MLCCC Newsletter (2016-03-18)
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Spring! We do have class this Sunday March 20. But we will be closed for holiday on Easter Sunday March 27.
Synopsis:
- 识字比赛结果 Character Recognition Contest Results!
- Easter Egg Hunt This Sunday at 1:45pm and 2:45pm and Volunteers Needed
- Possible Additional Chinese Language Track at MLCCC -《美洲华语》
- FREE Ballroom Dancing Class at 2pm - Continues This Sunday
- MLCCC’s Summer SAT/ACT Prep at Villanova - Group Discount!
- MLCCC’s Summer Camps - SAVE $50 if Register by 4/4/2016
- MLCCC Discount Tickets for 76ers vs. Charlotte Hornets (Jeremy Lin) on March 29
- Parent on Duty
Appendix:
- Art & Essay contest celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Details:
- 识字比赛结果 Character Recognition Contest Results!
Thank you to all of the 27 students (and their parents) for studying hard and participating in this contest. Just the act of competing
is an admirable feat. A round of applause for all of our participants!
The top performers are listed below and each will be awarded a $10 (U.S. dollar) gift card at our End of School Year Assembly in May. All participants will be
rewarded $2 school dollars at Weekend School.
Chinese as a Second Language Top Performers:
CSL 1 students were tested 73 words; all other levels of CSL students were tested 100 words. Students had to know 85% of the tested words to be the top performers.
Jake Tsang CSL 1 100% correct
Emily Nesbitt CSL 1
Grace Carroll CSL 2 100% correct
Chinese as a Heritage Language Top Performers:
1st graders were tested 100 words; 2nd graders and above were tested 150 words. Students had to know 90% of the tested words to be the top performers. (In addition
to reducing the amount of tested words from prior year’s contests, we also decided to lower the threshold to 90%.)
Andrew Yang G1
Ally Wen G3 ------------ 100%
Ziyue Gao G3
Zoe Zhang G3
Jerry Wang G3
Katelyn Wang G4 ------------ 100%
David Ding G4
Joseph Zeng G4
Skyler Le G5
Max Wang G6 ------------ 100%
Jason Xu G6 ------------ 100%
Nikki Cao G6
Sarah Liang G6
Enpei Qi G8 ------------ 100%
Congratulations!!
We would also like to thank all the volunteers who helped to judge the contest:
Zhihong Lai, Xia Li, Xiaobin Li, Shuguang Liang, Yingxue Lin, Sherry Liu, Yuefang Tao, Xiaowei Wang, Yun Wang, Qunbin Xiong, Bo Zhang.
- Easter Egg Hunt This Sunday at 1:45pm and 2:45pm and Volunteers Needed
If weather permits, we will do our Easter Egg Hunt in the outdoor courtyard next to the Admin Hallway. If not, we will do it in the
Admin Hallway. The 1pm-3pm Chinese class students will participate in the 1:45pm hunt. The 3pm-5pm Chinese class students will participate in the 2:45pm hunt.
If you come to MLCCC for non-Chinese classes, please join in the 1:45pm hunt if your first class is 1pm-3pm, otherwise join in the 2:45pm one. Please participate
in only one of the hunts. Don't forget to have your kid(s) bring in their baskets. Wearing Easter costume is also a big welcome!
Plastic Eggs, Small Goodies, Volunteers to Stuff Eggs Needed:
The more eggs, the merrier the event will be. If you have any unwanted plastic eggs or small goodies that can be stuffed into the eggs, please consider donating
to our PTO, and give your name for future recognition.
All the empty eggs need to be stuffed in 45 minutes for kids to have fun. So we desperately need people to help stuff them. If you are available 1pm-2:45pm
to help, please lend a hand!
- Possible Additional Chinese Language Track at MLCCC -《美洲华语》
MLCCC Chinese Weekend School currently has two Chinese language tracks, Chinese as a Heritage Language (CHL) and Chinese as a Second
Language (CSL). The CHL track is for students who has Chinese speaking environment at home and are fairly fluent in speaking Chinese. We use《马立平》textbook for
this track. Below are some feedbacks on this track from some families. (Note that there are also other families that like the《马立平》textbooks.)
1) Too much content each week: each week, students have to learn many new words and new text; students cannot remember all the words and text in class. So they
have to re-study at home. Also, because the teachers have to finish everything in 2 hours, they are pressed to push the content to the students and do not have
time to really teach in a fun and interesting way.
2) Too much homework: each day students have to spend at least 30 minutes or more to work on their homework.
3) The homework requires a lot of time from parents, especially the first 3-5 years. It is very challenging for parents who are very busy.
4) Some of the students cannot keep up with the textbook, so they stop to learn Chinese altogether after a couple of years.
To solve these problems, we are looking at the《美洲华语》textbook as an additional track.
We are trying to see if there is any interest in opening《美洲华语》track at our school. This track is for students who have Chinese speaking environment at home and
fairly able to speak Chinese but feel《马立平》 textbook is too demanding for them. We will start to bring the《美洲华语》textbooks to school starting this week. If you
are interested, please come to the Admin’s Desk to take a look. You are welcome to borrow the textbooks too, as long as you return them the following week.
If you are interested in registering your child for《美洲华语》next school year, please answer a short survey using the link:
http://goo.gl/forms/9GtmJAzB8T.
This will help us to plan the《美洲华语》track, especially which grades to open, and at what time.
- FREE Ballroom Dancing Class at 2pm - Starts This Sunday
Ms. Lin Jianmin 林坚闽 has very kindly offered to teach a ballroom dancing class for free at 2pm during the rest of the school year! Thank
you Ms. Lin! If interested, please let us know if you haven’t already. For all interested parents, please come to Admin desk at 2pm.
What Shoes to Wear:
Comfortable leather shoes with leather bottoms or soft bottoms; or ballroom dance shoes; or Latin dance shoes. No sneakers. No shoes with rubber bottoms. 有舞鞋的请带上，国标的或拉丁舞的都可以。没有的请穿皮底或软底的皮鞋，找一双最合脚且舒服的。不要穿胶底的皮鞋或sneakers.
Lin Jianmin 林坚闽 Background/Experiences:
Years of competitive dancing in ballroom, including international standard (Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot and Quickstep) and international Latin style dances
(Samba, Cha-cha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive). Competed in all ten dances and won all 1st places in a number of Am/Pro competitions in New York Opens. Performed
in American style competitive dances, in both Smooth and Rhythm (Swing, Bolero and Mambo) divisions.
Teaching experience: instructor for Arthur Murray dance studio; coached collegiate ballroom; instructor for community center dance classes.
- MLCCC’s Summer SAT/ACT Prep at Villanova - Group Discount!
We will give $75 additional discount per student for a group of 5 or more students or give $100 additional discount
per student for a group of 10 or more students. Please help us spread the word and take advantage of this offer.
Program details:
Choose either SAT Prep or ACT Prep
Dates: 8/1/2016 – 8/18/2016 (3 weeks)
Time: Mondays – Thursdays, 9AM – 4PM
Location: Villanova University
Tuition: $1,350 if early registration by 4/15/2016, else $1,500. Materials fee is included in the tuition.
Founded by University of Pennsylvania alumni, Ivy Experience is effective, up-to-date, responsive, and experienced in the college application process.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Registration form is here and will be at the Admin Desk this Sunday.
- MLCCC’s Summer Camps - SAVE $50 if Register by 4/4/2016
Wayne Chinese Camp: 9 weeks, 6/20/16 – 8/19/16
Location: The Church of Christ at Valley Forge, 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA 19087
Time: Full day 8am-6pm; 3/4 day 8am-3pm; half day 8am-1pm;
Registration form is at the Admin Desk and
here.
English Writing Camp or Math Enrichment Camp details:
- 2-week camp from 7/5 – 7/15 or 7/18 - 7/29;
- 3 hours each day, morning session (9am-noon) and afternoon session (1pm-4pm);
- classroom is inside Wayne Camp. Students can enroll in:
· English Writing Only (Registration form)
· Math Enrichment Only (Registration form)
· English Writing and Chinese (Registration form)
· Math Enrichment and Chinese (Registration form)
· English Writing and Math Enrichment (Registration form)
· Pre or aftercare for before morning session or after afternoon session
Rosemont Chinese Camp:
Location: Rosemont School of the Holy Child, 1344 Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010
Time: Full day 9am-3pm; half day 9am-12pm; Before and After Care provided.
Registration form is at the Admin Desk and
here.
- Discount Tickets for MLCCC for 76ers vs. Charlotte Hornets (Jeremy Lin) on March 29
Come watch the 76ers take on Jeremy Lin and the Charlotte Hornets! Flyer is
here.
To purchase discounted tickets, please visit www.sixers.com/promo. Enter code: MLCCC, then select seats and enjoy!
Thank you to the 76ers for creating this special discount code for MLCCC.
For more information, please contact Matthew Yoder at 267-479-1111 or mattyoder@sixers.com.
- Parent on Duty
Qiufang Tian, Kai Gao, Zhihong Lai (Thank you!)
Looking forward to seeing you!
Best Regards,
Li, Xia - Principal
Julia Chou - Director of Operations and Communications
Sherry Wang - PTO President
MLCCC Chinese Weekend School
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http://www.facebook.com/MainLineChineseCultureCenter
Appendix:
- Art & Essay contest celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Calling all Artists! The Pan Asian Association is hosting an art and essay contest for kids (Pre-K to middle school) to celebrate Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month. Please see
attached.
Entries are due April 1. Art and essays will be displayed at Asian Wonders in the King of Prussia Mall during March, at Franklin Park in Philly for the 10th Annual
Celebration May 7 and on the Pan Asian Facebook page.
Entries will compete for limited places in 2 special exhibits hosted by the Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs and the City of Philadelphia
Office of Immigrant Affairs in
- Philadelphia's City Hall and
- the Pennsylvania State Capitol
To enter, write an essay, create a drawing, painting or sculpture on the theme Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Community & Culture. Attach an entry form
signed by a parent or guardian and send it to the Pan Asian Association in person, via US mail, or email. Children preschool through middle school in Pennsylvania
are eligible to submit entries.
Eligibility of entries will be at the discretion of the Pan Asian Association.
Please share this announcement as widely as possible in the school and broader community.
Sincerely,
Anne Martin-Montgomery
Social Media Coordinator
Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration
info@panasianphila.org.