Dear Teachers:
This coming Sunday (2/8) will be the last school day in February. Due to winter break, NCLS won’t have school on 2/15 and 2/22. The school will resume on 3/1.
Last Saturday, 1/31, NCLS had a very successful Chinese New Year Gala at Regis College, many thanks to school Event Committee (led by Jianhua Huang and Rui Chen), PCC (led by Lei Gao and Hong Guo), admin staff, teachers, MCs, all performing units and parents for their tireless hard work and contribution, which brought us such a memorable night. Thanks again.
– Grade Leaders Meeting
Last Sunday, the grade leaders for Chinese classes had a meeting and discussed topics such as classroom management, parent teacher communication, training, speech contest and how to enrich the current teaching materials, etc. The grade leaders will deliver the detailed information to their respective groups.
– Class Enrollment
We have found that some students are still not registered for spring semester but continue sitting in the classroom. Please check the class list from the school system, make sure all students in your classroom are on the list. Please let us know immediately if any student sits in the classroom but not on the class list.
– This Sat. 2/7 Chinese New Year Celebration at Newton City Hall
Newton Cultural Affairs Offices and Newton Chinese Language School will host the first city wide Chinese New Year celebration at Newton City Hall on this Saturday, February 7, 2015. We sincerely invite you and your family to join this celebration. Following please find the detail information:
Saturday, February 7, 10am – 3pm Free Admission
Newton City Hall 1000 Commonwealth Av. Newton
10am – 1pm Chinese painting and art exhibition
10am – 1pm Kids’ crafts and games
11am – 2pm Chinese Dim sum for sale*
11am- 12 pm Chinese painting demo
12pm – 1pm Chinese instrument demo
1pm- 3pm Performance
*Dim sum box ($12/box) will be available to buy at the event.
https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/2015CNY-Celebration.php
If you are a Newton resident, please spread the words as we would be very happy to see many people join our celebration and experience the Chinese culture.
– In School Chinese New Year Performance this Sunday 2/8
NCLS EC and PCC will host Chinese New Year Performance at Day school auditorium starting from 1:30 pm this Sunday. If your class is going to perform, please coordinate with PCC and lead your class to the auditorium on time.
–Classroom Maintenance
This is a repeated topic, but it seems never ending. Here is an email we just received from the Day school room teacher to complain what happened in her classroom. Please read the email carefully for things that we should pay more attention.
Recently, I have been disappointed in the condition of my classroom after Chinese School. Each Monday, I have to spend an extra 15 minutes cleaning up from Chinese School. As you can imagine, this is very frustrating, as I have to spend valuable school time redoing what I had already set up. This past weekend, for example, I found all of my drawers and cabinets open, all of my desks and chairs were in disarray, my white boards had been erased, my lab table had been tampered with, and there was graffiti on my desks. Moving forward, I would greatly appreciate it if you spoke to the classroom teacher about my concerns, and gently ask him/her to:
- 1.Put all stools up on the desks, and leave rows as they are
- 2. Erase all of your content from my white boards
- 3. Do NOT “swipe” my objective, agenda and homework board. It is always halfway erased when I return.
- 4. Do NOT go through my cabinets and other drawers.
- 5. Do NOT touch materials on the lab prep table (the big table in the middle of the classroom).
- 6. Clean desks with Lysol spray before you leave, as there are always doodles on them.
- 7. Make sure all papers are picked up and recycled.
Please repeat the school rule to your class this coming Sunday.
Here is this week’s newsletter: http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/
Community News
-羊年新春歌舞
今年波士顿中国社团团结起来，向波士顿地区推出中国新春庆祝演出，展示中国表演艺术并宣传中国文化。
因为参与团体均为非盈利机构，演出目的亦是宣传而非盈利，为了牛顿中文学校的鼎力支持，我们提供以下特大优惠：
$50票优惠价$40 $35票优惠价$25 $20票优惠价$15
Our children’s dance class, led by Ms. Yuhong Huang, will perform in this event. If you want to buy the tickets, please contact Hua Xu at juliahx@gmail.com
Saturday, February 21, 2015 7:30 PM
John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA
出演：
波士顿音乐家协会 剑桥文化中心 褚铃舞蹈学校 牛顿中文学校 华林派
特别出演：
郭茜云（上海越剧院、“越女争锋”最佳新秀奖）、郭骏（国家一级演员、著名绍剧表演艺术家、“南派猴王”六龄童的嫡传弟子）、诺尔曼（青年歌唱家、作曲家，将演唱父亲布仁巴雅尔原创歌曲“春天来了”）、杨书旺（川剧变脸王）
汪刚柳 g. wang 617-259-0286
Boston Dragon Boat Committee WE-Contact, Inc.