Hi Everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!  I was thinking about what to write for my weekly message and thought I would just cut and paste what our chairman sent earlier this week … Need I say more?

Subject: A call to service

Dear NWCS Families and Staff:

Twelve years ago, while riding home on Metro North, my friend was telling me that his wife was the Registrar for a Chinese School.  My family had recently moved to Briarcliff and we had been looking for a Chinese School for our kids.  I followed up with Ms. Lee-Lee Wong who told me all about NWCS and the history of the school.  I visited the school later that August during week 0, spoke to the principal, a few board members and a number of teachers.  I was so impressed that I enrolled my daughter on the spot.

A few years later, another parent and I approached the Board with a few suggestions about how to improve the structure of the B-Track curriculum.  Dr. Lurng-Kuo Liu, then the board chairman, welcomed our suggestions and wound up asking the 2 of us to serve on the board of directors.  Cheryl Jagow and I became the first B-Track parents to be on the board!  We worked hard to get our suggestions implemented.

Over the last 12 years, my daughter and my son both graduated from NWCS.  The school has been through many changes including moving from Somers to Briarcliff.  I had the privilege to serve on the board 8 of those years, the last 4 as your board chairman.  During this time, I met so many individuals who tirelessly work to make our school a better place for our kids… from the teachers and administrative staff to our board members and parents.

This is one of the things that make our school so unique… parents care enough to get involved to help run the school.  This was how this school was founded and how it continued to run for the last 44 years.  It starts with someone with an idea or a suggestion and the willingness to see it through.

Next Saturday we are holding General Elections for 4 open board positions.  I encourage you to take up the baton from those of us leaving to continue this tradition of excellence and service.  This is your opportunity to get involved and to keep the school moving forward. 

If you have any questions about being on the board of directors, please don’t hesitate to contact me or any other board member.  I can be reached by email or by cell: 914-610-9341 .

Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to serve the school I so dearly love.

Regards,

– Benson

With that, I hope you will come join us at the General Meeting on Saturday and I hope to hear that many of you volunteered for our school. 

Don’t forget to order your lunch here. http://23.23.192.51/ibm-restaurant/onlineorder.html

See you on Saturday!  Classes start at 9am sharp.  Please be on time.