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Irvine Chinese School & Preschool

Bridging Cultures, Connecting Families Globally

Class Schedule

Class Schedule

2025-2026 School Year

Weekday Chinese Program Schedule

 

  • The 2025-2026 School Year consists of 36 weeks, spanning from August 20, 2025, to May 21, 2026, excluding school holidays. The program schedule offers options for either a 1-day, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day or 5-day program, Monday through Friday, from 2:30 PM to 5:20 PM.
  • First day of the Weekday Program:
    • 8/19 (Tue/Thu classes)
    • 8/20 (Mon/Wed classes)
    • 8/22 (Friday cultural elective classes)

Weekday Program is Closed on
IUSD/SCCCA-Holidays/Important Day

  • 09/01/25 Labor Day
  • 10/13/25 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 11/11/25 Veteran’s Day
  • 11/24/25 -11/28/25 Thanksgiving Day
  • 12/22/25 - 01/02/26 SCCCA Winter Recess
  • 12/24/25 - 01/02/26 IUSD Winter Recess
  • 01/19/26 Martin Luther King Day
  • 01/20/26 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 02/16/26 President's Day
  • 03/09/26 IUSD Student Holiday
  • 03/30/26-04/03/26 SCCCA Spring Break
  • 04/01/26-04/04/26 IUSD Spring Break
  • 05/25/26 Memorial Day

Our Class Schedules

Program Options & Bell Schedule

Kindergarten Program Options

Parents have the option to choose between 2-day, 3-day 4-day or 5-day attendance options.

  • 2-Day/Week
    • Monday & Wednesday
    • Tuesday & Thursday
  • 3-Day/Week 
    • Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
    • Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
  • 4-Day/Week 
    • Monday to Thursday
  • 5-Day/Week 
    • Monday to Friday

 

Kindergarten Bell Schedule

Monday to Friday

1:30pm-2:30pm (Arrival/Warm up) – Individual Reading/Playing

2:30pm-3:35pm (Circle Time) - Daily announcements, calendar, weather, theme lessons, language literary and Chinese culture.

3:35pm-3:55pm (Break Time) - Outdoor

3:55pm-5:20pm (Group Activities/Work Time) - Story time, show and tell, music, rhyming activities, hands-on crafts

5:20pm-5:30pm (Session ended) - Students are picked up no later than 5:30 PM.

1st-8th Grade Program Options

Parents have the option to choose between 1 to 5-day attendance options.

  • 1-Day/Week (Culture Enrichment)
    • Friday
  • 2-Day/Week (Language Enhancement)
    • Option 1: Monday & Wednesday
    • Option 2: Tuesday & Thursday
  • 3-Day/Week (Language Enhancement & Culture Enrichment) 
    • Option 1: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
    • Option 2: Tuesday & Thursday, and Friday
  • 4-Day/Week (Language Enhancement) 
    • Monday to Thursday
  • 5-Day/Week (Language Enhancement & Culture Enrichment) 
    • Monday to Friday

1st-8th Grade Bell Schedule

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

2:30pm-3:10pm -Tutoring

3:10pm-3:30pm -Recess

3:30pm-4:20pm - Chinese Lessons, (Fri-Cultural Enrichment-1)

4:20pm-4:30pm - Recess

4:30pm-5:20pm - Chinese Lessons, (Fri-Cultural Enrichment-2)

5:20pm-5:30pm - Session ended. Students are picked up no later than 5:30 PM.

Wednesday

1:30pm-2:50pm -Tutoring

2:50pm-3:30pm -Recess

3:30pm-4:20pm - Chinese Lessons

4:20pm-4:30pm - Recess

4:30pm-5:20pm - Chinese Lessons

5:20pm-5:30pm - Session ended. Students are picked up no later than 5:30 PM.