What: 第十届牛顿中文学校支持贫困地区教育计划募捐舞会
When: 星期六, 2016年 3月26日 7:00 – 11:00 pm
Where: Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Cost: $12/person
欢迎您和家人,朋友,与我们一起来实现牛顿中文学校
支持贫困地区教育的计划。门票收入将全部用于这项计划
What: 第十届牛顿中文学校支持贫困地区教育计划募捐舞会
When: 星期六, 2016年 3月26日 7:00 – 11:00 pm
Where: Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Cost: $12/person
欢迎您和家人,朋友,与我们一起来实现牛顿中文学校
支持贫困地区教育的计划。门票收入将全部用于这项计划
NCLS 2015-2016 Support Education Program Announcement
Dear teachers and parents;
As we start the new school year of 2015 – 2016, the NCLS Support China Education Program has kicked-off its planning phase. This marks the 10th year of the Program. We will be providing support to students at Chongren Yi Zhong, Jiangxi province (江西省抚州地区崇仁县一中). More information about this school and the students will be made available on the NCLS web site. To keep this year’s program successful, we are recruiting new working group members. The number of working group members is not limited. Any parent, teacher or staff who is interested in supporting and contributing is welcome to join. The working group members are all volunteers, but we would like you to take a look at your schedule before you apply, as we do need certain amount of commitment to the program as a team member. We will run fund-raising activities, have meetings and organize the students’ trip to China. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to supporteducation@newtonchineseschool.org before Friday October 2nd, 2015. If your kids will sign up for the student volunteer team, please sign up with your kids online by click the https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bxy2MjLJVU619PbT9s6-Rj39B_w_dyp6e_FEiTqFGbc/edit
We are also forming a student volunteer group again this year. Every NCLS student above 8thgrade is eligible even if you are not planning to go on the trip to China in April and your volunteer hours will be recognized. For those students who would like to apply as a member to go to China in April 2016, volunteer work prior to the trip is required. We especially welcome our program alumni to volunteer again this year as a way to give back to the program. If you are interested, please register online by click the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bxy2MjLJVU619PbT9s6-Rj39B_w_dyp6e_FEiTqFGbc/edit as soon as possible.
Thanks and we are looking forward to working with you!
The NCLS Support Education Program Working Group
Dear teachers and parents,
As we start the new school year of 2014 – 2015, the NCLS Support China Education Program has kicked-off its planning phase. This marks the 9th year of the Program. We will be providing support to students at CuoZhen ZhongXue in Anhui province(撮镇中学)。More information about this school and the students will be made available on the NCLS web site. To keep this year’s program successful, we are recruiting new working group members. The number of working group members is not limited. Any parent, teacher or staff who is interested in supporting and contributing is welcome to join. The working group members are all volunteers, but we would like you to take a look at your schedule before you apply, as we do need certain amount of commitment to the program as a team member. We will run fund-raising activities, have meetings and organize the students’ trip to China. If you are interested, please send an e-mail tosupporteducation@newtonchineseschool.org before Friday October 5th, 2014.
We are also forming a students volunteer group again this year. Every NCLS student above 8thgrade is eligible even if you are not planning to go on the trip to China in April and your volunteer hours will be recognized. For those students who would like to apply as a member to go to China in April 2015, volunteer work prior to the trip is required. We especially welcome our program alumni to volunteer again this year as a way to give back to the program. If you are interested, please send an e-mail tosupporteducation@newtonchineseschool.org as soon as possible.
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:28 PM (Beijing Time), Jackie Zhou wrote:
Hi all,
I am unable to get on WeChat as there is no WiFi. So we’ll do e-mail update for now. I’ll type up the Travel Update later. Here is Day 1 morning update:
Day 1 – 4/21 Morning
We arrived in YiZhong at around midnight and got a few hours of good sleep after quickly unpacking. The Dorms provided to us were very simple but nice and clean with bunk beds, a living area and our own bathroom. Although the girls are in a separate section from the boys, we are all in a connected building which makes it convenient for us. The school prepared everything we need including hot water thermo, slippers, towels, soap and even hangers. The kids had to get used to the bathroom but everyone was very quick in getting a handle on how it works.
There was no need for alarm clock as the roosters awakened us all at around 5:30am. It is the first time in their lives to hear roosters and some plan to tell their children about this experience in the future. The kids were all excited about the first day. After a hearty breakfast of rice noodle with eggs and tofu, we headed out to the classroom building where all are scheduled to make their presentations and teach. Buddies paired up in the classroom as well. Except for a few technical gliches, all went well and you can feel the excitement in the air. Both our kids and the students in YiZhong are curious about each other and eager to get to know one another. The teachers at YiZhong are so supportive in giving our kids the platform to present, exchange, and communicate. We are so proud how our kids handled themselves in the classrooms. They were mature, enthusiastic and engaging.
More to come…
Jackie & Peter
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(on Apr 21, 2014,10:50 PM, Beijing Time)
Hi all,
Here are more updates. I only have access to internet at the teacher’s office in the moring so I’m typing up and sending what I have. Enjoy!
Jackie & Peter
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Day 1 – 4/21 Afternoon & Evening
After finishing 3 hours of classroom activities, we were treated for a nice lunch by the Principal of YiZhong. We had some free time between lunch and afternoon agendas but the kids were too excited to take a nap. Instead, everyone did a little bit more unpacking & organizing and played cards. We huddled to talk about our morning experience and lessons learned or what went well and what can be improved so that future classes can be better. Everyone was happy with their classes although each one is unique. All of our kids instantly gained hundreds of admirers in one morning.
One of the afternoon activities was paper cutting with YiZhong students who are part of the paper cutting club. We were each paired up with a YiZhong student under the guidance of the art teacher. The outcome was a deck of masterpieces representing Chinese culture: dancers, snowflakes, flowers, cartoon characters, families. Our talented Isabelle got everyone’s ahhhs. It’s going to be a challenge with packing but we’ll make sure that we bring these art pieces back intact for all to admire.
We then had a session introducing Chinese calligraphy: its history, different styles and meanings. Following the introduction is a real practice using a special calligraphy pen that simulates the brushes. The kids had a field day with that. Even though they got black ink all over their hands, they seemed to be enjoying their very own pieces as it “represents their own character”. One of the characters written by Michael earned great praise from the teacher. It didn’t matter that he didn’t know the charater he was writting. They cheered when told that they get to keep the pen. So be ware you might be seeing black ink at some unusual places in their luggage.
The kids were invited to watch the school championship basket ball games which happened to be going on this week. They went out despite the drizzling rain. With some encouragement, a 3-on-3 basket game was put in place. Justin, Sam, Ryan, Brian, Savannah and Michael took turns playing. As hard as our team tried, the YiZhong team won over us 22 – 8. Well, they have the home court advantage. It was a lot of fun.
We had dinner at the dining hall. There were special tables set for our group but the kids prefer to be sitting at regular tables as the other students. All dishes were specialties representing local favorites. The roasted port dish “hong shao rou” disappeared in just a few minutes. Everyone including Peter and I also enjoyed the fresh bamboo shoot with shredded pork. I alone consumed pretty much all of the sweet patato flower chunk “hong shu fen kuai” dish, my childhood favorite.
In the evening, we watched a vedio showing the history of YiZhong to get to learn more about the school. It was a bit challenging for our kids to understand, but we got the essence of it.
After a tiring and exciting day, the kids went to bed early and all fell asleep before 9:00pm. They were shocked to hear the school bells/music of the night study classes (zi xi ke) and felt lucky that they don’t have to go to school to study at night.
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