From: NWCS Principal <principal@nwcsny.org>

Date: 10/18/2013 9:29 PM

Whew! For some reason, for a short week with Monday being the holiday, it actually felt like it took forever to get through!!! It is time for the Friday night madness, where is your homework? What do you mean you don’t know? Did you study for your quiz? What do you mean you don’t know what to study? Where is your book? Where is your Chinese dictionary? Where is your Chinese text book? ….. Where is your head?! Actually we have been going to the Chinese School for the last 9 years, starting from Pre-K …and now the twins are in the 7^th grade, we are actually used to the routine …. It has not gotten any better, but we all know what to expect on a Friday night in the Thomas’ household!

I realized we are not the only ones … one of the moms, also a close friend of mine, told me that, like me, during the week she gets up before everyone else to get ready to leave for work in the peace and quiet… the kids actually look like angels in their sleep … and by the time she gets home, the kids are usually done with their homework, getting ready for bed … Then comes Saturday morning , she became this crazed woman like me, not used to having to manage others in the wee morning hours, she said she always yells and screams the whole time to get them out of bed, to feed them, to check to be sure they have their homework packed; and then scream at the top of her lungs to get them into the car and head for the Chinese School … I asked her where is your husband during all this? She said he usually hides in the bedroom until the tornado is over. Same as my hubby, right when everyone is ready, he emerges from the bedroom, all dressed and ready to drive us to school …

Tomorrow we have the parent teacher conference meeting. This is an opportunity for the parents to meet with the teachers to share their experiences and input with one another so that we can continue to improve the learning our students receive. Your teachers will let you know when (usually the third hour if they are not teaching) and where (usually the same classroom). For those teachers who are not available tomorrow, they will schedule another time to meet. There is always email that you can use to communicate with your teachers.

Recently, our Calligraphy class teacher, Ms. Daisy Rose, submitted some of her students’ work to the Annual ACS Calligraphy Contest 2013 and we were just informed this week of the results! Please join me in congratulating the following NWCS Students!!!!! Bravo !

For the middle grades:

Danielle Chu 趙慧欣 won 2^nd place!

For the senior grades:

Kevin Chang 張凱文 won 2^nd place!

Elisabeth Clemmons 柯安迪 won 1^st place!

We are very proud of you! And a special thanks to the teacher for working with the students. Congratulations!