MLCCC 2017-10-08 news letter
Dear Parents,
Synopsis:
- Reminders on Campus and Hallway Safety, Classroom Rules
- Senior CAREs Club English Class Resumes This Sunday
- MLCCC “Chinese Corner” (“中国角”
- MLCCC Community Education Seminar Series Continues
- China Press “Chinese Essay Contest” Calls for Children’s Essay Submission Deadline 10/15/17
- MLCCC Annual Halloween Costume Exchange, 10/15/2017
- Trick & Treat Goodies Donation Call, Donations Accepted on 10/15/2017
- MLCCC Children’s Dance Troupe Performs at the Central Free Library of Philadelphia on October 14
- Introducing Upa Yoga and Isha Kriya Tomorrow and Next Sunday
- Taiji, Photograph and Fitness Clubs Resume Normal Activities This Sunday
- MLCCC’s Mandarin Immersion Program Enrollment Continues
- Peking Opera Spectacular in KOP 费城京剧社2017秋季演出 - $10 Tickets (50% Discount) Plus
- Donating to MLCCC: Your Support Makes Our Missions Possible, Thank You!
Details:
- Reminders on Campus and Hallway Safety, Classroom Rules
Thank you to the many parents who listened to our pleas from last newsletter! We’re posting them again as a friendly reminder worth repeating. Please:
-Do Not Use Our Wing’s Entrance - Safety First
We want to continue to remind all parents to please walk along with your children and enter through the Main Entrance. GVHS has already posted a “NO ENTRY” sign on that wing’s entrance. Thank you!
-Keep GVHS CAMPUS AND CLASSROOMS Clean
We have been renting GVHS since 2007. This is our “home”, and we ask everyone to treat it like a home: please care for the facility and clean up after yourself and respect GVHS’s classroom rules at all times. Thank you.
-Put Back Brown Metal Chairs
To keep the hallways hazards free and reduce cleanup task, we want to remind parents to please return the brown metal chairs to the container near the Admin Desk when you're finished with them. Thank you.
-Get Teacher’s Permission If Sit-in During Class
Parents’ sitting in the classrooms are sometimes extremely helpful, while other times distracting to the students’ learning and teachers’ teaching. If you would like to sit-in your child’s classroom, please first discuss it with the teacher. Thank you.
Thank you for your attention and cooperations!
- Senior CAREs Club English Class Resumes This Sunday
The free English lesson for our Senior CAREs Club members will resume this Sunday. We invite all seniors to come and join these free and fun lessons taught by our volunteer Junior Teachers Eric Torii and Nikki Cao. Thank you!
Time: 4:00PM.
Location: Room 147.
- MLCCC “Chinese Corner” (“中国角”
We are adding another flavor to the list of our parent activities at MLCCC, the “Chinese Corner”, (外语“中国角”). It’s a casual environment where any non-Chinese speaking adult can come and learn and practice Chinese language at your own pace, in casual conversation style, with TAs and volunteer parents.
Time: School Days, 1 to 4PM
Location: A “Corner” in the Admin Hallway. Signs will be posted.
- MLCCC Community Education Seminar Series Continues
PTO is currently accepting seminar requests at our school. Any parent is welcome to recommend seminars, or invite business and educational exhibits or presentations, as long as it directly benefits our community at large. Please send info to our PTO President, Mr. Li, Lu or Vicky Li, who is in charge of the seminar scheduling, announcement and on-site set up, at PTO@MLCCC.org.
Seminars Scheduled for the coming Sundays:
-October 15th: 杨老师: 题目是: 申请美国好大学并不难, 听杨老师讲思路规划战术篇
这是杨老师“破译美国大学的招生密码： 讲座得第二部分：怎样破译美国大学的招生密-战术篇。
-November 5th: 吴万富: “家庭财务讲座”, 家庭财务管理是一盘棋，牵一发而动全局。财务管理贵在全局考虑，力求稳中取胜.
Please watch for details in our upcoming weekly emails.
- China Press “Chinese Essay Contest” Calls for Children’s Essay Submission Deadline 10/15/17
<侨报>《第6届美国少年儿童中文大赛》正在接收报名, 截止日期10月15号.
China Press’s 6th “Annual Children’s Chinese Essay Contest” is calling for children's essay submission to take part in this year’s contest. We encourage our students, working with teachers and parents, to submit contest essays. The deadline for submission is October 15th, 2017.
- MLCCC Annual Halloween Costume Exchange, 10/15/2017
MLCCC’s annual Halloween costume exchange allows parents to swap for a better fit costume or purchase donated costumes at a low low price. All proceeds go to PTO’s fund for school dollars. This is an annual event, so don’t miss out, get your costumes out and ready for a “change” or “swap”.
- Trick & Treat Goodies Donation Call, Donations Accepted on 10/15/2017
In preparation for our much anticipated schoolwide Halloween trick-or-treat event, PTO is calling all families to donate trick-or-treat items including candy, small toys, etc. Everything donated will be distributed at our trick-or-treat event, remaining items will be available for purchasing at our school store.
- MLCCC Children’s Dance Troupe Performs at the Central Free Library of Philadelphia on October 14
Next Saturday, MLCCC's Children's Dance Troupe will take part in the Benjamin Franklin 100 years anniversary celebration by performing two programs at the Central Free Library of Philadelphia. Our children will be joined by a few other Chinese organizations and other local young artists.
MLCCC strives to create opportunities for our children to be on the public stage; to benefit them from social and cultural interactions with their peers of other ethnic backgrounds across the Philadelphia region. This also benefits the exchange and understanding of our culture among the local communities. Preview of event is attached below. To purchase tickets to this event, use link below.
金秋十月 费城中西文化学社期待与您共觞文化艺术盛宴, 我们欢迎大家光临.
这是费城中心图书馆10/14演出的购票链接: http://libraryphila.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=1011148。
由于数量有限，请大家抓紧时间, 不要错过。
- Introducing Upa Yoga and Isha Kriya Tomorrow and Next Sunday
Free yoga demo lessons and instructions, on two Sundays: 10/08/2017 and Sunday, 10/15/2017.
Time: 3PM
Location: 2nd Floor Hallway
“Upa Yoga” essentially means “sub-yoga” or “pre-yoga”. This program offers a simple yet powerful set of 10 practices that activate the joints, muscles and energy system, bringing ease to the whole system. Anyone who is 7yrs of age or above can practice Upa Yoga.
Benefits of Upa Yoga: Relieves physical stress and tiredness; Strengthens the joints and muscles; Rejuvenates the body after periods of inactivity; Negates the effects of jetlag and long travel.
“Isha Kriya”
“Isha” means that which is the source of creation. “Kriya” means an inward action towards that.
Isha Kriya is a simple yet potent process created by Sadhguru. Available for free as a guided meditation with an instructional video and downloadable instructions, or through one of the free immersive workshops conducted globally, it has the potential to transform the life of anyone who is willing to invest just 12 minutes a day. Anyone who is 12 years or older can practice Isha Kriya.
Daily practice of Isha Kriya brings health, dynamism, peace and wellbeing. It is a powerful tool to cope with the hectic pace of modern life.
Online download and support will also be available for Isha Kriya and Upa Yoga.
You can also check http://www.ishachina.org/ for more information.
See attachment for more details.
- Taiji, Photograph and Fitness Clubs Resume Normal Activities This Sunday
All of our clubs will kick into high gear starting this Sunday:
1:00PM: Photograph Club at Room 166 (Outdoor shooting challenge this Sunday)
2:00PM: Fitness Club at Room 166 (Continues the fit-dance from last year)
3:00PM: Taiji Club (Instructor Shao), at the Admin Hallway (Lessons reviews)
All of the clubs are provided as a free service to our parents and grandparents of the MLCCC community. Everyone is welcome to join the fun, meeting old and making new friends while your child is learning in the classroom. Try it, you’ll love it.
- MLCCC’s Mandarin Immersion Program Enrollment Continues
MLCCC has successfully began a partnership of Mandarin immersion program with the Beautiful Beginning, Inc. (BB, Wayne, PA, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Beautiful-Beginnings-163879570309731/) this school year.
Combining top notch staff of BB’s full time, Pennsylvania State certified daycare, PreK, and K programs, with MLCCC’s time tested second language curriculum, the Immersion program is considered to be the first on the Main Line and is acclaimed as the most effective way of acquiring the bi-linguality for a child while advancing to the Kindergarten level of curriculum.
Currently we still have a few spots open for this limited class. If anyone is interested, please contact the school as soon as possible, the enrollment is based on a first come and first serve.
- Peking Opera Spectacular in KOP 费城京剧社2017秋季演出 - $10 Tickets (50% Discount) Plus
Come check out and support China’s national treasure of an art form on November 11 in King of Prussia! The show is performed by the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society, artistically directed by renowned Peking Opera artist Ms. Shuyuan Li 李淑媛女士, and accompanied by professional drum artists 赵万金，田罡。 About 12 pieces will be performed. See attached beautiful flyer for more details. Special 50% discount on tickets ($10 only instead of $20, plus Buy 2 Get 1 Free 买二送一, so $20 for 3 tickets!). Plus, a portion of the ticket sales will be donated to MLCCC by the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society. Purchase tickets at Weekend School.
Date: Saturday, November 11,
Time: 2PM
Place: Upper Merion Area Middle School (450 Keebler Road, KOP, PA 19406)
Tickets: $10 and Buy 2 Get 1 Free! (Portion of ticket sales donated to MLCCC!)
Buy tickets at Weekend School (no online sale)
Performers: Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society
Art Director 艺术总监：李淑媛
Drum Artists 鼓师：赵万金，田罡
- Donating to MLCCC: Your Support Makes Our Missions Possible, Thank You!
United Way Campaign - MLCCC Donor Code is 45966
Many companies are starting their United Way campaigns. Please consider designating your contribution to our Chinese Weekend School. Our agency code is #45966. Please let us know if you need help filling in the required info online.
With Amazon Purchases – At No Cost to You but it Benefits MLCCC!
If you need to purchase school (or house) supplies from Amazon, you can donate to MLCCC at absolutely no cost to you. We set up MLCCC as a donation recipient of Amazon. So whenever you buy from Amazon, please support us by buying via their charity portal smile.amazon.com and choosing "Main Line Chinese Culture Center" as your charity. You only need to choose the charity once, then every subsequent time, use smile.amazon.com. Smile.amazon.com has the same price as amazon.com, but Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to MLCCC, at no cost to you.
Best Regards,
Qunbin Xiong - Principal
Julia Chou - Vice Principal
Sally Chen - Director of Academics
Lu Li - PTO President
MLCCC Chinese Weekend School
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