Jan 072015
Dec 192014
Holiday Schedule
本周教育讲座 Education Seminar
上周教育讲座回顾 Education Summary
演讲比赛 Speech Contest
2014-2015 School Directory Cover Design Contest – Winners
购物捐献两不误
华通社记者团招生
威郡华人协会2015年春节联欢会
小语世界第五期 (Student Corner 5th Issue)
放寒假 Holiday Schedule
12/21/2014 School Day. 正常开课
12/28/2014 Christmas Break, No school 圣诞节学校放假
1/4/2015 New Year Break No school 新年学校放假
1/11/2015 School Day 正常开课
本周教育讲座 Education Seminar
怎样在美国家庭里学好中文Achieving Chinese fluency in an American family
时间：本周日12/21, 10-11：30 AM
地点：B1 （注册室）
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.
The seminar will be bi-lingual, with Natalie being a major part of the presentation (upon her request!). We hope you can join us this Sunday.back to top
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/
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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.
Special thanks also goes to our 3 moderators Jeff Wang, Zuojun Cao, and Claire He. Their perfect pacing, quick wit and funny quips have crafted glistening examples for the young aspiring anchormen/women in the audience.
Top 3 winners from grade 1 to 3 will proceed to the 6-school Regional Final on 01/11/2015 morning, at our sister school HXNYC. Their campus is the beautiful WCC in Valhalla.
The winners are:
1st grade: 江韵天, 毛筠宁, 黄若岚
2nd grade: 刘珂, 宋佳胜, 尹真
3rd grade: 冯一苇, 梁娃娃, 黄浩林
4&5 grades: 吴杰铭, 刘思源, 黄若涵
6,7,8,9 grades: 郑芷兰, 许博雅, 钮佩玲
These winners plus the 4th place runner ups will participate in a training session on 01/04/2015. Details to follow.
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
Thanks for all the students who participated the school directory cover design. Here are the winners from the contest:
封面图案设计: 刘思源 （马立平5年级2班）
封底图案设计：姚青 （美洲华语5年级）
插图设计:
马俊威 (马立平5年级)
卢贤钰（马立平3年级)
宋佳胜 (马立平2年级)
杨悦美（马立平2年级)
杨礼岳（美洲华语5年级)
Eva Bao (学前班)
Alex Lu (学前班)
卢贤钰（马立平3年级)
宋佳胜 (马立平2年级)
杨悦美（马立平2年级)
杨礼岳（美洲华语5年级)
Eva Bao (学前班)
Alex Lu (学前班)
购物捐献两不误
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/
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
1. 点击http://smile.amazon.com/ch/
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
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-
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.
1. Click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-
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.
华通社记者团招生
为了锻炼学生的口才，组织能力，写作能力，帮助学生更加积极地参加学校活动，华通社记者团现在开始招生。
招生条件： 五年级以上学生， 对中文写作有兴趣，能独立完成500字以上文章
报名截止时间： 12/31/2014
报名要求：对班主任老师进行5分钟采访，然后写一篇采访小结。 小结在报名截止前交给学校负责老师
报名截止时间： 12/31/2014
报名要求：对班主任老师进行5分钟采访，然后写一篇采访小结。 小结在报名截止前交给学校负责老师
记者团工作内容： 对学校活动进行深度及时采访和报导，
指导老师： 黄岳 杨波
指导老师： 黄岳 杨波
威郡华人协会2015年春节联欢会
为迎接2015年春节的到来, 丰富华人社区的文化生活, 增添传统节日气氛，威郡华人协会（Westchester Association of Chinese Americans）安排于2015年2月7日下午2点至6点在
这场活动形式多样，内容丰富，集中国文化、艺术、饮食为一体；
谨此感谢并期盼大家再次大力合作！威郡华人协会董事会
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，
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgn
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgn
Dec 182014
Dec 122014
Holiday Schedule
演讲比赛 Speech Contest
本周教育讲座 Education Seminar
“科学与技术”俱乐部 Science and Technology Club
购物捐献两不误
华通社记者团招生
2014-2015 School Directory Cover Design Contest – Deadline 12/14
小语世界第四期 (Student Corner 4th Issue)
放寒假 Holiday Schedule
12/21/2014 School Day. 正常开课
12/28/2014 Christmas Break, No school 圣诞节学校放假
1/4/2015 New Year Break No school 新年学校放假
1/11/2015 School Day 正常开课
演讲比赛 Speech Contest
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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本周教育讲座 Education Seminar
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.
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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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
华夏大纽约将组成一个学生发起的“科学与技术”俱乐部！
该俱乐部将于2015年1月开始，每两周举办一次活动，时间 12:30 – 1:30pm. 。俱乐部还将用电子邮件和Facebook群等方式 ，以保持会员了解最新的关于当前科技新闻和俱乐部近况。
四年级或四年级以上的同学， 欢迎踊跃报名参加。
活动计划举例：
1） 第一个项目的主题可以是“冬天”。
2）鼓励分享科技项目和知识，
这将是我们学校第一个学生组织的俱乐部。 您的想法， 建议， 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
Meeting time: Biweekly on Sunday at 12:30-1:30pm, starting Jan 2015.
Communication channel: Online group discussion and phone conference (Anytime)
Targeted student level: grade 4 and above
Contact: “Sarah Zhang” sarah.zhang68@gmail.com, “William Yin” williamyin08@gmail.com
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购物捐献两不误
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/
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
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-
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.
1. Click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-
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.
华通社记者团招生
为了锻炼学生的口才，组织能力，写作能力，帮助学生更加积极地参加学校活动，华通社记者团现在开始招生。
招生条件： 五年级以上学生， 对中文写作有兴趣，能独立完成500字以上文章
报名截止时间： 12/31/2014
报名要求：对班主任老师进行5分钟采访，然后写一篇采访小结。 小结在报名截止前交给学校负责老师
报名截止时间： 12/31/2014
报名要求：对班主任老师进行5分钟采访，然后写一篇采访小结。 小结在报名截止前交给学校负责老师
记者团工作内容： 对学校活动进行深度及时采访和报导，
指导老师： 黄岳 杨波
指导老师： 黄岳 杨波
2014-2015 School Directory Cover Design Contest – Deadline 12/14
Any artwork submitted must be student’s original design and creation, conceptualized and executed solely by the student. Submitted pieces must not have been published previously and may not be subject to the rights of any other party.
Two winners will be selected from all participating students by a group of judges. The art teachers will select the final winning pieces to be featured on the front, the back cover and the illustration( 插图）of the 2014-2015 Huaxia Chinese School of Great New York Communication Directory.
Please refer to the following requirements to start your design.
- Paper Size: 8.5” x 11” (letter size)
- Picture Dimension: 7.5” (W) x 9” (L) in portrait mode
- Color: black and white (shading is accepted)
- Print your name and class on the back of your design
- Submit your final artwork to the Information Desk by 12/14/2013
Student Corner 4th Issue (小语世界第四期）
2014-2015《小语世界》第四期与大家见面了，清新版面，
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgn
阅读。如果你有好的文章，愿与我们分享，请将稿件投至 hxgn
Please 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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