NWCS 10TH WEEKLY EMAIL BRIEFINGS, FALL 2012

Dear All NWCS Fellow Members;
Dear All Parents, Teachers, and Students;
尊敬的各位家长、各位老师；
亲爱的同学们；
大家好！ 

1。本周六主校、分校恢复正常。所有班级照课表上课

ALL CLASSES RESUME REGULAR HOURS AND SCHEDULES 
This Saturday, Dec.1^st, all NWCS classes, of main campus and Seattle Branch, resume normal as defined in NWCS school calendar. Please come to school in time. 
  
2。请家长按时把学生送到学校 PLEASE COME TO SCHOOL ON TIME 
大西雅图地区冬季的天气不同于其它季节，多阴雨夹带凉风，因此，给驾车带来诸多的不便。同样的路程，可能会比以往花费更多的时间方可到达。请家长们一定要有这样的心理准备和时间预期。不然，学生就会迟到。安全第一。校内校外。 

3。我校将派三人参加全美中文学校协会第九次代表大会  
THREE DELEGATES FROM NWCS TO ATTEND THE 9^TH CONFERENCE IN CINCINNATI HOSTED BY THE CHINESE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED STATES (CSAUS) 
Representing NWCS community, Chen Ting, Sun Meiru and Zhang Tao are to attend the 9^th National Convention and Chinese Education Conference. All of them, plus Leng Jing, have submitted Papers with vivid PPT presentations, covering all major areas of teaching Chinese Language & Culture in the US, such as school administration & management, curriculum application development, teaching methodology, teaching with multimedia tools, etc. Among all speakers of 30 from more than 400 CSAUS member schools, 4 are from NWCS.

  4。新书介绍：BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN AND TEENS (校长办公处有样书)

This book is intended to help kids learn to manage stress——and thrive (健康/茁壮成长). Children today face a great deal of stress——academic performance, heavy scheduling, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, etc. Without healthier solutions, they often cope by talking back, giving up, or indulging in unhealthy behaviors. In this book, Dr. Ginsburg presents his plan for resilience, which is of great help for kids from 18 months to 18 years to build the 7 crucial Cs——competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control, needed to bounce back from challenges, and much more……  

5．《中国历史文化地理丛书》

十五元一套三册的《中国历史、地理、文化》丛书（英汉对照，中英文俱佳）新书已经到达。欲购者，请到ADMIN DESK。

A SET OF THREE BOOK SERIES——CHINESE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & CULTURE IS AVAILABLE THIS SATURDAY. TO PURCHASE, PLEASE COME TO ADMIN DESK.THANKS.

 If there are any typo mistakes, please refer to the version on NWCS web. (www.nwchinese.org) 感谢大家关注我校网站，欢迎大家批评指正。admin@nwchinese.org

谢谢大家！THANK YOU ALL!

张涛 TAO ZHANG

PRINCIPAL, ON BEHALF OF NWCS ADMIN

SERVING NWCS WITH HEART & SOUL

NWCS 2012 THANKSGIVING GREETINGS

Dear All NWCS Fellow Members;
Dear All Parents, Teachers, and Students;
尊敬的各位家长、各位老师；
亲爱的同学们；
大家好！

敬祝大家感恩节快乐！

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL!

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. (Cicero) Please allow me, on behalf of NWCS Admin, Board, and PTA, to take this wonderful opportunity to extend our sincere thanks to all of you without whose consistent supports, NWCS could impossibly have been as it is today !
Gratitude is the best attitude.

谢谢大家！THANK YOU ALL!

张涛 TAO ZHANG

PRINCIPAL, ON BEHALF OF NWCS ADMIN

SERVING NWCS WITH HEART & SOUL

NWCS 9TH WEEKLY EMAIL BRIEFINGS, FALL 2012

Dear All NWCS Fellow Members;
Dear All Parents, Teachers, and Students;
尊敬的各位家长、各位老师；
亲爱的同学们；
大家好！
1．我校学子在西雅图工程师学会主办的数学、自然科学竞赛中成绩斐然——特此祝贺！

CIE/USA- Seattle's MathCamp and ScienceFun events were held on Oct. 28^th, 2102. The total number of participants this year was the highest with 177 students who identified themselves as NWCS students being registered. The real number of NWCS students participated in the event could be much higher as some students might have associated themselves with their daily schools. NWCS students did a great job on sweeping most of the places in math. Below are NWCS winners we are proudly to announce:

Third grade: 

      Andrew Chen - 1st place

      Joy An - 2nd place

Fourth grade:

            Anthony Xie - 1st place

            Brandon Chen - 2nd place

Sixth grade:

            Henry Zhu - 2nd place

Seventh grade:

            Daniel Li - 1st place

            Daniel He - 2nd place

Eight grade:

            Collin Tang - 1st place

            Edward Yang - 2nd place

            Andrew Xue - 3rd place

Many congratulations to the NWCS students, parents and NWCS community! Please allow me, on behalf on NWCS, to express our gratitude to CIE/USA, especially to Gina Li, for her consistent support, detailed help and wonderful coordination.

2．隆重推介由美国国家地理协会主办的地理知识竞赛活动

INTRODUCING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE TO NWCS COMMUNITY

The National Geographic Bee (NGB), an educational program of the National Geographic Society, is a nationwide geography competition for U.S. schools with any grades four through eight, designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography.
Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the NGB using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge. 2013 NGB Dates:
* School Bees: on 1/5/2013 or 1/12/2013. Both dates are Saturdays.
* State Bees: April 5, 2013
* National Level: May 20–22, 2013
Club and Activity Summary
* Club size: Propose to have less than 20 students. Propose to have only 4-7 grader attend and 5 student each grade. There will be one school winner from all grades.
* Designated Teacher Appointment: NWCS admin designates Hu Bin & Sun Benjing as the organizers and coaches ministering the School Contest.
* Activities and Meetings: There is no requirement for regular meetings by the NGB program. However it will be nice to organize a few activities/meetings of one hour or so (hosted by parents/the designated teacher) to prepare the students/club members and achieve the following:
** Introduce the Bee program to students who signed up.
** Introduce the studying materials.
** Run a trial test.
* Meeting Frequency/time: Saturday afternoon at 1:00PM at Newport High.
To register, please come to Admin Desk. For more details about NGB, please BING/Google NGB in the internet. 

3.新书介绍：《THE PARENT APP, UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE》——数码时代父母对子女上网的焦虑及对策——牛津大学出版社 （校长办公处有样书）
Ninety-five percent of American kids have internet access by age 11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3000.More families report that technology makes life with children more challenging, not less, as parents today struggle with questions previous generations never faced: Is my thirteen-year-old responsible enough for a Facebook page? What will happen if I give my nine-year-old a cell phone? In The Parent App, Lynn Clark provides what families have been solely lacking: smart, sensitive, and insightful analysis into the dilemmas of digital and mobile media in modern life. She identifies various approaches each of which has its own benefits and drawbacks. No matter what the parenting style is, parents are experiencing anxiety about how to manage new technology. By this book, Clark tackles a host of issues, such as family communication, online predators, cyber bullying, sexting, gamer drop-outs, helicopter parenting, technological monitoring, the effectiveness of strict controls, and much more.


4.新书介绍：《THE LEARNING BRAIN——MEMORY & BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN》牛津大学出版社 （校长办公处有样书）
Despite highly publicized efforts to improve schools in America; the US is still falling behind, ranking 15^th in the world in reading, math and science. Clearly more needs to be done. In the LEARNING BRIAN, Torkel Klingberg urges educators to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children. The key to improving education lies in understanding how the brain works: that is where learning takes place, after all. The book focuses in particular on “working memory”——our ability to concentrate and to keep relevant information in our head while ignoring distractions. Children with high working memory have better math and reading skills. By this book, Klingberg shows us how to improve our students’ working memory, therefore, enhance the quality of education. It is the education of the future that will really change the world. “Education is a narrow term that merely conjures up images of classrooms. What we’re really interested in, however, is child development, and this includes body and mind, knowledge and health. Mens sana in corpore sano (Latin)——a sound mind in a sound body.”(Page 140)
之所以向大家介绍这两本新书，是因为书中的内容对于我们家长，尤其是对于我们的教师，有着启迪的作用。 

5．《中国历史文化地理丛书》

十五元一套三册的《中国历史、地理、文化》丛书（英汉对照，中英文俱佳）新书已经到达。欲购者，请到ADMIN DESK。

A SET OF THREE BOOK SERIES——CHINESE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & CULTURE IS AVAILABLE THIS SATURDAY. TO PURCHASE, PLEASE COME TO ADMIN DESK.THANKS.

 If there are any typo mistakes, please refer to the version on NWCS web. (www.nwchinese.org). 感谢大家关注我校网站，欢迎大家批评指正。admin@nwchinese.org

 谢谢大家！THANK YOU ALL!

张涛 TAO ZHANG

PRINCIPAL, ON BEHALF OF NWCS ADMIN

SERVING NWCS WITH HEART & SOUL