牛顿中文学校行政专栏

Dear Parents:

Happy Chinese New Year!

On 2/8, the school was cancelled due to snow emergency call from Newton Police Department on Sunday morning. After we got the notice, the principals sent the cancellation notice to all parents immediately, and at the same, the school website was updated, but there are still some parents came to school. In the future, under any unpredicted weather condition, please make sure to check your emails before you come to school, besides emails sent to parents, you can also check our website http://www.newtonchineseschool.org for cancellation update.

Due to winter break, NCLS won’t have school on 2/15 and 2/22. The school will resume on 3/1.

The snow make up date changed to 4/26.  Since 2/8 we have a snow cancellation day, 4/26 will be a school day.  Please check our updated calendar.  https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/calendar.php

For in school Chinese New Year performance, due to schedule conflict with Day School, we have been informed that the stage in auditorium will not be available on March 1 and March 8, therefore, we have to push our in-school performance to 3/15.

Thanks and hope everybody stay warm and safe during snow storm

Ling and Li

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.

Dear Parents:

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, PCC, all performing units and parents for their tireless hard work which brought us a memorable night.

–  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 at the 2nd floor starting from 1:30 pm this Sunday. You are very welcome to attend this significant event. The entrance is free.  If your child is performing at this event, you can contact your child’s class teacher to get the performing time.

– Day School Facilities

Recently we have received several complain emails from Day School teachers regarding removing of classroom materials and not putting desks and chairs into original position.  NCLS admin and board took these cases very seriously.  If we do not follow the classroom maintenance rules, our classrooms will be taken away.  Please keep reminding your child to help maintain the classroom condition.  In addition,  we would like to remind everyone that the computers at the library cannot be used.

– Parking problem

We have repeated the school parking rule many times. However,  recently, we found more cars without school parking tag parked inside Day School.  This is unacceptable. If this issue continues, the illegal parked cars will be towed at the owner’s expense.

– Writing Competition

Congratulations to NCLS students  唐牧阳 and 周泽旭 for wining 儿童组Writing Competition for this year.  Please see detailed report in this link:

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014WritingCompetitionWinner.doc

– Speech Competition

Our annual Speech Competition is around the corner.  Please read the following competition description carefully as the competition format has been changed from previous years.

今年的比赛分为演讲比赛和朗诵比赛两部分。根据美东中文学会(ACS)和新英格兰中文学会(NEACS)的规定，参加演讲比赛的稿件必须是根据学会规定的题目自己所写。今年的主题为《学中文》； 朗诵比赛可 选用他人的作品。所有比赛的时间在2:30 到3:00 之间。任何低于或超过这个时间都将被扣除一定的分数。校内比赛报名截止日为3月8日。比赛日期目前定于3月22，29日两日。如果报名人数较多4月5日宜 可作为比赛日。学校将选出7名具有丰富教学经验的中文课老师组成比赛裁判组。有关比赛的具体事宜学校会在报名截止后通知参赛学生的家长

Please note that in the future, all ACS speech competition only have 演讲比赛, no 朗诵比赛.  However, NEACS will still have both.

Same as previous years, the competition will be separated into age groups:

低年級組(六至八歲)    中年級組(九至十一歲)   高年級組(十二至十六歲)

If you are interested to sign your child to the competition, please go to this link to download the registration form.  Please note there are two forms:  演讲比赛和朗诵比赛.  You can register for both or just choose one. You can also get the forms in the school library. After you fill out the form, please submit to your child’s Chinese teacher.  Same as last year, all candidates for school competition will be selected by the class teachers.

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2015speechcompetitionform.doc

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.

Dear Parents:

– 1st week of 2015 spring semester

The 1st week of 2015 spring semester has passed smoothly, and the registration is still open to new family. For the family who have not paid, please do it as early as possible to avoid late fee. If you have any question about the class, registration and change classes, please contact principals or stop by library during school time.

– Parking problem

As our school’s Chinese New Year Gala is approaching, many performers came to school early to do practice.  Some of them parked the cars inside the Day School which resulted in quite a few teachers could not find parking spots.  Please be aware that only cars with parking permit are allowed to park inside Day School parking lots.

For parents who registered your kids for two early classes, Yo Yo and Chyten Author class, after you drop off your kids, please park your cars outside Day School if you don’t have parking permits.

Here is the link that you can find the outside campus parking lots:  http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/direction.php

– Speech Competition

Our annual Speech Competition is around the corner.  Please read the following competition description carefully as the competition format has been revised from previous years.

今年的比赛分为演讲比赛和朗诵比赛两部分。根据美东中文学会(ACS)和新英格兰中文学会(NEACS)的规定，参加演讲比赛的稿件必须是根据学会规定的题目自己所写。今年的主题为《学中文》； 朗诵比赛可选用他人的作品。所有比赛的时间在2:30 到3:00 之间。任何低于或超过这个时间都将被扣除一定的分数。校内比赛报名截止日为3月8日。比赛日期目前定于3月22，29日两日。如果报名人数较多4月5日宜 可作为比赛日。学校将选出7名具有丰富教学经验的中文课老师组成比赛裁判组。有关比赛的具体事宜学校会在报名截止后通知参赛学生的家长

Please note that in the future, all ACS speech competition only have 演讲比赛, no 朗诵比赛.  However, NEACS will still have both.

Same as previous years, the competition will be separated into age groups:

低年級組(六至八歲)    中年級組(九至十一歲)   高年級組(十二至十六歲) 

If you are interested to sign your child to the competition, please go to this link to download the registration form.  Please note there are two forms:  演讲比赛和朗诵比赛.  You can register for both or just choose one. You can also get the forms in the school library. After you fill out the form, please submit to your child’s Chinese teacher.  Same as last year, all candidates for school competition will be selected by the class teachers.

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2015speechcompetitionform.doc  

– Out school Chinese New Year Gala

NCLS is going to host 2015 Chinese New Year Gala this coming Saturday, 1/31/2015 at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493) from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During this biggest event, the performers from NCLS students, teachers, as well as some invited professional artists will present singing, dancing, and other programs. You can buy the tickets at the door.

Community News

– Seminar

we won’t have seminar this coming Sunday at School.

online seminar

听浮云相声，赢回国机票。春节期间，波士顿浮云相声社于2月7日晚六点在 MIT Kresge Theater的千人剧场公演，票价$10。详情：http://fuyunxiangsheng.com/-____2.html

Dear Parents:

This coming Sunday, 1/25/2015 will be the 1st school day for spring semester of 2015.  If your kids are new students or your kids selected different class from previous semester, please make sure to bring your kids to the right classroom. You can check this link for classroom number:

https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/cgi-bin/main/classlist.pl

– Classroom Maintenance

Recently we have been informed by Day School that one classroom will be closed permanently due to our students removing teacher’s classroom material at multiple occasions.  Although our teachers and the majority of students have tried very hard to maintain the classroom, we still found some students are not following the rules. This case is a big lesson and warning to all of us. While we requested all NCLS teachers stress the school rules to their classes during school time, we think it is necessary to have all parents remind your kids at home that we should not move any materials/ properties in the classroom that belong to Day School and keep the classroom as clean as we can.

-Spring semester registration

The registration for 2015 spring semester is still on. If you have any questions with regard to the registration, class, payment, etc., you can visit the school website or stop by library during school day.

-New classes

1. Chinese Yoyo Class(抖空竹）:

12:30-1:45pm, classroom 222. The fee is $145. The teacher will be Ms. Wangju Chen (陈望菊老师) . For 2015 spring semester, this class won’t be in school register system. You can either send email to principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library to register this new class. We still have a few spots open for this class, please register as soon as possible.

2. Chyten classes:  Imagination Authors:  4th – 5th grade

Class Time: 12:30-1:45pm      Class Fee:  $265       Classroom: 218

If you would like to register your child to the classes, please come to the library to register.  This class is not shown in our system.

In Imagination Authors Chyten teachers foster a love of writing by helping students write and publish their own real book! Teachers continually guide the students, providing contextual lessons on writing techniques.  Chyten instructors then synthesize the collective works into one class-wide novel. Each class designs a fantasy world that includes major and minor characters, settings and locales and plot twists. At the end of the course, the students receive their first real novel—published, bound and signed by our Imagination Authors.

– NCLS Chinese New Year Gala

NCLS is going to host 2015 Chinese New Year Gala on 1/31/2015 at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493) from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During this biggest event, the performers from NCLS students, teachers, as well as some invited professional artists will present singing, dancing, and other programs. The ticket selling will start this Sunday at the library PCC desk, $3.00/each.

Thanks.

Ling and Li

Community News

-Seminar

Time: 3:45pm to 5:00pm    Place: Room #227    Speaker: Zhong Zhao

Title: Understanding Investment Risk

Summary:

Many factors can play a role in the potential risks and returns associated with an investment. A thorough understanding of the risks involved with investing is important when selecting the investments that are right for you. This seminar will provide an overview of investment risk and help you to understand how to manage this risk when developing an investment strategy and selecting investment options.

Presented by:  Zhong Zhao    Financial Advisor 

Morgan Stanley

950 Winter Street, Suite 3400

Waltham, MA 02451

781-672-5136

zhong.zhao@morganstanley.com

http://www.morganstanleyfa.com/zhong.zhao

-亞洲學生中心A+ Program

亞洲學生中心A+ Program

將為Boston區亞裔學子舉辦一場英文數學能力鑒定考試， 測試孩子的考試技巧和應力     考試接受學生範圍：2-11年級    考試費用：全部免費，即來即考 

眾所周知，麻州教育法在2014年頒佈了推廣Common Core，隨之而來的改變的PARCC考試取代MCAS。這個考試分數將決定學生能否獲取高中畢業證書，同時也絕對真實的體現學生個人成績，學校成績，以及學區成績。作為家長的您，如何瞭解您孩子的考試技巧和應試能力呢？ 

眼看新的PARCC考試季節將要到了，為了提高亞裔學子在PARCC中的考試表現，亞洲學生中心「A+ Program」將於2015年2月7日新學期隆重開設針對考試技巧的輔導課程。與此同時，為了幫助家長們更好的瞭解孩子的學習情況，以及制定新學期的學習計畫，我們也特別為Boston區的2—10年級學生準備了一場盛大並且全部免費的英語﹑數學考試鑒定來幫助家長們瞭解孩子的學習及考試能力。 

考試內容以英文、數學為主，試卷嚴格按照麻州教育部針對每個學年特定的標準和要求來鑒定學生的學習能力。考試地點位於Commonwealth Ave總校1106 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 考試時間為2015年1月31日星期六, 下午1點。 

「A+ Program」通過21年的精英教學經驗與獨特的教學方法，並且嚴格根據各種能力考試（ISEE, SSAT，以及最新Common Core要求下的PARCC等考試）需求，制定了一套應對考試的完整課程，包括英語語言課程和數學課程。我們採用亞洲教學理念，融入美國教育制度及系統，並根據麻洲教育部對不同年級的最高標準，研發出一套能確切反應亞裔學生需求的英語寫作﹑閱讀及數學教育課程系統，其中高中課程更採用波士頓狀元高中 [波士頓拉丁學校] 的教材及教學內容。 

創始人Carl Nelson先生表示，“凡是參加過該中心學習的學生，都能在學業上紮下堅實的基礎。無論是參加波士頓高中會考、麻州會考或者SAT考試，都能夠獲得高分！” 

歡迎各位家長踴躍報名參加，這是一次難得的檢驗孩子學習成績的好機會！

電話預訂考試位置及報名專線: 617-338-5288/617-730-3705 

亞洲學生中心「A+ Program」，上課地點可選擇在：

中國城分校：65 Harrison Ave, 6^th Fl, Boston， 或者總校：1106 Commonwealth Ave,Boston(近Allston 新88超市)。

– Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) will host Chinese new year gala on 1/24/2015

Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), with Cary Memorial Library and the town of Lexington, is hosting a free Chinese New Year Festival this year on 1/24/2015. The festival will start first in the afternoon from 1:00pm to 3:30pm at Cary Memorial Library for a Chinese Culture Fair, featuring an artistic Chinese calligraphy demonstration, an interactive Chinese musical instrument exhibition, arts and crafts tables, and food sampling. In the evening, there will be a performance at Lexington High from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, with a range of entertaining and beautiful performances. The door opens at 6:30pm. Best of all, both events are free of charge for all. Don’t miss it.

– Needham Chinese New Year celebration 1/24

Message from Needham Chinese New Year Event Organizer:

Happy Spring Festival!

4:30-6:00 pm: registration, kids game

6:00-7:00 pm: pot luck dinner

7:00-7:30 pm: pot luck dinner cleaning up

5:00-7:15 pm: rehearsal

Check out the CFN website http://www.friendsofneedham.com  for all information regarding this event and further updates.

Dear Parents:

– Spring Registration

This coming Sunday will be the last class for fall semester.  If you have not registered the spring classes, please do so as soon as possible.  If you make the tuition payment before 1/18/2015, you will get registration fee waiver.  Please see detailed spring registration procedure here:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

– Math Teacher and Parent Forum

In order to provide more opportunity for NCLS math teachers to introduce math program to all parents, and to create opportunity for all parents to speak out their suggestions and expectations, the math group will host the teacher and parent forum this coming Sunday (1/18/2015) at room 323 from 3:45 pm to 4:45 pm. Through such platform, we would understand more on both sides and make our math program successful.

– New Classes for spring semester :

Chinese Yoyo Class:  12:30-1:45pm

Upon the request from many parents, NCLS will open a new Chinese YoYo class (抖空竹）in 2015 spring semester from 12:30 – 1:45 pm at classroom 222. The fee is $145. The teacher will be Ms. Wangju Chen (陈望菊老师) . For 2015 spring semester, this class won’t be in school register system. You can either send email to principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library to register this new class. We still have a few spots open for this class, please register as soon as possible.

Chyten classes     12:30-1:45pm

This coming spring semester, Newton Chinese school will form a partnership with Chyten (http://www.chyten.com)  to offer couple of classes at the time period 12:30-1:45pm on Sundays.  The class fee is $265/semester.  If you would like to register your child to the classes, please come to the library to register.  These classes will not be shown in the system.

1.   Shark Tank, Jr.:  two levels  2nd – 3rd grade,  4th -5th  grade

In Shark Tank Jr. students play the role of young entrepreneurs as they start with the germ of an idea for a product and business then take it through the entire entrepreneurial process. Students will be working to formulate a business plan, devise a marketing strategy and understand the concepts of wages and profits. The class concludes with our young executives pitching their ideas to a celebrity panel of “sharks”. These young executives will really be taking care of business!

2. Imagination Authors:  two levels   2nd – 3rd grade, 4th -5th grade

In Imagination Authors Chyten teachers foster a love of writing by helping students write and publish their own real book! Teachers continually guide the students, providing contextual lessons on writing techniques.  Chyten instructors then synthesize the collective works into one class-wide novel. Each class designs a fantasy world that includes major and minor characters, settings and locales and plot twists. At the end of the course, the students receive their first real novel—published, bound and signed by our Imagination Authors.

– Chinese New Year Gala 2015 (1/31/2015)

NCLS is going to host 2015 Chinese New Year Gala on 1/31/2015 at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493) from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During this biggest event, the performers from NCLS students, teachers, as well as some invited professional artists will present singing, dancing, and other programs. The ticket selling will start this Sunday at the library PCC desk, $3.00/each.

Community News

-Help and Support Needed For A Little Boy（帮帮小世伟和他的家）

Last Sunday,  there was a 8 years old boy, Shiwei Liu, visited our school. He is from China and suffered from massive burning injury when he was very young. Through the sponsor of A Life A time Foundation, he came to US for skin transplant several times. During his several times tough journey, many families offered generous heart warming support for this little life. He recently just passed another skin transplant, he is now living in one NCLS family. In a few school days, he will be visiting our school and stay at Library. If you want stop by and say Hi to Shiwei, that will be very appreciated. During his stay in Boston, we also set up a donation box at the Library for Shiwei, if you would like to show your love for this brave boy, any amount will be appreciated. All the collected money will be used to support Shiwei’s family.

Here is the link for the donation to Shiwei:

http://www.alifeatime.org/cn/help/donation_list.aspx?id=147

– Seminar

Time: 3:45pm to 5:00pm      Place: Room #227     Speaker: Rachel Blankstein

Title of the topic:  How the Most Selective U.S. Colleges and Universities Make Admissions Decisions

Short introduction of topic

Harvard doctorate Rachel Rubin completed a study on How the Most Selective U.S. Colleges and Universities Make Admissions Decisions. This research is considered the largest study to date on how selective colleges and universities make admissions decisions. This research has gained worldwide press coverage in TIME, CNN and The Wall Street Journal.

I will present this research and also share my top suggestions for college preparation over the course of high school and spend plenty of time on Q & A from the group. Dr. Rubin and I are co-founders of Newton-based college admissions consulting firm Spark Admissions. Of note, I predominantly work with students of Chinese background and am therefore very familiar with this population.

Short introduction of speaker:

Rachel Blankstein is a co-founder of Spark Admissions, having worked for several years in the field of college and graduate school admissions.   Rachel works with students to help them gain admission to Ivy League and other selective U.S. colleges and universities. In addition, Rachel is a member of the University of Chicago Alumni Admissions Committee.

For more info, please contact:

Name: Rachel Blankstein    Phone: 617-417-9810

Email: Blankstein@sparkadmissions.com

Or visit website: http://sparkadmissions.com

– Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) will host Chinese new year gala on 1/24/2015

Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), with Cary Memorial Library and the town of Lexington, is hosting a free Chinese New Year Festival this year on 1/24/2015. The festival will start first in the afternoon from 1:00pm to 3:30pm at Cary Memorial Library for a Chinese Culture Fair, featuring an artistic Chinese calligraphy demonstration, an interactive Chinese musical instrument exhibition, arts and crafts tables, and food sampling. In the evening, there will be a performance at Lexington High from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, with a range of entertaining and beautiful performances. The door opens at 6:30pm. Best of all, both events are free of charge for all. Don’t miss it.

-Needham Chinese New Year celebration 1/24

Message from Needham Chinese New Year Event Organizer:

Happy Spring Festival!

Check out the CFN website http://www.friendsofneedham.com  for all information regarding this event and further updates.

Dear Parents:

Happy New Year! Hope all of you had a happy and relaxed holiday break.  NCLS will resume this coming Sunday (1/11/2015).

– Final Exam Review:   On 1/18  Chinese classes (not including Ma Liping Chinese) will have fall semester final exam.  Here are the review material.  Please print out a copy at home and bring it on Sunday.  We will have review class.  Please note that the school does not copy review material for students.

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewfirstgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewsecondgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewthirdgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewfourthgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewfifthgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewsixthgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewseventhgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalrevieweighthgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewninthgrade.pdf

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/2014Fallfinalreviewtenthgrade.pdf

– Spring Registration

The registration for Spring 2015 is still on for current students. If you make a payment before 1/18/2015, you will get registration fee waiver.  Please see detailed spring registration procedure here:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

– New Classes for spring semester : Chyten classes

This coming spring semester, Newton Chinese school will form a partnership with Chyten (http://www.chyten.com)  to offer couple of classes at the time period 12:30-1:45pm on Sundays.  The class fee is $265/semester.  If you would like to register your child to the classes, please come to the library to register.  These classes will not be shown in the system.

1.   Shark Tank, Jr.:  two levels  2nd – 3rd grade,     4th -5th  grade

In Shark Tank Jr. students play the role of young entrepreneurs as they start with the germ of an idea for a product and business then take it through the entire entrepreneurial process. Students will be working to formulate a business plan, devise a marketing strategy and understand the concepts of wages and profits. The class concludes with our young executives pitching their ideas to a celebrity panel of “sharks”. These young executives will really be taking care of business!

2. Imagination Authors:  two levels   2nd – 3rd grade,     4th -5th  grade

In Imagination Authors Chyten teachers foster a love of writing by helping students write and publish their own real book! Teachers continually guide the students, providing contextual lessons on writing techniques.  Chyten instructors then synthesize the collective works into one class-wide novel. Each class designs a fantasy world that includes major and minor characters, settings and locales and plot twists. At the end of the course, the students receive their first real novel—published, bound and signed by our Imagination Authors.

-IT admin staff recruit

We are looking for an enthusiastic IT admin staff who can support our school’s IT needs. Here are some qualifications we are looking for:

* Perl programming experience
* Web programming experience
* General web technology and protocol knowledge
* Experience dealing with hosting sites and using control panel to manage a hosted web site
* MySQL programming experience
* MySQL administration experience
* PHP knowledge
* WordPress blog administration and usage experience
* Experience integrating with online payment system a plus

If anyone has the above experience and is willing to join NCLS admin team to serve our community, please either email principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library and talk to us.

-Chinese New Year Gala 2015 (1/31/2015)

NCLS is going to host 2015 Chinese New Year Gala on 1/31/2015 at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493) from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During this biggest event, the performers from NCLS students, teachers, as well as some professional artists invited will present singing, dancing, and other programs. The ticket selling will start this Sunday at the library PCC desk, $3.00/each.

Community News

-Seminar

TIME: 3:45pm to 5:00pm
PLACE: Room #227
SPEAKER: Xinyan Lucy Liu, DMD, PhD
Title: Prevention and Treatments of Common Dental Diseases in Children and Adults  常见儿童和成人牙病的预防和治疗
常见的问题：

1. 儿童和成人常见的牙病是什么？

2.为什么不同年龄的孩子在牙病预防方面会有所不同？

3. 小孩子应当几岁开始看牙医？ 什么时候开始刷牙用牙线和用含氟的漱口水？

4. 怎样防止小孩子的牙齿创伤？

5. 如果牙齿受了创伤折断或者脱落了怎么办？

6. 小孩子应当什么时候做牙齿矫正？

7. 成人为什么也需要做牙齿矫正？

8. 带矫正弓丝时怎样保持牙齿清洁？

9. 怎样预防牙龈出血和口臭？

10. 牙齿敏感和牙痛的常见原因是什么？

11. 为什么有人更容易得龋齿有人更容易患牙周病？

12. 应当选择什么样的牙刷牙膏和漱口水来预防蛀牙和牙龈炎？

13. 四环素牙染色的美白方案

14. 前牙牙缝过大又不想做牙齿矫正，该怎么关闭牙缝呢？

15. 牙齿缺失的主要原因和如何修复缺失牙？

16. 什么是种植牙? 为什么把种植牙称作人类的第三付牙齿？

如果您对以上问题感兴趣，请加入我们的讨论会。前20名参与者将获得包括牙膏漱口水的小礼品一套。

Short introduction of topicS:
1. What are the common dental diseases in kids and adults?

2. What can parents do to prevent the diseases for kids of different ages?

3. When should kids start their 1st dental visit?  When to start brush/floss/fluoride use?

4. How to prevent teeth trauma?

5. What parents should do if teeth trauma occurs in kids?

6. When should kids start orthodontic braces?

7. Why should adults have orthodontic treatments and what are the treatment options?

8. What dental tools should be used to keep teeth and gum clean when they wear braces? 9. How to prevent gum bleeding and bad breath?

10. What are the common reasons of teeth sensitivity/pain?

11. Why some people are more prone to cavities vs gum diseases?

12. What toothbrushes/toothpastes/mouthwashes should be used to prevent cavities and gum diseases?

13. What are the common reasons of missing teeth of how to restore them?

14. What can be done to whiten tetracycline stained teeth without cosmetic make-over? 15. What can we do to close the diasma (big spaces between teeth) without orthodontic treatment?
16.  What are implants and why it is called people’s 3rd generation of teeth?

Please join us for the seminar if you are interested in these topics. Goody bags with toothpaste/mouth rinse will be given for the first 20 attendee. 

主讲人简介：
刘昕燕医生
1995年毕业于北京大学（原北京医科大学）口腔医学院，同年留校在北京大学口腔医院做医生。2000年赴美。2005年获波士顿大学口腔生物学博士。2009年获得塔夫兹大学口腔临床博士，获新英格兰地区牙医执照。先后在私人诊所和华人社区医院牙科任全职主治医师，深受患者喜爱。2014年创立Beacon Family Dental, 致力于为大家提供细心热诚安全的高质量牙科服务。

Short introduction of speaker
Dr. Xinyan Lucy Liu graduated from Peking University Dental School, China (former Beijing Medical University School of Stomatology) in 1995. Afterward she was recruited by Peking University Hospital of Stomatology and worked there for 5 years until she come to U.S.  Dr. Liu graduated with a PhD degree on Oral Biology from Boston University in 2005 and with a DMD degree from the  prestigious Tufts University Dental School in 2009. Afterward, Dr. Liu worked 5 years as full time general dentist first at a nice private dental office and then at South Cove Community Center. Dr. Liu founded her own private office Beacon Family Dental (Brookline MA) in 2014 and strives to provide high quality caring dental care to her beloved patients.

For more info, please contact:

Name: Xinyan Lucy Liu, DMD, PhD
Phone: 617-728-6188
Email: info@beaconfamilydental.com
Website: http://www.beaconfamilydental.com

– Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) hosting Chinese New Year Gala

Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), with Cary Memorial Library and the town of Lexington, is hosting a free Chinese New Year Festival this year on 1/24/2015. The festival will start first in the afternoon from 1:00pm to 3:30pm at Cary Memorial Library for a Chinese Culture Fair, featuring an artistic Chinese calligraphy demonstration, an interactive Chinese musical instrument exhibition, arts and crafts tables, and food sampling. In the evening, there will be a performance at Lexington High from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, with a range of entertaining and beautiful performances. The door opens at 6:30pm.   Best of all, both events are free of charge for all. Don’t miss it.

For more information, please visit http://www.caal-ma.org

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year! Best wishes to all families for a healthy and happy 2015!

We do not have school this coming Sunday 1/4.  The school will resume on 1/11.

– Spring Registration

For all current in-school students, the “change class” period will start on 1/4. Please check the registration procedure link for details:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

– New Class

Upon the request from many parents, NCLS will open a new Chinese YoYo class (抖空竹）in 2015 spring semester from 12:30 – 1:45 pm at classroom 222. The fee is $145. The teacher will be Ms. Wangju Chen (陈望菊老师) . For 2015 spring semester, this class won’t be in school register system. You can either send email to principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library to register this new class. We will have 10 spots for this class. The first ten students register and paid will get the spots.

– IT Admin Staff Recruit

We are looking for an enthusiastic IT admin staff who can support our school’s IT needs. Here are some qualifications we are looking for:

* Perl programming experience
* Web programming experience
* General web technology and protocol knowledge
* Experience dealing with hosting sites and using control panel to manage a hosted web site
* MySQL programming experience
* MySQL administration experience
* PHP knowledge
* WordPress blog administration and usage experience
* Experience integrating with online payment system a plus

If anyone has the above experience and is willing to join NCLS admin team to serve our community, please either email principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library and talk to us.

– School Journal for December 2014:

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

Thank you.

Ling and Li

Dear Parents:

This coming Sunday 12/21 will be the last school day of 2014.  After that, we won’t have school for three weeks, including 1/4/2015 ( snow make up day).  We had a wonderful year of 2014.  We would like to thank all parents for your great support and encouragement during the year.  Wish all of you have safe and happy holiday.  The school will resume on 1/11/2015.

-New Class

Upon the request from many parents, NCLS will open a new Chinese YoYo class (抖空竹）in 2015 spring semester from 12:30 – 1:45 pm at classroom 222. The fee is $145. The teacher will be Ms. Wangju Chen (陈望菊老师) . For 2015 spring semester, this class won’t be in school register system. You can either send email to principals@newtonchineseschool.org or come to the library to register this new class. We will have 10 spots for this class. The first ten students register and paid will get the spots.

– Spring registration

Spring semester starts on 1/25/2015.  The online registration for spring semester has started.

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

If you have any questions regarding the registration, please come to the library , we will have registration information desk to answer your questions.

-Newton City Hall Event

民乐演奏邀请

牛顿中文学校将携手牛顿市政府于2015年2月7日在市政厅共同举办中国新年庆祝活动，活动将面向牛顿市公众，宣扬中国文化, 增加社区互动。当天下午1点到3点，我们将有一场中国民族乐器的表演，现特邀请练习中国乐器的学生参加该场演出，可独奏，合奏，曲目和形式不限。有意者， 请联系Helen Cao at helencao@yahoo.com。

– Art Teacher recruiting

For spring semester(starts 1/25/2015), we have an opening for art teacher who will teach drawing/painting class for 7-8 year olds.  If you have interest to be an art teacher in NCLS, please come to the library or send an email to us.

Thanks.

Ling and Li

Community News

Angel Dance Performance

http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/principal/AngelDanceJanuary32015.jpeg

Angel Dance School greatly appreciates the support from the Newton Chinese School community and would like to provide 50 complementary tickets (only for 1pm) for the Angel Dance New Year performance at Regis College in Weston on 1/3/15.  If you need tickets, please email Xuhua laoshi at pa@newtonchineseschool.org.

新年之际，天使衷心地邀请您和家人来参加这场舞蹈盛宴，届时将欣赏到一场全新的丰富多彩的中外舞蹈节目, 及专业老师们的亲情演出：来自俄罗斯的著名芭蕾舞明星Ksusha & Philips的双人舞，及歌唱家Yan Lian和小天使合唱团的精彩演出。

Dear Parents:

– Spring registration

Just a kind reminder, we sent the notice last week, the online registration for spring semester will start on 12/14.  Please visit the following link to get the detailed procedure:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

Please note that for the current NCLS students, you need to login your  account to register the classes and pay your tuition by yourself if you select the same class next semester. If you have any questions regarding the registration, please come to the library , we will have registration information desk to answer your questions.

-Parent Duty

We noticed some parents already went in the spring registration to select parent duty. Please note that without registration of classes, our system will automatically remove the selected parent duty.  Therefore, you can only select the parent duty after you register the class.  The fall semster will be over soon.  If you want to perform the duty but have not selected duty yet, please do it as early as possible. Otherwise, you will have $50.00 fine if you did not perform your duty by the end of the semester. If you have any question, please stop by PCC desk on Sunday.

– Entering Classroom on Sundays

Recently we received report from a Day School teacher that the property in a classroom was damaged by students while no adults were in the classroom. We would like to remind all families that the school requests all students who arrive earlier than 1:45pm to stay at the cafeteria or library, not to go into the classrooms.  This is for safety and classroom management considation.  We would like students to be attended by teachers or TAs while they are in the classrooms.  The classroom teachers and TAs are required to be at the classroom at 1:45pm.

– Newton City Hall Event

民乐演奏邀请

牛顿中文学校将携手牛顿市政府于2015年2月7日在市政厅共同举办中国新年庆祝活动，活动将面向牛顿市公众，宣扬中国文化,增加社区互动。当天下午1点到3点，我们将有一场中国民族乐器的表演，现特邀请练习中国乐器的学生参加该场演出，可独奏，合奏，曲目和形式不限。有意者，请联系Helen Cao at helencao@yahoo.com。

– Art Teacher recruiting

For spring semester(starts 1/25/2015), we have an opening for art teacher who will teach drawing/painting class for 7-8 year olds.  If you have interest to be an art teacher in NCLS, please come to the library or send an email to us.

– Bottle water in libary

We would like to remind all families that the bottle water in the libary are for teachers and admin staffs.  We have noticed some parents come and take the bottle water.  Please bring your own water bottle to school if you need to drink water.  Thanks for your cooperation.

– Lost and Found at Thanksgiving party on 11/22

We found a girl’s jacket and a scarf at the Thanksgiving party.  Please come to the library to get it.

See you this Sunday.

Ling and Li

Community News

-Seminar:  How  to develop an effective financial plan to adapt Tax law change

   —Free Individual Consultation by appointment

Place: room #227      Date: 12/14/2014      Time: 3:45pm to 5:00pm

2 0 1 3 年 是 自 从 1 9 9 3 年 以 来 第 一 次 提 高 税 率 ， 标 志 着 一 个 长 期 增 税 期 的 到 来 ，  在 这 样 的 大 环 境 下 ， 您 知 道

     税法都有哪些变化吗？如何调整税务规划取得最大收益？

     房地产投资应该如何上税？

     怎么计算 AMT  Tax,  AMT 税法有什么变化？

     海外资产的报税和转移？

     20 万以上的家庭收入，如何申请到 3 万/年助学金？

     长期护理，～$200-300/day  的费用，健康保险和 Medicare  都不覆盖，如何应对巨额的医疗费？

俗话说  “不谋全局者不足以谋一域，不谋万世者不足以谋一时“，您 知 道

     如何全盘考虑，  清晰地制定长期财富积累方案吗？

     包括孩子教育，退休，长期护理，遗产规划，这方方面面的计划都需要考虑到税的影响

注册金融财务顾问和会计师（CPA）会分享税法以及税法对家庭财务管理影响的有关知识和经验。相信每个 人都会喜欢这次讲座并从中受益。欢迎您和您的朋友们一起参加，财务顾问们会解答您的疑问。

For more info, please contact:   Ying Liu, CPA    Marketing Director

Registered Representative       Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. 

Transamerica Financial Group Division

Dear Parents:

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! The school will resume this coming Sunday, 12/7/2014.

2015 Spring Semester Registration

Time flies, the 2014 fall semester is ending soon.  2015 spring semester will start on 01/25/2015. The online registration for spring semester will start on 12/14.   Here is the detailed procedure:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/registration-procedure-for-spring-2015/

Please note that you need to register the classes by yourself even if you will take the same class next semester. If you have any questions regarding the registration, please come to the library , we will have registration information desk to answer your questions.

In order to smoothly register for next semester, all registered families have to either perform parent duty or pay parent duty fee ($ 30.00). If you want to perform the duty but have not selected duty yet, please do it as early as possible. Otherwise, you will have $50.00 fine if you did not perform your duty. If you have any question, please stop by PCC desk on Sunday.

Photo and Video Opt-Out

We occasionally use students photo/video from class or school events in our webpage and in other publications.   If you do not want your child to be included in any of our photo/video, please let us know your family ID and your child’s name. If we do not hear from you, we will assum it is fine that your child to be included in photo/video in school publications.

November School Journal

Community News

We will have seminar on Sunday 12/7/2014.  If you are interested, please go to room 227 at 3:40 pm.