Dear all NWCS Fellow Members,
Dear all Parents, Teachers and Students,
敬祝大家中秋快乐！
HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL TO YOU ALL!
相信大家都会同意这样的观点：在所有中国的传统节日中，中秋节最富有浪漫色彩，最具有文化韵味，充满了诗情画意，是中国文学中最美的符号，是我们知识分子的最爱。让我们同远在祖国的亲人们一起，共庆中秋，“ 但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。” I believe that you may agree my viewpoint that among all traditional Chinese Holidays, Mid-Autumn is the one we intellectuals love most. It is the most beautiful and the most popular one in the history of Chinese Literature, romantic, cultural, poetic and picturesque. Let’s celebrate it by sharing the beauty of the MOONLIGHT with them, though on different sides of the Pacific. “So let us wish that man will live long as he can！Though miles apart, we’ll share the beauty she displays.”
1除了个别班级需要调整外，教学工作正按照我们的教学计划进行。本学年，无论是班级数量、学生人数、还是教师人数、课程设置数量都高于往年。我们为此感到高兴，但我们同时必须认识到我们的责任和教学任务也大于重于往年，我们要实现与其看重学生数量，我们更追求教学质量的承诺，就必须付出更为艰巨的劳动，在寓教于乐上下更大的功夫。在针对我们学生们的特点，因人施教上下功夫。就教师而言：认真是前提、耐心是关键、鼓励是秘诀。与此同时，我们需要教师、学生和家长三方的密切配合。
2两周一次的奥数技能训练Do you like to have your Children get well prepared for the upcoming high school level of national math competitions (i.e. AMC 12 and AIME)? We are planning to open a new Math Olympic training program on Saturday (12:10 - 13:00, tbd) biweekly in NWCS campus for the middle/high school students with exceptional ability. In this training session, we will use challenging material to help students walk through some key steps of "hard" problem-solving, in order to improve their mathematical analysis skills. If your child is passionate to sign up this training session, or if you have any questions about this notice, please contact nwcsmath@live.com, with student name, current grade in weekday school, and phone number.
3开学已经两周，学校的秩序需要稳定下来，教学大楼内需要安静。大楼内外需要安全巡逻，请各位家长、PTA积极参加。
4保持教室的整洁、若移动桌椅，务请课后恢复原位。这一点无论怎么强调都不过分！在西北中文有自己的“家”---自己的校舍之前，我们所有家长、教师都必须对这个问题有充分的认识，诱导学生，尤其是低年级的学生遵守NHS教室管理细则。(详见我校网站)。
5为使我校学生在明年4-5月份举行的中华文化知识竞赛中取得更优异的成绩，我校特聘孙本经老师专门对高年级（8-12）的学生进行为期20多个课时的系统辅导。不另收费，但学生成绩一并计入中文课的总成绩，欲毕业前申请HIGH SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGE CREDITS的同学一定会受益良多。明年想要免费畅游中国的同学，更要踊跃参加。请8、9、10、11、12年级的各班老师帮助登记本班的学生，25日放学前报至校长处。授课时间为：12-2pm。教材为《中国文化、地理、历史》一套三册。教室另行通知。
6谢谢即将卸任的PTA主席马冬, 请推选/自荐下任PTA主席Serving wonderfully for his one-year-long term, our PTA Chair, David Ma (Ma Dong) is to step down from this great position. Please allow me, on behalf of NWCS, Board & admin, to express our gratitude to him for his excellent contributions and leadership. A new PTA Chair is to be elected before the end of this month. Please nominate your candidates or yourself to pta@nwchinese.org.
7成人中高级羽毛球训练班NWCS decided to offer an Adult Intermediate Badminton class this semester. The class will be held on Saturdays 9:10am - 10:40am from Sept. 25th to Jan. 22nd. The class will be taught by the head coach Ms. Huaiwen Xu of Bellevue Badminton Club at the club. The maximum class size is 8 people. The class fee is $160. If you are interested in signing up for the class, please send e-mail to: admin@nwchinese.org before Sept. 25th, 2010. Due to limited class size, it will be on first come first serve base. A waiting list will be compiled if registration exceeds 8 people. However, if we don’t have enough enrollments, the class will be cancelled. NWCS may open more classes with different levels next semester if this semester's class is well received and if there are more demands.
谢谢大家！
So long,
张涛TAO ZHANG
The Principal
On behalf of NWCS Admin
Serving NWCS with Heart and Soul
