Dear teachers and teaching assistants:
Last Saturday we had an internal teacher training at CCCC. We want to thank all the speakers who gave us a very productive night. The feedbacks were very positive and many teachers told us that they have learned a lot, from both educational theory to practical methods. We are also pleased to see the practices we are taking at NCLS, such as teacher blog, teaching video and teacher evaluation, are in line with the mainstream teaching methods. We want to thank all teachers who attended the training and as we mentioned, all teachers will be compensated with the time you spent on Saturday evening and the compensation will be included in you March salary.
This week’s teaching video has been made; thanks to 吴富民老师 for the demo. It is available at http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/teachers/teaching-videovxmv/
Following are several news we would like to share with you this week:
1. 2012 牛顿中文学校演讲比赛结果：
牛顿中文学校感谢所有组织演讲比赛的老师和所有的参赛同学，并对获奖同学们表示热烈的祝贺。
中年级组 (九至十一岁)
一等奖：
俞梦安 四年级丙班 《纸船和风筝》
二等奖：
胡天辰 六年级乙班 《难忘的2008》
李天悦 四年级马立平 《我爱少林精神》
三等奖：
范雪景 五年级丙班 《我骄傲，我是中国人》
张欣然 五年级马立平 《只有合作，才能共赢》
周 月 四年级马立平 《地球爷爷和我打电话》
高年级组 (十二岁以上)
一等奖：
高硕程 七年级乙班 《如果我是一滴水》
二等奖：
董海伦 八年级丙班 《我和古筝》
唐若洋 八年级马立平 《中文的魔力》
三等奖：
廖丹琳 八年级乙班 《春天》
熊美林 六年级乙班 《我的姐姐》
俞梦嘉 九年级甲班 《天马行空》
2. Seminar: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney – The Myth of Buy & Hold: What Warren Buffet Is Actually Doing ?
Date: Sunday Mar 25, 2012, 3:40pm – 5:00pm
Location: Newton Chinese School
Speaker I: Gwen Ren, Financial Advisor / Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Subject: The Myth of Buy & Hold
– What Warren Buffett is actually doing
– Why Tactical Portfolio Management
Speaker II: Dennis Hart CFP, Regional Vice President, Prudential Annuities
Subject: Retirement Income
– Why should you rollover your 401K as soon as you leave the company
– Where to invest your retirement money that keeps going up despite volatilities in the equity market
3. 《孔子学院发展研究》创刊征稿
为 推动多学科研究“孔子学院”现象，贯彻孔子学院建设的可持续发展战略，反映学术界在理论和实践两方面的创新研究成果，提升“孔子学院”研究的深度与水平， 扩大文化传播的途径，厦门大学汉语国际推广南方基地、孔子学院发展与研究中心和厦门大学共建孔子学院合作，决定编辑出版大型专业期刊《孔子学院发展研 究》，《孔子学院发展研究》的国际标准刊号为：ISSN 2225-6256，暂为季刊，每年出版4期。特向海内外专家学者征稿。
“孔 子学院”作为传播中国文化的代名词，注定将载入史册，“孔子学院”作为提升中国软实力的重大决策，也注定将成为一个重要的学术研究领域，本刊鼓励对孔子学 院进行跨学科与多学科的学术研究，热诚欢迎包括从政治学、社会学、文化学、管理学、传播学、经济学、法学、教育学、语言学、国际关系学、跨文化交际学等领 域的创新研究成果。
欢迎海内外专家踊跃赐稿。赐稿时请直接将大作投到《孔子学院发展研究》编辑部的电子邮箱：crdc@xmu.edu.cn ，通讯地址：361005，中国福建厦门市思明南路422号，厦门大学海外教育学院，编辑部联系电话：86-592-2187430.
Thanks
Yongqi and Nan