From Principal Shawn Liu
• School starts Sunday, 9/8. I would like to thank everyone who worked through the summer to get the school ready. Here’s 2013-2014 staff list:
| Title | Name |
| Vice-Principal | Celia Lee |
| Extracurricular Director | Su-Ju Chen |
| Finance | Doris Schirmacher |
| Secretary | Jamie Wu |
| Library | Irene Huang |
| Computer/Database | George Wang |
| Board | Tracy Teng |
| Board | Mu-Cheng Wang |
| Board | Li-Chu Lo |
| Board | Jamie Wu |
• There are a total of 17 classes this year, including K1-3, Bilingual 1-5, Grade 1-9, and Adult 2 Language classes.
| Class | Teacher | Room |
| K1 | Vicky Hsu | 305 |
| K2 | Jennifer Lai | 335 |
| K3 | Salyna Wang | 333 |
| G1 | Shing Kao | 337 |
| G2 | Shih-Jen Hwang | 343 |
| G3 | Anny Ku | 347 |
| G4 | Julia Fey | 349 |
| G5 | Su-Kuei Lai | 351 |
| G6 | Jane Wu | 353 |
| G7 | Miranda Chen | 127 |
| G8 | Jennifer Cheng | 125 |
| G9 | Yu-Chin Chou | 301 |
| Bilingual 1 | Andy Chen | 369 |
| Bilingual 2 | Sarah Lin | 357 |
| Bilingual 4 | Carmen LeDonne-zheng | 365 |
| Bilingual 5 | Lucy Liu | 367 |
| Adult 2 | Jean Newman | 303 |
| Computer | George Wang |
• The extracurricular classes will start next week on September 15. The classes include: Girl Cosmic (Manga/Anime), Martial Art, Arts and Crafts, Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute), Chinese Folk Dance, Badminton, Chinese Yoyo, fencing and Java Programming. 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 the Active Extracurricular Director, Su-Ju Chen, sjchen111@gmail.com. To enroll in the class, please contact school secretary, Jamie Wu, in the office.
• On September 22, we will hold the Fall Parents and Staff Meeting from 2:15 to 2:55 in the cafeteria.
• 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 with these rules.
From Vice Principals Celia Lee
• PARENT DUTY – The following parents are scheduled to work on Sept. 8:
PingTuck Chai, Lai Heng Chan
Scott Tang, Jen Liu
Bill & Tracy Manty
• You can now find your parent duty schedule for the 2013-2014 school year on our website,
• 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.
Taiwanese Pop concert
Time: 9/.23, 7:00pm.
Place: John Hancock Hall (180 Berkeley St, Boston)
Ticket: $10, $25, $50. Please call 617-965-8801 for more info.
HuaXin School of Arts – 華心藝術學校
Huaxin School of Arts was established in summer of 2006. It was organized by a group of volunteers who have a passion to see the next generation benefits from our rich Chinese culture. We are offering a series of youth/children cultural classes including painting, Kung-Fu (功夫), Chinese music instruments (國樂), Chinese Yo-Yo (扯鈴), Fencing (擊劍) and folk dances. Our goal is to provide a multi-culture, bilingual environment for young people and to encourage the full development of their potential. Our teaching staff is professionally trained and our facility can best accommodate the learning environment. We welcome people to join us for prompting the public awareness of Chinese culture and heritage.
First week of school: 9/15 to 9/21.
Time: Weeknights and Weekends.
Place: Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
437 Cherry St, West Newton, MA 02465
Students: Ages 6 to 18
Questions? call 617 332-0377 or email to gbccaorg@aol.com
Please visit http://gbcca.org/ for additional information