NWCS 2017 Fall Newsletter – Week 4

Dear NWCS families,Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May the full moon bring you much happiness and success. 祝福中秋佳節快樂,月圓人圓事事圓滿!

Dumpling Day
Our wonderful Breakfast Club and Vice Principal is hosting a dumpling day this Saturday. Please join us for dumpling making in the cafeteria from 9-10am. We aim to have the dumplings cooked and ready for our hungry kids by the 10ambreak time.

Kung Fu elective now available
I am very happy to announce Miss Shannon Louie, NWCS alumna and daughter of our Chairman Emeritus Benson, is returning to teach Kung Fu. For students who have not signed up for an elective and want to get active, please join the Kung Fu class!

Book Signing Event with Dr. Ifay Chang
Dr. Ifay Chang, our esteemed chess teacher, has published his third book “The Changing Giants, The U.S. and China”. He will be at the cafeteria from 10:15-11am this Saturday to sign copies of his book and have a Q&A session with NWCS parents. He has kindly offered to donate $10 to our school for every book purchased. Please stop by and learn something about this timely topic. More details to follow later.

Photos from Chinese painting demonstration online
Many thanks to Ms. Yang from Kaohsiung, Taiwan for her beautiful Chinese painting demonstration last Saturday. The foundation of Chinese painting is built on calligraphy. If interested, please join the calligraphy elective to start an artistic journey. We have posted photos from Ms. Yang’s visit here. http://www.nwcsny.org/?p=1860

Your principal,
Francine Fang 方敏