Dear Students,

Nice working with you today! We learned L10: Equivalent Expressions. Please check the notes for your review and feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

Homework: finish 6 sessions of practice on Test Innovator, and fill in the Google Form to share your questions with me. 

There is no school next Sunday. We will meet again on Jan. 4th, 2026 and students will take DSAT#5. 

The registration for Spring Semester will start on 12/26/2025. Please sign up online and pay tuition before January 3, 2026 to avoid a $20 late fee. Check here for further information: https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/registration/Spring2026Registration.pdf. 

Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Warm regards,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

Today we reviewed questions from DSAT#4 and learned L9: Right Triangle & Trigonometry. Please check the notes and let me know if you have any questions. 

Homework: Right Triangle & Trigonometry. Complete 6 sessions out of 8 and share your questions with me using the SAT Question Google Form. 

• Easy 1-2
• Medium 1-3
• Hard 1-3

Next week we will learn L10: Equivalent Expressions. See you then~
Warm regards,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

It was nice seeing you! We took DSAT#4 in class today. I am so glad to see many of you have made steady progress! Please fill in the Google Form to share your questions with me. 

For the students who were absent today, please try to finish the practice test as soon as possible. Send me a note and I will be happy to update the grade for you:)

No HW this week. See you next Sunday at 3:30 pm~

Sincerely,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

Glad to see you again in class! Today we reviewed homework from L7 Circles, and practiced the topics of Lines, Angles, and Triangles. We also played a Kahoot game! Please check the notes for your review. 

This week’s homework is Practice of Lines, Angles, and Triangles on Test Innovators. Pick 6 out of 7 sessions and finish them. Ues the Google Form to share your questions with me.

• Easy 1, 2 
• Medium 1, 2, 3, 
• Hard 1, 2 

There is no class next week. We will take DSAT#4 in class on Dec. 7th. Please get ready for it:)Wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!

Best,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

It was great working with you!We reviewed questions from DSAT#3 (each of you did a wonderful job on the board, explaining the problems!) We also reviewed key formulas about circles. Please check the notes for your reference. 

Homework: Circles Practice (Pick 6 sessions at your choice). Please share your questions with me via this Google Form. Next week, we will learn Lines, Angles, and Triangles. See you then~

Best,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

Today, we took DSAT#3 in class. Please fill out this Question form to let me know which questions we will review next week. For students who are absent today, please try to finish DSAT#3 before Monday 11:59 pm.

No homework this week. We will learn L7: Circles next week. See you soon!

Best,
Ms. Li

Dear Students, 
It was nice working with you again this week! We reviewed key points in L5: System of Linear Equations and learned L6: Area & Volume. We also played a math game. Please check the notes for your review. 

Homework: 
L6: Area & Volume (E1, E2, M1, M2, H1, H2, H3, H4)– Pick 6 of them:) 

Use the Google Form to share questions with Ms. Li 🙂

Next week, we will take DSAT 3 in class. See you then!

Best,
Ms. Li

Dear all,

We went over the problems from DSAT#2 today, and students did a wonderful job explaining the questions on the whiteboard. Please check the notes for your review. 

Homework: System of linear equations (There are 2 easy, 3 median, and 4 hard sessions, and you can choose to do 6 sessions).(Remember to use the Desmos Graphing Calculator to save your time!) Please use the Google Form to share the questions with me.

Next week, we will start the Geometry unit. See you soon!

Best,
Ms. Li

Dear Students,

Today, we took DSAT#2 in class. Please fill out this Question form to let me know which questions we should discuss next week. For students who are absent today, please try to finish DSAT#2 before Monday 11:59 pm.

We will learn Lesson 5. System of Linear Equations next Sunday. See you soon!

Best,
Ms. Li

PS: Sharing two wonderful programs:

• BU PROMYS: https://promys.org/
• MIT PRIMES Circle

Spring 2026 session of the Menezes Challenge PRIMES Circle are now open! More information about the program can be found in the attached flyer or on our website, https://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/circle/.  Applications are due Dec 1, 2025.

PRIMES Circle is a free after-school math enrichment program at MIT for high school students in the Boston area. It is a wonderful way for high school students to learn fun and exciting mathematics that isn’t normally covered in school. By providing an encouraging learning environment, PRIMES Circle hopes to welcome students of all backgrounds and communities into the mathematical sciences.

If you know of any students who you think would thrive in PRIMES Circle, particularly students who have demonstrated resilience, resourcefulness, and initiative in overcoming barriers to learning, please forward us their contact details and encourage them to apply. Please also feel free to distribute this information to families and/or math teachers at your schools.

Please note that this year there is a $5 application fee due to the application software we are using this year. However, if this poses any significant challenge to applicants please reach out to Yufei An (yfa@mit.edu) for assistance.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,
Paige Bright and Mary Stelow
Primes Circle coordinators
primes-circle@mit.edu

Dear Students,

It’s nice to work with you again in class! We reviewed H1Q4 in HW3: Linear Equations, reviewed key points in linear inequalities. We also played a Kahoot game on Linear Inequalities. Please check the notes for your review. 

Homework:
Test Innovator_Linear Inequalities
Fill out this Google Form to share the questions with me:)

No school next Sunday. Enjoy the long weekend, and see you on 10/19:) We will take Practice DSAT#2 on that day. Thanks to our Resource Manager, Mr. Li at NCLS, who will provide a Wifi Amplifer to our class, all students will be able to have access to Wifi and take the digital test in the classroom. 

Best,
Ms. Li