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HXGNY Summer Issue 1 – 06/15/2014

 School Newsletter
Jun 132014
 
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亲爱的各位家长:

Recap: HXGNY 2013 – 2014 Graduation and Awards Ceremony

祝贺2014届华夏大纽约毕业生! 他们是：高睿、东天信、林伊茗、林安妮、林新丽、刘浩枫、庞岳豪、沈洪琳、沈洪莹、沈洪斌、涂旭辰、王枚、胡薇敏、杨凯琳、杨敏。

六月八日，大纽约华夏中文学校迎来了2013-14年度毕业盛典。早上九点半，学生、家长们开开心心地来到了学校大礼堂，每个大人和孩子都笑容满面，互相问候。老师们忙着发成绩单和奖状。同学、老师和家长经过了一年的共同努力，大家都交出了一份非常令人满意的成绩单。在舞台的中央挂着“大纽约华夏中文学校2014毕业典礼”的横幅，显得格外的醒目。张美华小朋友跳的“小摆群”和童声合唱的国歌让会场安静下来。林骏校长给大家做了简明扼要的致词，中国驻纽约总领事馆王军、文群太领事也到会表示祝贺。然后重头戏开始了，徐俊教务长请出了的毕业班的十五位学生。只见他们身穿庆典礼服，个个显得精神抖擞，青春洋溢。林骏校长、徐俊教务长和毕业班老师林宇给毕业生颁发了毕业证书和优秀毕业生奖状。这届的毕业生非常优秀。其中获得华夏总校优秀毕业生荣誉的涂旭辰、刘浩枫和林伊茗在做毕业生代表演讲时，低年级的学弟学妹们都很羡慕他们的中文这么棒！林宇、陈敏代表老师们给毕业生送去了祝福。林骏校长还给毕业班题了“风华正茂”来祝贺2014届毕业生经过多年坚持不懈的学习，今日圆满毕业。接着， 新任校长曹作军作了总结发言并对新学年进行了展望。

学校特别请来国家一级演员和 专业演出团体为全体师生献上一台精彩纷呈的节目，庆贺孩子们在过去一年里取得的进步！中国国家一级演员杨新英女士和2000年世界魔术大赛金奖的李影老师的母女联袂魔术表演精彩纷程，师生们都被深深地吸引住了。杂技团的精彩表演令人目不暇接，不仅展示了表演者们高深的技艺，而且为学生们展现了中国传统杂技的魅力。他们的表演赢得了全场的阵阵掌声和喝彩，也为毕业典礼画上了一个完美的句号。

亲爱的孩子们，今天你们从中文学校毕业了，带着老师的祝福，父母的叮咛和大家的期盼走向未来。记住这美好一刻，中文学校的经历会伴你们走更远的路。希望你们用所学到的知识，去迎接一个新的开始。我们为你们而骄傲！祝愿同学们学业更上一层楼！大纽约华夏中文学校培养出更多的人才！请点击这里看更多毕业典礼的照片。

 

Recap: 华夏大纽约举办2013-14学年谢师会 06/08

为感谢五十余名教师在过去一年里的辛勤工作，为学校蓬勃发展作出的杰出贡献，华夏大纽约借座位于白原市的Bao’s Restaurant举办隆重的谢师会。会上，中国驻纽约总领事馆王军领事作了热情洋溢的讲话，感谢教师们为中华文化的传播作出的贡献，并祝贺大纽约华夏越办越红火。 教师们欢聚一堂，专业声乐老师和管理团队中的歌咏爱好者们一展歌喉，把盛会推向一轮轮高潮。祝老师们过一个愉快的假期，我们新学年再见！照片链接：https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.698181546905686.1073741875.402028459854331&type=3&uploaded=77

 

2014 – 2015 学年注册开通 (2014 – 2015 Registration is Open)
Dear HXGNY familiesWe are so excited to announce that registration for 2014-2015 school year is officially open.  Again, we are offering a comprehensive selection of language classes and culture classes for all levels of students interested in Chinese language, history and culture.  Given the incoming interest in our school, we encourage all families to register as early as possible.  In addition, any completed registration (i.e. payment received in full) will receive a $50 discount per student before 7/6/14.

We have made some important changes to our registration policy this year.  We have highlighted some of these changes below.  We highly encourage every family to read the detailed registration policy (http://www.hxgny.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HXGNY-Registration-Policy-2014-2015-Final.pdf), as these policy will be followed strictly this year.  
Key Registration Highlights:
  • Early Registration Discount Period – 5/28/14 through 7/6/14
  • Class Placement – based on FULL tuition payment date
  • Payment Priority – PayPal payment strongly preferred.  Credit card payment may cause delay linking to school system.  No check accepted
  • Waiting List – For students that do not get into their desired class, please email hxgny-waitinglist@googlegroups.com.  Please follow instructions in the Registration Policy on how to submit such requests.
  • Late Fee – $50 late fee will be applied to any family account with account balance or new registration starting 9/8/14
  • Transfer – Each student is allowed one free transfer for each of language and culture class per school year.  Each additional transfer will be subject to a $20 fee per transfer.  No transfer allowed after 9/21/14
  • No student can audit class post 9/14/14
  • Parent-on-Duty – All parents need to fulfill POD responsibilities
  • Contact Information – registration@hxgny.org
Please click here (http://www.hxgny.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HXGNY-Registration-Policy-2014-2015-Final.pdf) for details of our registration policy.On behalf of all HXGNY admin team and board, we thank you for your interest in our school.  We look forward to another productive year of teaching your children.

HXGNY Registration Team

 

HXGNY First Year Book is Available to Order
HXGNY’s first ever Yearbook is here!  It is packed with over 500 color photos.  Click here to see some screenshots of the yearbook.
The cost of the yearbook is as following:
Soft cover: regular paper – $25; premium paper – $35
Hard cover: regular paper – $30; premium paper – $40
Please place your order via the following link http://www.hxgny.org/wp/2014-yearbook/

 

Community News

17th Annual Asian American Heritage Festival 6/14/14

Event: 17th annual Asian American Heritage Festival
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2014
Time: 12 noon to 6 pm
Place: Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla, NY
free admission and parking The public is invited to bring family and friends to Kensico Dam for an afternoon of entertainment featuring experts in traditional Asian dance and song and masters of the martial arts, including lion dancers. Professional artists share the stage with children’s dance troupes in colorful traditional costumes. There will be plenty of activities for children such as face painting, Lego classes, Chinese paper cutting, origami, and games. One of the most popular of the ethnic cultural celebrations on Westchester County’s summer calendar, the Asian Heritage festival attracts as many as 7,000 residents each year. It is also a favorite showcase for small businesses and non-profits, featuring vendors selling Asian-themed cultural artifacts and handmade goods, agencies offering educational and health services and local chefs cooking up a wide array of Asian foods. The Festival is organized by the OCA-Westchester & Hudson Valley Chapter and supported by the Westchester County Parks and an array of local corporations and small businesses. Please click for event flyer and vendor registration.
For more information about OCA-WHV and the festival, please visit www.oca-whv.org or contact info@oca-whv.org. OCA is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization advocating for social justice, equal opportunity, equal rights and equal justice for the 16 million Asian Americans in the U.S.

Westchester County, NY

CONTACT: Gary Guo, Asian Heritage Festival Chair, 914-329-3551,garyguo01@gmail.com

Invitation to the Westchester Summer Outing by WACA

WACA is organizing the Westchester Summer Outing on July 12, 2014 at Yosemite Park in Greenburgh, NY. We would like to invite you all to join us and enjoy a fun day together.For each sponsor organization of the 2014 New Year Festival, WACA will provide a number of tickets for the volunteers for the each organization as a token of our appreciation.
At the same time, can you please post the event in your weekly Newsletter or share it with your members in your organizations. Attached is the flyer for your consideration.

If you have any questions, please let us know. We are looking forward to seeing you all again in the summer outing.

Thanks,
Kevin Ding
President of WACA

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Chinese American Culture Camp

Dear Hua Xia Chinese school families,Thirty-two (32) middle school students are coming to visit Westport, CT area between July 16th and July 24th
(7/16-7/24). The non-profit organization, Spiral International (spiralinternational.org) is bringing the students here to experience American culture and practice their English through exploring local sites such as the Earthplace Natural Museum, Wakeman Farm, Maritime Aquarium, Westport Arts Center, Yale University, etc. We hope to have local children of similar age join the camp activities as student ambassadors to promote culture and language exchange. We are also looking for good local families to share their homes, lifestyles, and values with these students. This program dedicates itself to building pathways to international friendship and empowering people to become responsible global citizens. For details, please contact Lili Yang Kessinger, 860-448-5632, lilikessinger@gmail.com