• 2015华夏中文学校毕业考试/汉语水平考试（HSK）通知
• 讲座：汉语水平考试 HSK test in Huaxia
• 家长俱乐部春季学期注册和开课日期 Parents Club Spring Semester Online Registration and Class Open Date
• 大纽约华夏中文学校 春节联欢会 Annual Chinese New Year Celebration (03/01/2015)
• “科学与技术”俱乐部 Science and Technology Club
• 威郡华人协会2015年春节联欢会
• Student Corner 6th Issue (小语世界第六期）

讲座：汉语水平考试 HSK test in Huaxia

家长俱乐部春季学期注册和开课日期 Parents Club Spring Semester Online Registration and Class Open Date

各位家长，家长俱乐部春季学期将于1月18号开通网上注册，1月25号正式开课。请家长和爷爷奶奶们尽快注册缴费。
Dear Parents, all Parents Club Spring Semester classes will be open for online registration on Jan 18th. The first class will start on Jan 25th. Please register and pay off the tuition as soon as possible.

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大纽约华夏中文学校 春节联欢会 Annual Chinese New Year Celebration (03/01/2015)

马尾松青凝瑞雪，羊毫笔墨舞春风。

HXGNY将于新春伊始, 万象更新之际, 隆重推出一年一度的春节联欢会, 与大家共度中华民族的传统佳节。春节联欢会 时间：2015年3月1日，1:00 – 3:30 PM 地点：学校大礼堂
节目报名请点击这：http://goo.gl/forms/05TOf3jnPY

节目报名截止日期: 2015年1月30日.

所有的演出节目需要于2月1日进行彩排 （10-1:30pm），因文艺汇演时间限制，我们会优先安排班级、年级为单位的节目，对于小团体，如能体现中国特色，水准较高，可以考虑安排。如无特殊情况，节目时间控制在三分钟以下。有问题，请找袁宁ningyuan1@gmail.com

无论是想展示你高超的摄影、剪辑、特效制作、美工的功底，还是想借此机会结识更多技术达人共同进步，我们都热烈欢迎！晚会需要你们精良的技术支持！报名帮忙 http://goo.gl/forms/XEj0SMpcVs

Please mark your calendar for our annual Chinese New Year Celebration:  2014/03/01 1:00-3:30 pm at White Plains High School  auditorium.  We will have Chinese food for all the adults and pizza for the kids at the cafeteria starting 12:30pm, followed by many performances from the children at our school.

All programs will need to go through the screening process on Feb 1 2014 (between 10am – 1pm).

To submit your performance, please go here: http://goo.gl/forms/05TOf3jnPY
Due to time constraints , we will give priority to programs performed by class or grade. As for the programs of small groups, only those can reflect the Chinese characteristics or higher level , we can consider to arrange. Please control the time to be under 3 minutes. Any questions, Just email at ningyuan1@gmail.com.

Seek Volunteers: We would like to ask for volunteers who can help us with stage setting, and directing (such as audio/visual and lighting), photography or videography.  If you can help out, please submit your information herehttp://goo.gl/forms/XEj0SMpcVs

Questions, please contact Ning, ningyuan1@gmail.com。

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华夏大纽约将组成一个学生发起，组织和运行的“科学与技术”俱乐部！这个俱乐部的目的是让学生了解当今的科学与技术，开阔眼界，了解科技课题的类别和培养选题和研究方法习惯，增强对科学与技术的兴趣，开发学生对这方面课题研究的潜能和创新精神。俱乐部会安排了解和观摩科技竞赛博览会，为将来组织成员参加各种科技竞赛作准备。
该俱乐部将于二零一五年一月二十五日举行第一次活动，每两周举办一次活动，时间 12:30 – 1:30pm （这俱乐部不属于一个课程，需要家长更多的帮助和配合，如午饭由家长轮流购买，以及课题相关材料的购买等，要求学生通过俱乐部培养主观能动性和科学与技术的兴趣，具体教室会另行通知）。 欲知俱乐部的活动内容，请点击这里连接。 如要报名或有任何 建议或问题，请联系：
“Sarah Zhang”  <sarah.zhang68@gmail.com>,  “William Yin” <williamyin08@gmail.com>
Mission Statement:
To share experience of science and technology among students of other schools and to gain insight into current events in science and science competitions and fairs. The club’s aim is to enable students to understand current events in science and technology, enhance interest in these fields of research, broaden horizons for the future, learn research methods, and develop potential towards more ambitious projects later on in life. In the future, club members may participate in various science and technology competitions. This club is initiated, run, and driven by the club members.
Meeting time:  Biweekly (every two weeks) on Sunday at 12:30-1:30pm, starting on January 25th, 2015. (As this is a club and not a class, it will require extra parental cooperation i.e., lunch, the purchase of project materials, etc. Students will be self-motivated and will be expected to actively participate.) Communication: Online group discussion and phone conference (Anytime). Updates, announcements, information, etc. will always be through email and/or Facebook. Club meetings will be held in English. Suggested age range: Grades 4 and above. Please click the link for details. To register or for any questions, please contact:
“Sarah Zhang”  <sarah.zhang68@gmail.com>,   “William Yin” <williamyin08@gmail.com>

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威郡华人协会2015年春节联欢会

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Student Corner 6th Issue (小语世界第六期）

2014-2015《小语世界》第六期与大家见面了，清新版面，精彩文章，请点击这里
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgnysubmissions@gmail.com

Please click here to check out the 6th issue of Student Corner 2014-2015. If you would like to submit essays, works, poems, or pieces of art, then please email Student Corner’s mailbox at hxgnysubmissions@gmail.com

时间：本周日12/21, 10-11：30 AM
地点：B1 （注册室）

Speaker:  Natalie Shell (郑芷兰), Doug Shell and Wendy Cheng-Shell (郑昀宁)

The Shell family will share their experience with how they guided their 11 year old daughter Natalie (郑芷兰) to learn Chinese in an English speaking environment. At Huaxia, she is in MPL7 th grade class (马力平七年级) and has been awarded the Excellent Student Certificate 优秀学生 every year. She’s also the winner of the Chinese hosting contest last week 小主持人比赛六年级以上的冠军, 2nd place winner at the singing contest last year 唱歌比赛二等奖, and a member of the Huaxia debate team 华夏辩论队. At her English elementary school, Natalie was admitted to all the gifted classes including English, Science and Math. She was also a math champion at her school as well as a recipient of High Honors from John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY).  She currently attends middle school at Greenwich Academy.

Natalie’s mother Wendy Cheng-Shell 郑昀宁 graduated from University of Cambridge 剑桥大学, and was a management consultant 管理顾问 for many years. She also represented Natalie’s elementary school for their gifted program 优质教育学校代表. Natalie’s father Doug Shell is American and speaks basic mandarin. He graduated from Brown University 布朗大学 and is currently a hedge fund manager 对冲基金经理 .

In this very informal workshop the shell family will discuss the obstacles of learning Chinese in America, and how to overcome them. They will also share some hints and tips on how to improve every aspect of learning Chinese, including listening, speaking, reading and writing skills 怎样把中文的听说读写都学好.

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上周教育讲座回顾 Education Seminar Summary

Last week Angelia Chiu from PCE club came here and shared her parenting journey. Here is the recording:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rn8l75v4kaw2yp9/20141214AngelaChiu.m4a?dl=0
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演讲比赛 SpeechContest

Dear parents,

What a successful event Sunday!  Our children have put forth such an incredibly captivating performance, some show astonishing maturity that brought tears to parents’ eyes.

A big shout out goes to our judges who have consciously avoided bias of any kind in scoring each contestant.  Sores were close but the finalists were all convincing wins.  The judges areHelena Chen, Lu Mario, Michelle Song, Liye Zhang, Rachl Wang, Yingjin Gan; Fang He, Carol Zhou, Gao Guanghua, Huawei Song, Mandy Sun; Linda Wu, Lian Wang, Linyan Li, Joy Ying, Bo Liu.  To ensure maximum fairness and participation, each judge panel consisted of parent judges plus impartial  pure volunteers who had no kids in the contest.Many volunteers (Yanyun Liu, Zeqiang Guan, Sheng Yang, Gao Guanghua) have contributed tremendous amount of time and energy, can’t say enough thank you to all of you, especially the score keepers/assistants ( Kunshan Sun, Charlie Xu, Wendy Cheng, Weiqun Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Jun Cao, Laura Liu, Silvia Ren, Qihong Huang ), their meticulousness and integrity is the keystone to this event’s success.

Any feedback, especially suggestion for further improvement, please email Jennifer 洪滔 athongtao89@gmail.com.  Thank you all for your active participation. .
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2014-2015 School Directory Cover Design Contest – Winnders

圣诞新年将至, 当您在亚马逊上为亲朋好友购买礼物时, 请点击此链接, 您消费值的0.5%会捐给我们纽约大华夏中文学校。尽情血拼吧!简单一二三步，amazon.com就会为我们的学校捐款。
1. 点击http://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-0706392.
2. 登录amazon账户
3. 以后您在amazon购物， 只要您去smile.amazon.com (注： 不是amazon.com), 所有商品种类价格，购物流程完全不变，但amazon.com会为我们学校捐款

Just following these simple steps, amazon will donate to our school anytime you shop on amazon.
1. Click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-0706392.
2. Log into your amazon account.
3. Go to smile.amazon.com (Note: not amazon.com) in your later online shopping. All the price, procedure will be the same to you, but you will make a difference in our school.

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华通社记者团招生

威郡华人协会2015年春节联欢会

Student Corner 5th Issue (小语世界第五期）

2014-2015《小语世界》第五期与大家见面了，清新版面，精彩文章，请点击这里
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgnysubmissions@gmail.comPlease click here to check out the 4th issue of Student Corner 2014-2015. If you would like to submit essays, works, poems, or pieces of art, then please email Student Corner’s mailbox at hxgnysubmissions@gmail.com

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大纽约华夏中文学校校委会
hxgnyadmin@googlegroups.com

2014-2015

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61 students will participate this Sunday’s Speech/MC Contest.   We will kick off with exciting maybe a bit mundane pizza/hotdog lunch outside the auditorium at 12:40pm.  – Not the time to roll out the celebration banquet yet.  – $2 per slice of pizza/hotdog and $1 for bottled water, free for all contestants.

Afterwards please convene to the designated rooms for raffle drawing.  Once performance order is determined, the contest will commence in earnest.

Regional Final Speech Contest will be held 01/11/2014 at WCC, hosted by our sister school Huaxia Central New York.  Stay tuned for the next episode of this saga.
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Talk title: Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves with Joy and Gratitude

时间：本周日12/14, 10-11：30 AM
地点：B1 （注册室）

Speaker: Angela Chiu
Parenthood is a journey of maturation and growth if we dare to learn more and teach less. When we have the courage to stop defending the way we are, or the way our parents raised us, we can open up the possibility that we are much greater and more magnificent and capable than we thought we were.
A happy person needs to have autonomy and sense of value. An autonomous child, whose life flows in her direction, acts productively because she wants to. She acts out of joy and love, not out of fear or need to earn approval. As parents, we need to get our own emotional reactions and conditioning out of the way so our child can be who she is without being held back by our past, by our anxiety about the future, or by our concern about what others may say about us as parents. We can nurture without shaping, like a gardener who waters and flowers, but doesn’t help them open nor choose their shapes or colors.
In this talk, I will share with you my 12-year journey of motherhood, how I shifted from my fear and desire to be in control, to an open and tender heart filled with gratitude and burning desire to understand my children and better myself.

Speaker Bio:
Angela Lan Chiu immigrated to the U.S. with her family when she was eighteen. She received her Ph.D. degree in EECS from MIT. She is a principal inventive scientist at AT&T Labs and leads key architecture and designs. Dr. Chiu holds twenty-one U.S. patents. She has published papers extensively, and served as chairman for numerous conferences and programs. She and her husband together with their two daughters (10 and 12-year-olds) live in Holmdel, New Jersey. Angela balances her busy and rich life with a deep love for the arts, music, and volunteering work for local communities. She treasures motherhood as the most rewarding journey in life. Since 2006, she has served as a moderator for PCE (Parents and Children Education) club online forum with over 900 members.
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“科学与技术”俱乐部 Science and Technology Club

购物捐献两不误

2014-2015 School Directory Cover Design Contest – Deadline 12/14