Specialties
Students with or without Chinese language background are assigned to various levels of classes that consist of at most 10 students in each class. LILDCS also offers various cultural classes to further expand its students in knowledge of Chinese cultures such as Yo-Yo, calligraphy, paper folding, Chinese painting, water coloring, and/or Chinese-song singing.
A week-long cultural summer day-camp is held in July or August each year since 2008 with 2 or 3 Taiwanese cultural teachers and some local cultural teachers, plus volunteers in providing campers the best Asian cultural experience full of fun and excitement!
History
Established in 2013.
Long Island Little Dragons Chinese School (LILDCS) Inc. was registered in October 2013 as a non-profit educational organization in New York. In March 2016, LILDCS Inc. received its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from IRS. Formerly known as "The Little Dragons (TLD)," it started its Saturday morning classes in September of 2007 at Dawnwood Middle School in Centereach in partnership with the Taiwanese American Association on Long Island (TAALI), a local non-for-profit organization.
Meet the Manager: Jerry C.
Jerry has had a broad involvement with community services since 2005. He was the President of the Taiwanese American Association on Long Island (TAALI) in 2008 and Vice President in 2007, and served as its Advisor the from 2008 to 2009. In January 2012, he became the Principal of the school and served until June 2013. In October 2013, he helped to incorporate the school (LILDCS) as non-for-profit organization in New York, applied and obtained the 503(c)(3) tax exempt from IRS, and served as the Treasurer since. In April 2015, he served as the Interim Principal until September 2015. He has directed and organized the annual cultural summer day-camp in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016.