Newsletter – September 11, 2011

您好(Nín hǎo) – Hello, How are you?
老師您好(Lǎoshī nín hǎo) – Hello Teacher.

 

From Principal Shawn Liu

 

· Greetings! Our school will start this Sunday (09/11). I would like to thank everyone who worked through the summer to get the school ready. Here’s our staff list:

 

Title
Name
Vice-Principal
Celia Lee
Extracurricular Director
Peter Lee
Finance
Doris Schirmacher
Secretary
Irene Huang
Library
Susan Tang
Computer/Database
George Wang
Web Master
Kevin Quan
Board
Tracy Teng
Board
Mu-Cheng Wang
Board
Li-Chu Lo

 

· The extracurricular classes will start next week on September 18  The classes include:  Painting, Girl Cosmics (Manga/Anime), Chess, Martial Art, Arts and Crafts, Fun Math, Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute), Chinese Folk Dance, Ping Pong, Badminton and Chinese Yoyo. We added two new classes, Girl Cosmics (Manga/Anime)  and Chess, in this school year. The signed up sheet will be posted outside the office. To get a precise head count, it is required to have everyone sign up again regardless whether you did so on registration.  If you have questions about any of the extracurricular activities, please contact Extracurricular Director, Peter Lee, (781) 862-8867, leefamlex@yahoo.com. To enroll in the class, please contact school secretary, Irene Huang, in the office.

 

· On September 25, we will hold a Parents’ Meeting from 2:15 to 3:30 in the cafeteria.  I hope everyone can attend.

 

· Please observe the school opening and closing times. Unless you receive special notification, school will start at 2:00 PM and end at 5:00 PM. Please refrain from entering the building before 1:45 PM and leaving the school after 5:10 PM. Our school may incur additional cost for not complying to these rules.

 

From Vice Principals Celia Lee

 

· PARENT DUTY – The following parents are scheduled to work on Sept. 11, Sept 18, and 25:

 

His-Lung Lee & Yoo-Hsuan Chen
Ping Tuck Chai & Lai Heng Chan
Warren Moberly & Lai Hing Chan

 

· Parents on duty should report to the Office (Room 243) at 1:45pm. If you cannot come, please contact Vice Principal, Celia Lee(508-337-6071,clee.tcls@gmail.com.).There is a $50 fine for absence without prior notice to the Vice Principal.

 

From Curriculum Director

 

· There are a total of 17 classes this year, including K1-3, Bilingual 1-4/5, Grade 1-9, and Adult 2 Language classes.  The following is a list of all the teachers and teaching assistants:

 

Class
Teacher
Assistant
Room
K1
Vicky Hsu
Rachel Shiau
305
K2
Jennifer Lai
Kairi Warford
335
K3
Salyna Wang
Vincent Shiue
333
G1
Shih-Jen Hwang
Eric Su
337
G2
Julia Fey
Andrea Han
343
G3
Anny Ku
Kevin Cheng
347
G4
Yu-Chin Chou
Richard Tang
349
G5
Miranda Chen
351
G6
Jennifer Cheng
Pricilla Chai
353
G7
Pei Chung Hsieh
127
G8
Su-Kuei Lai
125
G9
Ching-Fen Hsiao
301
Bilingual 1
Selina Wu
355
Bilingual 2
IFen Foster
357
Bilingual 3
Shen Tang
Mina Li
365
Bilingual 4/5
Carmen LeDonne-zheng
367
Adult 2
Qing Ji
303
Computer
George Wang
Julian Wang

 

· Thanks to the teachers, the 2011-2012 class syllabuses are now available on our website (http://www.thechineselanguageschool.org/syllabus.shtml).

 

Confucius Ceremony -9/24

 

To celebrate the birth of Confucius, the New England Chinese School Association has organized a dance troop to perform the traditional Confucius Ceremony. Free Admission.

 

Time:  9/24, 10:00 to 11:45am
Place: 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461