Dear All NWCS Fellow Members;
Dear All Parents, Teachers, and Students;
各位家长、各位老师；
亲爱的同学们；
大家好！
1． 温馨提示 A KIND REMINDER
本周六为全额退还学费的最后日期，同时也是未付学费开始追加罚款开始的日期。THIS SATURDAY IS THE LAST DATE FOR FULL TUITION REFUND UPON APPROVAL. CHARGES AND FEES MIGHT BE IMPOSED UPON UNPAID TUITION.
2． 授权蒋海林全权负责网站多功能化事宜 NWCS AUTHORIZES MR JIANG HAILIN TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE WEB UPGRADING AND RELATED ISSUES
经董事长、校长、PTA主席研究决定，我校PTA主席蒋海林将全权负责在现有IT团队的基础上调整、重组新的IT团队的工作，着手我校网站的更新，进一步实现我校网站的多功能化（包括网上注册、付费、购书一体化，将以往开学第一天的排队现象降至最小化）。
It has been decided after discussion that MR. Jiang, Hailin, NWCS PTA CHAIR will be in charge of the WEB related issues including reconstructing and reforming NWCS IT team. The priority of the new team is to make NWCS web more user-friendly and multifunctional, including, but not limited to, online registration, tuition-payment, and book-purchasing all at once.
3．《西北中文学校课外经典阅读》本周将全部发至学生手中 NWCS EXTENSIVE READINGS TO BE COMPLETELY DISTRIBUTED TO ALL STUDENTS OF SIX GRADERS AND UP
主校9-12年级的同学，分校所有高年级的同学上周六都人手一册地拿到了《西北中文学校课外经典阅读》一书，主校其余6、7、8年级的全体同学本周六也即可得到该书。祁请家长过问一下，花些时间浏览该书。本书虽然是以学生为主要阅读对象而编辑的，倘若家长和孩子轮流阅读或朗读这些经典文字，其效果会远远超出编委们的初衷，意外的收获是不言而喻的。您不妨试试。
Last Saturday, we have partially distributed NWCS EXTENSIVE READINGS to some of our students and teachers. This week, all students of six graders and up will get the book. When we compiled this book, our targeted readers are mainly NWCS students of six graders and up. Yet, we encourage parents to go over the book, possibly try to spend some time with the kids reading its contents by turn. If so, both parents and students will benefit beyond the compilers’ expectation. Please have a try. Thanks.
4．增强遵守《校舍教室管理规则》的意识 RULES & REGULATIONS FOR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL (NHS) CLASSROOM MAINTENANCE & MANAGEMENT
遵守《校舍教室管理规则》是每一位教师、家长和学生的责任，因为这是我们的学校赖以生存的基础，攸关我们的教学活动。尽管我们反复提醒，问题还是发生了。请家长、老师务必嘱咐学生不要乱动教室内的设施，远离NHS老师的办公桌。ALL TEACHERS AND PARENTS PLEASE REMIND YOUR STUDENTS NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING ON AND BESIDES NHS TEACHERS’ DESK. STAY AWAY FROM THE DESK IF POSSIBLE.
5．减免学费申请正在受理中 TUITION WAIVE APPLICATION IN PROCESS
西北中文学校2011-2012 学年关于为来自经济上暂时遇到困难家庭的学生提供减/免学中文学费的办法仍然依照去年的暂行办法实施。详见我校网站。需要提醒的是所有申请人必须先如数交纳学费，申请批准后，学校由此专项经费中退还其交纳的学费，实为税务、财务程序的必需，请大家理解。
Northwest Chinese School Offers Reduced/Waived Tuition for Chinese Language Classes for Students from Low Income Families. See related documents for details. Restrictions may apply. NWCS BOARD & ADMIN reserve the rights to explain. All applicants have to pay full tuition before being approved. NWCS is to refund you from this special account for bookkeeping and IRS purposes. Thank you for your understanding.
6．如何鼓励和支持学生的募捐活动 HOW TO SUPPORT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES BY OUR STUDENTS？
开学以来，学生们为其周日学校所进行的各项募捐活动十分活跃，令我校行政部门，尤其是校长，应接不暇，左右为难。怕得罪人在其次，主要是怕挫伤了学生们参与各类社会活动的积极性。因此，有必要在此向各位家长予以说明。弄明白了WHAT, HOW, WHERE & WHY，不必要的误解就消除了。我们认为：
1）与教育有关的FUNDRAISING应该面向社会，而不是在教育体系内部包括我们学校进行；在校内搞来搞去，无补于教育机构作为一个整体的财务状况，就好比自己的一百块钱，是装在一个兜里，还是分别装在几个衣兜里，结果是一样的；
2）学生的FUNDRAISING是让学生本人初涉社会，锻炼其生存、社交能力的一种方式，由他人掺合其间反倒扭曲了它的本意；
3）FUNDRAISING还有一个不可忽视的重要作用，那就是锻炼学生承受“被拒绝”的心理能力和心理素质以及能够用平和、健康的心态面对拒绝他们的人；
4）和土生土长的美国人比较，我们的个别孩子多多少少有依靠家长、老师帮忙的潜意识；而我们个别的老师、家长也有帮这个不该帮的忙的倾向，在募捐这项活动上尤其是这样；
5）据我个人的观察和了解，白人的孩子在FUNDRAISING等诸如此类的事上，往往自己去做，根本就不喜欢家人插手。能RAISE多少FUND并不是最重要的，重要的是自己在这个过程中得到了历炼；
Since the beginning of the school year, we were happy to find that some of our NWCS students are actively raising funds for their regular Monday through Friday schools. There is no doubt that their activities should be encouraged. However, they should also be guided too to raise funds outside educational institutions including NWCS rather than within. The main purpose of fundraising activities is to offer a real social environment for students to learn how to social and how to survive in the society. If we teachers and parents are involved with the intention to help, the help most probably is in the wrong direction against the primary purpose of Fundraising. Another function of Fundraising that cannot be neglected is to test and train the students’ instant response to refusal and their ability to balance it psychologically. In comparison with other Americans, we as parents tend to more actively offer our kids any help they want while as others leave the kids alone and let them figure out how and where to handle it as far as fundraising is concerned. They understand, and we should too, that the thing that matters most is the process the kid exposed to, the embarrassing situations they encountered, and the life experience they gained, NOT how much fund they raised, though the more the better. Thanks. Criticism is welcome.
欢迎大家批评指正。admin@mail.nwchinese.org
谢谢大家！THANK YOU ALL!
张涛
PRINCIPAL
ON BEHALF OF NWCS ADMIN
SERVING NWCS WITH HEART & SOUL