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Dear teachers:

Thank you very much for your effort and hard work, the school has been proceeding smoothly, and our curriculum has been conducted very well.

This is the time of the year we used to remind our teachers for two things:

1. Verifying the registration in your class. Please log-in to your teaching account and get the student list of your class, and verify it with the attendees in class on Sunday. Please let the school admin know if the list has any discrepancy with the actual class.

2. Reinforcing the classroom discipline. We all might have realized that,  the Spring semester is when the students get to know their teachers and their peers,  and this is the time when the classroom management becomes harder. Please emphasize again on the classroom rules to your students, and involve your teaching assistants to resolve any disciplinary issues. And, the school admin are here for you, please let us know if you need help.

Besides the reminders, we have the following notes for this week:

In-house training plan

As we had always been debating our thoughts on whether or not to take the mid term/final exam days for teachers’ training, it had come to a conclusion that, it was difficult to have all teachers to attend the training during one first class period and it’s possibly disturbing the classes. We plan to conduct the all-teachers’ training in May on one of the Saturdays. Details will be shared by the Dean as soon as the training agenda is complete.

Announcement from the NCLS Teachers’ Club

腰鼓队首次活动将于星期天在学校二楼礼堂内进行，时间是5：15 – 5：45pm. 欢迎老师们参加，男老师们也不例外！参加腰鼓练习着装要求：平底鞋，方便运动的舒适衣着。

Let’s have some fun exercises together and share some quality time.

March School Journal online

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/current/2013-3.pdf

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear NCLS teachers and staff:

Happy International Women’s Day!

A lot of information in the Admin’s blog are also very helpful to us. Please take a look. http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org

We need to remind everyone to follow the traffic law as the priority when we have to deal with any of the driving and/or parking situations. Please be aware that, some “NO Parking” signs have been put on several parking spots in front of the school building recently, those spots are not allowed to anyone of us. And, please do not park at or block the handicapped parking spaces behind the building.  Unfortunately some of our teachers got parking tickets last week on these parking spots.

It has been very difficult to all of us this year since the construction has taken away many parking’s. The principals and the PCC have been working very hard to eliminate any unexpected parking occupancy around the school building.  If you do not have the NCLS parking permit or cannot find a parking spot when you have large teaching materials for the classes, please work with the school admin, PCC or the classroom parents, to have the materials dropped off and delivered to the classrooms. Let’s work together to face this challenge.

For this week particularly, the auditorium will be used by the Day’s this weekend. Our 成人运动健身 Adult Aerobic Exercise class and 儿童民族舞 Children Chinese Folk Dances will be conducted in the gym. We are asking the parents’ basketball groups to give in the gym this Sunday for the impacted classes.

Thank you for your attention. See you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers and staff:

It’s time to prepare for the 2013-2014 school year! Please read the NCLS recruiting announcements in the school admin blog: http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/

The job contract and the teaching application form

The NCLS Board has also decided to issue formal job contract to the NCLS teachers and staff every year starting in the 2013-2014 academic year. As part of the plan, please download and fill up the teaching application form, and submit it to the principals by April 7, 2013. Paper copy of the form is also available in school on Sunday.

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/teaching_application_2013-2014.pdf

Updated school calendar

Due to the school’s snow day closing on Feb. 17, the mid-term and the final exams have to be postponed to one week later. Please adjust your teaching plan according to the updated school calendar: http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/calendar/Calendar2012_13.pdf

NCLS Chinese Speech Contest

有关今年校内演讲比赛的通知已在数周前发给了家长及各位老师，但因春节及大雪的原因，一定程度上影响了报名。为了保证学生有足够的时间准备，学校已将比赛时间延后到三月二十四日，报名截止日为三月十七日，即所有参赛学生须将报名表格在十七日之前交给学校。望各位年级组长督促本年级的老师在鼓励本班学生报名参赛的基础上，尽快将报名名单送交学校，以保证演讲比赛能按计划进行。演讲比赛获奖学生将作为学校文艺活动主持人候选。谢谢大家的努力及合作！

February paycheck

The February payroll file has been submitted to the bank on Wednesday. The paychecks should be delivered to you by Mar. 7.

Notes from the Teachers’ Club – 腰鼓队

The teachers’ 腰鼓队will have a try-out and planning session this Sunday in Room 222 at 5:15pm. Their regular sessions will start on Mar. 10, 2013. Details will be discussed this Sunday.  All are welcome to come and try!

Thank you for your attention. See you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers:

Please enjoy the videos from our CNY celebration performance last week. Thanks to the effort from many of our teachers and staff, Event Committee and PCC, the celebration performance was a very successful and enjoyable event. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5HbrbQ9GYg&list=PLttOO4kUjiBv4LsW7zdkmXInPtTeRhuX0&index=1

  http://s1324.beta.photobucket.com/user/smilencls/library/NCLS_2013_Spring_Festival 

 Gift cards

Teachers and adult teaching assistants will receive the Shaws gift cards on Sunday. Please stop by the library to pick it up.

Announcement from the NCLS Support China Education Group

 The NCLS support China education project fundraising event – Dance Party  When: Saturday, March 2, 2012 7:00pm – 11:00pm Where: Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill Campus, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA 02467.  We welcome all NCLS parents, teachers and friends to join this meaningful event. Tickets are available on Sunday, 2/24 at school library. The program flyer is online here!

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2013FundraisingDancePartyFlyer.pdf

Updates from the NCLS Teachers’ Club

The Teachers’ Club plans to have the first 腰鼓 learning session on March 3  from 5:15pm to 5:45pm, in room 222. All are welcome to come and try!

Possible inclement weather this weekend

According to the forecast, another weekend snow storm may be on the way. When the school has to remain closed due to the inclement weather, NCLS admin will post the school cancellation alert on our website at  http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/schoolalerts.php

Please check the website before coming to school on snow days.

Thank you!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear All:

新年好！Hope you have enjoyed the Spring Festival with family and friends, and have done well in the snow storm last week. Welcome back to school!

The Chinese New Year celebration on February 16, 2013

The NCLS traditional Chinese New Year celebration performance is taking place tomorrow at 7pm in Regis College, Weston.  The performance program can be found online:

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/ncls_2013_CNY_program_list.pdf

The performance is conducted at the Eleanor Welch Casey Theater in Regis College, please refer to the direction and campus map:
http://www.regiscollege.edu/about_regis/directions.cfm

http://www.regiscollege.edu/UserFiles/File/about_regis/regis_map.pdf

Gift cards

Teachers and adult teaching assistants will receive the Shaws gift cards on Sunday. Please stop by the library to pick it up.

NCLS web page for inclement weather alert 

We thought it’s helpful to send out a reminder on how to check the school status in case of the inclement weather. When the school has to remain closed due to the inclement weather, NCLS admin will post the alert on our website at http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/schoolalerts.php

Thank you for your attention. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow at the celebration!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers and staff:

Congratulations for the well done CNY in-school performance last Sunday! Thank you for your effort in preparing and performing the programs. It was an important academic milestone for our students to show their learning at NCLS, and it was a great practice for us to demonstrate the Chinese culture and tradition. Once again, thank you.

There isn’t school this Sunday. Happy Chinese New Year! We wish all enjoy a great holiday weekend with family and friends!

Stay safe and warm during the winter blizzard.

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers:

We have a serial of Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration activities in this month, please refer to the following notes and take the actions as needed:

In-school CNY performance this Sunday

Please take a look at the program list and plan your time accordingly:

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/CNY_program-2013-02-03

Please communicate with the parents of your class’ regarding the arrival and dimissal plan. Basically, despite of performing on stage or not,  the students need to meet in the classroom before 2pm, and should be dismissed from the classroom at the end of the each class period. If your class is performing, please have your students stay in classroom until a staff comes to call you.

Tickets for the Out-school CNY event on Feb. 16

Teachers, TAs and performers are getting free tickets for the CNY performance. The event takes place in Regis College on Feb. 16 at 7pm. Please pick up the tickets from the library on Sunday.

红包for students in language classes

Students in K-10 Chinese language classes will receive 红包 for the Chinese New Year. Teachers from these classes need to pick up the 红包 for your class from the library before 2pm on Sunday.

January pay check will be received by Feb. 7

To reward the achievements accomplished by our teachers and staffs, NCLS will give out bonus at the end of Fall semester. For the month of January, in addition to the regular four weeks salary, you will receive two weeks salary including your years of service. Grade leaders will receive additional $50; teachers who do not use parking permit will be compensated with $20. For K-grade, the class with students over 18 and other classes with students over 20 will receive additional bonus.

Every teacher will receive a $50 extra gift card and every TA will receive a $15 gift card. The gift cards will be distributed on Feb. 17. For people who provided W-9 to our school accountant, you should receive your pay check, which including the bonus and additional payment, in mail around Feb. 7.

Verify your 1099 form

Please verify your 2012 1099 form. If you have any question, please address it this Sunday with Qihong Li.

Pictures from the Thanksgiving party

The school journal has provided the pictures via the link:

http://s1324.beta.photobucket.com/user/smilencls/library/NCLS%202012_Thanksgiving_Party

Book fair on Sunday

A book fair will take place this Sunday in cafeteria.

Thank you for your attention. Look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers:

Thank you for your deligent work, the Fall semester has been completed successfully. The Spring semester starts this Sunday. In this new semester, we has received almost 100 new students mainly in the higher grades. Practically, this is a big round of applause to our hard work!

NCLS Chinese speech contest

为加强我校学生的中文口语能力和丰富中文教学活动，并且为参与波士顿地区和美东中文学校协会举办的演讲比赛，学校决定在三月十七日和三月二十四日举行一年级至十年级的在校学生演讲比赛。比赛将分为三组（包括马立平班）：1-3年级为低年级组，4—6年级为中年级组，7—10年级为高年级组。为了办好这次活动，各年级组长和老师将安排各班在三月三日之前进行班级内选拔赛，并将班级选出的优胜者报到学校，截止日期为三月十日。每班可选出一到两名优胜者。比赛的原则是：时间两分三十秒至三分钟，题目自定。要求吐字清晰，表情真挚，具有知识性和趣味性，并能背诵下来。各班老师可下载或领取报名表：

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/Speech_Contest_Registration_Form_2013.pdf

January school journal is online

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/current/2013-1.pdf

Thank you. See you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear NCLS teachers:

Hope you have been doing well with the snow and ice condition earlier this week, and stay warm!

 《中文》classes’ final exams on Sunday

Teachers of the 《中文》classes, please pick up the testing sheets from the library, or remind your teaching assistants to do so.

Free Energy Saving light bulbs for NCLS teachers, TAs and staff

Guangsong has managed to get some free energy-saving light bulbs for the school. Let’s lite up a bright new year along with the idea of energy-saving!

中華表演藝術基金會精彩演出“玄門步虛” 音樂會on 2/2/2013

This is a very unique concert featuring the 4 most famous Chinese wind instruments virtuosos performing Buddhism and Taoism music. 谭嘉陵老师 has provided 10 tickets to NCLS teachers and board members. Many thanks to her! If you are interested, please sign up for the ticket with 刘茹老师. More introduction on this concert can be reached via this link:

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/press_release202-2-2013新聞稿.doc

Please refer to the Admin blog for more information being announced to the NCLS community. http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/

Thank you. See you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong

Dear teachers:

It was very nice for us to catch up with each other last Sunday after the vacation. All looked having had a good time and having been refreshed!

In the past a few years, we have been trying to figure out a better way to distribute the bottled drinking water. This need has become urgent last Sunday when there wasn’t any water bottle left for some teachers that came to teach in the second period. Kind in mind that the water bottles are only for our teachers and staff. To make sure all teachers have bottled drink water, as a temporary solution starting from this Sunday, we will put up the class list by the water supplies; when teachers and staff come to get the water bottle, please check off by the class or the teacher’s name. Admin’s names will be listed too for checking off by their names. Let’s see how this works and get some statistics on the water needs; hope it helps us to find a longer term solution.

The final exams for 《中文》classes are on Jan. 20. The review materials have been posted on the admin’s blog below. Please inform your students to print their own copies and bring to the class on Sunday.  http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/

Asian Culture Center will offer NCLS teachers and staff free admission to the concert tomorrow. When you get to the concert, you just need to let the ticket collector know that you work for NCLS, they will let you in! Here is the concert information:

黄河之水天上来——咆哮的东方之龙
亚洲文化中心亚裔青少年交响乐团新年音乐会
2013年1月12日晚7:30分
牛顿北高中礼堂（音乐厅）
Newton North High School Lasker Auditorium，
457 Walnut Street, Newton, MA

Hope you enjoy the concert.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Nan and Guangsong