Dear Teachers:
This coming Sunday 5/10 is Mother’s Day. Best wishes to all mothers for a beautiful and happy Mother’s Day.
– All teachers and adult TAs: Please pick up Mother’s Day gift at the libary.
-Teachers Training
As you all know, we are having in school Chinese teachers training in April and May. This Sunday’s training is for 马立平低年级组（一年级，二年级，三年级，四年级). The training time is 12:30-1:45pm at room 229.
All teachers at 马立平低年级组 are required to participate this training. All other teachers and adult TA are welcome to join if you are interested. The training topic is: 字，词教学：如何帮助学生认识，记忆，理解和正确使用
字词学习增长速度较快是马立平教材的特点，如何帮助孩子从一开始就能适应这一特点，培养他们对学习中文的兴趣。
孩子们在学习了大量词语后是否能够理解并记住，如何帮助他们通过复习，反复使用巩固所学词语，并能够正确使用。
Hope to see many teachers at the training.
-Fall registration starts on May 10th.
Registration for Fall 2015 semester will start on Sunday, May 10. Starting Fall 2015, our class schedule will be: 1st class, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm; 2nd class, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm; 3rd class, 3:40 pm – 5:00 pm. Please include the registration link (below) when you send communication email to your class parents.
http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-fall-2015-2/
There will be three stages for registration:
1. “Moving Up” Period: 00:01 AM, 5/10/2015 ― 11:59 PM, 5/20/2015, Registration open only to current in-school students.
2. “Change Class” Period: 00:01 AM 5/21/2015 ― 11:59 PM of 5/30/2015. Registration only opens to current in-school students.
3. “Open Registration” Period: Start 00:01 AM 5/31/2015 – 11:59 PM of 9/12/2015, registration opens to all students
-Book Distribution
This year, we will distribute books to students in their classroom on Sunday 6/7 if the tuition is paid in full by 6/4. We encourage all families register as early as possible and pay your tuition on time, and we can order enough textbooks. Otherwise, you will need to come to the library to pick up on the first school day, 9/13/2015.
– NewtonServe Day
Last Sunday, there were quite a few NCLS parents, teachers and students participated NewtonServe Day at Day middle school, working with day school parents in cleaning, painting and a lot of other work. Their hard work and contribution has been recognized by the Day School principal. NCLS appreciates everyone’s contribution and hope this community spirit continues.
– Information Session on Ma Liping Curriculum vs. JiNan Zhongwen
NCLS staff will host an information session for parents this Sunday 3:40pm at room 227, to discuss the current two Chinese curriculum that the school is using – Ma Liping Chinese and JiNan Zhongwen. As Fall registration is coming, some parents are having questions on which Chinese curriculum they should choose for their kids. Also some parents are interested in switching one curriculum to the other. We will try to help parents with these questions. If you want to know more about these two curriculum, please stop by room 227 on Sunday 5/10, the forum starts from 3:40 pm.
– New School Year Calendar
Please see this link for 2015-2016 school year calendar:
http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/calendar.php
-Art Show
This coming Sunday, the following two art classes will exhibit their work at school library:
绘画八(国画, 8-10岁) Art 8: Chinese Brush Painting 汪庆
成人书画研习班 Adult calligraphy and painting 方正厚, 沈亚虹
Please stop by the libary if you want to see their class art works.
Here is this week’s newsletter to parents: http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/
See you on Sunday.
Ling and Li