SCCS will not have class in the coming Sunday (Oct 15) due to the open house event of SCSU. We will resume the school on Oct 22.
1. We are starting children choir and adult choir course from Oct 22. The time for the choirs are: 1:30-2:15, 4:25-5:10: Children choir; 3:30-4:15: Adult choir. Please fill the online form to register at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/Xuhq1r3TpPlOSF9f2
2. The students in the class of "Chinese in America, Discussion Panels" will have a field trip to Museum of Chinese Americans in NYC this coming Sunday. Let's wish them a great and safe trip. Thanks to support from MOCA.
3. "Listening To Poetry - Echoes of Civilization" will be at Woolsey Hall at 7:30 of Oct 21. Several famous commentators, actors and actresses from China will come to perform. On Oct 22, they will come to SCCS. Please attend the performance if you have time.
5. Thanks to the work by Dr. Ying Jiang, the office manager, the safety patrol is going well. Please login to your account in school website to check your patrol schedule. Send e-mail to safety@ynhchineseschool.org if you have any question.
6. If you still have tuition fee due, please make payment to the office on Oct 22. Pay attention to the e-mail from finance@ynhchineseschool.org. If you have credit, the default option is to keep it as credit for further use. If you want to get refund, login to school website and make choice under "payment history" menu. To do nothing is considered as keeping the credit for next school year.
3.学校财务将清理本学期还有应交款未交的家庭,具体的算法是:除去会员费、值班押金、注册费(8月31日之前缴费的家庭免注册费)以外,所缴的费用一定要足够本学期的学费,没有及时缴够的家庭,将按迟缴费一样处理,加收注册费,希望欠费家庭配合。如果你多缴了费用,学校网上应该显示credit,你可以登录你的帐号,选择Billing and Payment History,最下面会有4种选择,最简单的办法是将credit留在学校(你什么都不需要做),下一年注册的时候会自动用在你们的学费上。
4.10月21日7:30由著名播音员方明、薛飞、李立宏、徐涛,演员杜宁林、于同云等参与演出的《聆响行歌》新诗百年诗歌朗诵将在耶鲁大学Woolsey Hall举行,演出免费入场。22日下午主要演员将到中文学校和大家见面,具体的安排将另行通知。22日晚6时将在Milford Boston Post Mall里的The Buffet Palace (1201 Boston Post Rd #1200, Milford, CT 06460)晚宴,目前还有30个座位供中文学校会员报名参与,每位$25,如果你有兴趣参加,请携带支票到办公室报名(non refundable),先到先得。
1. We will have regular school this coming Sunday (Oct 8). Next Sunday (Oct 15), we will not have chinese school due to the open house for SCSU.
2. To enhance the communication between school and members, we open a Google Group. You should receive a verification e-mail from the group. If you did not, please contact support@ynhchineseschool.org as soon as possible. It is very important for us to have an effective method to communicate.
3. The school finance group will contact these families who still owe school tuition fee for this semester. The way to calculate whether you still owe the school tuition fee is that after we take off the membership fee, registration fee and safety deposition from your payment, whether you have sufficient fund to cover the tuition fee for this semester. If you overpaid the school, your account should show that you have credit in the school. The best way is to do nothing so we will leave the credit for next year. If you want to get refund check or donate the credit to school, you can login to your account and choose the menu: Billing and Payment History. In the last few lines in the page, you should have 4 options. Choose one so the finance group can process your request.
4. At 7:30 pm of Oct 21, there will be a poem recital in Woolsey Hall. The commentators, actors and actresses from China will perform there. The event is open to public with free admission. In the afternoon of Oct 22, the group will come to SCCS. The detail will be followed. In the evening of Oct 22, we will have dinner with these commentators, actors and actresses in the The Buffet Palace of Boston Post Mall, Milford. We have 30 seats for SCCS members with $25/seat. If you want to join the dinner with the guests from China, please bring a check to school office. The payment is non-refundable.
5. The Chinese spelling bee competition will held in Oct 22 and 29. This is the competition for the students in Grade 3 to 7 of heritage class. If any student in the non-heritage class wants to join the competition, please contact me directly. We will place you to the classroom of the same grade with minimal student numbers. The requirement is the same as for heritage students. If you want to know more about the competition rule, please refer the no 5 in the Chinese version above.
6. We will have different competitions for other graders. Stay tuned.
7. If you finish the online survey regarding the Children Choir, you should receive my e-mail regarding the meeting this Sunday (2:45-3:15 in Rm A109).
See you this Sunday.
Spelling bee competition, etc
Dear SCCS members,
1. We will have regular school this coming Sunday (Oct 8). Next Sunday (Oct 15), we will not have chinese school due to the open house for SCSU.
2. To enhance the communication between school and members, we open a Google Group. You should receive a verification e-mail from the group. If you did not, please contact support@ynhchineseschool.org as soon as possible. It is very important for us to have an effective method to communicate.
3. The school finance group will contact these families who still owe school tuition fee for this semester. The way to calculate whether you still owe the school tuition fee is that after we take off the membership fee, registration fee and safety deposition from your payment, whether you have sufficient fund to cover the tuition fee for this semester. If you overpaid the school, your account should show that you have credit in the school. The best way is to do nothing so we will leave the credit for next year. If you want to get refund check or donate the credit to school, you can login to your account and choose the menu: Billing and Payment History. In the last few lines in the page, you should have 4 options. Choose one so the finance group can process your request.
4. At 7:30 pm of Oct 21, there will be a poem recital in Woolsey Hall. The commentators, actors and actresses from China will perform there. The event is open to public with free admission. In the afternoon of Oct 22, the group will come to SCCS. The detail will be followed. In the evening of Oct 22, we will have dinner with these commentators, actors and actresses in the The Buffet Palace of Boston Post Mall, Milford. We have 30 seats for SCCS members with $25/seat. If you want to join the dinner with the guests from China, please bring a check to school office. The payment is non-refundable.
5. The Chinese spelling bee competition will held in Oct 22 and 29. This is the competition for the students in Grade 3 to 7 of heritage class. If any student in the non-heritage class wants to join the competition, please contact me directly. We will place you to the classroom of the same grade with minimal student numbers. The requirement is the same as for heritage students. If you want to know more about the competition rule, please refer the no 5 in the Chinese version above.
6. We will have different competitions for other graders. Stay tuned.
7. If you finish the online survey regarding the Children Choir, you should receive my e-mail regarding the meeting this Sunday (2:45-3:15 in Rm A109).
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音乐系。赴美前任内蒙古消防总队文工团独唱演员。多次在全国及各省市比赛中获奖,曾获第九届“步步高杯”全国青年歌手电视大奖赛民族组“银屏奖”;三次获内蒙古自治区歌手大赛及情歌大赛民族组一等奖;一次获四川省歌手大赛民族组第二名;参加中央电视台公安部“春节联欢晚会”,中央电视台“心连心”艺术团,大连电视台国际服装节及北京电视台元旦晚会等上百场大型歌舞晚会的演出。拍摄音乐电视《鄂伦春哟,森林的魂》。演唱之余一直从事声乐教学工作,教授学生正确的歌唱技巧,科学的发声方法及音乐理论知识。在十余年的教学工作中爱学生,尊重学生,细致认真,耐心严谨,教学经验丰富,注重因材施教。所教学生多次荣获中国“十佳”歌手称号,肯塔基州声乐比赛第二名,“水立方杯”海外华人中文歌曲大赛芝加哥赛区“儿童组"冠军,“青年组”第六名及“成人组”第六名。曾任历届肯塔基大学歌手大赛评委,“水立方杯”海外华人中文歌曲大赛芝加哥赛区评委。担任芝加哥“华星儿童合唱团”指导老师,并在“希林西北中文学校”教授儿童及成人声乐课,根据儿童和成人的个性和特点来制定教学课程。课程借鉴传统的教学方法,遵循个人特质的学习模式,以听唱动看模的形式进行,通过独特的声乐训练,教授学生初步掌握演唱的能力,快速的掌握声乐呼吸,演唱技巧,并在演唱歌曲中实际应用。在教学过程中,强调表演实践,带领的“华星儿童合唱团”参加了“纪念孙中山诞辰100周年大型文艺晚会”“北京丝竹乐团春节晚会”“fashion
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Celebrate the Moon Festival, Seminar on College Application and survey for Children's Choir
Dear SCCS members,
1. Celebration of Moon Festival:
The Moon Festival is coming and PTA will celebrate the festival
this Sunday. Here are the arrangement:
Venue: Cafeteria, Middle of B-Wing
2:00-2:30: Taste of Mooncake (first run)
2:30-3:00: Performance by the winners of the talent show in the
Spring Semester
3:15-3:45: Taste of Mooncake (second run)
Thanks to all volunteers and PTA. They started to plan the
celebration from the summer. Hope you will enjoy it.
2. Seminar on College Application:
Navigating college applications can be challenging, especially
for second-generation Chinese Americans whose parents did not
attend college in the U.S. What are colleges looking for? How do
you help your child prepare themselves for the American college
application process? What kind of skills do they need to develop
to prepare for their future? Yale Law School students Kathy Lu and
Julia Wang are here to share their insights as Chinese American
students who successfully navigated the process. The panel will
focus on finding the right personal statement topic, presenting a
unique voice, and putting the best foot forward. Parents will have
the opportunity to ask questions about the college application
process and preparing your children to be confident and successful
leaders and critical thinkers.
Time: 3:30-4:30
Venue: A120 (the lecture hall between A and B wings)
3. Survey for the Children's Choir and Vocal training:
SCCS plans to open a class for the Children's choir and Vocal
Training. Students can learn Chinese songs by a professional
teacher: Ms. Shanshan Zeng. Ms. Zang graduated from Sichuan
Conservatory of Music, Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing
and Harper College. She was a professional singer in China and won
a lot of prestige awards. She was teaching in a Chinese School in
Chicago before moving to New Haven area. Her resume can be found
in the Chinese version above. If you want to know her more, please
contact me directly.
We want to start the course from October 21 and continue to the
end of the school year if we have more than 8 students. The
tuition fee will be $50 for this semester and $100 for next
semester. If you are interested in registering your child(ren),
please finish the survey by October 6. We will contact you if we
have enough students to open the course.
4. The Chinese vocabulary competition (grade 3-7):
SCCS will organize 2017 Chinese vocabulary competition for
heritage classes from grade 3 to 7. The detailed rules will be
followed in my e-mail next week. If you want to get more
information about the competition, please refer the Chinese
version above.
5. Attendance:
The shopping period for courses was end. Anyone without
registration or permission from office (except the on-duty room
parents) will not be allowed to sit in the classroom. The teacher
for each course will have attendance sheet. And the school office
will occasionally check the attendance for some courses. If
someone is not registered or does not have permission but sits in
the classroom, he/she will be asked to pay the tuition fee plus
the penalty. Thanks for your corporation.
[SCCS]9/22/2017: The store will open this Sunday and other activities
Dear SCCS Members,
Course shopping time ends tomorrow evening
This
Saturday evening, we will disable the function which allows general member to change registration. Please make the necessary modification before that. From this Sunday, you can only ask the administration team members to add courses for you. To drop a course will not be allowed.
The store will open this Sunday
Thanks to PTA and all volunteers, the school store will open this Sunday from 1:30 to 4:45. Students can exchange goods with earned points. To prevent the younger students from any safety issue during shopping, the school arranges special periods for students from K and first grade. The following are assigned periods:
K1,K2: 1:50-2:05
first grade non-heritage: 1:40-1:50
Class 1.1, 1.4: 2:40-2:50
Class 1.2 and 1.3: 2:50-3:00,
Please help your teachers to chaperon the students. It is also good time to teach students how to use Chinese to shop.
The school still has some T-shirts. The sample will be displayed in the store. Please stop by to make orders. The price is $20/piece.
Support our school
We keep our tuition fee very low to avoid any additional financial burden for our general members. Any support will be helpful. When you plan your tax and donation, please keep our school in your mind. SCCS is an IRS registered 501(c)3 organization. Your donation will be tax deductible. Some companies also match your donation. Please let us know if you need more information on how to support our school.
You can also support us by shopping in Amazon Smile. The school website has the link in the first page (right side under the photos). Or you can go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-4180579. It will not cost you additional penny to shop but Amazon can donate 1% of your shopping to our school.
Several events in the coming weeks
PTA will celebrate Moon festival on October 1. You will have chance to try the delicious moon cake and watch the performance by the winners in the talent competition. Stay tuned for further communication next week.
There will be no school on October 15 due to the open house day for SCSU. Please mark your calendar.
In the evening of October 21, there will be poem recital in Woolsey Hall. There will be several famous actors and commentators from China to perform. It is an event to celebrate the centennial of the new poem styles in China. To shorten this communication, I am not going to provide the very detailed information here. If you are interested in knowing more about the event, drop me an e-mail and I can send you more information.
Some of actors and commentators will come to SCCS on October 22. More detailed information will be followed.
[SCCS]9/16/17:last day for modifying course selection, Enrichment classes start tomorrow
Dear SCCS Members,
The enrichment courses will begin tomorrow. SAT Verbal will start at 12:35. Other classes will start at 1:30 or late. There are some changes of classrooms and you should receive the notice from your teacher if your registered class is affected. Please refer the school website for the newest classroom assignment. SAT math will have a placement test tomorrow so please be there on time.
It will be the last day for members to shop classes without penalty tomorrow. You can sit in the enrichment classes you are interested in (not Chinese language classes). If you like, please stop by A107 (office) to add courses and pay your tuition fee. The registration fee will increase to $40 after tomorrow.
The safety patrol was very successful last Sunday. Please check the e-mail from safety@ynhchineseschool.org for your schedule. The best way to check your schedule is to login to your account and select My Safety Patrol Schedule. The schedule is set for this semester. If you cannot be here for the particular day assigned, please contact safety@ynhchineseschool.org to reschedule.
[SCCS]09/09/17: First day of the school year tomorrow
Dear SCCS Members,
The school will start on September 10, 2017 (tomorrow). The first class will begin at 1:30. Please come earlier to avoid any unexpected delay, such as, taking time to find classroom. We will only have Chinese language classes (Class code from C00a to C21a) in the first day of school. All enrichment classes will start on September 17, 2017.
We add another Kindergarten class due to the over registration of two kindergarten classes. Please find more information in our website.
We still have openings in some exercise courses: such as Pi-Yo, Zumba, Yoga, and Taiji. Come to have fun when your child(ren) are taken care by our teachers.
We also want every high school students know that we have a course: Chinese in America, Discussion Panels. The instructor, Julia Wang, is a Harvard graduate, a Gates Scholar, Master from Cambridge and currently a Yale Law School student. She will mix the English writing and public speech in the course. We also plan to have a field trip to MOCA at NYC.
If you have a high student at home, do not miss the Seminar on college application by Julia Wang early December.
Textbooks will be distributed in each classroom. You should receive an e-mail from your teacher before Sunday for the detail. The school does not accept cash anymore. If you want to pay cash for textbook, it is acceptable since each teacher will collect them together and write a check to the school. For any payment directly to the school, please be aware that NO CASH policy is strictly enforced.
Some teachers might need to charge additional material fee. Please refer to the e-mails from your teacher.
The school office will be in Room A-107 (Engleman Hall). It will be the best place for general information and reporting to your patrol duty. We temporarily set up desks in the Hall way of B-wing (opposite to the Cafeteria). You can register, add classes, drop classes, pay bills there. If you can bring a Payment voucher, it will help us to locate your information much fast.
Welcome to SCCS. Let's work together to build a better place for our children and ourselves.
[SCCS]09/06/17: Call for volunteers, help tips for the first day
Dear SCCS Members,
The school will start on September 10, 2017 (the coming Sunday). The first class will begin at 1:30. Please come earlier to avoid any unexpected delay, such as, taking time to find classroom. We will only have Chinese language classes (Class code from C00a to C21a) in the first day of school. All enrichment classes will start on September 17, 2017.
Our e-mails sometimes are delayed by different internet and e-mail providers, especially for the accounts in Yahoo. You can always check our newest announcement in the school website homepage.
The safety patrol assignment is sent out from safety@ynhchineseschool.org. Please check your e-mail from this address. It will be best practice that you add our e-mail addresses to your contact list to avoid the possibility which our e-mails are thrown to SPAM folder. You can also check your account and select Safety patrol to view your assignment. Usually we only assign 10-20 families for first two weeks.
Textbooks will be distributed in each classroom. You should receive an e-mail from your teacher before Sunday for the detail. The school does not accept cash anymore. If you want to pay cash for textbook, it is acceptable since each teacher will collect them together and write a check to the school. For any payment directly to the school, please be aware that NO CASH policy is strictly enforced.
Some teachers might need to charge additional material fee. Please refer to the e-mails from your teacher.
The school office will be in Room A-107 (Engleman Hall). It will be the best place for general information and reporting to your patrol duty. We temporarily set up desks in the Hall way of B-wing (opposite to the Cafeteria). You can register, add classes, drop classes, pay bills there.
Welcome to SCCS. Let's work together to build a better place for our children and ourselves.
[SCCS]07/30/17: Online Registration Starts on August 1
SCCS has published its calendar in our website and September 10 will be the first day of the 2017-18 school year. The online registration starts on August 1. If you are SCCS member and have an online account, you can simply login to our system and browser the online catalog, register classes, modify your information, etc. The link for you to login: http://www.ynhchineseschool.org/prod_v08/MemberAccount/MemberLoginForm.php
If you are not our member yet and do not have an online account, please register yourself first. After your account is approved, you can add your spouse and child(ren) to your family account. To help you understand the procedure of registration, our IT colleagues prepared an instruction. You can find in the following link:
New Member Guideline.
If you have any question regarding your online account, please send your request to support@ynhchineseschool.org.
After you finish your registration, please print out the payment voucher. Send you check with the payment voucher to the school mailing address:
SCCS, PO Box 8296, New Haven, CT 06530.
Your registration fee will be waived if you mail out your payment by August 31 (post marked). A $30 bank fee will be added to your account for any returned check.
What's new?
SCCS resumes the parent patrol program. Every family has the obligation to participate in the program. To ensure the program is well participated, the school charges a refundable $50 safety patrol deposit. The safety patrol deposit will be returned in May 2018 for these families who finish their patrol assignments. The details of the program will be announced in due course.
SCCS imposes a “No Cash” policy. From now on, SCCS will ONLY accept check. No cash will be accepted. Please be aware that the new policy is the action to protect the school asset and to protect all members’ interest following the suggestion from the internal audit report published in December 2016. The audit report can be found in our website after login.
Payment informing system: when your payment is received and recorded, you will receive an automatic e-mail from our system. Please maintain your valid e-mail address. If you do not receive the notification e-mail in 2 weeks after you mail your payment, please contact finance@ynhchineseschool.org directly.
New Course
A survey history course of the Chinese in America Through discussion, lecture, and analytical exercises, students will learn about their predecessors in this country and why this 200+ years of history matters to us today. The course will be taught by two Yale Law School students, who will lead students through discussions and help the students gain analytical, critical thinking and speaking skills. The students are expected to actively participate in discussion and will present a final project on the last day of class. The course is limited to 9th to 12th graders.
Introduction to HTML and CSS This course will introduce the basic concept of HTML5; the predominant markup language of modern web pages, and CSS3; the cascading style sheet language. This is an entry level course for web development. The primary goal of this course is to give students the ability to use HTML and CSS to code a web page, describe what HTML documents are, how to use the CSS Box Model, how a web page works, and how to code, test and validate a web page. At the end of this course, students should be able to use HTML5 and CSS3 to code static web pages and link them together.
Exercise and fitness We have more courses for adult students to exercise. In addition to Taiji, Yoga, we also have a new fitness course.