The 2013 HuaXia Chinese School Mind Sports Games will be held at Bridgewater School, NJ on Oct 20. The game is open to all HuaXia Chinese school students and parents, and the registration will be closed by Oct 10 afternoon. Please email tosports_hxgny@googlegroups.com with your name and event as early as possible. Registration details will be provided afterwards. Please see the announcement for details.
2013华夏中文学校智力运动会将于十月二十号在新泽西的桥水分
音乐是灵动的语言，每一位父母都希望孩子们的童年有歌声相伴，
歌曲选择控制在三分钟之内，表演形式多样。
Music is a language of the soul. It is every parent’s hope to fill children’s life with love and harmony, to let music reverberate in their childhood. To promote students’ self awareness, artistic and stage performance skills, Huaxia Chinese School at Greater New York will host the 2012 HXGNY Young Singer Competition on 10/20 between 1:00 to 3:00 pm. If your child is interested, please fill out the form and return it to the school information desk or email it tolu.marino@gmail.com with “
Please limit the performance to 3 minutes. Please use MP3 for the music ONLY, you can start with http://www.wo99.com email it tolu.marino@gmail.com.
上周日，学校在Croton Point State Park成功举办了中秋节聚会。天公作美，新朋旧友，济济一堂，For your safety, security team would like to remind all parents:
We would like to remind you again that parents are not allowed to sit-in classrooms unless you are parent-on-duty.
Adult classes/clubs started the 3rd week of school (9/22) and online registration is still open. Please register by this Saturday so that the instructor has your name in the official roster. Here is a list of available adult classes/clubs:
| Chess Club 棋类俱乐部 |
| Line Dance 队列舞 |
| Latin Dance 拉丁舞 |
| Folk Dance 民族舞 |
| 交谊舞 Adult ballroom Dancing |
| Meditation and Health 禅修与健康 |
| 武术 Martial Art (G4+ and Adult) |
| 成人太极拳 Adult Tai Chi |
| Yoga 瑜珈 |
| English Class for Grandparents 爷爷奶奶英语 |
| 中国画 Adult Art Club/ Chinese Brush Painting |
| 油彩画 Advanced Drawing (Oil/Acrylic) |
Please click here to view class placement, teacher and room.
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. Application Form link here.
We are also looking for four adult TAs (with pay) for pre-K and K classes. These positions are for the entire school year. If you are willing and able, please contact Jun Xu at xujunhxgny@gmail.com
音乐是灵动的语言，每一位父母都希望孩子们的童年有歌声相伴，
歌曲选择控制在三分钟之内，表演形式多样。
Music is a language of the soul. It is every parent’s hope to fill children’s life with love and harmony, to let music reverberate in their childhood. To promote students’ self awareness, artistic and stage performance skills, Huaxia Chinese School at Greater New York will host the 2012 HXGNY Young Singer Competition on 10/20 between 1:00 to 3:00 pm. If your child is interested, please fill out the form and return it to the school information desk or email it tolu.marino@gmail.com with “
Please limit the performance to 3 minutes. Please use MP3 for the music ONLY, you can start with http://www.wo99.com email it tolu.marino@gmail.com.
The 2013 HuaXia Chinese School Mind Sports Games will be held at Bridgewater School, NJ on Oct 20. The game is open to all HuaXia Chinese school students and parents, and the registration will be closed by Oct 10 afternoon. Please email tosports_hxgny@googlegroups.com with your name and event as early as possible. Registration details will be provided afterwards. Please see the announcement for details.
2013华夏中文学校智力运动会将于十月二十号在新泽西的桥水分
《小枇杷》杂志由非盈利组织Noble Tree Publishing Inc.出版，是专为北美学龄前和小学程度，Dear Superintendent and Principal:
We would appreciate that you encourage your students to apply for this award, and nominate the deserving applicants for our consideration. The details on the award and the application and selection process are attached here for your information. Applications must be received by October 4th, 2013, either by mail at OCA Westchester/Hudson Valley, P.O. Box 541, White Plains, NY 10602, or via E-mail at SLA.OCA.WHV@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the award committee atSLA.OCA.WHV@gmail.com
Sincerely yours,
Jin Li, Grace Pan & Xin Zheng
WACA has offered the OSLCS Award to Chinese American students in the Westchester area since 2009. With enthusiastic participation from all local Chinese schools, the award program has served its mission and purpose very successfully. Last year three outstanding students were selected as recipients of the award.
Please find attached two documents, “WACA OSLCS Award Program” and “WACA OSLCS Award Application Form,” which help explain the program’s purpose and procedures in more detail. The deadline for nomination of your school students is October 12, 2013.
I want to thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter. Besides Chinese New Year celebration and other traditional holiday observances, OSLCS Award Program is another core service offered by WACA to the Westchester community. We appreciate your active participation and support. By working together we can prepare our students for the future and make our community a better place to live in.
Should you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me via email: nylipan@gmail.com.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Pan, VP-Event Planning
Westchester Association of Chinese Americans (WACA)
Parent-teacher conference is one of the most important opportunities for you to meet with your child’s teacher and to know what is happening in the classroom. Please make every effort to attend.Recap – Teacher Training
For parents who need to transfer or withdraw classes, please do it on-line. Use the “申请退转课” on top right corner in our registration system (see picture below). The registration team will get back to you in one or two days.
For parents whose child registered the following culture classes
• Lego Robotic,
• Magic Jr & Sr.,
• Chess Jr. and Sr.
• Latin Dance
• Advanced Drawing (Oil/Acrylic)
应家长的要求，我们将新增民族舞大班，由曾渭莛老师任教。
时间： 9:30-10:30
地点： Hall
We will start Folk Dance Sr. Class this coming Sunday. Folk Dance teacher is Weiting Zeng. Please register as soon as possible. Please click here for her bio.
Time: 9:30-10:30
Location: Hall
音乐欣赏课/Music Appreciation- Cancelled
Due to the teacher’s unavailability this year, the class is cancelled.
李 冰 美洲华语 G4-3 B212 10:30am-12:30pm
宋萍萍 马立平 G1-3 B216 9:30am-11:30am
Adult classes/clubs will start the 3rd week of school (9/22) and online registration is now open. Here is a list of available adult classes/clubs:
| Chess Club 棋类俱乐部 |
| Line Dance 队列舞 |
| Latin Dance 拉丁舞 |
| Folk Dance 民族舞 |
| 交谊舞 Adult ballroom Dancing |
| Meditation and Health 禅修与健康 |
| 武术 Martial Art (G4+ and Adult) |
| 成人太极拳 Adult Tai Chi |
| Yoga 瑜珈 |
| English Class for Grandparents 老年英语 |
| 中国画 Adult Brush |
| 油彩画 Advanced Drawing |
Please click here to view class placement, teacher and room.
Senior can take English Class for Grandparents and/or Taichi class free after paying $40 registration fee. This registration fee cannot be carried over to other classes. No further discount for other classes.
交谊舞 Adult Ballroom Dance 时间改为10：30-11:30. 地点：Hall (Close to the gym)
老师苏红是华夏资深舞蹈老师，2011 Constitution Sate Challenge 国际标准舞业余专业组合金牌级第一名. 老师简介.
Adult Ballroom Dance Schedule Change:
Adult Ballroom Dance schedule is changed to 10:30-11:30 at the Hall (close to gym). Ballroom Dance teacher is
our beloved dancing teacher Hone Su. Please click here for her bio.
天上月圆，华夏同欢
亲爱的HXGNY的家庭
HXGNY将于于9月22日下午12:30点到4点，
门票购买：
方式一： 9月22日（本星期日)在学校购买餐厅可购买门票
方式二： 在网上购票http://www.hxgny.org/wp/
门票的价格涵盖餐饮、活动和停车费用。
公园位置：
公园信息，请参阅http://parks.
当你进入园区，请告知门卫，你是团体预约，
驾车指南，请参阅：http://goo.gl/maps/
志愿者：
活动的成功依赖志愿者的工作。我们志愿者帮助我们制备食品/
我们期待与大家共度中秋！
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.
应美中友好协会之邀，
以下是新闻媒体报道及网络视频的链接：
Dear Superintendent and Principal:
Sincerely yours,
Jin Li, Grace Pan & Xin Zheng
I want to thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter. Besides Chinese New Year celebration and other traditional holiday observances, OSLCS Award Program is another core service offered by WACA to the Westchester community. We appreciate your active participation and support. By working together we can prepare our students for the future and make our community a better place to live in.
Should you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me via email: nylipan@gmail.com.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Pan, VP-Event Planning
Westchester Association of Chinese Americans (WACA)
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Two HXGNY families with pre-K children are interested in private Chinese tutoring. One family lives in Dobbs Ferry, one lives in Rye Brook. If interested, please contact hxgnyadmin@googlegroups.com.
Parking Lot Update
Principal Jun Lin and Executive Vice Principal Zuojun Cao will host the first All-parent meeting this Sunday 09/15/2013 10:00 am-11:40 am at Auditorium. They will introduce Board and Administration team members, update parents on status of our school operations, and share their vision on education reform, faculty development and much more. Please come, listen and share.
由于学生人数增加，原有停车场不够用。
新学年迎来了开门红。开学第一天，华夏大纽约迎来了众多新、领导才能俱乐部和辩论俱乐部将合并。
Adult classes/clubs will start the 3rd week of school (9/22) and online registration is now open. Here is a list of available adult classes/clubs:
| Chess Club 棋类俱乐部 |
| Line Dance 队列舞 |
| Latin Dance 拉丁舞 |
| Folk Dance 民族舞 |
| 交谊舞 Adult ballroom Dancing |
| Meditation and Health 禅修与健康 |
| 武术 Martial Art (G4+ and Adult) |
| 成人太极拳 Adult Tai Chi |
| Yoga 瑜珈 |
| English Class for Grandparents 老年英语 |
| 中国画 Adult Brush |
| 油彩画 Advanced Drawing |
| 古典音乐欣赏 Music Appreciation |
Please click here to view class placement, teacher and room.
Dear HXGNY families, you are all cordially invited to the Mid-Autumn Festival party on September 22, at Croton Point Park from 12:30 PM to 4 PM. We will provide lunch, drink plus moon cakes for everyone.
The Croton Point park has a big pavilion with tables (rain or shine, it is a perfect location). There are some performances, lots of fun activities for the kids, as well as playground close by. Please bring blankets to sit on during picnic. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and catch up with old friends, relax and enjoy the afternoon.
Tickets:
Please purchase actual event/lunch tickets in the White Plain High School cafeteria on Sunday 9/15/13, between 9:30AM till 12:30PM. Or you can purchase ticket online at http://www.hxgny.org/wp/
Please print out a copy of your online purchase receipt to school to exchange for lunch ticket and the BBQ.
The price of the tickets will cover the reservation fees for the park and parking fees, as well as all the food and drinks for everyone. We will prepare sufficient food and drinks for everyone based on the actual tickets sale.
If you purchase the tickets before 9/16, the prices are $8 for adults and seniors, $5 for kid 5 and above, and kids age 0-4 are free.
If you purchase the tickets on 9/22 (the day of the event), the prices will be $10 per adult ticket.
Park Location:
To check out the park, please see http://parks.westchestergov.
When you enter the park, please inform the guard that you are with the group reservation since school will cover the parking fee so you do not have to pay the additional $5 fee.
For direction, please see: http://goo.gl/maps/FZ69q
Call for Volunteers:
We are also looking for volunteers who help us with set up, clean up, preparing food/drink, kids activities. Please let your kid’s class parent know if you can help out. We greatly appreciate it!
We look forward to seeing you on 9/22/13!
HXGNY诚挚邀请大家共度中秋节, 时间定于9月22日下午12:30点到4点，地点在Croton Point Park。我们预定了公园里的大亭子，以便活动风雨无阻。到时，
门票：请在本周日（9月15日) 上午9:30-12:30于学校食堂购买午餐门票。
http://www.hxgny.org/wp/
9/15预购票价格为8美元（成年人和老年人）和5美元（孩子）
9/22活动当天购买, 成人票价为10美元。
公园位置：公园信息，请参阅http://parks.
进入园区时，请告知门卫你是团体预约，学校已统一支付停车费，
志愿者招募：我们仍需要大量志愿者准备食品、饮料, 帮助烧烤，组织儿童活动。志愿者请发送电子邮件heching_
HXGNY dancing team is honored to be invited to perform at Mets Baseball Pre-game show – An Evening of Chinese Culture& Middle Autumn Festival, at Cifi Field, NY, on 9/13. All the HXGNY families are welcomed to attend this great event and celebrate Middle Autumn together. We will cheer for our own school performers , enjoy the Chinese Culture show and watch baseball game afterward. Report on this event on Singtao Daily see here. ESPN will have live broadcating of the event.
大纽约华夏中文学校诚邀您全家相伴看歌舞，一起赏球赛，共度 2013中秋佳节。中秋之夜，流光溢彩，载歌载舞，
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.Here are the open positions:
1. Editor-in-Chief: 要求: 有丰富的编辑工作经验, 有较高的文字编辑能力和沟通能力，善于领导与管理团队, 善于独立工作。要求在HXGNY G9或中文AP在读, 或者刚毕业于HXGNY, 仍担任TA工作。申请者须提交一份短文 (中英文俱可), 说明对这份工作的设想；一份五百字以内独立完成的中文作文, 提供两个推荐人信息。
2. Editors: 对主编负责, 根据选题征集稿源, 完成稿件的编辑工作, 在规定期限前提交给主编。要求：喜欢中文写作，
3. Correspondents: 配合编辑, 负责稿件的征集或采写工作。要求：有一定的中文写作能力，
To make the time at our Chinese school more pleasant, our school has some sports teams open to all parents and friends. Please see below for the lead person and email of each team. Please email to the specific group for request to join, relevant information and suggestions. You can also use the Forum onwww.hxgny.org to coordinate sports activities. It’s under “Community–>Parents Corner–>Sports ->Club”.
Badminton: Gao Yong badminton_hxgny@googlegroups.
Soccer: Huang Haibo soccer_hxgny@googlegroups.com
Basketball: Tao Shu basketball_hxgny@googlegroups.
Tennis: Zhang Chen tennis_hxgny@googlegroups.com
For general sports related inquiry and suggestion, please use the following
Sports General: Zhang Li sports_hxgny@googlegroups.com
The badminton and basketball teams play in the gym at the lower level in the back of C Wing. A fee will be charged for using the gym. The soccer team usually plays outside behind the building. The tennis courts are down the stairs at the end of the road in front of the main entrance to the building. All parents are welcome to join our sports teams. Please email to the team to request to join. For those without a google ID to request to join the groups, please enter the following in your browser’s address bar and replace GroupName by our group name such as soccer_hxgny:
http://groups.google.com/
In the pop-up window enter your email address and type the security characters. Then a confirmation email will be sent to your account. Make sure to check the spam folder.
体育队：
为了使家长们在学校过得更愉快，学校有一些体育活动向大家开放。
羽毛球： 高勇 badminton_hxgny@googlegroups.
足球： 黄海波 soccer_hxgny@googlegroups.com
篮球： 陶舒 basketball_hxgny@googlegroups.
网球： 张辰 tennis_hxgny@googlegroups.com
如有和体育有关的通常问题或建议，请用以下联系方式
体育： 张力 sports_hxgny@googlegroups.com
羽毛球和篮球队在C区底层的体育馆，
并将GroupName换成我们的名字如soccer_
HXGNY Tennis Club will host the 2nd HXGNY Club Cup Tennis Open Tournament starting on October 6th, 2013 at White Plains High School. The tournament features Men and Women’s singles. Regular matches and play-offs will be played on Oct 6th and Oct 13th, the finals will be on Oct 20th. The registration is open now and will be closed on Oct 3rd. Please email your name and contact information tohao.li@einstein.yu.edu, all tennis fans are welcome. The details of match format and schedule will follow.
2013第二届HXGNY俱乐部杯网球公开赛
为丰富家长的业余生活增加家长之间的紧密联系，HXGNY Tennis Club将举办第二届HXGNY俱乐部杯网球公开赛。
Dear Superintendent and Principal:
The award is open to all high school students in their junior and senior years. Up to three awardees will be selected by a committee appointed by the OCA-WHV board. The awardees will be honored at our annual Dynamic Achievers Award Banquet on November 02, 2013, at the Double Tree Hotel in Tarrytown, alongside with four adult outstanding Asian American leaders from the greater New York area.
We would appreciate that you encourage your students to apply for this award, and nominate the deserving applicants for our consideration. The details on the award and the application and selection process are attached here for your information. Applications must be received by October 4th, 2013, either by mail at OCA Westchester/Hudson Valley, P.O. Box 541, White Plains, NY 10602, or via E-mail at SLA.OCA.WHV@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the award committee atSLA.OCA.WHV@gmail.com
Sincerely yours,
Jin Li, Grace Pan & Xin Zheng
