Dear Teachers:
As we heading into the second month of the new school year, we thank you for your hard work and dedication during the past month. Let’s carry this momentum into the rest of the year. Here are some notes for you this week:
1. Fire Drill this coming Sunday 10/5:
We have sent you an email earlier this week regarding the unexpected fire evacuation we had this past Sunday and several safety issues we noticed during the evacuation process. We specifically pointed out that our evacuation time was significantly longer than required due to several classrooms (including cafeteria) not leaving the building quickly. This coming Sunday 10/5, we will have our scheduled fire drill. We need to make sure that all safety requirements are met during this practice. Therefore, please remember to:
* Read the Emergency Procedure carefully. We corrected couple of typos regarding the exit numbers the classrooms are using (for 3rd floor, specifically). Therefore, please read it again, even you had read it before.
https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/evacation.php
* Please evacuate immediately after the alarm sound. We will have PCC and admin staff to help direct the exits. Please leave the building quickly and orderly. The Emergency Procedure link shows the gathering places for different exits. Please stay there and wait for returning instruction. The most important thing is to count the number of your students before and after the fire drill.
Please take all safety issues seriously as maintaining a safe and healthy school is NCLS’ top priority. We thank you for your cooperation and support.
2. Parking: Recently we found quite a few cars that parked inside without parking permit. Here is the list of vehicles that parked inside on Sunday without parking tag: 9927RO, 8525TI, 2306JE, 767VP9, 518KK4, 236MDO, 9572DM, US23HC, 529YE6; If you have teacher parking permit, please hang in front of your car. We are inspecting the parking lot on Sundays to make sure that cars without the parking tag stay out of the campus parking. Newton City informed us that this past Sunday Newton Police issued 35 tickets to our parents’ cars for illegal parking. Please make sure that your car parked in the right place if you park outside the campus.
3. No business solicitation inside the school building: A salesperson was found selling products and collecting student personal info inside one of our classroom. Later one parent reported to us about this incident. Please note that any kind of business solicitation are not allowed in our school. If you find this kind of activity in the future, please inform school admin staff.
4. Building needs to be cleared by 5:30pm for clean up. Unless we have special event planned after 5pm, all have to leave the building by 5:30pm for clean up. We have notified by Newton Operation Manager that this rule has to be enforced. Since the building opens early now, we can have more teacher’s activity planned during the early time.
5. September pay has been processed and the check delivery date is 10/8. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the pay after you receive it.
This past Saturday, NCLS had two groups of teachers and staff attended two activities. One group which led by principal Ling Zheng attended national day at City Hall and did fantastic job to expose NCLS to the public. Another group, led by vice principal, Li Lai, attended the annual Teacher’s Appreciation Lunch hosted by NEACS(新英格兰中文学校协会）. During the meeting, NCLS 王瑞云teacher gave a speech in regarding to her unique teaching skills and triggered great interest from peer school teachers. After that, NCLS along with other schools participated the Chinese cultural contest hosted by Lexington Chinese School and won the 2nd place. The award, $40.00 amazon gift card, was used to purchase school internet signal booster for library admin use.
Here is this week’s newsletter to parents: http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/
Thanks and see you on Sunday.
Ling and Li