Lunar New Year celebrated at Stowers Elementary School

Dr. Jim Chang, Amy Basto, Jennifer Hewitt, School Boardmember Olympia Chen, Dr. Mary Sieu, Dr. Gary Smuts, Boardmember James Kang, Brian Tom, Dr. Tom Tracy. On Wednesday, Feb. 9 Stowers Elementary School celebrated the Lunar New Year in a special assembly with a lion dance and a performance by the students participating in their after-school Mandarin class. This is the first year of the Mandarin after-school program held at Stowers, an International Baccalaureate candidate school. Attending the special program were Boardmembers Olympia Chen and James Kang,, Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu, and Brian Tom and Olfie Chanco of the California Education Center. The guests provided a red envelope (lycee) with money to the Lion as a symbol of prosperity. Each student at Stowers also received a red envelope to commemorate the Lunar New Year.