中文学校每周简讯 - 1月30日

中文学校的各位家长、老师,你们好,

周二说好的大雪降到别人家的后院,让我有些“躲得了初一,躲不了十五”的感觉。每年该铲的雪还是得铲,该上的学还是得上。春学期伊始我们又多了好几个新家庭,希望大家碰到陌生的面孔时多问声好,帮助他们尽快融入学校这个大家庭。

本学期预备有两个中文考试项目,请相关家长注意了:
1.      SAT中文模拟考试
SAT中文模拟考试将在3月初举行。报名截止日期为2月8日,请八年级及八年级以上学生家长尽快报名。通过SAT中文模拟考试是中文学校毕业的要求之一。考试报名费为每人$8,由学校提供。但是每位学生需交纳$10的保证金。考试当天退还。

2.      汉语水平4级考试
国家汉班举办的海外青少年汉语水平4级考试也将在四月中旬举行。报名截止日期为2月15日,请五、六年级的学生家长尽快报名。考试报名费为每人$25。我们正在汉语教育服务中心协商报名费,希望降低一些费用。希望5、6年级的学生积极报名参加。青少年汉语水平4级考试的程度相当于国家教委对外汉语水平考试的第三级水平,汉语水平考试共分6级)

谢谢你的关注,下个周日见。

陈峰
中文学校校长2014-2015

Dear Chinese School Families,

We have a few new families joining the Chinese School in the beginning of Spring semester. Please welcome them as you see new faces. Due to the new enrollment, there have been a few adjustments in the classrooms. Please make sure your registration and enrollment is up to date in your school account. It is not allowed to switch classroom on your own without permission from school administration.

A few topics that need your attentions:
1.      SAT II Chinese Mock Test
The SAT II Chinese Mock Test will take place on early March.  Students in Grade 8 and higher are highly recommended to take this exam since it is a graduation requirement. Parents should let the teachers know no later than Feb. 8th if your kids will take this exam or not. A separate application sheet will be sent to teachers for registration. The application fee of the test is $8 per student, which will be compensated by the school. So it is free to students, however, students who register for the test need to pay a $10 deposit to your room teachers. The deposit will be returned to you on the day you take the test. The test date will be announced once it is finalized.

2.      YCT Test
Students in Grades 5, 6 are highly recommended to take YCT Test (Level IV) that will be held in mid of April. Parents should let the teachers know no later than Feb. 15th if your kids are taking the YCT test or not. YCT is an international standard test organized by Hanban (汉办) for the purpose of evaluating Chinese language proficiency of students whose native language is not Chinese. Detailed information can be found at http://english.hanban.org/node_8001.htm. Many of the students in Grade 6 has taken this exam last year and all passed with good scores.

As many of you have known, the annual Chinese New Year celebration at Clifton Park Halfmoon Library will be held on Feb. 14th from 1PM to 3PM.  The event has been organized by Vice Principal Xiaoqing Zhang and will be performed by many teachers and students from our school.  Admission is free but seats must be reserved online on www.cphlibrary.org.  The library is located at 475 Moe Road, Clifton Park, NY and the performance will be in the program room upstairs.

See you this Sunday.

Feng Chen
Principal
CCC Chinese School 2014-2015