Letter to Parents from HXGNY Board and Admin Team

四百四十个少儿学生，三百一十个华夏家庭，为了中华文化的传承，为了华人社区的建设，我们将在新的一年里相聚于华夏大纽约。“天行健，君子以自强不息，地势坤，君子以厚德载物 ” ，在所有家长、老师、管理团队的不懈努力下，在华人社会尊师重道传统的引导下，在华夏志愿者精神的鼓舞下，华夏大纽约必将在新学年里再创辉煌！

华夏中文学校大纽约分校董事会、校委会

Campus Location:
学校地址在White Plains High School，550 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605。我校师生可专用B楼侧门进出，从路口转入校园即可看到。HXGNY将使用B楼的全部教室和C楼的部分教室，各楼之间均由室内通道连接。进门后，家长可直达作为休息区的Cafeteria和宽敞明亮的Ｈ-Room. B楼教室环绕Ｈ-Room，分处一楼和二楼。从一楼经回廊，可到达C楼的教室。(See Maps: school layout map, school floor map)开学第一天，您可以在设于Cafeteria的注册台办理交费等事宜。现场缴费的家长，凭收据领取孩子的教材。事先缴费的孩子可直接去所在的教室，由各班家长代表直接领取教材发放。学校办公室设在H-Room. 请教师、助教和值班家长在签到台签到。您有疑问，可以在进口处的咨询台、Cafeteria的注册台，以及H-Room的办公室得到解答。
（更多校园信息，请点击这里）Class placement, Teacher, Room and School Calendar:
Information has been updated on our school website. Please click here to view class placement, teacher and room and click here to view School Calendar (2013-2014).

Textbook Distribution Procedures:
Students with their tuition check received can get the textbooks in class.  The class parent will deliver the books directly.

If you decide to pay tuition on the 1st day of school, you need to go to the registration desk (Cafeteria) first to pay and get a permission slip before you can go to the textbook distribution desk for your children’s textbook. Please come to school 15 minutes earlier to avoid unnecessary delay on the 1st day of school.

If you have not registered your children and want to, please go to website:hxgny.org and click on Enroll tab.

This year, our number of registered students have surpassed 400. The fast expansion of the school also gives us an opportunity to recruit more highly experienced and dedicated teachers to our faculty staff.
To better service our parents and students, we hired some professional teachers from outside vendors for the following classes: Magic Jr/Sr Class, English Writing/Reading, Latin Dance Sr. and Chess Jr./Sr. Class. Due to the fee increase, we will charge each student $100 extra fee for the above classes.  As we have limited spots for the above mentioned culture classes, please register as soon as you can. Please click here to view  teachers’ bios.

今年我校迅速成长, 注册人数大幅增加,少儿学生人数达到400余人。 学校的扩大也使得我们有机会聘请更多的专业资深教师加盟我校. 为进一步满足家长及学生的要求，以下文化课我们聘请专业老师： 魔术大班／小班，英文写作和阅读 English Writing/Reading，拉丁舞大班 Latin Dance Sr.，国际象棋大班／小班。以上文化课每人将增收＄１００。这些课程报名踊跃，名额有限，请感兴趣的家长尽快注册。请点击这里浏览老师简历。

New Culture Class Open for Registration

Advanced Painting (Acrylic/Oil) for G4+ and Adult / 高级绘画班（丙烯画、油画）
Time: 9:30-10:30
Extra Cost: $100 to cover materials for entire school year (paper, cloth, oil, brush, etc).
Teacher: Aihua Shea, a professional artist with over 15 years of teaching experience in the greater New York area. Currently teaching Cartoon Drawing Jr. 卡通漫画 and Chinese Brush Painting for Adults 成人国画课.

孩子是天生的画家，他们对色彩特别敏感，鲜艳的颜色会引发他们对绘画的兴趣，激起他们对绘画的渴望。所以在孩子学习绘画时，应该让他们接触彩色，大胆地使用颜色，用色彩来造型，画些他们想要画的东西，让儿童的想象力通过色彩充分地发挥和表达。在任课老师的指导下，由浅入深引导，使他们能在绘画过程中更加热爱生活、大自然，并从中得到美的享受。本课程向四年级以上学生开放，也欢迎成人学员参加。所有画具和颜料将由学校统一安排、保管，以保证每次上课的授课时间。

教课内容：
第一，色彩的认识。（1）认识三原色；（2）颜色的调配，“间色”和“复色”；（3）冷色、暖色和对比色。
第二，色彩练习。（1）笔触的运用。简单的图案练习，用三种色到八种色作画，课堂提供现场绘画教材；（2）色彩层次的变化。同类色渐变的运用，分出层次、深浅，变化柔和。
第三，绘画素材。动物，食物，日常用具等等。在完成课堂要求的前提下，学生们也可以自由发挥自己的想象。

We are in need of more teaching assistants. If your child is 14 years or older, please encourage them to sign up for volunteering at HXGNY. We also need 2 more adult TAs for Pre-K. Anybody who is interested in early childhood education can apply. Application Form link here.