Dear NWCS families, 

We have parent teacher meeting coming up this Saturday and midterm the week after. Given the curriculum change in the CSL track this year, please do speak to your teacher, Dean or myself to give us feedback. We would like to hear what we can jointly work on to make sure our students’ time is well spent. As principal, there is no bigger reward for me than seeing our students listen, speak, read and write Chinese better, since that means my volunteering time is very worthwhile. 

NWCS family survey, need to hear your voice
Please take a moment to answer the family survey sent by board member, Mr. David Quinn. We hope to hear from you by Oct 29. For 3 hours at school and some more hours at home every week, we want to make sure all students are learning the Chinese language, culture and social principles of this 3000 year old civilization. The school was founded by parents and run by parents. We need to hear your voice and get your participation. Thanks!​

Chinese folk art demonstration photos posted
Many thanks to board, teachers and volunteering parents’ help to host the visit of the traveling folk art group from Taiwan last Saturday. One noticeable benefit was that almost every student placed their sugar animal orders in Mandarin, from turtles, pandas, giraffes, fish to pug. If there is enough interest, we will try to invite the group back next year, pending their touring availability. Photos of the event have been posted here http://www.nwcsny.org/?p=1436. Please send me your photos for our web site if you’d like to share with NWCS community.