Letter to NCLS Teachers 1-October-2015

Dear Teachers:

School just passed the 1st month, and everything seems running smoothly, this is reflected by no complaints received from Day school so far, thanks a lot for your hard work and cooperation. Only one thing brought us attention, more reports were received regarding the students forgot and left personal stuff here and there, please remind your class this issue. There are a few important things that will be happening in the following weeks:

-Fire Drill

This coming Sunday 10/4, we will have annual fire drill. For the school which has more than 2000 students, this is a very important safety practice for NCLS students and parents.  We need to make sure that all safety requirements are met during this practice.

The fire drill will be around 2:30 pm. Therefore, all the teachers, especially for the 2nd class teachers and TAs, please read the School Emergency Procedure carefully and find the exit that your classroom is using.  Here is the link to the evacuation map.

https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/evacation.php

Please organize your class and evacuate immediately once the alarm goes off, follow the instruction of PCC and admin staff.  The Emergency Procedure link shows the gathering places for different exits.  Please stay there and wait for returning instruction.

During the fire drill, please stay with your class all the time, count the numbers of your class before and after the fire drill.

-Registration

The registration is on and will be extended to 10/12/2015, please count the class list due to student switch class or new registered student.

-Class description update

From the current course list in school website, there is very limited information posted there. It is very hard for parents to make decision, which course should be selected for their children. In order to make the school website more informative, We request all teachers write a brief introduction of your course, this introduction will include the following main points: what kind of textbook is used of your class, what is the general teaching outline, what level (or age) of students will be good to register your class, what is the teaching goal at the end of school year, etc. We expect the class description short but informative. After you finish your class description, please send it to school web specialist Sara Liu: sarahliu08@gmail.com. Thanks a lot for your support.

–NCLS Support Education Program Announcement

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

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Thanks and see you all on Sunday.

Li and Ming