Category: eNews

In this issue:

• Halloween Parade This Sunday
• Board Announcement on Bylaws Amendment and Board Election
• First Meeting of Education Committee
• AMC Math Contest
• Riddle Contest 谜语竞赛
• Volleyball Club / Volleyball Club

Read more on 10/28/2012 newsletter

In this Issue:

• Announcement of Interim Board and the first Board Meeting
• Welcome Our New Dean
• Financial Planning Seminar -人寿保险是家庭财务规划的基石
• Parents for Parents Hiking/Photography Trip
• Education Seminar– 教育升学讲座
• The First Star Potluck Party Was Solar-tacular

Read more on 10/21/2012 newsletter

In this issue:

• All Parents Meeting this Sunday 9:45-10:30 AAB 116
• Parking lot safety
• Help to rebuild our school fundraising campaign
• Star Potluck Party at WCC this Saturday 2pm-midnight
• Lecture on Space Exploration Course this Sunday 10:40-12:30 AAB 116
• The gym is open this Sunday
• Second issue of Student Corner is here
• Education Seminar – 教育升学讲座 《哈佛两姐妹》November 4
• Please update your contact information on our website before October 28th
• Contest for school directory cover design open for entry
• China the Splendid《锦绣中华》
• Song of the Week《每周一歌》

Read more on 10/14/2012 newsletter

In this issue:

• Teacher-Parent Conference
• Please update your contact information on the web
• POD (Parents-on-Duty) roster (listed at the bottom left-hand corner)
• HXNYC Fundraising Campaign kick-off
• Application for Student Leadership Award sponsored by OCA due October 5th
• Star Potluck Party at WCC October 13th
• Read the First Issue of Student Corner 学生园地《文芽》创刊
• Unveiling “Parents for Parents”- “How to Survive the College Application Process”
• The gym will open on Sunday, October 14 (not October 7 as previously announced)
• Contest for school directory cover design opens for entry
• 2012 Huaxia MindSports Competition (华夏智力运动会）
• China the Splendid special edition《锦绣中华》金秋国庆专集：《我的祖国》歌词
• Song of the Week《每周一歌》

Read more on 10/07/2012 newsletter

In this issue:

• Classroom Changes (One-time Only this Sunday) Affecting Classes in AAB 311 and AAB 308
• Parents Clubs Start this Sunday. Please Register Online by Friday
• Last Day to Transfer Class is This Sunday
• CSL Class for Adults Will Close Registration Soon
• Volunteers Needed for Mid-Autumn BBQ Party Jointly Hosted by HXNYC and NYCS
• Recap of the All Parents Meeting and Class Parents Meeting
• Signed Copy of Code of Conduct Due
• Abacus Lecture This Sunday in AAB 116
• WCC Swimming Class Open to Parents
• “有奖征联大赛”面向华夏家庭
• Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats Performance Tickets on Sale
• 2012 Huaxia MindSports Competition (华夏智力运动会) Open for Entry

Read more on 09/23/2012 newsletter

Our school is off to a great start thanks to all of you. Under a brilliant blue sky, parents, children and grandparents converged once again on the familiar grounds of WCC campus. It is truly heart warming to see so many of you choosing to return and trust your child’s education to us. We will do our best to measure up to your expectations. Our volunteers had spent hours preparing for the exciting day and every team member was assigned specific duties to make the day run as smoothly as possible. Due to a rush of last minute registrations, we did run into some issues with textbook distribution and shortage. We hope you understand. This Sunday, we are holding our first All Parents Meeting where our team members will be introduced to the parents. Principal Dai Yang, PTA Chair Cao Liang will briefly lay out their visions for the new year and beyond. We will have a Q & A session where all parents are welcomed to ask questions and contribute ideas. We look forward to seeing you all.

News Summary:

• All Parents Meeting this Sunday 10-11:30 AM at AAB116
• Registration Continues for Students and Parents. CSL Adults Club Opens for Registration
• Calling for Volunteers for Mid-Autumn Celebration Party
• Signed Copy of Code of Conduct Due
• Pre-K Students birth Certificate Submission
• Solar StarBQ Party for Students in “Space Exploration” Class this Saturday
• “有奖征联大赛”面向华夏家庭
• Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats Show Tickets on Sale

Dear Huaxia Families,

Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year at HXNYC at WCC! We hope that you and your family had a wonderful summer. The first day of school is this Sunday, September 9^th. The school will start at 9:30 am at the campus of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. This issue contains many important information. Please read carefully before coming to school so you and your child will have an easier and smoother first day of school. We wish all of you a pleasant and successful year of learning Chinese. Enjoy old friendships and make new ones!

The Administration and PC Teams

Notices

1. Here is our school calendar and teacher/classroom assignments. Please find out your child’s classroom before coming to school on Sunday. Stay with your child until the teacher confirms your child’s placement in the class.

2. Class-parents for grades K to 3: please come to the storage room before 9:25 am to pick up textbooks for your classes.
Class-parents for grades 4 to 9: please come to the storage room before 10:25 am to pick up the textbooks.

3. For those families who have registered online but have not sent in the tuition check, please bring in your payment on Sunday to the Registration Desk located in AAB 116. You will receive a “Classroom Pass” to pick up textbooks and notebooks (language class only) for your child once the payment is received. You will then take the textbooks and notebooks to your child and hand over the “Classroom Pass” to the teacher.

4. On-site registration will be available if you have not yet registered your child. Please come to the Registration Desk in AAB 116 to complete the registration process before sending your child to the class.

5. If your child’s class is cancelled and you have not yet registered for an alternate class, please go to Registration Desk in AAB 116 to register for the alternate class. We will do our best to help you find a satisfactory alternate. Please check out our website for many other culture classes including the newly added “Space Exploration”.

6. Adult Clubs are open for registration. Please come to AAB 116 to register. Any club that has fewer than 7 people will be cancelled two weeks after school opens. There will be NO adult clubs for the first two weeks.

7. If your child has a Chinese name, and you did not supply it when registering in the On-Line System, please update your account ASAP. Our teachers expect and appreciate Chinese names on the roster on the first day of school.

8.《学生园地–文芽》征招编辑和记者 – Student Corner is looking for 12 student editors, reporters and photographers. Click here for the recruitment ad for detailed information regarding qualifications and application process.

9. The Gym will not be available until October 7^th due to the ongoing renovation.

Important Reminders

1. School Information
The 2012-2013 school calendar and teacher/classroom assignments have been posted on our website http://www.hxnyc.org. They will also be posted on the wall outside of school office in AAB Building. Textbooks and notebooks will be distributed on the first day of class by class parents in the classroom. Please bring basic school supplies such as pencils and erasers to the class.

2. School Administration and Parent Council Teams Please click on the links on Administration Team and Parent Council Team (aka PTA) to learn who the school team members are. They are excited and ready to help you on the first day of the school.

3. Principal DeskThe Principal Desk is to assist school members with their questions, requests, concerns, and suggestions related to HXNYC. It is located outside the AAB 116 and will be manned by rotating members of Administration and PC teams.

4. Parking:

• Reduce speed to 5mph once you are in the parking lot and yield to pedestrians.
• Do not drive on the one-way alley adjacent to SCI/AAB backdoors.
• Do not park in handicapped spot if you do not have a permit. Violators may be issued a traffic ticket by county police and listed on school weekly newsletter.
• Drop off your child at designated locations only. Do not block the drive path when dropping off your family in the parking lot.
• Follow the instructions and orders given by the traffic personnel.

5. Code of Conduct (Click here to read):
The goal of these rules is to help students learn to make responsible choices and to promote a safe and civic-minded learning environment.
Please read it with your child and explain the importance of proper behavior. In the next two weeks, a hard copy of “Code of Conduct” will be given to your child. Please review it with your child and have your child return the signed copy to his/her teacher in the following week.

6. Contact Us Huaxia New York Central Chinese School is not just a school but also a community. We want to hear your comments, suggestions and thoughts. Please write to us at info@hxnyc.org.

Save the Dates

• 09/30 Mid-Autumn Festival Party
• 10/21 Huaxia MindSports Games
• 10/28 Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats

新学年就要开始了，诚挚地欢迎您和您的家人加入和重返华夏纽约中心学校！过去的16年里，位于WCC的我校以弘扬中华文化、推广中文教育为宗旨，培养了无数具有中文听说读写能力的品学兼优的人才。

新的学年，承载着希望和憧憬：我校43位辛勤的园丁里，有29位是资深教师，多年来默默奉献；还有14位是今年新加盟的老师，她们给我们的教师队伍注入了新鲜血液，使得纽约华夏更加欣欣向荣！

在过去的四周中，感谢家长和老师们的大力支持和积极参与，《马立平》1-5年级、《标准中文》1-9年级、《美洲华语》、AP中文、学前班和学前幼1儿班全部顺利开课。学前班和《马立平》1-2年级已快报满，正准备开第二个班。《标准中文》有些班级也已满员，还有许多文体课，如象棋、围棋、SAT数学、奥数和民族舞接近报满。如果您还未为孩子报名，请点击线上注册网址进行注册。

我们8/26日的OPEN HOUSE取得了极大成功！许多家长和孩子乘兴而来，在了解我们的校园、课程和教材之后，他们纷纷注册，满意而归。为继续给家长们提供方便，校委会决定于9月2日举办教师培训的同时，特邀请老师及校委会、家长会的成员为家长提供示范解疑服务，并再次举办现场注册，地点在WCC SCI-102 (教师开学培训日程)。

我校的开学筹备工作进展得十分顺利有序。与WCC的合作相当成功： 老师们可以在教室使用多媒体教育设备，学校每周可在两个大教室为家长举办讲座、召开会议和组织其他丰富多彩的活动。

“纽约华夏中心学校”是孩子学习中文、家长休憩交流的理想去处，这里有朗朗的读书声，灿烂的笑脸，热情的握手，和关切的问候。朋友们，欢迎您加入我们的大家庭，共同打造这所华人在海外的心灵家园。让我们九月份相逢在WCC！

The first day of school is fast approaching. We would like to welcome you and your family back for another exciting year at our WCC campus. As in the past 16 years, we will continue our tradition of providing you with the best education in both Chinese language and culture.

A new school year always brings changes. In addition to our experienced teachers, we are happy to announce that 14 new teachers will join us this fall. This will reinvigorate our teaching faculty and improve the quality of our language education.

Thanks to the support of parents and teachers, class registration is going smoothly. Lower grades of MLP and some culture classes such as chess, SAT Math, Math Olympiad and Folk Dance are being filled to capacity. We urge you to register soon at the School’s On-Line Registration System to secure the class of your choice.

Our 2^nd Open House held last Sunday was a great success. Both new and returning parents participated with great enthusiasm. In addition to answering questions and helping with the registration, we also listened to the concerns and suggestions from parents and teachers. It was a great exchange of ideas and a display of friendship and solidarity.

Our preparedness for the new school year is going well. WCC has been tremendous in their support for our effort. In the new school year, WCC will allow us access to their multi-media educational equipments, further enhancing our teaching quality.

On Sunday, September 2^nd, we are holding our first in-house teacher training session (Teacher Orientation Agenda) where all language teachers will be present to discuss teaching plans for the new school year. We invite all parents to come. Once again, we will try to answer all your questions and help you with on-site registration.

We look forward to welcoming all of you back. Together, we will rebuild the Huaxia community where our children succeed and thrive.

***** 新课程 (New Culture Classes) *****

Space Exploration
An overview of the discovery and exploration of the Solar System, from the groundbreaking astronomical discoveries made in Greece, China, Egypt, and Europe, through our manned exploration of the Moon, and the amazing discoveries of our interplanetary space probes. How will we explore space in the future?

Class Topics (Approximately 1 class each)

Ancient Astronomy
Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler: Building the theories of our modern Solar System
Discovering the Outer Planets (an ongoing story)
Discovering and Exploring Comets
Citizen Science – Intro to Class Project
Evening Star Party at WCC (Weather Permitting)
Earth-Moon double planet
Eclipses and Transits
The Great Space Race, and Exploring the Moon
Invading Mars – Life on Mars?
The Grand Tours: Pioneer and Voyager to Jupiter and Beyond
Galileo at Jupiter, Cassini at Saturn
Can we find life on distant moons?
The Siberia Beyond Neptune
(Side-topic: Extreme Astro-tourism, and how I became the first astronomer to visually observe Planet 10)
The Great Orbiting Telescopes
The Future of Space Exploration

Presentation of Optional Class Projects
Students are expected to do outside reading and occasional homework projects. Several short quizzes will be given to evaluate how well students understand the material.
Course materials will include handouts such as special topic highlights, observing guides, links to helpful websites, and ideas for astronomical projects to try at home.
Learning outcomes: The following outcomes are goals we hope the students enrolled in this course will fulfill:

• Appreciate the scale of the Universe, and Earth’s place in it; and the geography of our Solar System.
• understand how the exploration of space has advanced our understanding of the heavens that have occurred throughout history.
• Learn about the tools and methods used by space scientists and astronomers to gain knowledge of the Universe.
• Understand the phases of the Moon and how to find and recognize planets in the sky.
• Learn how amateur science contributes to expanding our knowledge of space
• practice critical thinking by actively participating in question and answer during the lectures as well as optional outside projects.

心珠算班 (Abacus)
算盘是中国人智慧的結晶，加減乘除全可用算盘计算出來。珠算需手、眼、脑的協同作用，故可培养专注力及耐力；而双手拨珠的使用算盘方式，可同时激活左右脑細胞、开发增长脑力。在循序渐进及恰当的教学引导下，孩子的心算能力可被培养出來，且因养成的是珠算式的心算、非数字式的符号运算，因此孩子的心算速度最终能媲美計算机。欢迎您让孩子來接触咱們中国人的傲人计算器，假以时日，当您的孩子在台上表演心算时，会让您对您的孩子甘拜下风。今日选择心珠算班，明日受益无穷。

钩针编织大班 (Crocheting)
钩针编织是许虹老师的多年爱好，借此调解身体健康，训练手脚脑协调，培养耐心，增长审美力和慈善心。教学注重因人而易，培养学生独立思考能力，少讲多做。重视学生心理健康。

***** 新老师 (New Teachers)*****

刘力明 老师 – AP中文 (AP Chinese)
中国中山大学学士，美国加州大学伯克利校博士，从事科研工作多年，也研究美国教育系统多年，拥有美国纽约州双科中学教师执照，为纽约某大学的兼职教授，美国莱思常春藤教育咨询辅导培训公司的总裁。刘力明老师在华夏任AP中文 教师两年，深受学生家长认可。

Keith Murdock – 太空探索 (Space Exploration)
默多克先生是世界上第一个实际观察到太阳系第十大行星Eris的人。作为是Rockland Astronomy Club的顾问。他长期举办科学研究和太空探索讲座。他邀请您与家人参加他的“太空探索” 课。

夏玫 老师 – 舞蹈班 (Dance)
原北京市景山学校高级老师，教龄14年，形体课及民间民族舞蹈老师。2010年被评为景山学校优秀青年教师。夏老师率学生们多次登台表演，获得艺术节大奖，获奖节目如下：创编舞蹈《雨晴情》、《快乐的值日生》、《好姑娘》、《希望》、《喜羊羊和灰太狼》、《快乐的大脚》、《释放》和《蚕宝宝的梦》等等。2009年创编舞蹈的在《争执》获得“小荷风采”全国舞蹈比赛金奖。

丁涵真 老师 – 心珠算班 (Abacus)
台湾省人。生物化学本科生，后改学会計。現任职于会计师事务所。由于对教育的兴趣，专门学习天才潜能开发教育法。娴熟潜能开发教育法，曾任职金头脑儿童潜能开发中心教师及私人教师十年。善于观察孩子的性格，能依据孩子的特质，运用适当的潜能开发方法，引导孩子发挥潜在能力。

邓立平 老师 – 书法课 (Calligraphy)
现为齐齐哈尔市书法家协会会员，擅长毛笔书法 、及硬笔书法 ，曾在中国做过设计师 、高级工程师 ，以及大连国际贸易学院学生处做过学生管理工作。

陈康莲老师 – 《美洲华语》
现任南康州中国语言学校老师。1995年，毕业于佛山师范大学。在中国任教了15年并多次获得“优秀教学奖”。教过的学生在参加各种比赛中，为学校赢得了很多的金牌。在小学是备课组长，经常帮助新教师备课。热爱学生，热爱工作，一直希望通过教书来不断提高自己的教学水平和技能。在2007年，获得了中国中央广播电视大学教育管理本科学位。

林翠莲 老师 – 《标准中文》/《美洲华语》/《马立平》
上海华东理工大学学士, 德国化学博士, 美国博士后. 受邀在数家大学举行过学术演讲。十多年从事项目管理。有丰富的课堂教学经验，善于利用多种渠道，依据学生的自身情况提高教学效果和兴趣。热爱中文教育，儿童教育。愿用爱心传播中文和中国文化。多年服务于华夏普兰斯堡中文学校, 利用众多华夏家长藏龙卧虎的丰富资源，组织和促进家长与家长之间的交流, 华夏与社区的交流. 深受学生,家長,和社区的欢迎。