MLCCC 2018-04-29 news letter

Dear Parents,

Next School Year’s Early Bird Registration Has Begun.  Make tuition payment Now to Get 10% Discount. See below for registration link and new classes.   

Also, our students have done a superb job on our Annual Character Recognition Contest!  56 students participated (WOW!), and 39 are top performers (WOW again!) and will be awarded at the school assembly!  We are especially proud of our students of the higher grades because, for the first time in this contest’s history, grades 3-8 students were tested on cumulative memory, on words all the way from grade 1 through their current grade!  Yet almost every one of our higher grade students achieved 95+%. This is indeed a huge accomplishment! Please see list below and Read the story (in Chinese only)

On a different topic on safety, one of our students brought in a nerf gun to school last Sunday and the toy bullet accidentally hit another student in the eye/face. Luckily, the student that was hit just had some redness around the eyes and is fine now. Toy guns and toy weapons are not allowed in our school. They will be confiscated if found during school. We ask parents to please pay attention to the items that students bring to school; teachers to please be alert in and out of the classrooms, and for all of us to take action immediately if you see dangerous play. Safety of our children is our top priority and a team effort!  Thank you for your attention.

Parent On Duty/周日值班: This Sunday, April 29 , Thank You!

1-3PM: Carol Wen

3-5PM:

Synopsis:

1. Character Recognition Contest Top Performers, what a collective performance by both our CSL and CHL students this year! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
2. Early Bird Registration For Next School Year - Now Through 6/22/2018!
3. New Classes for Next School Year
4. NEW CLUB: Orchestra/Band 少儿乐队
5. Community Seminar This Sunday at 3PM in Room 166: New York Life - Funding for College the Right Ways:
6. Camp: Possibly Adding English Writing and Math Enrichment for Rising 5th and 6th Graders to Session 3 of our Camp, Interested Please Fill Out Survey
7. PTO Sponsored MLCCC Awareness Day Party on May 6

Details:

1. Character Recognition Contest Top Performers, what a collective performance by both our CSL and CHL students this year! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
   The threshold for CHL was 95%.  The threshold for CSL was 80% (because they have no Mandarin environment at home and also had to translate the words).  Congratulations!! Top performers will be awarded US$5 at our Assembly in May.
   CSL Level 1 (1 out of 1 contestant achieved 80%+ correct):  Dalia Tsang
   
   
   CSL Level 3 (3 out of 3 achieved 80%+ correct): Jake Tsang, Emily Chi, Sean Eynard
   
   
   CSL Level 4 (1 out of 2 achieved 80%+ correct): Grace Carroll
   
   
   MLP G1 (11 out of 13 contestants achieved 95%+ correct): Ellen Le (100%), JiaLin Xu (100%), Jonathan Chen (100%), Kevin Gu (100%), Rouming Ai (100%), Samuel Wu (100%), Angela Piao, JiaYi Zhi, Esha Singh, Sarah Wu, XiaoRan Yan
   
   MZHY G1 (2 out of 2 achieved 95%+ correct): Sean Tang, Lucie Chen
   
   
   MLP G2 (7 out of 12 achieved 95%+ correct): Lily Tang (100%), Kira Haebler, Ada Li, Jayden Chen, Raymond Wu, Wanyang Wu, Sofia Tang
   
   
   MZHY G2 (1 out of 1 achieved 95%+ correct): Daisy Li
   
   
   MLP G3 (1 out of 3 achieved 95%+ correct): Jonathan Lee
   MZHY G3 (1 out of 3 achieved 95%+ correct): Alison Tang
   
   
   MLP G4 (1 out of 4 achieved 95%+ correct): Annie Le
   
   
   MLP G5 (1 out of 1 achieved 95%+ correct): Henry Pei (100%)
   
   
   MLP G6 (3 out of 3 achieved 95%+ correct): Katelyn Wang (100%), Joseph Zeng, Jefferson Wang
   
   
   MLP G7 (2 out of 2 achieved 95%+ correct): Ziyue Gao (100%), Helen Zhu
   
   
   MLP G8 (2 out of 2 achieved 95%+ correct): Sarah Liang, Max Wang
   
   
   AP Chinese (2 out of 2 achieved 95%+ correct): Eric Torii (100%), Jason Xu
   
   
   Thank you so much to all the judges (first name alphabetical order, sorry if we missed a few names):
   Carol Wen, Emily Wang, Guidong Zhu, Lan Zhang, Lei Xu, Li Cao, Shu Bao, Shuguang Liang, Xiangqian Liu, Xiaobin Li, Younan Chen.
   
   
   We look forward to next year’s contest and hope even more students will join.
   
   
2. Early Bird Registration For Next School Year - Now Through 6/22/2018!
   - ends on 6/22/2018 (Friday of the first week at Camp).  
   - is in addition to the multi-class discount our classes always have.  
   - is open to everyone, including students who are currently not in our school, so please let your friends know.  
   Select classes and pay in full by June 22 in order to enjoy this discount.  
   
   Our online registration is open, at http://www.mlccc.org/MlcccV2/reg/signon.html   
   Please select your classes, then print the Pending Registration Summary (which calculates your tuition.  To see the Summary, click on View Registrations, and the Pending Summary link is in the upper right-hand corner) and hand in with your payment by 6/22/2018.
   Next year’s class schedule is also attached.
   
   
3. New Classes for Next School Year
   You asked for them and we will try them.  Note that a class runs or not depends on minimum enrollment met.
   
   
   NEW TEXTBOOK: CHL MLP Track 5th Grade will use 马立平五年级教科书西游记 instead of 暨大中文教科书.  CHL MZHY Track 5th Grade will still use MZHY textbook.
   Time: 1PM  
   
   
   NEW CLASS: 中国名著和历史故事 Chinese History & Literature
   For CHL grades 5+, the class taught in English with Chinese, supplements CHL students’ knowledge of Chinese literature and history.
   Teacher: Hu, Wenyao 胡文耀
   Time: 3PM
   Low Tuition: $240 / school year ($194 if after multi-class and Early Bird discount)
   NEW CLASS:  Chinese Customs, Traditions & History -with customized teaching plan.
   For CSL adults and students ages 10+, the class taught in English, supplements CSL families’ knowledge on many aspects of China.  Teaching plan can be customized based on student’s interest. Traditions taught will coincide with actual Chinese holidays during the school year.  
   We especially encourage all parents of the CSL classes to give it a try, since this class will prepare you to create a situational learning environment in school and at home with your children while learning the Mandarin language.
   Teacher: Hu, Wenyao 胡文耀
   Time: 4PM
   Low Tuition: $240 / school year ($194 if after multi-class and Early Bird discount)
   NEW CLASS: Drawing - Intermediate 素描，色彩
   For ages 8+, teaches sketching and color mediums such as oil painting, watercolor.  Taught in English.
   Teacher: 康蓝 Kang, Lan
   Time: 1PM
   NEW CLASS: Cartoon Animation & iMovie 动漫制作
   For ages 8+.  See attached flyer.  Taught in English.
   Teacher: 康蓝 Kang, Lan
   Time: 2PM
   Tuition: $300/school year plus $5/month software subscription fee
   NEW SPLIT: Chinese Calligraphy for Adults 2PM and Chinese Calligraphy for Children Ages 7+ 3PM
   DANCE:
   In order to make each class more leveled in dance skills/ability, after discussing with the teacher, we are dividing the children/youths dance classes into 3 age ranges and using September 1 as the demarcation date.  If age is 5 or 6 (less than 7) on September 1, then Dance is at 2pm. If age is 7 or 8 on September 1, then Dance is at 3pm. If age is 8 or higher on September 1, then Dance is at 4pm. Age 8 can be in 3pm or 4pm classes.  Age is not the only factor so this is a general guideline. The teacher can decide based on ability, etc, please feel free to talk to our dance teacher if you have questions.
   
   
4. NEW CLUB: Orchestra/Band 少儿乐队
   Auditions required.  Taught in English.
   Teacher: Kim Chan
   Time: 3PM
   Cost: $100 /school year (just something for teacher and to offset rent)
   
   
5. Community Seminar This Sunday at 3PM in Room 166: New York Life - Funding for College the Right Ways:
   There are many ways to save for college, but come and here the right ways. New York Life is the top-ranked financial management company in the nation, it will be worth your time!
   The flyer is attached.
   
   
6. Camp: Possibly Adding English Writing and Math Enrichment for Rising 5th and 6th Graders to Session 3 of our Camp, Interested Please Fill Out Survey
   Given that our July 9 - July 20 Math Enrichment Camp for rising 5th and 6th graders is full, we are gauging interest in another session of our Math Enrichment Camp and/or English Writing Camp for rising 5th and 6th graders in our Camp's session 3, which is July 23 - Aug 3.  The math teacher will be Mr. Tom Le. Writing teacher for this session will be Ms. Debbie Frank. Tuition is same as in Session 2. If you want to enroll, please fill out the survey below. Minimum enrollment of 6 students needed to run each class. Thank you. https://goo.gl/forms/Nd89pLwA9waGQwr13
   
   
7. PTO Sponsored MLCCC Awareness Day Party on May 6
   Game format!  Compete in teams!  Makes you happy all day long!  Email PTO@mlccc.org to register. Come, learn and have fun, meet and greet, and win prizes too, all in one place!
   Feel free to stop at the Admin Desk and ask questions on the new school year and new classes any time.
   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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