From: NWCS Principal
Date: 4/10/2015 10:17 PM

大家好！
明天已經是我們春季學期第7週了！我希望每個人都準備好了這個星期或下個星期的期中考試。！祝大家好運！
有幾個班級已經計劃在四月或五月舉辦演講比賽或寫作比賽。我希望其他的班級趕快把比賽日子決定讓所有學生有表現的機會！另外愛唱歌的學生，請不要忘記卡拉OK大賽將於4月15日截止。請向你的老師請問更多的信息。

明天我們也將揭開抽獎獲獎者！所以如果你還沒有買抽獎票的話，早到自助餐廳買抽獎票！謝謝大家對學校的支持！
這個星期，我的雙胞胎兒子跟學校旅行到華盛頓特區。旅行之前，我們買了iPhone給他們。 小兒子無論我們問什麼，回答的都是“是啊”“是啊”（我們花那麼多錢讓他來“是啊”“是啊” 真要命！）。我的大兒子是比較貼心的，他發群體對話寄短信給爸爸媽媽，以節省時間。這是今天早上的交流與大家分享：

 

Dad: Buenos dias!  (Good day in Spanish)

 

Kyle: good mornin (as you can see, he can’t spell English)

Kyle: we at Memorial (you called that English?  UGH)

 

Mom: Como estas Tu?  (How are you?)

 

Kyle: Sigh

Kyle: Stop speaking Spanish!

 

Mom: Porque no?  No habla el espanol? (Why not, you don’t speak Spanish?)

 

Dad: Pero solo hablo espanol (But I only speak Spanish!)

 

Kyle :….

 

Mom: 好吧  我們說中文 (fine, let’s speak Chinese)

 

Dad:

 

結果從上午十點到現在都沒有消息了！貼心的大兒子不理爸爸媽媽了！
明天見！學校早上九點開始，請大家準時到!

 

 

Welcome back Everyone!  I hope that you enjoyed the school break!

 

Tomorrow is already our week 7 (out of 14)!  You have reached the half way point for the Spring semester.   Some classes will be having their midterm exams this week or next week.   I hope everyone is ready! Good luck to all!

 

Several classes have planned their speech contest or writing contest for April or May.  I hope that all classes will have the event!  Also, for those who love to sing, please don’t forget that the Karaoke contest is due April 15.  Please speak to your teachers for more information.  You can sing along with the recording!  Please participate and represent the school!

Tomorrow we will also reveal the Raffle winners!  So get to the cafeteria early and buy the tickets if you have not done so already!   And thank you to those who have purchased tickets!  Every penny goes to help our wonderful school!

 

This past week my twins went on a school trip to Washington DC.  Right before they left, we made sure to get them new iPhones so that they could text us and keep us informed of every stop they made.  (Yes, every stop).  Anyway, one answers all of our texts with “Yep” “Yep” and “Yep” (to think we paid all that money for this …).  My other son is more responsive and he actually texted mom and dad as a group conversation to save time.  Attached is the exchange this morning and I would like to share it with you … Remember this is a group conversation:

 

Dad: Buenos dias!  (Good day in Spanish)

 

Kyle: good mornin (as you can see, he can’t spell English)

Kyle: we at Memorial (you called that English?  UGH)

 

Mom: Como estas Tu?  (How are you?)

 

Kyle: Sigh

Kyle: Stop speaking Spanish!

 

Mom: Porque no?  No habla el espanol? (Why not, you don’t speak Spanish?)

 

Dad: Pero solo hablo espanol (But I only speak Spanish!)

Kyle :….

Mom: 好吧  我們說中文 (fine, let’s speak Chinese)

Dad:

 

And that was the last we heard from him since 10am this morning!  Oh well!

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

 

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李宜蓉 Eileen Y. Lee
北威校長 NWCS Principal, 2009-2015
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