NWCS 11th Weekly Briefings, 2013-2014 Fall Semester

亲爱的家长们、老师们，亲爱的同学们：

 

Dear NWCS Fellow Members;

 

Dear All Parents, Teachers and Students;

1、2013年还剩下二十来天，还有一周各学校就将陆续进入冬季假期。为了配合您们的假期安排，中文学校也将从下周起开始放假。本周六将是我们在2013年的最后一次课，我们下次的见面将在2014年的1月4日。在这里我们提前预祝您和您的家人拥有一个愉快的假期和祥和幸福的新年！

 

There are about twenty days left for the year of 2013 and the winter break will start in a week or two for most schools. To commensurate with your holiday arrangements, our school will also take a two week break starting from next week. So this Saturday will be our last class meet for the year of 2013 and our next meet will be on Jan.4^th, 2014. And we wish you and your family a happy winter break and a very happy New Year in advance!

 

2、我们相信大家一定已经为孩子们安排了许多丰富多彩的假期活动，但我们也建议大家可以趁此机会好好锻炼孩子们的中文口语对话和中文写作的能力，比如，家长们可以在安排回国探亲或是走亲访友的时候让自己的孩子多练习中文对话或是教会他们一些中文习惯用语，另外还可以让孩子们在假期开始用中文记日记或是写作文，记下他们假期中发生的有趣的故事或是读过的好书。

 

由《侨报》主办的“西北教育论坛”发表了我校7A班潘丰忻、7B班苏童、7C班杨澜和高级绘画班刘翰雯的作品（ http://sf.uschinapress.com/node/25393），请这几位同学本周六11：00-11：30之间来Admin办公桌领取稿酬奖励。我们期待在上面不久就会见到你们的作品。欢迎你们投稿，来稿请寄：admin@nwchinese.org。

 

We believe you probably have arranged all kind of activities for your children during this winter break. And we would like to add some more ideas to your list of the winter break activities because we think this would be a great opportunity for your kids to practice more with their Chinese speaking and writing skills: you can let your children converse in Chinese when your family is visiting friends or relatives during the holidays or you can teach them some Chinese idioms when the occasions come up. And you can ask your children keep a Chinese journal about their winter break activities or write about a book they read in the break. The “Northwest Education Forum” of 《侨报》is opened by our school to encourage our students, teachers and parents to write Chinese essays more. And you can find more works from our students in the new issue (see http://sf.uschinapress.com/node/25393). You are welcome to submit your own work through email to: admin@nwchinese.org.

 

3、上次我们学校向所有西北中文学校的师生家长提出征集校训后，得到了大家的积极响应。继杨琳老师提出了她所建议的校训-----“豁达自重，智勇求真”之后，又有其他学校成员提出了他们新的建议，比如“厚文修德，心臻华美”等。对大家的热情支持在此表示感谢，也再次欢迎大家积极参加讨论，帮助我们找到能反映我们学校办学理念和治校精神的校训。

After our asking all our teachers, parents and management team to join us in searching for our school's motto, we have received some great responses. We want to thank you for your enthusiasm and hope more of you can join our discussions in order to search for the best motto that could summarize the motivation behind our school and set a great goal for us. You are welcome to join our discussion by sending emails to: admin@nwchinese.org.

4、今年六月后家长报送的公司 Volunteer Hours资金名单已经出来一部分，请还未报知资金分配计划的家长发信到qiufang.yi@nwchinese.org或者周六来Bellevue 行政办公桌前报知资金分配到班级的详细计划。名单如下（以后出来的名单还会陆续发布）： 

Ma Kenneth； Shi Fang； Zhang Hanzhong； Wang Xiaoqing； Tang Lan； Wang Dong；Zhang Yanan；Zhao Chunzhi

 

Microsoft Volunteer Hours matching fund has already arrived. Parents whose names are in the above list, please let us know where you would like to allocate the fund by sending email to qiufang.yi@nwchinese.org or coming to the Bellevue admin desk on Saturdays.

 

谢谢大家！

Thank you all and keep warm!

 

西北中文学校教学行政团队

NWCS Admin Team

NWCS 10th Weekly Briefings, 2013-2014 Fall Semester

亲爱的家长们、老师们，亲爱的同学们：

 

Dear NWCS Fellow Members;

 

Dear All Parents, Teachers and Students;

1、希望大家度过了一个丰富而愉快的假期!和您一样, 我们也正精神抖擞地盼望着本周六在中文学校的再次见面！另外，我们还想与您分享一个学校刚刚得到的好消息：我校被国侨办评为海外“华文教育示范学校”(详情请见http://www.hwjyw.com/info/content/2013/11/26/29389.shtml)

在这里我们要感谢各位老师、历届董事会、广大家长义工和学校行政管理团队的不懈努力，为华文教育发展和促进中美文化交流做出的卓越成就！

 

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! And we are looking forward to seeing you again this coming Saturday at school.

Also there is a great news we want to share with you: our school has been selected as one of the oversea model schools of Chinese language and culture education by the Oversea Chinese Affairs Office of China. We want to thank all our teachers, parents, all the past and current board members, PTA volunteers and admin teams for their hard work, cooperation and great contributions to the Chinese-American culture exchange and language/culture education. 

 

2、感到高兴的同时，我们也更加感到了肩上责任的分量，真是任重而道远！最近大家讨论最多的就是有关华裔在美国的未来等话题。作为一所中文学校，我们有责任帮助培养更多更优秀的华裔青年。为了更好地完成这个任务，我们应该先给自己设立一个更加明确的愿景目标。学校决定面向所有西北中文学校的师生家长征集校训，希望这个校训能反映我们学校的办学理念和治校精神。欢迎大家参加讨论。目前我校6A班杨琳老师提出了她所建议的校训-----“豁达自重，智勇求真”。豁达是指着眼大处，不在小事上过于计较，保持积极健康的心态。自重是指为自己华裔的身份而自豪，同时对自己的行为有自觉的规范，建立华裔在美国的信誉。智勇是指既要有智慧，也要有勇气，完成自己面临的各种任务。求真是指遇到事情不人云亦云，有追求真理的信心和勇气。可以看出，这个校训是希望我们的下一代能改正一些我们华裔不好的习惯和态度，以及在美国给人的一些负面的印象，也希望我们的下一代能做一个全新的中西合璧的新新人类。五千年的过去，我们有太多的东西可以传承，只要求其精华，去其糟粕，华裔在美国的明天肯定是光明和美好的。我们一定会和其他族裔和谐共处，充分发挥自己的优势，成为社会的中坚。

 

Being proud of such honor, we also feel the weight of our responsibility in helping the society to educate more great youths. To set a great goal for us, we are asking all our teachers, parents and management team to join us in searching for our school's motto. The motto need to summarize the motivation behind our school and what makes our school different from other schools. You are welcome to join our discussion by sending emails to: admin@nwchinese.org.

 

3、与上个话题密切相关的是我们想要再次强调的教室管理纪律以及我们和租赁方的合作关系的问题。我们知道虽然绝大多数师生家长已经尽可能地配合我们保持了教室的整洁干净，没有乱动教室内的设施，尤其是NHS老师的办公桌，但是还是有极少数人没有充分重视这个问题，以至于他们的行为影响到了我们和租赁方的合作关系。上周我们又收到了好几封NHS老师的抱怨信，他们这次反映的主要问题包括：有人拿走了某些属于老师的私人物品；有些学生在清洗水彩笔的时候有意或是无意地把水彩甩到了卫生间的墙上和天花板上；教室课桌上随意涂鸦；教室桌椅没有恢复到原来位置等。虽然我们理解大家都有自己的难处，但既然租赁方能信任我们，对我们敞开大门，我们就应该尽可能地做到让他们无可挑剔。我们再次呼吁学校ADMIN、老师和家长齐心协力管好每一个教室，防患于未然，可以采取多种办法，比如拍照前后对比，安排监督责任人等，防止NHS老师任何产生不满的源头，让他们看到我们华人的责任心和积极的精神风貌。

 

In the past weekend we still received complaints from NHS about dots or splotches of colored water all over the walls and ceiling in boy’s bathroom; not returning things in the classroom to their original condition. So we want to plead with all the teachers and parents again: please remind your students not to move anything in the classroom, especially the things on the teachers’ desk. Stay away from the desk if possible. No food and drinks in the classroom. If you have to move the tables (Chairs), please return them to their original places when the class is over. Whoever is doing art has to have adult supervision of the students especially during the time of clean up!

 

4、自从我们在第七周宣布要在《侨报》主办“西北教育论坛”并向广大家长和老师征集稿件后，得到了大家的热情响应。我校中文7B班朱晨老师的文章“我与西北有约”刊登在11月21日的侨报周刊http://sf.uschinapress.com/node/24686。今后还将有更多我校学生和老师的文章（作品）陆续发布，欢迎更多的老师和家长投稿。来稿请寄：admin@nwchinese.org

After we announced our opening a “Northwest Education Forum” in our local Chinese newspaper in our 7th weekly email, we have received great support from our teachers and parents. The November 21st issue of 《侨报》 included an essay written by our 7B class teacher Zhu Chen. Please find it at http://sf.uschinapress.com/node/24686. And there will be more works coming out in the coming weeks. You are welcome to submit your own work through email to: admin@nwchinese.org.

 

5、今年六月后家长报送的公司 Volunteer Hours资金名单已经出来一部分，请还未报知资金分配计划的家长发信到qiufang.yi@nwchinese.org或者周六来Bellevue 行政办公桌前报知资金分配到班级的详细计划。名单如下（以后出来的名单还会陆续发布）： 

Ma Kenneth； Shi Fang； Zhang Hanzhong； Wang Xiaoqing； Rui Chuanqing；Nong Shuzhen； Tang Lan； Wang Dong；Zhang Yanan；Zhao Chunzhi

Microsoft Volunteer Hours matching fund has already arrived. Parents whose names are in the above list, please let us know where you would like to allocate the fund by sending email to qiufang.yi@nwchinese.org or coming to the Bellevue admin desk on Saturdays.

 

谢谢大家！

Thank you all!

 

西北中文学校教学行政团队

NWCS Admin Team