei-Yi Lin for her professional expertise in preparing all the participants.  Last but not least, we greatly appreciate our parents, who support and encourage the participation of students, and make this event a success.  

2014 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
The SCCCS Fall Academic Contest was held on Sunday, November 2, 2014.  Ten students from our school have won the contest!  Below is the winners list.  Congratulations to all the winning students!  Special thanks to all our participating students who demonstrated great talent and dedication to represent our school at this event.  We are so proud of our students!

8A 林柔均 Zoe Lin                     Writing Composition       First Place
8A 管婉名 Yuen Ming Koon     Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
5A 張雅星 Stella Paz                 Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
7A 杨伊扬 Janet Yang              Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
4A 周逸凡 Michelle Zhou          Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
4A 吳謙昀 Fiona Herzog           Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
2A 周欣美 Angelina Chow       Poster Drawing                Honorable Mention
3A 徐丞妍 Sophia Hsu              Calligraphy - Brush Pen  Third Place
8A 林雯歆 Estelle Enkelmann  Calligraphy - Pencil         Fifth Place
5A 林大倫 Darwin Smith          Calligraphy - Pencil         Honorable Mention

 

2014 STUDENTS & TEACHERS AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Westside Chinese School teachers and students for their outstanding achievement awards!

Helen Lu - Dawa Foundation Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2014
Jade Yen - Forest Lawn Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2014
Rosie Fang - SCCCS Excellent Teacher for 15 years of teaching, 2014
Cheng Ling Yu - SCCCS Excellent Teacher for 10 years of teaching, 2014
Joanne Hou - SCCCS Excellent Teacher for 5 years of teaching, 2014


2014 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
The following students from our school participated in the SCCCS annual Poetry Recitation Contest on April 27, 2014 and have won the contest.

5A 劉圓緣 Yvonne Liu       Upper Grades Group   2nd Place
3A 朱盈嫣 Sophie Zhu      Middle Grades Group  Honorable Mention
3A 吳謙昀 Fiona Herzog   Lower Grades Group   3rd Place
1A 徐嘉懿 Zoe Tsui             Lower Grades Group   1st Place
PA 胡天琳 Cambria Hu    Kindergarten Group     Honorable Mention
2A 徐明予 Phoebe Xu       Kindergarten Group     5th Place

Congratulations to all the students who worked so hard to represent our school at this event!  Special thanks to teacher Pei-Yi Lin for her skillful preparation of all the students.


2013 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
Thank you all for participating in the SCCCS Fall Academic Contest on Sunday, November 17, 2013.  We have some good news to share with you.  Nine students from our school have won the contest.  Congratulations to all the students who worked so hard to represent our school at this event!  All the participating students demonstrated great talent and dedication.  We are so proud of our students!  

9/10/11/12A  黃靈亞   Amy Wong         即席畫圖中學組 Poster drawing   Second Place
3A              徐敏維   Rebecca Hsu      即席畫圖初級組 Poster drawing  Sixth Place
4A              林大倫   Darwin Smith     即席畫圖初級組 Poster drawing   Honorable Mention
4A              張雅星   Stella Paz            即席畫圖初級組 Poster drawing   Honorable Mention
1B1              謝曼伶   Amanda Hsieh   即席畫圖初小組 Poster drawing   Fourth Place
3A              林彦廷   Ryan Smith         即席畫圖初小組 Poster drawing   Honorable Mention
3A              吳謙昀   Fiona Herzog      即席畫圖初小組 Poster drawing   Honorable Mention
3B1             李青林   Bella Lee              書法硬筆初小組 Calligraphy         Honorable Mention
2A              段晶菁   Chrystal Duan     書法硬筆初小組 Calligraphy        Honorable Mention


2013 STUDENT & TEACHERS AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Westside Chinese School teachers and student for their outstanding achievement awards!

Jessica Luo -- Dawa Foundation Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2013
Peiyi Lin -- SCCCS Excellent teacher for 5 years of teaching, 2013
Cissy Chen -- SCCCS Excellent teacher for 5 years of teaching, 2013
Huei-Chung Jaw -- SCCCS Excellent teacher for 20 years of teaching & Los Angeles Oversees Chinese School 20 years of teaching service award, 2013
Shi-Ming Wang -- Los Angeles Oversees Chinese School 10 years of teaching service award, 2013


2013 SCCCS ANNUAL CHINESE HISTORY AND CULTURAL BEE
Seven students participated in the SCCCS Annual Chinese History and Cultural Bee, which took place on May 12, 2013. The elementary level team won the second place!  The team members include 7A 孔令旸 (Lisa Kong), 6A 邱思婷 (Christine O'Connor), and 5A 施方晴 (Elsa Wallace). Congratulations to ALL participating students for taking the challenges and for all their hard work into the preparation! Special thanks to cultural teacher Virginia Hu and TA Irene Chang! 


2013 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
Thank you all for participating in the SCCCS Annual Poetry Reading & Contest on Sunday, May 5, 2013.  We have some good news to share with you.  Three students from our school have won the contest.

4A    劉圓緣   Yvonne Liu   詩詞朗誦中級組    Fourth Place
3A    張若伊   Chloe  Dumortier    詩詞朗誦初小組  Fifth Place
2A    吳謙昀    Fiona  Herzog     詩詞朗誦初小組     Honorable Mention

Congratulations to the students and the teachers – Rosie Fang (4A), Shi-Ming Wang (3A), Chengling Yu (2A) and Chiungwen Tsai (3B)!  Special thanks to teacher Chiungwen Tsai for working so hard to prepare all the students.  Many thanks to coordinator Qing-Yi Lu for organizing our poetry team.  


2013 SCCCS ANNUAL SPORTS MEET
Our athletes triumph the track and field again!  Despite a small number of participants, we won the 3rd places for both girls' field and girls' tracks, plus 20 individual won one or more medals!   We thank Hsing Yen (閻興) for organizing the sport team! 

2012 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
The Southern California Consortium of Chinese Schools (SCCCS) held its Fall Academic Contest on November 11, 2012.  We congratulate all students who represented our school to participate in the contest. You all did a great job!  Two of our students are recognized as winners of the contest by SCCCS. CONGRATULATIONS to 2A student Sadie Kaufman who won Honorable Mention in Drawing Contest and 10/11/12A student Jessica Luo, who won Third Place in Plug-in Writing.  

2012 SCCCS ANNUAL CHINESE HISTORY AND CULTURAL BEE
Congratulations to 10A's  Jessica Luo won the Third Place in the Individual Category in High School Group of the 2012 Chinese Cultural and History Bee of Southern California Council of Chinese Schools. 

2012 CHINESE CULTURAL & FOLK ARTS TEACHER TRAINING
Class 2A teacher Cheng Ling Yu participated in and completed the Chinese Cultural and Folk Arts Teacher Training Workshops organized by the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, Republic of China for three years consecutively.  She was granted a Seed Teacher Award at the 4th Annual Chinese Cultural and Folk Arts Teacher Training Workshop Graduation Ceremony on May 10, 2012.  The award was granted by Mr. Chunli Liang, Director of the Cultural Center of the Tapei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles.  

2012 SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CI BRIDGE PROFICIENCY COMPETITION
8A's Ben Hubley became the 2012 Southwest Regional Champion at the Confucius Institute's Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition, held at UCLA's Popper Theatre on May 5, 2012

2011 SCCCS FALL ACADEMIC CONTEST AWARD
11A Alison Hu won the Honorable Mention for Pen Writing Group in the 2011 Fall Competition of Southern California Council of Chinese Schools.

2011 SCCCS ANNUAL POETRY READING & RECITATION CONTEST
2B Katya Leal won the First Place in the Special A group (for non-Chinese heritage students), and PA Lily Gao won the Second Place in the Kindergarten group in SCCCS Poetry Recitation Contest.

2011 BOOK COVER DESIGN AWARD
6B Yuen Ming Koon, 4A Brooke Lin, 4A Emily Zhang, and 3A Summer Chang won the 2011 Book Cover Design Award from the Take Home Book program organized by the Chinese American Children's Literature and Reading Association.

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