Newsletter - June 14, 2009

Principal: Andrew Shih

• As we are into the final days of school, I want to extend my appreciation to all the parents who have supported the school in the past year. There is still time to get a registration discount for enrolling for the 2009-2010 school year on or before June 14.
   
• The school’s final graduation ceremony will be held on June 14.  The event will begin at noon, with lunch being served prior to the ceremony, which will start at 1:30 PM. A gift lottery (prizes include a remote control helicopter and a 3-D game) will be held during the ceremony. Luncheon tickets can be purchased at the door for $6/adult and $4/child.
   
• Next year the Traditional Dance extracurricular activity plans to hold two separate classes.  One class will be for students under the age of 6 or 7; the second class will be for students above 6 or 7 year old.  The class for older students will be taught by Ms. Na Zhou and will focus on basic technique, skills and understanding of dance movement. Na Zhou holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance Performance from the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing and a Master’s Degree of Dance in Higher Education from New York University (NYU).

Vice Principal: Cho-Li Teng 

Parent Duty Assignment

The following parents are scheduled to work on 6/14         

Ting, David & Belle  梁恩來
Carroll, Thomas & Chiang江麗美
Wang, Ti-Shian & Hue Yi王倜湘 姜慧怡
Duong, Hieu & Maggie 楊啟孝 陳蓮
Sidley, Tom & Xiu Fang 石秀芳
Po, John & Ada   傅子新 李雪紅
Manasas, Mark & Sarah
Joseph, T. Ajay & S. Sarah
Weng, Jian & Shao

The school will send parents/guardians a reminder email a week before their assigned duty, but it is the parents’/guardians’ responsibility to check the email and newsletter.  If you cannot make it on your assigned week(s), please make arrangements with another family and notify the school.

One parent from each family should report to the office (Room 243) at 1:45 pm on each assigned day.  If you cannot attend, please contact Vice-Principal Cho-Li Teng at 781-862-8712 (choli_teng@hotmail.com) or Kai Chuang at 781-863-8213 (kaiyao_chuang@yahoo.com.) 

There is a $50 fine for absence without prior notice to the vice-principal. 

After fulfilling your parent duty on the second week, please remember to pick up your deposit check in the office at 4:00pm. 

Curriculum Director: Tung-Mei Pan

• Thanks to all our teachers for their hard work during the year.  Their unselfish dedication of their time and effort provided a carefree learning environment for the children.  At the same time, we also give thanks to all the teaching assistants and volunteers, who eased the teachers’ administrative tasks and helped maintain classroom discipline. 
   
• Senior high school students can serve our school as part of fulfilling community service requirements for high school.  Beginning with the next school year, our school will conduct interviews to select qualified candidates.  Qualifications include:  (1) being a TCLS graduate with good listening and speaking skills in Chinese language; (2) being willing to serve from 1:55-4:00 PM in a language class and/or 3:55-5:00 PM in an extracurricular class or as a tutor for junior students; (3) being a role model for other students and committing to missing no more than four sessions of school.  Please contact Tung-mei Pan (tungmeipan@hotmail.com ) for more information and to arrange an interview time. 
   
• Teachers Chi-Shiang Ling (Adult class) and Cindy Kang (6th grade) will not be available to teach next year.  We hope they will return to our school in the near future.