Newsletter – May 1, 2011

From Principal Shawn Liu

  • The 2011-2012 registration will start on 5/1. In order to support your school, please register before 6/12. Also, volunteers are wanted for teaching and management positions. Please sign up with Vice Principal Celia Lee (clee.tcls@gmail.com.) if you would like to help.
  • The 5/8 open house flyer is available for download from our website. Students recurring are viable to the health of the school operation. Please show your support and forward the event information to your communities and friends.
  • Zoe Hsieh, Ryan Lee, and Jason Wang competed in the NEACS Yo-Yo Contest on Saturday, 4/16. See pictures above. Congratulations to Ryan Lee who won the 3rd place.
  •  Our school will have a booth in the 5/7 Newton Taiwan Day, beside the 9 artists from Taiwan, featuring the traditional art and crafts. For the event information, please see the event list below.

 

From Vice Principals Celia Lee

  • PARENT DUTY – The following parents are scheduled to work on May 1: 

Lorry Molesky & Chia Shen (4/24 & 5/1)
John & Hiroko Warford (4/24 & 5/1)
Thomas & Angela Chang (3/13 & 5/1)

  • The updated parent duty schedule can be found 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 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’.

 

Newton Taiwan Day – 5/7

 On Saturday, 5/7, the Culture Center of Taipei Economic Culture Office in Boston will sponsor the Newton Taiwan Day featuring Chinese traditional performances, art & crafts, food and many cultural activities. Admission is free. For the highlights, please see here.

Time : 5/7,11am-5:00pm

Place: The Culture Center of Taipei Economic Culture Office in Boston

         Hyde Community Center Play ground

         90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands, MA 02461

Fire and Water Chinese folk arts, 5/21

The Chinese Folk Workshop, Inc is presenting the annual performance featuring drumming and folk dancing.

Time: 7:30 pm, 5/21.

Place: Casey Theatre, Regis College

           235 Wellesley Street

            Weston, MA 02493

Ticketing info:

            www.folkartboston.org

            Email: info@folkartboston.org

            Phone: (781) 608-3911    

GBCCA Chinese Music Ensembles, 5/28

The Chinese Music Ensembles of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association (GBCCA) will hold their annual Chinese Music concert at 7:30pm on May 28(Sat) at the Merrimack College, Andover  For more information please check this web site, http://chinesemusicensemble.com/.

Free tickets are available from TCLS office. Please ask the Curricular Directory, Tung-Mei Pan.  No admission for children under age 6.