Welcome to Chinese School 2014-2015

中文学校的各位家长、同学，你们好！

我代表中文学校的老师和校务人员欢迎你们进入新的一个学年2014-2015。特别是新注册的学生家长，欢迎你们加入中文学校这个大家庭。

在大家欢度Labor Day长周末，围着火炉BBQ的时候，学校的校务人员、各位老师和家长会成员正在为下个星期开学第一天（九月七日）做最后的准备工作。整个暑期，尤其是过去的几个星期里，校务人员做了大量的工作，包括课程调整、教师安排，网址更新，注册，学费登记等等，希望保证新的学年有个顺利的开始，给我们的孩子们提供一个优良的学习环境和氛围。

在进入正题之前，我先给大家通报一下校长以及财务的交接班工作。在费校长和财务赵文翠的手把手指导下，其他校务人员、董事会的大力支持和理解下，我和王凌（新财务）对学校校务、教务、财务三方面的工作有了深入的了解和体会。暑期的工作只是一个开始，新的学年我和王凌还有很多日常工作需要熟悉、熟练，但是我们有信心、有计划、有行动和大家一起，为中文学校的发展努力。如果你们有任何问题、建议，都可以和我联系。我希望通过和各位家长的交流沟通，集思广益，把我们的学校人气办得更旺、学生更有兴趣、活动更丰富些。

下面我就新学期开学的一些注意事项和大家交流一下。

注册、缴费
希望大家都已经注册完毕。还没有注册缴费的请抓紧时间，因为学校注册的截止日期就是今天（8月31日），收据和支票请寄往CCC Chinese School Registration, 11 Avis Drive, Latham, NY 12110。

家长值日
这个学期学校根据家长会建议，增加了家长值日人数（三人次增加到五人次）。希望大家抓紧时间登记，以便及时退返家长值日定金。值日主要负责复印机，上、下课铃，以及新岗位两位巡视员，一层楼一位。巡视员主要负责楼道秩序，查看相应卫生间，及时反映问题。

关于如何登记家长值日，请参考附件内家长会准备的详细说明。如有疑问，请联系家长会。

这几年学校学生人数一直呈上升趋势，是对我们工作的肯定，也给学校的管理工作带来了巨大的不稳定因素。如何保证学生的安全、学校的秩序及卫生，是校务人员每次都要直接面对的核心问题。我们每一位校务人员，都是学生家长。我们每一位家长，都有可能成为学校的校务人员。希望通过新增加的家长巡视员，我们有更多的家长参与到学校的日常管理工作中来。

家长会是学校和家长之间沟通的一个主要桥梁，希望大家积极支持家长会的工作，值好每一个班，带动自己周围的人，共同建设一个更加有秩有序的学校，才能保证我们的教育质量。

学校手册
第一天学校将分发学校手册（见附件）。数量有限，主要是针对新的、没有互联网的学生家庭。鼓励大家节约纸张，尽量采用电子版本，同时也可以获得最新消息。

希望各位家长在开学前通读一遍手册，熟悉一下各自的教室位置，学校各个岗位的工作人员以及家长会代表。他们将是你们在学校需要帮助时的首选。同时也希望家长和学生一起仔细阅读家长职责以及学生守则。因为学校是租借Shaker Junior High School的场地、教室，希望大家配合各自的任课老师、保持教室的原样以及整洁。这对我们和North Colonie Central School保持良好的合作关系至关重要，也直接影响到我们每位家长所付的学费。学校的一大块财政开支是用于租金以及每次额外的打扫清洁费用。如果我们做不到每次物归原处、清洁整齐，学校就没有办法协商到现在的租金价位，每次的清洁费用也会直线上升。最后都会由我们每位家长承担，这不是学校想看到的。所以请大家务必配合学校的工作，在家里做好准备工作，和自己的孩子强调在中文学校的举止行为。

开学第一天
中文学校今年的开学日期为9月7日（星期天）, 请查阅学校手册（见附件）内的教室以及教师安排。如何你对教室不熟悉，请到校务办公处咨询。

学校开门时间是12：45PM
第一节课从1PM到1：45PM
第二节课从1：55PM到2：40PM
第三节课从2：50PM到3：40PM
学校结束时间是4：00PM
学校地址是Shaker Junior High School at 475 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham, NY 12110-4698。

为方便答疑，开学第一天的校务人员工作分配如下：
注册：费国平，陈建华，赵文翠
缴费：王凌，李发展，李霞
课程咨询：张晓清
教材：孙旭峰
家长值日：徐健

课程安排
开学第一天，各个课程可能还会有些微调。在候补名单上的学生，请家长到注册处咨询校务人员。根据当天注册情况，学校会进行相应调整，尽量满足学生的需求。

有些文化课程，根据注册人数的多少，可能会增加、合并或取消。校务人员会争取及时通知家长。请各位家长保持联络，确认在学校注册网页上的联系方式。

停车
开学第一天，车辆比较多。请大家注意行人、特别是学校正门入口。不要停在学校大门入口处、消防专用道旁，避免阻挡其他车辆。

请大家留5到10分钟的停车时间，就不会因匆忙之间找停车位而上课迟到。

最后，感谢你们的信任，把你们的孩子送到中文学校上学。希望2014-2015在我们共同的努力下，又是顺顺利利、硕果累累的一年。

谢谢，

陈峰
纽约首府中文学校2014-2015校长

Dear Parents of Chinese School Students,

On behalf of the faculty and staff in Chinese School, I’d like to welcome you to the school year of 2014-2015, particularly the new families to the Capital region. It is great to have you join the big family of Chinese School.

As everyone of you has been enjoying the long Labor Day weekend, the school faculty, staff and PTA members have been busy preparing for the first day of school on September 7^th, the coming Sunday. During the summer time, the school staff has been ramping up the effort, especially in past few weeks, on class arrangement, teaching assignment, database and website updates, registration and finance.  We hope to transition into a smooth start of new semester and provide all students a safe and encouraging setting for their language studies.

First of all, I want to brief you about the transition of principal and treasurer roles. As you all know, since the beginning of the summer, I took over the principal role from former Principal Guoping Fei, and Ling Wang took over the treasurer role from former Treasurer Wencui Zhao. During the transition period, both of them have been giving us tremendous help and guide. The work in summer has given us a jump start and we sure will learn as we go into the new semester. With the support from every one of you, we have the confidence to continue the growth of Chinese School. In the meantime, I’d like to hear more from you in about any suggestions, concerns you may have. It is my hope to further strengthen the communications between parents and the school to address any potential issues, and help move the school in the right direction to provide a better learning environment.

As the first day of school is approaching, I want to share a few things with you to help prepare for the first day.

Registrations

By now I hope everyone has registered on line. If you have not mailed your payment, please do so in the next day or two to avoid late fee. Please mail your check to CCC Chinese School Registration, 11 Avis Drive, Latham NY 12110.

Parent Duty

We have increased parent duty positions from three to five per school session according to suggestions of PTA. Please take a moment to register a parent duty that fits your schedule. The duty includes ringing bells, print/copy machine operation as before. In addition, we add two roles as patrollers in hallways, in a response to the need of keeping hallway quiet and organized.

Please see attached file as to how to register parent duty on line. If you still have questions about the instructions, please contact PTA members.

We have seen enrollment growing for past few years. As we are all pleased to see this uptrend, it also poses unique challenges to daily school operations. Safety is always a top priority to all school personals. As we strive to provide a safe and secure environment, we need every parent to assist and help keep school well organized. The school safety can only be enhanced if everyone is well aware of the safety and emergency protocols. Please stress to your children that they need to be conscious of the traffic when going to and from school, avoid rushing and dashing in the hallways, keep conversation at an indoor level, etc. If everyone is participating, the school can only be better organized for everyone to enjoy a Sunday afternoon.

The PTA is one of the primary communication bridges between parents and school. We hope every parent can be supportive of their work by signing up parent duty, be a role model in your circles. Together, we will be able to build a better learning environment for our children and help them exhibit better and proper behaviors.

Handbook

A limited number of handbooks will be distributed in the first day of school, mostly for new families, and families that have no access to internet. In future, we will be adopting more use of electronic versions instead of paper versions.

We stress that every parent should go through the handbook to get familiar with the school classroom layout, classroom assignment of your children, school staff and PTA members as they will be your first contact and resource in need of help. The students need to read through the student conduct section together with their parents to be aware of requirement by the school on proper conduct and behavior.

We need every parent, every student in cooperation to maintain the school in a clean and organized fashion and avoid any damages. The Chinese School is renting the classrooms and other facilities from North Colonie Central School District under a contract. We are obligated to keep the facilities as it is. Any damage or extra cleaning need may incur a bigger rental bill in the coming year that will directly affect the tuition we are paying, which is not the desired situation everyone likes to see. We are doing far better than we used to be, and I believe we can still do better in a few areas, particularly the high traffic places such as restrooms, cafeteria.

First Day of School

The first day of Chinese School is scheduled on September 7^th. Please make sure you and your children aware of the classroom assignment. If you do have questions, please reach out to school staff for help.

The school opens 12:45PM

The first class is from 1PM to 1:45PM

The second class is from 1:55PM to 2:40PM

The third class is from 2:50PM to 3:40PM

The school ends by 4PM

The school operates at Shaker Junior High School at 475
Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham NY 12110.

If you have questions first day, please reach out to the
following personal:

Registration: Guoping Fei, Jianhua Chen, Wencui Zhao

Tuition: Ling Wang, Frank Li, Xia Li

Classes: Xiaoqing Zhang

Textbooks: Xufeng Sun

Parent Duty: Jian Xu

Language and Culture Classes

On first day of school, there might still be minor changes to some of the classes depending on actual number of enrollment. There might be cancellation or combination of culture classes due to low enrollment. We will try to do best to meet the diversified needs of our students.

Please make sure your contact in school database is current. If a class change does arise, we can notify you promptly.

Parking

There is always huge inbound and outbound traffic on first day of school. Please remind your children of watching out for vehicles, staying on safety side when coming to and from school.

We recommend you to arrive to school 5 to 10 minutes earlier before first class so there is no rush to find a parking spot. Parking in front of school door and along the fire lane is prohibited.

Lastly, I wish the best to you and your family and thank you for your trust on us to work with your children. I hope the coming school year is another successful and prosperous year as we work together toward the common goal.

Best,

Feng Chen

Principal, Chinese School 2014-2015