March 10, 2016   校長的話 / Principal's Notes, 每週通訊 / Weekly Messages

NWCS Weekly Newsletter – 3/12

Dear NWCS families:
 
Thanks to all the parents who joined us last Saturday to talk about the Chinese Wonderland curriculum. Our Dean Ms. Hsuei Wang, and I heard a pleasant surprise that our parents would like to see more (!) writing assignment within the new curriculum. We can assure you that our aim is to tip the balance back so our students speak Mandarin better, not to discourage them from reading and writing. Many of our students write beautifully and we would like them to continue doing so. Teachers, Dean and I would like to keep hearing feedback from you to fine tune the teaching and learning. 
 
ACS Chinese school academic competition rules posted
The Association of Chinese Schools annual meeting on 5/28 and 5/29 just opened registration for academic competition. Every year, over 50 Chinese schools from Virginia to Massachusetts send their best and brightest so we won’t be absent. We intend to send as many willing students (as well as their parents) to compete according to the entry rules. Competitions include speech, multimedia presentation, Chinese culture Jeopardy, and Karaoke for students aged 9 and above. For the first time in history, Chinese as Second Language students are invited to enter speech contest in a new category. I have messaged our teachers and we will solicit our best and train them to win. See http://www.acsusa.org/acs2016/Registration.html 
 
Picture book of 2016 graduation ceremony and Chinese New Year performance now available for purchase
A must see and keep! The picture book contains beautifully shot and edited photos by chairman emeritus Mr. Benson Louie that you don’t want to miss. Please reserve your copy with board member Ms. Francine Fang. We are still selling raffle tickets. We have Saks Fifth Ave gift cards, a Kindle Fire, a $50 Starbucks gift card, a wonderful arts and crafts gift basket by Ms. Terry Taylor, and books published by NWCS alums as prizes. Raffle Drawing will happen on March 19th at 10am. Please hurry! 
 
Financial planning for college seminar on March 19
Dr. Tso-hui Ting, and his team are independent brokers based in the Greater New York City area. They have helped hundreds of families in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts for their saving and investment needs. On March 19 at 10 am, they are going to host a seminar to give an overview on family finance planning, especially to address topics on how to prepare and manage kids’ education fund without impacting grant and scholarship qualification. Feel free to attend. 
 
Services and goodies offered by NWCS families
I created a ​moderated ​posting to list services and goodies offered by NWCS families and friends. The first entry is from M​iss​ Sarah Seissler, daughter of ​proud parents ​Peter and Shuna.​ ​Please check out at http://www.nwcsny.org/?p=1265​. ​You can speak to Mr. Eric Huang or me to add yours to this list. 
 
Donate to NWCS by shopping at AmazonSmile program
Please remember to use Amazon.com through www.nwcsny.org website so we can get 0.5% of the sale proceeds from eligible purchases. The 0.5% would have been pure profit to Amazon if you do not go through our school’s link.

Your principal,
Yuan-Chi Chang 張元極