Dear Teachers:
– Teachers Training on 5/3:
As you all know, we are having in school Chinese teachers training in April and May. This Sunday’s training is for 暨南大学教材低年级组（学前班，一年级，二年级，三年级). The training time is 12:30-1:45pm at room 229.
All teachers at 暨南大学教材低年级组 are required to participate this training. All other teachers and adult TA are welcome to join if you are interested. The training topic is: 兴趣培养
- 从培养孩子对学习中文的兴趣入手，采用什么样的教学方法更适合在海外的低龄孩子；在字和词语的教学中有哪些有趣又有效的活动或游戏能帮助孩子们培养学习汉字和词语的兴趣；
- 对来自非中文家庭或家庭语言背景差异较大的学生老师如何在教学中做好协调，并帮助他们能与其他同学尽量保持同步。
- 造句是孩子们中文学习的一个难点，如何帮助他们更好地理解使用所学词语稳步提高造句水平。
Hope to see many teachers at the training.
-Newton Serve Day 5/3
This coming Sunday 5/3, Day school will start NewtonServes from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Same as previous years, NCLS will partner with Day School and participate this meaningful community service event. Community members gather together at the school to complete projects for the school. If you and/or your kids are interested to participate, please go to the cafeteria to sign up first on Sunday. You can join any time. Below are some project ideas:
1. Rake up leaves/debris outside.
2. Clean up all the trash outside, especially trash that is technically off school grounds and on park grounds.
3. Mulch bushes.
4. Wash inside and outside of 1st floor windows.
5. Clear out the book room.
6. Clean up and prepare the courtyard plants for spring.
7. Post current maps of building (clearly indicating “You are here”) near stairwells and at major corners of building, on each floor.
8. Hide away construction materials/junk/debris under the archways on exterior of building near gym.
9. Dig out and level the long jump pit used for track and field. The wooden board is overgrown and nearly buried. It needs to be dug out and raised and level. The landing area needs to stretch out as a wide rectangle starting from the edge of the board. The sand pit should be leveled.
10. Tighten the hurdles’ bolts. They’re in the stairwell near the boys’ locker room.
11. Sand and paint 4 book cases in room 227.
Please consider participating and showing our NCLS spirit! More hands make ligher work. You can join the work at any time and stay as long as you wish. It will be great if you can bring your yard tools, such as rake, etc. We hope to see many NCLS families at Newton Serves.
-Excellent Student TA Award Nomination
It’s time of the year again that we need teachers to nominate their excellent student TAs. If you think your student TA is working hard and making valuable contribution to your teaching, please fill out the recommendation form (see link below) and submit the form to Tian Yi laoshi. Please consider this as a great opportunity to say Thank You to your student TAs and give them big encouragment in their future work.
http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014-2015StudentTAAward.pdf
-NEACS Speech Award
This year, our students again did a great job at the NEACS annual speech competition. Here is the winner list. We give thumbs up to all participants and thank the teachers who gave these students help and encouragment in this event. GO NCLS!
朗誦比賽低年級組
第一名 牛顿中文學校 楊瑞秋 第二名 牛顿中文學校 何明耀
朗誦比賽中年級組
第一名 牛顿中文學校 周颖欣 第二名 牛顿中文學校 范雪景 牛顿中文學校 潘岩
朗誦比賽高年級組
第一名 牛顿中文學校 吴绮 第二名 牛顿中文學校 馬轶姗
優勝 牛顿中文學校 張路路
演講比賽低年級組
第二名 牛顿中文學校 马思远 第三名 牛顿中文學校 高唯芸
演講比賽中年級組
第三名 牛顿中文學校 李章涵 優勝 牛顿中文學校 张怡然
演講比賽高年級組
第一名 牛顿中文學校 卢正宇 第三名 牛顿中文學校 周丽丽
優勝 牛顿中文學校 宓尹康
-Annual Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Award
恭喜下列各位學生參加中華表演藝術基金會主辨的第24屆 2015全美青少年國畫書法比賽穫獎﹕
There are a total of 296 entries (Brush Painting 221, Calligraphy75) submitted by 28 different Chinese Schools, arts studios, and individuals from 8 states (CA, CT, GA, MA, MD, MN, NJ, TX) The images of the 68 winners’ art works will be posted on website at: www.ChinesePerformingArts.net around June 1, 2015.
第24屆全美青少年國畫書法比賽，4月25日經朱蓉、陸惠風、白謙慎、阮圓、高靜華、鍾耀星 六位評委，三小時的精挑細選反覆審查，己由全部 296件作品中選出68件 金銀銅佳作等得獎作品，將獲獎金獎狀。本次參賽作品來自﹔馬里蘭州、紐澤西州、加州、明尼蘇達州、德州、康州、佐治亞州、及麻州等8州，28所中文學校、書畫學苑及個人。全部參賽作品，包括國畫221件，書法75件.
國畫甲組(9 歲及9歲以下)
1, Mimi Yuexiao Yang杨月潇, 銀獎
(Her second piece of painting was also chosen as Bronze 銅獎, but will not be awarded in duplicate)
國畫乙組(10-13 歲)
2, Alyssa Chen 陳琳珊, 銅獎
3, Cathleen Chen 陳凱琳, 佳作獎
4, Iris YuQing Yang 楊寧青, 入圍獎
5, Madeline Yi Shan Ma馬軼姗, 入圍獎
6, Meiling Zhao 赵美翎, 入圍獎
7, Angela Lai 賴伊琳, 入圍獎
8, Selena Lilly Liu 劉麗麗, 入圍獎
國畫丙組(14-17歲)
9, Erik Zou邹奕鍇, 入圍獎
Instructors: Hochung Lam, and Cathy Chan (Tan Jialin)
– April School Journal
http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/NCLS_2015/2015-04.pdf
Here is this week’s newsletter to parents: http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/
See you on Sunday, enjoy the beautiful spring day!
Ling and Li