Dear Friends and Parents, Faster than a speeding bullet! Have you ever heard that phrase? It’s a phrase to describe Superman. Well, we think it’s appropriate to describe how fast this year is speeding by! Wasn’t it just January 1st??? Here we are planning our fabulous Summer Camp already! It’s the Year of the Pig. That cute, chubby animal that everyone is fond of, especially this year of the Earth Pig. The Earth Pig is the gentlest of the Pig clan. Patient, practical, reliable, and has a solid disposition. Earth pigs are methodical, organized, financially shrewd and known for planning well for the future and being good employers. They seek a peaceful life, handle stress well and love the home and family. They have passion, enjoy socializing with friends and yes, also love food and drink. All in all, the description sounds very balanced to live a happy and productive life. Learning Tree strives to do just that for your child. We provide academic classes with advanced curriculums, focused language studies, enhanced math and math activities, as well as, art, music, dance and sports to balance and round out the spirit and soul. Our BIG NEWS is our wonderful coach Earl Alto was named one of the United States National Table Tennis Team coaches and already has completed and returned from his first tournament in Czechoslovakia! It seems he was made for this new chapter in his life! The National Noetic Math Competition is coming April 5th and we are already signing up contestants and providing tutoring for interested students. SUMMER CAMP is around the corner and we’re hosting an Open House on Saturday, March 9th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in the afternoon here at Learning Tree and if you attend, sign up and pay that day you’re entitled to a 10% discount! We are offering a new class for aspiring young ladies that want to do modeling or acting in their future so please check out the details. Class begins April 2nd. Another great event coming May 26 at the new Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla! The Second Annual Chinese Dance Gala! Last year’s was spectacular and this year will be even better! One of our very talented art teachers, Ms. Brie Cheng, had six of her students win art awards at the San Diego Chinese Art and Culture Society Youth Painting Competition. Check out the names and where you can go see the paintings! So as you can see, we’ve been very busy constantly upgrading and adding new classes and opportunities for our students. We’re especially proud of the new Summer Camp program activities so read on! Thank you for your continued support, friendship and conversation. I am always available to talk with you! Best wishes! Hong Yu Principal

858-603-2211 http://www.afterschoollearningtree.com

11525 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121

Upcoming Events

March 9, 2019

Summer Camp Open House

April 8 – 12, 2019

Spring Break Camp Del Mar District

April 15 – 19, 2019 Spring Break Camp Solana Beach District

June 17 – August 23,

2019 Summer Camp

ASLT Winner! “Best of the Best” in North Coast: Silver Award for Best

Tutoring Service -----By UT Community Press

Newspaper

Come attend our big Open House at ASLT on Saturday, March 9th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. You will receive a 10% discount with paid registration at our big Open House on that day only! This is your early buyer’s chance to save big for the summer! Come see our full selection of new fun activities, classes, programs and sports. Some highlights include new Elite Camps:

- Robotics Camp - Drone Programming with Python - Fort Island Camp - Fei’s Piano Camp - NASA Space Academy - Crazy Chem Work - Magic Hands Ceramics Camp - Dance, Math & Go Camps

Other classes: Knitting, Creative Writing, Egypt: A Journal of Discovery, Mythology, Chinese language, English Writing, Tutoring, Music: Choir, Rock Band, Singing and Sharing, Flute, Guitar, Recorder, Ukulele, Music Island, Sports, Cooking, Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II, Animal Planet with live animals, Engineering & Science, Manners and Health Science and many more!!

Sweden just concluded the SAFIR International Open Table Tennis Tournament for juniors and cadets with 40 countries competing. Ted Li from ASLT won the gold medal for the Under 14 category! An epic achievement for this talented hard working young teen. CONGRATULATIONS TO TED AND ALL THE ASLT COACHES! WHAT A TEAM OF GREATNESS!!

Ms. Brie Cheng, Creative Painting and Sketch Color art teacher, recently had six of her students win awards at the youth painting competition sponsored by the San Diego Chinese Art and Culture Society. On Saturday, March 2 at the Poway Center for Performing Arts, the winners’ paintings will be displayed celebrating the International Art & Music Festival. Ms. Brie has extensive experience and training in art and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, taught at Beijing NSCL International School as well as a judge, and co-founded Temecula Valley Chinese School.

Have you or your daughter ever wanted to model, be an actress or just improve your posture, public speaking skills or gain social confidence and etiquette? If so, then this is the class for you! And guess who the instructor is? Gigi Xiang: Miss Asia USA, Miss Teen Asia USA, Mrs. Asia USA and international supermodel! She’s also a professional instructor, Red Carpet Ambassador at La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival and is recruiting for 2019 pageant contestants at ASLT! The founder, Pamela Kay Davis is an actor, acting teacher, corporate spokesperson and former news anchor who has worked in all facets of the industry. She’s acted in movies, television and theatre. The first class session is April 2nd – June15th and the registration deadline is March 21st. Students will have chances to model at TV and fashion shows, TV commercials, print and the Red Carpet. Summer Camp sessions will be June 17th – August23rd.

The winners in the youth competition:

- Elisa Gao - Terry Zhao - Zeichen Allen Bi - Isabella Gao - Eric Tan - Isabella Tao

Earl Alto, one of ASLT’s table tennis coaches for seven years, has achieved

national recognition by becoming a US National Team Coach for table tennis. His job is to accompany the US Team to international tournaments and, in fact, he has already returned from his first event in Czechoslovakia! Earl’s achievements include being the #5 junior player in the nation, winning the Under 2400 event at the 2012 US Nationals, and being San Diego’s highest ranked player. Alto is now San Diego’s second US National Team Coach along with Angie Bengtsson, who is also a US National Team Coach for the Paralympic team and a former US Women’s Champion 10 times. Both coaches have duties of evaluating training sessions, analyzing the national team players at international events, and taking part in coordinating national team activities with other national team coaches. MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS EARL! WE LOVE YOU!

If you haven’t signed up your child for the National Noetic Math Competition the registration deadline is Friday, March 1st. Small group tutoring by grade level has already started with Mr. Gary Guan, the manager of the contest. Most students are excited and can’t wait for the upcoming test. This year we even have some first graders participating in the 2nd grade test. Remember the test date is Friday, April 5th and the make-up test will be held the following week.

Math Club is running smoothly as some of the students are participating in the Math Olympiad (MOEM) contest along with the Noetic math contest preparation. This year, 3rd grade and up Math Club students also tried out the IMC (International Math Contest) online math test and the majority of the students found it challenging and intriguing. We are most definitely getting more involved next year!

The Second Annual Chinese Dance gala is coming May 26th and will be held at the new Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla at 7600 Fay Avenue. Five dance companies will come together and perform for your visual pleasure: Bruce Li Dance Company, San Diego Ballet, After School Learning Tree, Ling’s Dance Company and Hong Dance Studio. Tickets may be purchased directly from the Arts Center.