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Message from PTA Chair on 2007/10/28

Dear Parents,
It's been 5 years since the founding of our school. Together, as a community, we have experienced ups and
downs, disagreements and constructive debates. The growing pain has helped us become wiser, and stronger. Our growing joy has enabled us to move forward with renewed energy and hope. Today, after 5 years of dedicated hard work, we, as a growing community, have
more established systems to follow and more experienced and devoted volunteers to rely on. Many of our students have not only acquired Chinese language skills here, but also have a much better understanding
of our history, traditions and values by growing up in our school community.

This tremendous accomplishment is worth celebrating in a grand way. We'll take this opportunity to pay tributes to the inspiring vision and courage of our founding parents, to thank each and every one of the members of our school for their faith and trust in a young educational organization with their most precious asset, their children, and to appreciate all the volunteers who have devoted countless hours to help build a great school one task at a time.

The preparation of this event has already begun since early October. We have parents and students preparing for a skit (Xiao Pin), a "three sentence and half" and a "stand up duet comedy", as well as singing and dancing performances. We are also going to hire well-established singers and performers to help elevate the level of the performance.

Besides the evening show, we will also have many activities in the afternoon for people of all ages on December 15th.

To finance this bigger and better than ever event, instead of tapping into our precious tuition-based operation funds, we are going to rally our entire community to raise funds for it.

Here is a plan we would like to suggest for the fund raising project:

We will distribute 500-600 program brochures on that day. The size of the brochures will be 8"x5.5". We are going to invite business establishments big and small to sponsor our event by putting their ads on this broucher, as well as on our school web site and newsletter. Please mention this opportunity to your hair salon, your realtor, your children's after school programs, your dental office, the restaurants you frequent, and your other service providers. If you have any sponsors in mind, please contact Bu QinMei & me. We have some sample brochures for you to help the sponsors visualize the ad. She'll give you the pricing information and also share some past experiences with you. By doing so, you are not only helping our school to raise funds for a great event; you are also helping your service providers to reach out to a group of over 600 Chinese customers with great consumtion powers.

The cut off date for the sponsorship is 11/17. Please take action asap.

If your family could help the event by making financial contributions directly, please contact us. The tax year 2007 is close to its end. If you still have some room to make a pretax contribution, please consider our school. Some companies provide matching funds to their employees for their contributions to non-profit organizations. If you haven't maxed out this option yet this year, again, please consider our school.

Together, let's make this celebration the greatest event ever! Let's show our kids, Chinese people know how to party too!

Hao, Yi
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/10/22

Dear Parents,

This Saturday, our Senior Friends Club is inviting Prof. Fang to give a talk on vision care for seniors. If your mom and dad are interested in this topic, please invite them to this seminar.

Professor Fang is retired from Nanjing Medical School.She was in charge of the ophthalmology department.
The location and schedule of the talk is as following:
Time: 3rd & 4th period (10:45am - 12:20pm)Place: Room 19 (on 1st floor)

Next Saturday, we are going to have a group discussion on comparing HSK, SAT II Chinese and AP Chinese as well as how parents can effectively assist the
teachers to help the students learn Chinese.
We are very honored to have the opportunity to invite two of our school's highly respected and experienced teachers, Li Ping and Yang JunXia, to share their research results and working knowledge about the above mentioned Chinese tests, and their successful experiences both as a teacher and as a parent on the specific tactics to guide the students with their Chinese learning experiences.
They each will give a brief talk, then they'll be happy to answer parents' questions concerning these two topics.

As a parent, I brought my children to our Chinese school so they can understand what dose it mean to be a Chinese, appreciate our rich, resilient, and influential civilization, and be proud as a part of the global Chinese community. To acquire the Chinese language skills is only a part of the experience, yet these skills will greatly enhance their ability to understand and appreciate our culture and history.
My fellow parents, let's not miss this opportunity to learn from the experts. Let's raise the type of children that will truly make us proud.
Location: Room 19
Time: Sat. 10/27, 4th period (11:35am - 12:20pm)
The Chinese TV/Movie program will continue this Sat. in Room 105. The program was made possible by our volunteer parents: Lin Qin, Zhuang Qin, Huang Juanjuan, and Tan JianYou. We thank you so much for being great role models for our children!
Best regards,

Yi Hao
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/10/11

Dear Parents,

Last Saturday's test run of the Chinese TV/Movie program was well received by our students. Even though we experienced some technical difficulties at the beginning, with many parents' support, eventually our students had a wonderful time watching the two TV series. This Saturday, we will continue the program with the same schedule:
2nd period: "Big headed son and small headed dad"

3rd period: "There is a son and a daughter in the household" (Jia You Er Nu)
Both programs are provided by Wan Yin and Xiao DongGuang family. We are very grateful to their contributions. Several other families contributed to this program too. Their help is highly appreciated.

These two TV series are light comedies with great educational values. I have heard many Chinese kids,both boys and girls, watched these two TV series again and again. They are truly a lot of fun.
The TV/Movie room is 105. If you need help to find it, please come to PTA desk for directions.

Best regards,

Yi Hao
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/10/10

Dear parents,

The periodic checks of the accounting activities help ensure the financial transparency of our school, and that the federal, state and local municipality's regulations are strictly followed.
We welcome parents with or without CPA licenses to form an auditing team. The task of the team is to exam the financial activities in the past school year. You don't have to have auditing experiences to make a difference. It may take 2 - 3 meetings, totally 4 - 8 hours to complete the review process. We also need a team leader to organize the meetings and to put the report together.
If you are willing to contribute to our community in this way, please contact me or register at our PTA desk on Saturdays.
Your contributions are sincerely appreciated.

Best regards,
Yi Hao
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/09/28

Dear Parents,

Last Saturday, 6 of our students and alumni from 7th to 11th grade gave us a very informative talk on their summer camp experiences. More than 30 parents and students participated in the group discussion. As the moderator of the panel, I found these young panelists to be very enthusiastic, articulate, and funny. Their colorful and positive experiences will inspire many younger students in our community to discover themselves and strengthen their self confidence through summer camps. The feedback from the audience encourages us to run more of this kind of community forums. This panel discussion was also a great opportunity for our panelists to develop and improve their public speaking skills. I would like to once again thank our panelists for their valuable contributions. The 6 panelists are:
Wendy Lin 11th grade Ashley Feng 9th grade Joy Ming 9th grade Ed Xiao 8th grade Stephanie Chen 7th grade Roger Lee 7th grade

This Satuarday, we'll start a test run of our Chinese TV/movie program for the students. The details are:
Location: Room 105 (in the Elementary School section) Schedule: 2nd period "Big headed son and small
headed dad" 3rd period "There is a son and a daughter in the household" (Jia You Er Nu)

If you don't know where room 105 is, please ask the volunteers at the PTA desk. Please give us some feedback about this program.

School started 3 weeks ago. At this point, you have some understanding about the teaching style of your kids' teachers. We would like to encourage you to communicate with the teachers on a regular basis. Our teachers do welcome suggestions and feedback from the parents.

I have attached the updated Class Parents List once again. Please give me more corrections and updates.

So far, there are 17 moms signed up to be our substitute teachers. The 1st training session will start on 10/14. We really appreciate these parents' support. Our school's quality of teaching will be further improved with their active involvement.

Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Yi Hao
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/09/21

Dear Parents,

Last Saturday, another 22 parents and students signed up to volunteer for our school. We also saw 8 parents help perform various volunteering duties such as: ringing the bell for the classes, selling moon cakes, checking the parking lot, and hosting the PTA information desk. We wholeheartedly applaud these individuals' contributions to our Chinese community. The quality of our children's education depends on these volunteers' dedication.

Starting next Saturday, we'll have a Chinese TV/movie program for our students. During the 1st and 2nd periods, we'll show a Chinese cartoon to the children in 3rd grade and below. During the 3rd and 4th periods, we'll have a Chinese TV series suitable for students in 3rd grade and above. We want our students to have more fun at Chinese school, and have more exposure to the Chinese language, culture, and history. If you have some great Chinese DVDs that can be shared with our students, please let me know. We would really appreciate it. We also need a lot more volunteers to help run this program. Please email me or come to our PTA desk to sign up.

Attached is our updated class parent list. The parents who didn't indicate which class they are covering should email me. Besides providing help based on the teachers' requests, we'll need class parents to coordinate class gifts for teachers, and to inform the families which are not accessible through email with certain important school announcements.

Last Saturday, one of our 4th graders, Zhong ZeEn, found $2 in a classroom. He handed in at the PTA desk. The person who lost the money please come to the PTA desk to get it back. We applaud Zhong ZeEn's honesty. We hope everyone of our students understand that no good deed is too small.

At this point, I have directly and indirectly heard 3 parents express their interest in the Chinese video rental program. If some of our parents are willing to run the program, please contact me. We can continue this program as a self sustained club.

Thank you for your support!

Yi Hao

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/09/21

Dear Parents,

Happy Mid-autumn Festival!

Some of you might be wondering, "Aren't we barely into fall? Why is she bringing up summer camp now?" The
experienced parents will tell you that the most selective camps require a qualification test. The students should start the application process as early as October, so that he/she can take the test before January. The earlier applicants will have better
chance of placement in their preferred course(s).

This Saturday we'll have 5 student panelists share their exciting summer camp experiences with fellow students and the parents. They range from 7th to 10th graders. Please see the attachment for more infomation about them and the camps they attended this
past summer.

Most of the panelists are veteran campers. Those camp experiences helped them develop friendship, discover
their academic interests, improve their intellectual strengths, increase their self confidence as well as
independence. These positive and meaningful camp experiences during their most impressionable years
make a significant impact in their social, intellectual and mental growth.

I urge our students as well as parents not to miss this precious opportunity to hear directly from the horse's mouth. It just may make a difference in you or your children's life.

Time: 10:45am - noon
Location: Room 110

See you there!

Hao Yi
PTA Chair

Message from PTA Chair on 2007/09/14

Dear Parents,

During the 1st week of school, more than 50 parents and students signed up to help our school in a variety of different ways. I am deeply touched by the enthusiasm of these individuals. It strengthened my believe that our Chinese school will become stronger and better!

Attached please find our Class Parent List. There are 23 parents on the list, yet we could use a lot more help. Our goal is to have 2 class parents for each class. That way, duties can be shared, no parents will feel overwhelmed, and teachers can get more reliable help. click here to see the list

The parents who already signed up as class parents, please verify the information. If you have any corrections and additional information, please drop me an email.

Our teachers, if some parents signed up with you directly, please let me know as well.

The parents who haven't had a chance to sign up as a volunteer yet, please email me or come to our PTA desk on Sat mornings. If you can't commit to a specific duty, just sign up to be a part of our volunteer pool. We'll call you from time to time to ask for your help. Your family schedule will always be respected. No time is too short. No help is too small. Let's all contribute to our children's education, and at the same time, make new friends, be a well informed parent.

Thank you very much. See you at school.

Yi Hao