Dear Parents and Friends, Summer Camp begins next month ...piano teacher Ms. Galina Talis, participated and played “Anitra’s Dance by E. Grieg and earned a Superior Grade – 1st

Dear Parents and Friends, Summer Camp begins next month! Are you ready? We have planned and added many new classes to make our summer season full of fun and learning so if you have any questions or want to enroll your child, please come visit us soon. This Fall is our 15th Anniversary from starting After School Learning Tree back in 2004 with only three students! Look how far we’ve come to a 25,000 square foot building with academics of Math, Chinese & Spanish, English writing, Martial Arts, Table Tennis team & Membership Club, Art and Music Departments, Ceramic Studio, Chess and Go and Dance. And we’re bursting at the seams! Thank you for being part of our success as we enter the next 15 years! On May 9th we held our award ceremony for the outstanding students of high achievement in the national Noetic Math Competition. The results for our school were awesome! See the details.

On June 6th we proudly had our annual Kindergarten Graduation festivities here at the school beginning at 5:00 pm. It’s always so special to see the little kinder receive their diploma certificates and watch their special talent performances! On June 11th we had the 6th grade graduation party. We’re proud to announce the beginning of our new AP Chinese language class every Saturday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Upcoming Events

June 17 – August 23, 2019

Summer Camp

August 26, 2019 Fall Semester

November 24,2019 ASLT 15 years

Anniversary Concert

San Diego’s biggest table tennis tournament, the San Diego Open was held May 18 & 19. The main star of the weekend was Ted Li who won three events: Under 15, Under 18 and Under 2500 in which he beat Tung Pham 3-0, a player who gave our Coaches Earl & DJ difficulty in the past. Crystal Liu won two events: the Junior Girls Under 18 and Juniors Under 13. Coach Jerome won second place in the under 2000. The tournament was a big success for ASLT but also because many of our juniors participated to gain experience in the competitive world of Table Tennis. The next tournament will be the 2019 US Nationals Championships to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MOVIE NIGHT! We started our first ever Movie Night on May 17th and the kids had a blast! They had so much fun and were so happy! For $5 kids had pizza, popcorn, juice and fruit plus the movie “Ratatouille” an academy award winning animated feature about a rat wanting to become a French Chef! We plan to have movie night every other Friday evening. All of our students are welcome to invite other friends from home or their school to join us for a fun filled evening! Dinner and movie is just $5 but just call the school and let us know you are coming. On May 26th ASLT produced our Second Chinese Dance Gala that was performed at the brand new Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. It was a magnificent stellar performance and enjoyed by all. Don’t miss it next year as it will be even better! Thank you for your continued support as we enter our 15th year! Hong Yu Principal

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Tis the season of piano competitions and music festivals and our piano teachers have many award winning students. Ms. Karina Burch teaches three students who won at the Southern California Youth Mozart Festival:

Kaden Wu – 1st Place Yang Li – 2nd Place Michelle Fan – 3rd Place Additionally, Erik Tang, Yang Li and Michelle Fan received State Honors for Certificate of Merit. The North San Diego Romantic Festival 2019 was held on the 27th of April. Eric Xu, student of piano teacher Ms. Galina Talis, participated and played “Anitra’s Dance by E. Grieg and earned a Superior Grade – 1st Place. Flute teacher Ms. Vivian Bergova had 23 students from her Studio attend the 2019 Certificate of Merit (CM) test and 13 students won Branch and State Honors. A big congratulations to Emily Zhou for winning the Senior CM Medallion 2019! Honors to Khalil Desai, Jialin Li, Anna Cao and Rashmi Chelliserry for 100% scores on the Music Theory Test thanks to their incredible Music Theory and Piano teacher Ms. Galina Talis! More congratulations to Anna Cao, Khalil Desai, Kaavya Senthill, Grace Li, Xiaofan Zuo, Nicholas Goskowicz, Anwika Gheyi, Jayanthi Chelliserry, Zoe Zhang, Connie Jiang, Payton Lee, Yung Ching Shih and Emily Zhou for Branch Honors and State Honors! Piano teacher Ms. Vanessa Lee had nine of her students win Branch and State Honors at this year’s Certificate of Merit: Kayla Peng, Jayanthi Chelliserry, Rashmi Chelliserry, Brigitte Shi, Kevin Xue, Kevin Shen, Alethia Li, Justin Pan, and Rachel Yang. Kevin Shen at the Advanced Level 10 was selected to perform at the State Convention. Piano teacher Ms. Alena Berg had many winners from several competitions with the Carmel Valley Teachers Association of Music Education 2018-2019 season. The November ’18 Ensemble Competition: Monica & Margaret Nasry – Grand Prix, Evelyn and Angela Chan – 1st Place. February ’19 Sonata Contest: Daniel Zhao, Margaret Nasry – 1st Place. Amay Zhao, Monica Nasry, Evelyn & Angela Chan – 2nd Place. April ’19 Baroque Competition: Monica Nasry – Grand Prix, Evelyn Chan – 1st Place, Angela Chan – 2nd Place. April Spring Festival: Monica Nasry, Daniel Zhao – 1st Place, Amy Zhao – 2nd Place, Margaret Nasry – 3rd Place.

NATIONAL NOETIC MATH COMPETITION

This year, 776 schools in 47 states, with a total number of 34,055 students participated. From 2nd grade through 8th grade, the students at ASLT did amazing. We had 93 participants, 39 received National Honorable Mention and 54 received National Honor Roll (top 10% of participating mathletes). We are very pleased with the results and proud of what our students have accomplished. All the hard work has paid off!!! The following students are our team winners, scoring the highest in their class: ASLT 2: Rebecca Ding and Marcus Ihlstrom – 100% ASLT 3: Gavin Li, Jonathan Huang and Teresa Tian – 95% ASLT 4: Anna Zhong and Jasmine Ren – 100% ASLT 5: Christina Tian – 100% ASLT 6: Art Huang and Ellen Wang – 100% Among 4,422 2nd graders, only 57 (1.29%) students scored 100% - 2 from Learning Tree Among 7,051 3rd graders, only 188 (3.60%0 students scored 95% - 3 from Learning Tree Among 8,422 4th graders, only 125 (1.48%) students scored 100% - 2 from Learning Tree Among 7,725 5th graders, only 166 (2.15%) students scored 100% - 1 from Learning Tree Among 3,937 6th graders only 59 (1.5%) students scored 100% - 2 from Learning Tree

The contest results demonstrate our

students’ great problem solving skills and math talents. They also show that our students can rise to the occasion and meet the challenge!

San Diego County Fair Speech Contest After School Learning Tree students participated in the San Diego County Fair Speech Competition for the first time on Sunday, June 9th, led by teacher, Miss Elena Cala. The theme of the Fair this year is 'The San Diego County Fair is Oz-Some', which is in honor of the 80th anniversary of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. In keeping with this theme, the speech topics were Heart, Home, Knowledge and Courage. 6th-Grader, Owen Kwan, won First Place in the category of Knowledge. He received a ribbon and a $50-check. All students learned from the experience and improved their writing and public speaking skills.

ASLT First Ever Spelling Bee

After School Learning Tree held it's first-ever Spelling Bee on Friday, June 7th, led by teacher, Miss Elena Cala. 28 students competed, 13 at the Second Grade Level and 15 at the First Grade Level. Even though they are Kindergartners, Ian Cheng and Claire Ren participated in the First Grade category. They spelled several words correctly and proved themselves worthy to compete with the "Big Kids". All students learned greatly in the English Spelling class this year. They not only gained exposure to new words, but they learned the rules of spelling, the unique origins of word meanings, and mnemonic devices to enhance memorization strategies.

A GLORIOUS SECOND CHINESE DANCE GALA

AT SPECTACULAR CONRAD PREBYS

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, LA JOLLA!!!

The Art of Dance! Astonishing! Visual and artistic success! A star is born in Bruce Li, ASLT dance instructor you couldn’t take your eyes away from with his ethereal, dramatic, commanding performance! In cooperation with Supreme Dance Academy and Global Innovation Center, Hong Yu of After School Learning Tree presented the second dance gala at the brand new exquisite Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in downtown La Jolla on May 26th. The show superseded last year’s first gala by an astonishing degree. All of the dance groups from young students to middle school and high schoolers were incredible. Not only was there superlative dancing but we were blessed with the Kung Fu World Champion performing with her brother, both taught by teachers at ASLT. Do not miss next year’s gala!!! You will be amazed.