Newsletter – January 23, 2011

From Principal Shawn Liu

  • We are in the process of preparing for the events of the Cultural day and the Chinese New Year celebration, scheduled for 2/6 between 2:00 and 4:30pm. The events include food service, curriculum display, games, and performances. The food and prizes are all from donations. If you would like to share a signature dish or desert, please sign up with Su-Ju Chen (jshiau1@msn.com).  If you would like to donate a raffle prize, you can just bring it to the office. Also the classes that host the games will share 50% of the games’ earnings. For game ideas, please contact Terry Hsu (terryhsu@verizon.net). We ask you to invite family and friends to have fun with us. All proceeds will be donated to the school.

 

  • Bakery items are sold in the cafeteria during recess.  Most items are priced at $1.25 or $1.50.  You may place special orders for baked goods by completing an order form.  Please see Susan Bottan for details.

 

From Vice Principals Celia Lee

  • PARENT DUTY – The following parents are scheduled to work on Jan. 23: 
     
    Tom Sidley & Xiu-Fang Shi (1/23 & 1/30)
    Ying Jeannie Hwang (1/23, 1/30)
    James & Sharlena Leung (1/9 & 1/23)
    Marry Barraco (1/9 & 1/23)

 

  • The parent duty of the period from November to February has been rescheduled. Please check the update here (http://www.thechineselanguageschool.org/docs/parent_duty.pdf).
  • 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  Sheng-Chu Lu,Tung-Mei Pan

  • Quizlet is a popular online memorization tool for language learning. We are glad to announce that we have made the Quizlet available for all the G1 to G7 lessons in flash cards, games and tests. You can find the Quizlet lessons from our website in the Classes page and we encourage parents to practice with your children. Please note that our Quizlet lessons are password protected and the password is ‘tcls’.

 

  • On March 13, the National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS) will offer a National Preparation Test for the 2011 SAT II Chinese exam.

 Test Place: The Chinese Language School, 17 Stedman Rd, Lexington, MA 02421

We encourage all our 9th graders to take the test; it is voluntary for 7th and 8th graders.  Students wishing to take the practice test can register from now until February 6 with their teacher or in the office.  The registration fee is $10, payable to TCLS.

Scores will be available by April 30.  For further information, please come to the office.