- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement February 10, 2012
Dear Parents and Teachers,
February seems to be a quiet month,
since the Spring Festival is over and the next holiday is a few months away.
That leaves us with nothing much to entertain us, except to concentrate on
school work, so the following are what I want to remind you of for this coming
Sunday.
(1) The Chinese SAT II Mock Test application
has been submitted to the test center. This year, we have 33 students applying
for the test. That’s quite a crowd, and I wish them good luck. I have been coordinating the Chinese SAT II
Mock Test since 2005 and have collected some test materials. If any
teacher/parent needs review materials, feel free to let me know. I will be more
than happy to hand them out. Although the school covers the test fee, students
need to pay a $10 deposit which will be refunded if they show up to the exam on
that day. The SAT II Mock Test is scheduled for Sunday, March 11 between 1:45PM
to 3:15PM. We encourage all students of
8th grade and above to participate in this test because it is a good assessment
of Chinese learning.
(2) The submission deadline for the
International Chinese Essay contest is March 1st and we need to get the essays
ready by February 12. Teachers Xiaobo Ren and Lily Lee are
coordinating this event and we have asked language teachers of 5th grade and
above to give writing assignments in class. If your kid didn’t get a writing
assignment, please check with the room teacher. We encourage parents to get
involved and students to participate.
(3) Every Sunday, we display student essays on
the display boards in the cafeteria. I encourage parents to read their essays
and encourage your kids to participate.
(4) Two culture classes will be cancelled,
effective this coming Sunday due to teachers’ family commitment. They are
Children’s Choir taught by Mr. Justin Cook, and Dance-4 taught by Madame Chunyuan Zhang. Students in these two classes are
encouraged to go to other culture classes. If you cannot find an appropriate
class, please come to fill out a class withdraw form to get tuition refund.
(5) The Chinese Book Fair is scheduled for
Sunday, February 26th between noon and 4:00 PM at the school cafeteria. We have
negotiated a deal with Timesbook.com to get 10% from the book sales. This is a
big deal for us, and we encourage all parents to come to the fair and show your
generosity by supporting your kids and your school. Let’s make this a school
fundraising event. Timesbook.com also agreed to bring in more books and multimedia
products to the fair.
(6) Finally, spring is the recruiting season
for the next year. We are a community-based school that needs direct
involvement from parents. It is your commitment and active participation that
makes our school strong. Next year, we are looking for more parents to serve on
the School PTA team, School Administration Team, and of course to become
teachers. If you are interested in working for the school, please stop by at my
corner. It’s a lot of fun to work in school because you get to know lots of
people and make yourself “popular”, seriously.
So much for this week’s business.
Thank you all for your attention and
see you on Sunday.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement February 3, 2012
Dear Parents and Teachers,
The question I posted in last week's
news letter (In which battle did Napoleon die? ) generated
quite a few interesting comments. One reader asked me about the relevance of
Napoleon’s death to Chinese Learning and another reader challenged the answer
to this question (answer: * his last battle ). Most
readers asked me if I will post another question in this week’s newsletter, and
perhaps make it a tradition for future news releases. Posting a question can be
a daunting task but now that I have opened up the Pandora’s
box, I feel obliged to do it again, at least for this week. So here are
the questions:
(1)
Why are smart people usually ugly?
(2) Why do athletes never sneeze?
I must confess these questions are
weird, so let’s get down to our weekly business now and leave the answers to
the very end.
(1) The Chinese SAT II Mock Test application
is due this Sunday. For teachers of 8th grade and above, please submit your
student names, in both English and Chinese, to vice principal
Aiping Chen. The school will cover the test fee but
students need to pay a $10 deposit which will be refunded on the date of the
exam, if they show up to the exam. The SAT II Mock Test is scheduled on Sunday,
March 11 between 1:45PM to 3:15PM. For parents who are unfamiliar with this
test, please read the attached manual. We encourage all students of 8th grade and
above to participate in this test because it is a good assessment of Chinese
learning.
(2) The submission deadline for the
International Chinese Essay contest is March 1st and we need to get the essays
ready by February 12. Teachers Xiaobo Ren and Lily Lee are
coordinating this event and we have asked language teachers of 5th grade and
above to give writing assignments in class. If your kid didn’t get a writing
assignment, please check with the room teacher. We encourage parents to get
involved and students to participate.
(3) A kind reminder to all teachers and room
parents that we need to keep each classroom clean and not to leave personal
belongings in the classroom when you leave. As a rule, food and drinks are not
allowed in the classroom. If you do and the custodians forget to collect them,
I will be contacted by the Shaker Junior High with an unpleasant tone.
(4) To appreciate all the contributions and
hard work from volunteers at the Spring Festival Show held at the Egg, the CCC
executive team would like to invite all volunteers, performers, and board
members for a pot-luck party at the CCC building. Please bring your favorite
food and join the crowd. For details, see the attached flyer.
(5) The Chinese Book Fair is scheduled for
Sunday, February 26th between noon and 4:00 PM at the school cafeteria. We have
negotiated a deal with Timesbook.com to get 10% from the book sales. This is a
big deal for us, and we encourage all parents to come to the fair and show your
generosity by supporting your kids and your school. Let’s make this a school
fundraising event. Timesbook.com also agreed to bring in more books and
multimedia products to the fair. More details will come out next week, so stay
tuned.
(6) The 2012 Health Fair
sponsored by the CCC and the Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS) will be
held on Sunday, March 11. This will be the third year we’ve organized this
event, with the past two years being very successful. Lee-Hua
Miao, the program coordinator, informed me that the Shaker Junior High will
publish news about our 2012 Health Fair in their upcoming school newsletter,
which has a broad distribution, including Shaker students, school parents, and
school staff. Dr. Mina Sun is busy preparing fliers and designing many programs
with local doctors. Please pass the information around, especially to your
friends who have visiting elderly and anyone who does not speak English. More information will come.
So much for this week’s business. Before you delete this email, let’s
deal with the two questions I posted.
Q1: Why are smart people usually
ugly?
Q2: Why do athletes never sneeze?
The answers are:
Q1: They are not; and
Q2: They do.
It’s a false premise, my friend.
Thank you all for your attention and
see you on Sunday.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese
School (2011-2012)
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement January 27, 2012
Dear Parents and Teachers,
Once in a while, my daughter likes to
email me a random question, either to challenge my intelligence or to test my knowledge.
AlIow me
to share the latest question with you.
This week’s question is: In which
battle did Napoleon die?
Before you dig into a history
textbook, let’s go over a few items pertaining to the Chinese School.
(1) The International Chinese Essay contest is
coming. The submission deadline is March 1st and we need to get the essays
ready by February 12. Last year, teachers Xiaobo Ren and Lily Lee coordinated this event and 14 of our
students were awarded for their work. This year they are again volunteering and
I bet we will have more award-winning essays. The school therefore asks
language teachers to give some writing assignments in class. We also ask
parents to get involved and students to participate. Information about the
essay contest is attached.
(2) The Chinese SAT II Mock Test application
is due on the first week of February. For teachers of 8th grade and above,
please submit student names to vice principal Aiping Chen. We encourage all students to participate in
this test because it is a good assessment of student Chinese learning.
(3) There will be a school council meeting
this coming Sunday during the third period. If you need to talk to the school
administration staff, please do so between 1:00pm and 3:00pm,
or after 4:20pm if you choose to stay late.
(4) If you are interested in sending your kids
to China for a summer camp, please see the attached information from the Center
for Chinese Education Services.
(5) I am in the process of arranging a Chinese
Book Fair with Timesbook.com. It will be scheduled on Sunday, February 26th at
Shaker Junior High. We have been holding this event since 2008. The feedback is
mixed, but at least it gives us an opportunity to talk directly to the seller.
If you have questions/ suggestions/requests, please email me and I will be glad
to forward your requests to the Timesbook.
That’s all I can think of for the
coming Sunday.
Now, back to the question: In which
battle did Napoleon die?
The answer is: * his last battle
Thank you all for your attention and
see you on Sunday.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School (2011-2012)
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement January 20, 2012
Dear Parents and Teachers,
As we are all aware, January is quite
a stressful month, and so are February, March, April,
and May until the Chinese School is over. But it can be excitingly stressful or
stressfully exciting, depending on how you read my message. Here is a summary for the coming weekend.
Things that are
stressfully exciting:
(1) Saturday, January 21 is a big day
for all of us. The Dragon is coming and we will all celebrate its arrival at
the Egg. This is our New Year, our culture extravaganza, a day on which we
gather together as a community. This is the event through which our kids learn
what Chinese New Year is about, and what it means to be Chinese. The show will
be great, a good display of local talents, but this is not all that we’ll do there. This is the day
on which we share each other’s joy,
celebrate a tradition, and most importantly, integrate ourselves with a
larger crowd, a crowd of one root, a crowd that creates RenQi
(human energy).
(2) The Chinese school will have a small
display in the lobby with a few copies of yearbooks and handbooks. If anyone
you know is interested in taking Chinese classes, please
help us pass the word around.
(3) We have also prepared red envelopes (Hongbao) which will be distributed to all children at the
end of the show. Our school treasurer, Jun Zhao, has them all ready, so please be
nice to her on that day and moving forward (after all, she controls the money,
and that is what counts). However, your kids have to stay until the end of the
show to receive a Hongbao. By giving out Hongbao, we intend to send two financial messages to our
kids: (1) that the Chinese New Year celebration is financially rewarding, and
it is what "Gong Xi Fa Cai"
means; and (2) that money doesn't come easy, and that patience and endurance
pay off.
(4) On Sunday, January 22nd, we will
distribute a present to each student. This time, the Hongbao
will contain something sweet and we are 101% confident our children will like
it. My special thanks to Xiaoqing Zhang, Ning Zhu (from PTA) and Jianzhong
Tang who volunteered to shop around for presents. Xiaoqing
finally got the deal from the company. It's now in the hands of Dong Gang, our
vice principal. He is a good VP, always making sure we have something in
school, be it candy, textbooks, copy papers, etcetera, etcetera, and etcetera.
(5) The school PTA and my comrades will
arrange the gifts, so I ask all language teachers to come to my table on Sunday
to pick up your students' presents.
(6) Let us also not forget our teachers, who
have done such a tremendous amount of work for our students, and this is the
season we thank them for their contribution and dedication. A symbolic present
is also prepared for each teacher, sponsored by the Asian Food Market.
Things that are
excitingly stressful:
(7) The International Chinese Essay
contest is coming. The submission deadline is March 1st and we need to get them
ready by February 12. Last year, teachers Xiaobo Ren and Lily Lee coordinated this event and 14 of our
students were awarded for their work. This year they are again volunteering and
I bet we will have more award-winning essays. The school therefore asks
language teachers to give some writing assignments in class. We also ask
parents to get involved and students to participate. It is exciting to get your
kids involved in writing, especially in Chinese. You can never predict the
outcome of their writing. There can be very bright ideas and very interesting
lines. Information about the essay contest is attached.
(8) The Chinese SAT II Mock Test application
is due on the first week of February. For teachers of 8th grade and above,
please submit student names to vice principal Aiping Chen. We encourage all students to participate in
this test because it is a good assessment of student Chinese learning.
(9) The Math Counts Class is cancelled this
Sunday, in observation of Chinese New Year. (Seriously, who does math on
holiday? Not even Wall Street.)
A Final Note:
My daughter and I watched a movie
together, which doesn’t happen very often since she
is in college. It’s called "War Horse",
and directed by Spielberg. This is a fantastic movie, with a great story, great
photography, and great music (by John Williams). An interesting dialogue
between a British soldier and a German soldier while they worked on saving the
horse caught my attention. Remember, they were enemies on the battlefield. Here
are the two lines:
British Soldier: "You speak good
English."
German Soldier: "I speak English
well."
My question is: How do you translate
them into Chinese?
Thank you all for your attention and
have a Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
Welcome back!
I hope all of you enjoyed the time
with your family and friends over the holiday season. As I am sure a few of you
put “learning Chinese” as your New
Year’s resolution, allow me to share with you some things the school and the
Chinese Community Center have been doing over the past two weeks.
(1) The CCC team is busy preparing for the
Chinese New Year Show to be held at the Egg on January 21st. Tickets will be
sold at the Chinese School this coming Sunday. Note that this is the last day
tickets will be sold at the school (there will be no school on January 15th).
We encourage you to come to the New Year Show. After all, this is our New Year,
our culture extravaganza, a day on which we gather together as a community.
This is the event through which our kids learn what the Chinese New Year is
about, and what it means to be Chinese. The show will be great,
a good display of local talents, but this is not all that we do there. This is
the day on which we share each other’s joy, celebrate a tradition, and most
importantly, integrate ourselves with a larger crowd, a crowd of one root, a
crowd that creates RenQi (human energy). For that
reason, we should all go, and it will be noisy, crowded, and after all, fun.
For detailed information, please
visit the CCC website at http://www.cccalbany.org/CCCCMS/node/642
(2) The Chinese school has 5
performances in the show. We extend our congratulations to all of them,
especially to our two pre-school dance teachers and their students. Their
performances at the Chinese School holiday celebration were outstanding. We are
very fortunate to have them.
(3) Let us also not forget that a small red
envelope (Hongbao) will be distributed to kids at the
end of the show.
(4)The school resumes session this coming
Sunday, January 8th. For those parents who cannot attend the Spring
semester due to family relocation, please come and fill out a withdrawal form
so that we can take care of your refund quickly.
(5) The albanychineseschool.org domain name is
back and I am now able to receive email from you folks. My special thanks to
Mr. Ming Ding, our beloved school principal from a decade ago. Mr. Ding served
two terms as school principal and many of us old-timers have fond memories of
him, especially his good sense of humor.
(6) As you all know, the school rental fee for
the year 2011-2012 is $21,500. This is quite a significant expense. As I
prepare for the next year’s negotiation with Shaker Junior High, I am looking
for any parents who can do networking (LaGuan Xi) or
who has negotiation talents which will help me with this complicated process.
If you have the charisma and communication skills, please step forward and the
school will appreciate your help. Last December, Xiaoqing
and I spent an afternoon with the Shaker staff and her communication skills
really made a difference (the preparation work done by the Shaker Junior High
on December 18th was quite satisfactory).
(7) The school has a writing corner where a
few presentation boards were presented every week (hope you noticed that). Our
vice principal Dong Gang is very diligent at collecting student essays. We
continuously encourage all students to participate in this writing practice.
Many other things will come out as we
proceed, but for now, stick to your New Year’s resolution and I will see you on
Sunday.
Thank you all for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
This coming Sunday, December 18th, is
going to be a good day for the school and here are the 3 very important
reasons: first, it ends with EIGHT which is a good number in Chinese; second,
it marks the end of the Fall semester so that we can all take a break to enjoy
the holiday season; and third (most importantly), we have two very handsome
young teachers who are going to get married this Sunday. Mr. Tengyao Song is a Ph.D student at
Albany Medical Center College and Miss Quan Chen is a
Ph.D student at UAlbany.
Please join me in extending our warmest congratulations to them and let us all
wish them “Bai Tou Dao Lao” . With that said, let’s get down to the last day’s
business.
(1)The school holds double sessions on
December 18th, so class will start at 10:00am and end at 11:50am. Our holiday
party and program presentation will start at 1:30pm. Potluck lunch is from
12:00pm to 1:00pm in the school cafeteria, organized by your room
parent.
(2)Many classes have submitted programs for
the school celebration. To give everyone a chance to perform onstage, and to
encourage students to learn from and support each other, we ask you to stay in
the school if your kids finish their performances, to support friends from
other classes.
(3)Parking at Shaker Junior High can be
challenging. If you cannot find a parking spot, please park your car at Shaker
Senior High. Do not park your car in the fire lane. Occasionally, North Colonie Police patrols the school and will offer you a
costly traffic ticket. Last year, one car happened to park on the sidewalk and
was spotted by the principal of Shaker Junior High. I wonder if you still
remember how Jianzhong Tang raised her voice to “high high C†to get your attention.
(4)During the morning session, the school PTA
will be busy decorating the auditorium stage. If you don’t have much to do,
please stop by the auditorium and offer them a hand. We are also asking a few
parents to kindly stay late and help us to clean up the auditorium. It is
understandable that everyone needs to get out soon. But this is your school,
and this is our school. Your participation makes a difference.
(5)As a school tradition, we ask each room PTA
to prepare a card with students’ signatures and collect a gift (in any form,
i.e. a gift card) for your room teacher. Our teachers have been working very
hard throughout the school year, and this is the season in which we express our
gratitude to them. We will start our celebration with a short “Thank you
Teacher” ritual, which calls for all teachers to come to the stage. Each class
should have at least one student representative, who will go to the stage to
present the teacher with a small gift along with a flower (we will hand out
flowers to you). Make sure your class has at least one student there.
(6)During the ceremony, the CCC Youth
Volunteer Team members will help us to keep the stage and auditorium in good
order. These are our high school students volunteering their hours. Please
follow their instructions and directions.
(7)An early warning: with so many people
participating in the potluck lunch on December 18th, space in the cafeteria is
always an issue. You may find the table assigned to your class is too small, or
you may not find the table assigned to your class. This happens every year, and
when it happens again this year, please be patient; ask around and you will
find your destination.
(8)The school is also looking for a few
parents who have some medical background to serve as a “school nurse”. My wife used
to be one for two years. Given the amount of people packed into the auditorium,
safety is always important. If you have a medical background or know someone
who works in medical field, please step forward or help us find one.
Finally, Chinese New Year is around
the corner. This year, the CCC New Year Celebration will be held at the Egg on
Saturday, January 21st. Tickets will be sold at the school this coming Sunday.
Please stop by. As we say goodbye to the year of the Hare, we are embracing an
important new year, the Year of the Dragon. In
planning for the New Year celebration, the school prepares a small “Hong Bao”
for each student at the Egg. So make sure you get a ticket and
show up there.
Our special thanks to Dr. Karen Tan
and her family who donated $1,000 to the Chinese school on December 4th. The
donation will be used to fund student activities, including the holiday
celebration.
Thank you all for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
If I understand correctly, we are all
counting down the number of days left before classes end on December 18th. This
is the most exciting and the busiest time of the year; you are all busy
preparing for the last day of school show, and of course studying for final
exams, which you can’t avoid unless the teacher gives you an easy time. Allow
me to remind you of a few things on December 10th.
(1)Many classes have submitted programs for
the school celebration on December 18th. To give everyone a chance to perform
onstage, and to encourage students to learn from and support each other, we ask
you to limit each program to within 5 minutes. Dance and chorus are exceptions.
We also ask you to stay in the school if your kids finish their performances,
to support friends from other classes.
(2)December 18th is the last day of school for
the Fall semester. For those of you
who are new to the school, please note that the school holds double sessions on
that day. Class starts at 10:00am and ends at 11:50am. Holiday party and
program presentation starts at 1:30pm. There will be a potluck lunch in the
school cafeteria, organized by your room parent from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. To help
the school PTA arrange tables, each room parent should inform Xiaoqing Zhang, our school PTA chair, or her team members
as soon as possible so that the school PTA team can make table arrangements (I
think most classes have done this).
(3)Many thanks to our school photographers, Peizhen Xu, Chongguang
Zhang and Ning Zhu, we have recorded all class
activities on November 20th. Peizhen has
single-handedly pushed the button and magically transferred your lovely images
(including mine which aren’t perfect) to our school photo gallery at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccc_albany/sets/72157628295205731/
Find your kids in the gallery and see if they
behaved well in class. For teachers who missed class on November 20th, please
let us know so that we can take a picture for you this coming Sunday.
(4)As a school tradition, we ask each room PTA
to prepare a card with students’ signatures and collect a gift (in any form,
i.e. a gift card) for your room teacher. Our teachers have been working very
hard throughout the school year, and this is the season in which we express our
gratitude to them. If you are new to the school this year, please ask Xiaoqing Zhang, or any school PTA members. They have plenty
of good ideas.
(5)The director of the CCC Chinese New Year
celebration committee is looking for 12 boys, ages 12 to 14, to participate in
the traditional Chinese “Dragon Dance” at the Egg during the Chinese New Year
Celebration. I have asked Laura Tang, our CCC Youth Volunteer Team co-president
to reach out to upper classes. If your kid fits this age profile, please
contact her at tang.laura@gmail.com.
Finally, an early warning: with so
many people participating in the potluck lunch on December 18th, space in the
cafeteria is always an issue. You may find the table assigned to your class is
too small, or you may not find the table assigned to your class. This happens
every year, and when it happens again this year, I want you to first keep up
the good holiday spirit, and then think of the problem in two ways: (A), the
School PTA is usually right, which means the table is there, so just ask and
look around; and (B), a small table may not be sufficient for your class, but
it helps to keep the RenQi (human energy) cluster
around. Isn’t that a perfect holiday arrangement?
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
Hope this email finds that all of you
had a great Thanksgiving. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, we have
three more weeks to go, including the holiday celebration weekend (December
18th). So here are a few things we need to do:
(1)The scholarship committee, headed by vice
Principal Jing Zhang, was formed on November 20th. The committee includes two teachers and two
school PTAs. They will review student applications this coming Sunday, and we
wish all applicants good luck. If your kids are interested in applying for the
scholarship next year, please pay attention to the application procedures and
requirements published at www.albanychineseschool.org.
(2) Congratulation to all students who participated
and won prizes in the Story-Telling contest! We will visit your classes this
Sunday and present you with a certificate and a small gift in recognition of
your outstanding performance. We would also like to thank the three
photographers, Chongguang Zhang, Tengyao
Song, and Lin Xiao, as well as Peizhen Xu for her editing and publishing. You can now view and
download these pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccc_albany/sets/72157628084780849/
(3)Teachers of 5th grade or lower, please
submit your class programs to Jing Zhang at jingzhang537@gmail.com by this
coming Sunday, December 4th. Our teacher
and student volunteers need some time to prepare the slide show, program menu,
and scripts for the School Holiday Celebration. Also, to give everyone a chance
to perform on the stage, and to encourage students to learn from and support
each other, we ask you to limit each program to within 5 minutes. Dance and
chorus are exceptions.
(4)December 18th is the last day of school for
the Fall semester. For those of you
who are new to the school, please note that the school holds double sessions on
that day. Class starts at 10:00am and ends at 11:50am. Holiday party and
program presentation starts at 1:30pm. There will be a potluck lunch in the
school cafeteria, organized by your room parent from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. To help
the school PTA arrange tables, each room parent should inform Xiaoqing Zhang, our school PTA chair, or her team members
as soon as possible so that the school PTA team can make table arrangements.
The school PTA team, including Jinghua Zhu, Ning Zhu, Kangguo Cheng, Tao Qian and Zhong Li, has done so
much for the school; therefore, I ask all parents to please stop by their
corner (adjacent to the copy machines) and say thank you for their volunteer
work and also offer to help in some way. The more people get involved, the
better we are as a community.
Let’s look forward to an exciting
end-of-semester celebration!
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
(1) This Sunday, November 20th, is school
picture day. We will have 4
photographers walking around the school and visiting your
classrooms for a few professional shots. Please bring your smiley face to
class.
(2) Master Lucas Geller from Wushu class is out of town this week and will be back this
coming Sunday. The class is still on schedule unless the flight gets delayed.
If this happens, you will be notified. Stay tuned.
(3) Teachers of 5th grade or lower, it is time
to start planning for the traditional holiday celebration on the last day of
the Fall semester (December 18). Please begin
organizing your class presentations. After Thanksgiving, our school
administrators will approach you asking for your class presentations. To give
everyone a chance to perform on the stage, we ask you to limit each program to
within 5 minutes. Dance and chorus are exceptions.
(4) The Chinese School Scholarship application
is due on November 20th. If your child is in 10th grade at a local school and
plans to graduate from the Chinese School in the Spring
of 2012, please ask him/her to submit the application package (application
essay and all supporting documents) by this coming Sunday. Application
procedures and requirements are published in the school handbook, which can be
downloaded at www.albanychineseschool.org
(5) The Golden Dragon Acrobats are
coming to Albany for a show at the Egg Theater on Sunday, November 27. The
ticket price at the Box Office is $22 but CCC members get a discounted price of
$13. The CCC will sell tickets in the school cafeteria. Please share the news.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement November. 11, 2011
Dear Parents and Teachers,
(1) We had a huge turnout at the Chinese
School Story Telling Contest last Sunday, November 6th at the CCC building.
Over one hundred students from preschool to 5th grade participated in the
contest. When the contest started (around 1:00pm), the CCC building was packed
with over 150 people, well beyond the building capacity. Both parents and
students were enthusiastic about the event. The programs they presented clearly
demonstrated their enthusiasm, careful preparation and strong commitment.
I would like to thank many of the
volunteers whose dedication and commitment made this event possible:
(A) All the teachers who helped students
prepare for the event also showed up at the contest. They provided strong
support and directed their students' performances. These commendable teachers
were: Jing Feng, Hui Gao, Baozhen Huang, Zhenwen Liu, Fang Li, Hongyue
Sun, Ling Xiao, Jinzhe Feng,
Yadan Chu, Zhimei Ding, and
Wenyi Zhai (If I missed
anyone, please let me know).
(B) The dedicated judges, Fangbing
Li (teacher), Quan Chen (teacher), Jinghua Zhu (parent), and Yingjun
Dang (parent), sat through the entire 3 hours, evaluating student
presentations.
(C) Photographors Tengyao Song, Lin Xiao and Chongguang
Zhang walked many miles (in the building) in order to get perfect shots. Their
work made this event memorable.
(D) Other people provided logistic support for
this event, including Jin Liu who helped purchase gifts, Wei Zhang who
distributed presents, Ling Xiao's husband who helped purchase ice cream, Xiaoqing Zhang who organized parents on duty, and Jinghua Zhu (PTA) who stayed late just to make sure the
building was clean and in good order.
(E) Special thanks to my two dedicated
colleagues, vice principals Aiping Chen and Gang
Dong. Aiping served as the chief judge and spent many
hours after the contest to compute the final score for each student. Gang Dong
was the architect of this event. Mr. Dong spent lots of time planning the
event, coordinating with teachers on their programs, working with Mingming Xia on the audio system, anchoring the contest by
standing at the podium for over three hours, and cleaning after the event.
The result of the Story Telling
Contest just came out. Please see the attached file. Congratulation
to all the winners. You deserved it. The school will present you with a
winning certificate the following Sunday.
(2) We are compiling the Chinese School
student essay book this year, which calls for all students of 4th grade or
higher to submit essays they have written. Teachers, please encourage your
students to submit their writings. The essay book will serve as a good memory
for them as part of their growth. Teacher Peizhen is
working very hard on it. Please contact her at berylh8@gmail.com when you have the essays ready.
(3) The Chinese School Scholarship application
is due on November 20th. If your child is in 10th grade at a local school and
plans to graduate from the Chinese School in the Spring
of 2012, please encourage him/her to apply. Application procedures and
requirements are published in the school handbook, which can be downloaded at www.albanychineseschool.org.
(4) Teachers, it is time to start
planning for the traditional holiday celebration on the last day of the Fall semester (December 18). Please begin organizing your
class presentations. To give everyone a chance to perform on the stage, we ask
you to limit each program to within 5 minutes. Dance and chorus are exceptions.
(5) Free flu shots and blood pressure checks
will be provided by volunteer physicians and Albany Medical College students on
Sunday, November 13th between 1:00pm and 4:00pm at the CCC building. Only
individuals 18 years old and above will be given flu vaccines at this event.
There will be 100 doses given out. First come, first served. See attached file
for details.
(6) The first pay check for teachers was
available for pick up on October 30. If you missed picking up your check,
please stop by the school admin table this coming Sunday, November 13th. Jun
Zhao, our lovely treasurer has the check ready for you. No interest is
accumulated if you leave your check in our hands.
(7) The Golden Dragon Acrobats are coming to
Albany for a show at the Egg Theater on Sunday, November 27. The ticket price
at the Box Office is $22 but CCC members get a discounted price at $13. The CCC
will sell tickets this coming Sunday, November 13th and on November 20th at the
Chinese School. Please share the news.
(8) Lost and Found: (A) A cute hamburger CD
holder with many CDs of Chinese music was found in school. (B) A lady's jacket was left in the school
cafeteria last week. Please contact me if you think it is yours.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement November. 04, 2011
Dear Parents and Teachers,
(1) There is no school this coming Sunday.
Enjoy the weekend.
(2) The annual Chinese Story Telling Contest
will be held on Sunday, November 6th at the CCC building. The contest starts at
1:00pm and ends at 4:00pm. Many parents and teachers have volunteered to be
coordinators and judges, and we thank them in advance for their time. This is a
very popular event and we hope this year's contest will be equally as
successful as in the past. Of course, your input is crutial.
Please be there on time.
(3) For those of you coming to the Story
Telling Contest, please remember that Daylight Saving ends this weekend. Set
your clock one hour back on Saturday evening, November 5th .
If you don't, you will end up arriving at the CCC building one hour early. Of
course, you can always help me arrange chairs and other chores if this happens.
(4) No teacher’s meeting on Sunday, due to
Story Telling Contest.
(5) We are compiling the Chinese School
student essay book this year, which calls for all students of 4th grade or
higher to submit essays they have written. Teachers, please encourage your
students to submit their writings. The essay book will serve as a good memory
for them as part of their growth. Teacher Peizhen is
working very hard on it. Please contact her at berylh8@gmail.com when you have the essays
ready. Detailed information about essay submission is attached in the two pdf files.
(6) The Chinese School Scholarship application
is due on November 20th. If your child is in 10th grade at a local school and
plans to graduate from the Chinese School in the Spring
of 2012, please encourage him/her to apply. Application procedures and
requirements are published in the school handbook, which can be downloaded at www.albanychineseschool.org.
(7) Teachers, it is time to start
planning for the traditional holiday celebration on the last day of Fall semester (December 18). Please begin organizing your
class presentations.
(8) The first pay check for teachers was
available for pick up last week. If you missed picking up your check last week,
please stop by the school admin table. Jun Zhao, our lovely treasurer, has the
check ready for you. No interest is accumulated if you leave your check in our
hands.
(9) Lost and Found: (A) A cute hamburger CD
holder with many CDs of Chinese music was found in school. (B) A lady's jacket was left in school
cafeteria last week. Please contact me if you think it is yours.
(10) Something to cheer you up: The Golden
Dragon Acrobats is coming to Albany for a show at the Egg Theater on Sunday, November 27. Ticket
price at Box Office is $22 but CCC gets discounted price at $13. CCC will sell
tickets on November 13th and 20th at the Chinese School. Please pass the news
around.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
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电话:518-618-3043
E-Mail: Berylh8@gmail.com
Dear parents,
We are halfway through the Fall
semester and I hope you are all having a good time in the Chinese School.
A couple of things to remind you of:
(1) A few classes are celebrating Halloween on
Sunday and we hope your kids will have a good time. Just be careful when distributing
candies because some kids may be allergic to peanuts.
(2)The Chinese School Annual Chinese Story
Telling Contest will be held next Sunday, November 6th at the CCC building.
Classes of 5th grade or below should submit up to 5 stories for the contest. We
encourage your kids to participate and take this opportunity to show their
talents. The Annual Chinese Story Telling Contest is a very popular event and
we hope this year's contest will be equally as successful as in the past. Your
input is critical to this year's success.
(3)Once we finish celebrating
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. This means
we shall start planning for the traditional holiday celebration on the last day
of school (December 18). It's about time to start working with your teacher to
come up with a program to present in front of the school. More announcements
will come in November.
(4)The Chinese School scholarship application
is due on November 20th. If your child is in 10th grade at a local school and
plans to graduate from the Chinese School in the Spring
of 2012, please encourage your kid to apply.
(5)Shaker Junior High found a very cute
hamburger CD holder which belongs to one of you. If you lost it in the school,
please come and pick it up.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement October. 6, 2011
Dear Parents and teachers,
(1) With the gradual changes in leaf color and
falling temperatures, it is well justified to take a small break from the
Chinese School. So, according to the school calendar, we don't have school this
coming Sunday, October 9. Go hiking if you can. It's one of the few weekends
we'll see any sun.
(2) We noticed some students running in the
hallways during the break. Please remind your kids not to run inside the
building. You are ultimately responsible for the safety of your children in
school.
(3) A few teachers reported that some parents
prefer to sit in the classroom along with their child. We kindly remind all
parents to obtain permission from the teachers before sitting in the classroom.
Also, try to keep the hallways quiet during class. For school rules and parent
responsibilities, please read the handbook at http://albanychineseschool.org/
(4) CCC membership refunds will start
on October 16. The CCC bookkeeper should be in the cafeteria processing
refunds. This is also a good time to get a CCC membership card which allows you
to get a 10% discount at local Chinese restaurants.
(5) The Chinese School will organize the
Annual Chinese Story-Telling Contest held on Sunday, November 6. A separate
notice will be sent out. Please contact your teacher if your kids are
interested in participating.
(6) I will be out of town during the week of
October 16. During my absence, Mr. Gang Dong will be in charge. For those of
you who are new to the school, Mr. Dong is the vice principal who sells books
to you at a discount. He is also in charge of all school activities.
He can be reached at
donggang36@gmail.com.
Have a good weekend,
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
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Dear Parents,
I am pleased to announce that the
Annual Chinese Story Telling Contest for 2011 will be held at 13:00 on November
6th, 2011 at the CCC building. If your children like to tell story, this will
be a good opportunity for them to show their talents. Please see below for
detailed information.
Our Culture, Our Stories
Chinese School Annul Chinese Story
Telling Contest
Purpose: The goal of this Chinese Story Telling
Contest is to stimulate students™ interests in learning Chinese language and
culture, to improve their abilities of oral presentation in Chinese, and to
express themselves in Chinese fluently and accurately.
Participants: Students in language class grade 5 and lower
(Please contact your language teacher for guidance if you want to participate).
Competition date: November 06, 2011
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Location: CCC building (11 Avis Dr.,
Latham, NY 12110)
Suggested topics: Short Chinese
culture-related stories such as Chinese idiom story, short Chinese history
story, Chinese riddle story, Chinese ancient poem or children folk song (for
young students), or something you learn from the class. Each class can submit up to 5 stories. Please limit the presentation time for each
story within 3 minutes.
Thank you
Gang Dong
Vice Principal
CCC Chinese School
Email:
donggang36@gmail.com
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement October. 1, 2011
Dear Parents and Teachers,
(1) Last Sunday (09/25/2011), the CCC
Youth Volunteer Team held its first meeting for the 2011-2012 school year. Laura Tang and Gigi Yeung
were elected as co-presidents. Michelle Xiong and
Hannah Liu were elected as vice presidents. Ryan Guo
will serve as secretary. 18 students attended the meeting. The Team will assist
the school and the CCC in organizing several events, including (but not limited
to), the School Holiday Celebration Party, Chinese New Year Show, Regional Food
Bank, and School Field Day. Students who are
interested in joining the Team but didn't attend this meeting, please contact
Laura Tang at tang.laura@gmail.com.
(2) Despite all the efforts we made, we were
unable to keep all classrooms and hallways clean. Some students left
food/drinks in the hallways and classrooms. After meeting with the school PTA,
we decided that starting on October 16, each class
will not make snack arrangements during the break. The following classes will
be affected: XQ-1, XQ-2, XQ-3, CFL-C1, CFL-C2, CFL-C3, JTJMP1-1, JTJMP1-2,
JTJMP1-3, JTJMP2-1, JTJMP2-3. I will inform room
teachers this weekend. Also teachers should remind students not to bring
food/drinks to the classroom.
(3) All teachers please come to the front desk
this coming Sunday to obtain a hard copy of your class roster. Students who are
not on the list are advised to go to their own classrooms.
(4) CCC membership refunds will start in the
second week of October. Currently the CCC treasurer and bookkeeper are working
hard on tax returns which will end by the first week of October. They have a
report of your contribution to the CCC and if your name is on their list, a
refund check will be issued to you.
Thank you for your attention
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
(2011-2012)
Dear Parents and Teachers,
We are moving on to the third week
and most students have started working on their homework and projects.
There are a couple things I would
like to share with you:
(1) Online registration will end this coming
Friday, September 23. If you need to add/transfer/drop a class online, please
do so before Friday. After Friday, we will freeze the system and any new change
requests will go through the registration administration.
(2) According to class rosters, student
enrollment in some classes is not well balanced. If a class has reached
maximum capacity, and you are new to the class, we advice
you to move to a class with fewer students. A good teacher-student ratio
creates an ideal environment for learning.
(3) All teachers,
please go to online registration to print out your class list of students. The
trial period is over so students who are not on your list are advised to go to
their own classroom.
(4) A few classes may soon be cancelled due to
low enrollment. We will post cancellation notices on our websites at http://dreamschool.com/albany
and http://albanychineseschool.org.
(5) All teachers,
please keep the classrooms clean and in good order:
Shaker Junior High called me on
Monday, complaining about our students bringing food and drink to the
classrooms. This is the second incident since school started and we are only in
Week Two. After discusssing with the PTA, the school
asks each teacher and room parent to be responsible for the good order of their
classroom. The administration is taking the following actions: during the first
period, PTA on duty will distribute a plastic bag to your classroom. Either
your room parent or you will ensure all garbage goes into the bag and take it
out of the classroom. Of course, the easiest way to keep the classroom clean is
to tell your students not to bring food into the room.
(6) The CCC Youth Volunteer Team will start
their first meeting this coming Sunday. This year, Laura Tang, Gigi Yeung and Thomas Li will coordinate the first meeting. If
you are in grade 8 or above, please come and join the team. A separate
announcement will be made soon.
(7) CCC membership refund will start in the
second week of October. Currently the CCC treasurer and bookkeeper are working
hard on tax return which will end by the end of September. They have a report
of your contribution to the CCC and if your name is on their list, a refund
check will be issued to you.
So far, we have 359 students
attending 51 courses. Enrollment keeps growing and growing. This is a good
sign, as the Chinese saying goes "Ren Ding Xin Wang". So, let's keep the momentum going.
Thank you for your attention
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal, Chinese School
Dear Fellow Teachers,
Our school time on Sundays is short,
exciting, and sometimes chaotic, which prevents me from talking to each of you
in person. Since we have to live with it, I want to use the email system to
keep communication open and keep you all up-to-date on school issues relevant
to you. Be it good news or bad news, exciting topics or mundane routines, I
am obliged to share them with you and
hope you bear with me with some patience.
This is our first week of school. We
just started, so both good news and bad news are yet to come. For those of you
who work in IT, like me, we all like the saying, “ no
news is good news -- Ping An Wu Shi”.
That said, I want to bring up one
topic in this email, and that is the copy machines. This is an issue which has
been haunting me for over 11 years, ever since I started my Chinese School
adventure as a PTA. Back then in the
year of 2000, we used one, and only one textbook series, called Standard
Chinese (1-9) , sponsored by the Ministry of Education
. There were two main characters in the book. They were David and Xiaoyun (Little Cloud), and all topics relating to Chinese
culture were presented through their conversations. Simple enough, right? Well,
here is the problem: conversation is boring, and having kids spending 2 hours
repeating a conversation is almost insane. Therefore, all teachers came up with
different ideas on teaching, all of which led to some words or pictures on a piece
of paper. And guess what, every Sunday these papers got reproduced.
It was always a very, very long
waiting line at the copy machine table. I actually did a calculation. On
average, a teacher would copy 3 pages per student. Given the enrollment of 200
students, it translated into 600 pages. Our poor copy machines, they were
under-powered and were not designed for mass production. So they collapsed, and
died a heroic death, for the purpose of education .
During my two years as vice principal, I replaced 3 copy machines, numerous
toners and a hundred pounds of paper (estimated), and got promoted to “Staples Premier Customer.
That was then. Many things have
happened in the last 11 years. The most noticeable one is the technology and
the amount of resources available for learning Chinese. We no longer depend on
PC’s or Laptops because smart phones can handle many cool applications. We no
longer rely on textbooks for learning Chinese because many web applications are
more creative in generating teaching contents. The story of “
Monkey King” can be taught not
just through textbooks, but in cartoons, movies, Facebook, Twitter, QQ,
podcast, online games, etcetera, etcetera, and etcetera.
So, what is my point? My point is to
ask you to explore alternative ways, (use a different device) to distribute
teaching content/materials, instead of relying on a copy machine. Our copy
machines are old and fragile, and take a longer time to make copies. Imagine if
every one of you wanted to print 2 pages for each student, a slight reduction
from 11 years ago, then 600 pages will take 1 hour for two copies to be
produced, assuming 10 seconds per page.
I am not trying to be environmentally
friendly, although it is cool to be that way, but I am advocating saving some
and being creative by using alternative technologies. Another solution is to
distribute teaching materials in pdf files to
students.
PTA and parents on duty are working
hard to produce your materials. Let’s salute to their work.
That’s the end of my Blah, blah, blah.
Thank you for your attention and see
you on Sunday.
Your very friendly Principal,
Guoping
Fei
- CCC Chinese School
Weekly Announcement September. 15, 2011
- The Children's Choir of Chinese
School was established in September, 2010. The first director was
Professor Yiping Wu. The number of participants
increased quickly from 12 to more than twenty, so that the class had to be
divided into two sections. The choir not only performed at the Chinese
School, but also at CCC Spring Festival, a musical show at the Proctor's
Theater, and the annual concert of CCC Chorus. The students not only
learned quite a few Chinese and American choral pieces, understood some
singing techniques, but began to realize the importance of team work. This
year, the director is Mr. Justin Cook, a former student of Professor Wu.
Mr. Cook graduated from famous Westminster Choir College in New Jersey.
While at Westminster College, Mr. Cook was an assistant instructor of the
well-known American Boy's Choir, and gained good
experience on how to teaching children singing. His teaching will bring a
fresh air to the Children's Choir. Professor Wu will continue to help
growth of the choir, especially in learning Chinese repertoire.
- Math club is holding two
"fun math" sessions at Chinese School, from 3-4PM.
One session is for 1 & 2 grade
students using classroom C204. Another session is for 4th, 5th and 6th graders
in classroom C102.
The purpose of the Fun Math class is
to challenge young kids beyond the
classroom setting. Good problems can inspire
curiosity about number
relationships and geometric properties. It is
hoped that in accepting the
challenge of mathematical problem solving, our
kids will be led to explore new
mathematical horizons. This will also help our 4
through 6 grades kids to prepare math competition once they hit middle school.
For detailed information, please
contact Qun Lu at shen4@yahoo.com
Dear parents,
We had a wonderful, busy, and very
exciting first day of school. It’s good to see all of you returning back and welcome our new
families joining the Chinese School community. As of today, we have had 252 families
registered for school with a total of 312 students. Thanks to teachers, PTA
volunteers and administrative staff, we managed to arrange all students in
classes and we hope they have a very productive year. With that said, allow me to remind you of the
following:
(1)If the class enrollment has reached maximum
and you have not registered for that class, please go to a different class. An
overcrowded classroom is not good for teaching and learning.
(2)Students must be supervised at all times in
the classrooms. They are not to touch
anything in the classroom or erase anything on the boards. Please do not move anything around in the
classrooms. We have had a few problems
in the past and got complaints from the teachers at Shaker Junior High. That’s why we
need to reiterate the importance of school rules and ask all students to
observe these rules.
(3)Please do not park your car in the fire
lane in front of the cafeteria. This is a safety issue and we want everyone to
observe this rule.
(4)For those of you who are CCC members
through donation( i.e. sefa,
united way, individual donation), the school is working with the CCC to refund
your money. We will inform you as soon as we are ready.
Thank you for your attention and see
you next Sunday.
Sincerely,
Guoping
Fei, on behalf of the school administrative team
各位家长，你们好！
今年的夏天将在Saratoga 赛马的嘶鸣中徐徐落下帷幕，新学年的脚步也悄然而至，我们的老师和工作人员正忙碌着备课，迎接您的孩子走进中文世界。在此，我谨代表中文学校全体老师和同仁祝大家暑假愉快。新学年来临之际，提醒大家下列事项：
（1） 尽早办理注册手续（注册截止日期为8月31日）中文学校网上注册已正式开通，学校要求大家上网设立家庭账户（每个家庭设一个账户）并为孩子选课。学校注册网址是 http://dreamschool.com/albany。 有关注册规定和注册程序，网上有详细介绍。注册完毕后，请将收据和支票寄往CCC Chinese School Registration, 11 Ivywood Drive, Selkirk, NY 12158。
（2） 如果您无法网上注册，学校将在华社办理注册付款服务，并回答注册，选课等有关问题。时间为
8月27日（星期六）12:00PM –
2:30PM
8月28日（星期日）12:00PM – 2:30PM
（3） 中文学校今年的开学日期为9月11日（星期天）, 您孩子所在教室的位置将在8月31更新,请您及时查阅,网址是
http://albanychineseschool.org/2011CS_Handbook/Class_Map.pdf
谢谢大家
费国平
中文学校校长（2011-2012）
Dear Parents,
I would like to take this opportunity
to bring you up-to-date on the school online registration system and remind you
to complete registration for your kids before school starts.
1. The school has begun online
registration at http://dreamschool.com/albany. You are required to open a
family account (if you don’t have one) and register courses through this
website for the 2011-2012 school year. Detailed
instructions are posted on the home page. After registration, please print the
confirmation slip and mail your check to CCC Chinese School Registration, 11 Ivywood Drive, Selkirk, NY 12158. Payment must be received
to secure your registration. A $10 late fee will apply if the payment is after
the open enrollment period by postmark.
2. For those of you who are unable to
register online, the school will hold two open registration sessions at the CCC
building at 11 Avis Drive, Latham, NY 12110.
Our staff will process your registration and payment. We will also
answer your questions about courses that are offered in the coming school year.
Our open registration times are:
August 27 (Saturday): 12:00pm -
2:30pm
August 28 (Sunday): 12:00pm - 2:30pm
3. Please also mark on your calendar
that the first day of school is Sunday, September 11. All classroom information
will be updated on August 31 at
http://albanychineseschool.org/2011CS_Handbook/Class_Map.pdf
Thank you all for your attention and
enjoy the rest of the summer.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
Principal,
CCC Chinese School（2011-2012）
Dear All Teachers,
If you received my previous email with alien codes, please ignore it. The email
was sent out from School registration system which doesn't interprete
Chinese Characters correctly.
The following is the original message (in Chinese)
各位老师，你们好！
（1）华社定于8月6日12点在Colonie Town Park 举办一年一度的传统野餐活动。将有众多业余大厨云聚在此，一显厨艺，为您和您的家人提供丰盛的烧烤（All you can eat barbeque）。 欢迎各位光临。
为统计人数，请您尽早报名。
联系人邮址：zhangtian8401@gmail.com， lwang5@ft.newyorklife.com。
Colonie Town Park 地址：
71 Schermerhorn Rd Cohoes, NY 12047;
GPS 定位：Latitude: 42.7991667, Longitude:
-73.7447222.
（2）中文学校新学年网上注册已正式开通，学校要求大家上网设立家庭账户（每个家庭设一个账户）并为孩子选课。学校注册网址：http://dreamschool.com/albany。
作为老师， 学校已经为您开设账户，您的名字是您的ID，您的家庭电话最后4位数是您的密码。您上网后可以修改密码。请仔细核对您的家庭及个人资料，避免有错。另外，在您的personal profile 一栏里， 填上您的简历，供家长参考。
（3）为加强老师与学生的交流，学校要求每个老师在您所授课的网页上列出教学大纲，下列样本仅供参考
教学要求:
读和写每课后生字; 能读和认课文里词组, 并理解词义.
讲解并让学生掌握每课的基本句式以及文字和语法.
结合课本做语法练习。
讲授作文基本知识; 要求每周至少完成一篇日记.
使用教材:
使用马立平中文教科书五年级。进度请参考教学计划安排。
教学指导参考.
练习册.
生字和词汇卡片。
多媒体练习光盘。
教学方式:
以中文(95%)为主授课; 锻炼学生听, 说能力.
以学生为主, 给他们大量机会去说, 并做游戏形式去认字, 以培养兴趣.
每课开始之前测验, 以检查学生掌握程度.
做语法练习。
学讲故事, 阅读范文.
总结练习册和写作作业, 并阅读优秀的作文.
记分方式:
期末考试: 25%
作业: 30%
测验: 35%
努力程度: 10%
（5）您在使用学校注册网页时有什么问题，可以直接和我联系，我的电话是 439-5056。也可以直接向陈建华（jchen_9898@verizon.net）或钱涛（qian06@yahoo.com）提问。
（6）下学年的素描班和象棋班尚缺老师，如果您有合适的人选可以推荐或者愿意毛遂自荐的话,请与我联系。
（7）新学年的第一次教师会议定于8月21日（星期天）11点至1点半在华社举行。学校免费提供“工作午餐”。 请大家准时到会。
谢谢各位老师
祝大家暑期愉快，玩得痛快
费国平
中文学校校长（2011-2012）
Guoping Fei
Principal, CCC Chinese School
- CCC Chinese School Weekly Announcement Juny
14 , 2011
Dear Teachers,
Greetings!
While we are all enjoying summer vacation, I would like to inform you that
Chinese School registration for the 2011-2012 school year
is underway. This is the first time we will hold registration online, and we
want to make it as efficient/accurate as possible.
To facilitate the registration process, I ask you to do the following:
(1) Each one of you has a user account in the school registration database.
Your default login ID is your first name and your default password is the last
4 digits of your phone number. You can change it after you log in (make sure ID
format is "User Login Name").
(2) Once you log in, please check your personal profile, i.e
email address, home address, phone number, etc, etc.
Please also give a brief discription of yourself so
that potential students and parents know who you are.
(3) The school also asks each of you to fill out a course description and
teaching plan. You may combine the two together. Generally, the school expects
you to briefly describe your assigned course in 4 categories: 1.teaching
objective, 2.teaching methodology, 3. textbook, 4. evaluation. For culture
classes, a brief description is sufficient and teaching plan is not required.
(4) Please also contact the students and families in your class and ask them
start online registration before August 6. So far, we have 49 students
registered for next year and "250 unaccounted for". So your effort is
critical and I thank thank you for helping the school
reach out.
If you have any question regarding online registration, please feel free to
contact me at 439-5056 or Jianhua Chen, school
database administrator at jchen_9898@verizon.net, or Qiantao,
former school vice principal at qian06@yahoo.com. We can certainly help you
out, provided you have a pc and internet access.
(5) August 6 is CCC picnic day, and I encourage all of you to go there. The
school will also set up a registration table. Please let your students and
their families know.
(6) Mark your calendar! As a tradition, the school holds a teacher meeting in
late August as final prep for the coming school year. This year we schedule the
meeting at CCC buidling on Sunday, August 21, between
11:00am and 1:30pm. We will have one hour meeting (11:00am - 12:00pm), followed
by a "business" lunch (12:00pm - 1:30pm).
Thank you all for your attention. This message is sent through school online
registration system. If text format or message content looks funny, please let
me know.
Enjoy your wonderful summer and hope to see you soon.
Sincerely,
Guoping Fei
On behalf of school admin team
- CCC
Chinese School Weekly Announcement May 27 , 2011
暑期国画班招生Chinese Brush
Painting class
夏紫旭是11年级的学生，不过已有一年助教及二年国画教学经验。
夏紫旭不仅擅长国画，还擅长速写、电脑绘画、瓷塑、动画设计等艺术。2010年秋在万国小姐评选中，她代表华社，以中国小姐的身份代表中国队参加竞选，夏紫旭以品学兼优、多才多艺的实力，技压群芳，摘取桂冠。自从在中文学校开课以来，深受小朋友们的喜爱和追崇。
今年夏天，自六 月五日起，每星期天下午1：00-3：00，夏紫旭老师将在华社开设《国画班》课程。有兴趣者请与华社中文学校副校长陈爱萍联系（5184065451）achen9@gmail.com 或与许佩珍老师联系（5186183043） berylh8@gmail.com
Jacqueline Hsia ，Class Supervisor: Mingmin
Hsia . Jacqueline Hsia, an 11th grader from Colonie Central High School and former graduate from
Chinese School, has been learning Chinese Brush Painting for six years and has
been taught by teachers in China and Professor Lefu Gu. three
years ago, she worked as a teacher assistant for Teacher Jiang ShuJun, she taught a Chinese Brush Painting class for
beginners for two years in Chinese school . During the summer, she tutored
Chinese Brush Painting. She enjoys many forms of art, including sketching,
digital painting and graphics, and painting with other mediums. She also plays
Chinese Zither and frequently performs at various Chinese cultural events.
Ms. Jacqueline
Hsia is preparing to open a basic Chinese brush painting class during the
summer.
Place: CCC
Building. Every Sunday 1:00pm—3:00pm
Sessions: From
June to the end of August Or Long-Term
Cost:100(10 weeks long art summer camp for 10 lessons and 2
hours per lesson)
If you’d like to
find something for your kids to do this summer, please consider Ms. Xia’s
class.
If you’re
interested, please see this link: http://chinesebrushpainting.webs.com/
看健康动画，
学经典文化
资深教师许佩珍，有着丰富的海外中文教学经验，教过1—12年级学生。除中文学校执教以外，并有私人授课的经历，面向不同层次的学生。2008年暑假，曾在华社成功开办过《经典教育》课程。
自六 月五日起，每星期天下午1：00-3：00，许佩珍老师将在华社开设《经典教育》课程，主要面向有中文语言环境的孩子（面向5-12岁的孩子），在短期内，识得相当数量的中国文字，和一定水平的语言表达能力。
教学内容：
主要以“三字经”（1800 字）“千字文”“论语”等“儿童经典教育系列”为主要题材，通过“诵读”的手段，在耳濡目染的氛围里，提高儿童的文学修养，让孩子从心灵上得到经典教育的熏陶，培养孩子儒雅的大家风度。配以“成语动画廊”为辅助教材，让孩子们在轻松愉快的环境里，播下健康成长的优良种子。许老师认为：教育不仅需要知识与技能的传授，还包括文化与人格的熏陶。两者俱足，知识和技能的运用才显得更为健康，良善。
教材：
中华文化经典诵读全国指导中心指定教材，《三字经》、
《弟子规》、《大学》、《论语》、《儿童唐诗新唱》、《笠翁对韵》。
另外，根据学生的实际情况，会启用更生活化的《轻松学汉语》作为辅助教材，
培养学生的口语表达能力。这一课程，可以是短期培训，也可以长年开班。
让我们一起，与经典同行，与圣贤为友，立君子品质，做有德之人！秉承 “为天地立心，为生民立命，为往圣继绝学，为万世开太平”的儒者情怀，为培育国家栋梁而不懈努力。让具有五千年悠久历史的中华优秀传统文化在新时期发扬光大。
学费：$100 ( 每周2小时，共10次）
有兴趣者请与华社中文学校副校长陈爱萍联系（5184065451）achen9@gmail.com
或与许佩珍老师联系（5186183043） berylh8@gmail.com
Class Title: Introduction to Video Making
Instructor:
Jason Wan Email contact: jjwan93@gmail.com, , phone: (518) 330-7245
This five-week class will cover the basics of video production, including
screen writing, shot selection, shooting and editing. Instruction will be
offered through video production, as well as watching and dissecting various
feature-length movies, shorts, and online videos to learn more about the
medium. Students will leave the class ready to continue creating their own
work. While instruction on technique and advice can be offered in class, most
of the students’ individual work will be accomplished on their own, and so
students are expected to be self-motivated in order to complete their videos.
Equipment Requirements:
- The following equipment must be provided by the student:
o Video Camera – students do not need to own the newest Canon video camera, but
equipment should be of higher quality than a cell phone
o Computer with video editing software (preferably some sort of Mac with
iMovie)
o Writing utensils – Students will be engaged in some script writing in class.
I suggest bringing a laptop or whatever a student feels comfortable working
with.
Bio: Jason Wan is a senior at Bethlehem Central High School. He has studied
filmmaking at the Sage College Summer Arts Program (2009), the New York State
Summer School of the Arts (2010), and through classes in his high school
(2011).
Time: Sunday afternoon and Tuesday nights, (two-hour time slot), June 12th
though July 10th
Paper Cutting Class 剪纸
CCC剪纸课教师张天已经拥有20年的剪纸经验，2000年获得国家颁布的8级剪纸证书。张天的剪纸作品曾多次在中国美术大赛中获奖，其中包括中国“家庭妇女儿童”艺术大赛中获得全国二等奖。她的近期作品链接http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.105480399731.90881.827864731
Zhang Tian, the secretary of CCC,
has been crafting Chinese paper-cut for 20 years. She was awarded the 8th level
of paper-cut skill certificate in 2000. She has also won numerous prizes in
paper-cut including the 2nd prize in the Chinese National "Family, Woman
& Child" Art Exhibition. Here is the link of her recent paper-cut
album http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.105480399731.90881.827864731
Summer English writing (夏季英语写作班)
Dr Mina Sun is in the process of
organizing a English writing club for kids 9 and 10 year olds in Chinese school
who have weakness in English composition due to the fact that English is not
the primary language and their parents are unable to help them due to the
unfamiliarity with the art of English writing.
Location地点: Dr Sun’s
house, 972 Grooms Road, Rexford
Tutor老师: will be a NYS certified teacher, 持有NY 老师证书的老师.
Age and size of the Club 学生年龄: kid 9-10 years old, total student
6; 年龄在9-10岁, 总共只收六位学生.
Coast收费: $15-$18/2 hour session; $15-$18/每2小时
Contact( 联系): Dr Sun
at: minakarasz@hotmail.com
2011年暑期儿童画教学计划
吴全喜
一.时间: 暑期星期六上课,共十次.
二.地点: CCC
三.教学目的的要求：
学习蜡笔画，简笔画，铅笔画儿童创作画的基 础知识，练好绘画的基本功，由简到繁，由易到难，由单独画种到混合画种,循序渐进，步步深入，在学习美术基础知识的同时，培养学生的观察能力和创造能力，形象思维和逻辑思维并重，以培养学生创造性思维下的美术创作为发展方向，立足现实，面向未来，把传统画手法与动漫制作结合起来。
四.教学进度安排：
第1周：直线，曲线；三原色。
蜡笔写生画：盘子里的巧克力豆。
第2周：半园，面，树和草的画法。
蜡笔临摹画:鸟窝里的鸟。
第3周：长方形和正方形,苹果树和草的画法.
蜡笔临摹画:运苹果的汽车.
第4周：三角形与长方形，园形的结合；认识
颜色：三间色
蜡笔创造画: 房子。
第5周： 颜色的配搭：暖色和冷色，多边形，园弧
蜡笔创造画: 秋游。
第6周：遮挡. 简笔画：
人物画《一》
第7周：对称. 简笔画：
人物画《二》
第8周：均衡. 简笔画：
动物画《一》
第9周：合谐. 简笔画：
动物画《二》
第10周：画的评价.复习.简笔画创作
五.所需文具: 铅笔,蜡笔,纸.
六.如果家长和学生有兴趣,美术课和语言课可以同时上.