Upcoming Events at SCCS - 初秋活动预告

Time: 2015-09-26 12:00:00 -- Number: 224

Dear SCCS Members,

Happy first day of autumn! Hope you enjoy this gorgeous autumn weather.

As our school has been back in session for three weeks now, different activities are in full swing. Here I would like to give you a heads up on some upcoming events and activities at the SCCS in the next couple of weeks:

• Deadline for dropping class passed. Just a friendly reminder that the class shopping period has passed; therefore, no refund will be issued if you drop a class.
• School store open this Sunday. Our school store will be open for the first time this semester on Sunday, September 28. Please share this exciting news with your child so that they can redeem their hard-earned tokens for some nice prizes.
• “My Summer Footprints” poster session on October 5. Thanks to the wonderful ideas of our parents (especially Ms. Yanbin Liu, the Vice Chair of the Board), we plan to organize a student poster session with the theme of family summer travels. During this past summer, our children's footprints have been left all over the world. Whether it is an adventure to distant lands, or a fun trip to local attractions, we would like to encourage our students to share their stories with their friends at the SCCS. The students who are interested in participating in this event should inform their teachers by this Sunday, September 28. The participants are expected to prepare a poster presentation in Chinese (or at least a hybrid of Chinese and English), and have a discussion and Q/A with their peers and families.
The poster session will take place in the Cafeteria in B Wing from 12:45 to 5:00 P.M. on October 5. On the day of event, the presenters should set up their posters before class at 12:45pm. They can present when they are not taking class. The recess time of that day will be rearranged to accommodate the event: the recess between the 2nd and 3rd periods will be extended to 20 minutes (from 3: 00-3: 20 P.M.). This event is the first of a series of educational events we plan to host during the new school year. As an educator, I firmly believe that these informal, hands-on and fun activities will greatly increase students’ interests in learning Chinese and improve their practical language skills. In addition to providing high quality Chinese language education, the SCCS seeks to provide all-around education to our student as well. This effort is not only reflected in the new courses such as reading, writing, and public speaking, but also in educational activities outside of the classroom.
• Updates on school website. We recently update our school website by posting two touching essays by Linda Zhang, a SCCS alumna, who taught as “Teach for China” fellow in a rural school in Yunnan Province last year. Please check the following link for more details:http://www.ynhchineseschool.org/prod_v14/Alumini.php If you have any inspiring stories to share, please contact us. We also would like to encourage parents and teachers to contribute articles, photos, and useful resources to the Community page of our website.

Finally, we can’t stress enough that the SCCS belongs to every student, parent and teacher, not only in ideas, but also by the law. Our school has been benefited tremendously from the collective wisdom and talents of our members. In order to give our children a better education and a more promising future, we call for active participation of our parents in school activities. Please consider to make your contribution by serving on different school Committees or simply by signing up as a volunteer! Please take action now!

Warm Regards,
Henan Cheng, Ed.D.

亲爱的南康中文学校全体成员,

值此金秋的第一天，先祝大家秋安！

中文学校已经开学三周了，我们希望您和您的孩子已经适应了新学期。在这里我想简要预告一下中文学校近期内的一些活动:

• 首先，想要提醒大家的是本学期取消课程注册的最后期限已过。如果你取消课程，学校将不再会退还学费.
• 学校小卖部开业 (时间：9月28日，地点: B Wing一楼小餐厅) 请老师和家长告知同学们本周日前来小餐厅用他们辛勤学习积攒的点数来换取小奖品。

• 学生展示活动: “我的夏日足迹”

  • 为了提高我们学生的中文学习兴趣和综合能力，中文学校计划在本学年展开一系列的课堂外活动。感谢家长们的建议，尤其是理事会副理事长刘岩斌女士的热心支持，我们即将开展的一个活动是“我的夏日足迹”。相信在刚刚过去的这个暑期，孩子们的足迹留在了这个世界的很多地方。无论是远方的故国，还是现在的家园，我们希望孩子们能和他们在中文学校的朋友们分享那些新鲜的感受和欢颜笑语。
  • 活动的内容形式如下: 感兴趣参加的同学们请于本周日（09/28）向各班老师报名，然后准备一个可以摆放的展示板（poster），并且准备在展示时的介绍，讨论和回答问题。学校将从10/05号开始在Cafeteria按年级安排展示。展示日12：45可以开始布置展示。展示日课间休息时间将有所调整，由3：00-3：10延长到3：00-3：20，届时展示学生需要守在自己展板前用中文进行交流。
  • 相信很多家长和高年级学生对这个活动模式（poster session）不陌生。中文学校在提供高质量的中文教育之外，力图提供孩子们需要的素质教育。这个努力体现在了课表里新增的阅读写作演讲课程里，也将体现在这些生动有趣的课堂外的活动里。
  
  
• 学校网页更新: 我们最近在学校网站的“校友”栏内增加了两篇中文学校校友张停云的近作。文章请详见以下链接： SCCS Alumini 停云去年作为国际公益教育组织“美丽中国”的教师在云南的乡村学校支教一年。我们相信她的感人故事会给许多中文学校的同学们带来很多思考和启示。如果您愿意分享类似的有教育意义的校友事迹，请随时同我们联系。

最后，我们想再一次强调中文学校属于每一位同学，老师和家长，不仅仅在理念上，也在法律上。为了孩子们更好的教育和成长，中文学校欢迎和期待每一位会员的热心参与和支持。您可以选择参加学校的各种事务委员会或者以一名志愿者的方式来参与。我们真诚的希望大家能够从我做起！从今天开始！ 

再次感谢大家对中文学校的信任与支持!

祝好!
程贺南,教育学博士
南康中文学校执行校长