大家好！

1. 本周日3/31学校恢复正常上课。

2. 礼堂投影屏幕筹款活动将在本周日进行，学校倡议全校家长自愿捐款，协助学校分担费用，最终捐款金额将于4/7之前向大家公布，不足以抵扣屏幕赔偿款的部分将由学校填补，超出部分将设专款只用于学期末field day学生活动。我们衷心感谢大家任何金额的资助，捐款方式有两种：

-学校餐厅进门口将摆设捐款箱，大家可以自愿匿名捐赠。
-如果愿意实名捐赠，请带支票交给学校财务处陈蓬或陈昱，并领取收据。

3. 中文学校年度画画比赛，交稿截止日是本周日3/31。今年的主题是：我的生活。请填好交稿label，一起交给PTA 孙鹏博。

4. School council 孙旭峰主席以提名委员会的名义诚邀自荐或广荐人才加入学校服务团队，请详见附件。

5. 中文教师培训本周日将于第三节课在教室B208举行，由莫琳老师分享《汉语教材分析、评价与使用》。学校长期诚招老师，请有意应聘老师的电邮联系刘大卫副校长i6liu@yahoo.com。也欢迎有意应聘老师的参加教师培训。

6. 毕业申请截止日是4/7，填好申请后请交给刘大卫副校长，并把单人大头照片电邮发给本班老师，注明中英文名字，照片将收录在2019 Yearbook。

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1. The school will resume on this Sunday 3/31.

2. Call for fundraising. There were a group of our students playing on the stage at the auditorium and then the projector screen was found damaged on the corners of the both sides. Chinese School has paid $6200.59 to replace the screen. Now we call for your general donation to help us cover the cost on next Sunday 3/31:

- Please feel free to donation any amount at the donation box at the entrance.
- Please write a check to CCC Chinese School and pass it to Mr Peng Chen or Ms Yu Chen. They will issue a donation receipt to you.

We will announce the total amount by 4/7. Any surplus will be fully used for the students activity on the last of day of school. We sincerely thank you for all your help.

3. Annual arts exhibit topic: My life, submission due by 3/31.

4. Please see the attached volunteer recruitment letter from School Council Chair Mr Xufeng Sun.

5. Chinese teacher training will be hold on 2:50-3:40pm at B208.

6. The graduation application is due by April 7th. Please submit it to Vice Principal Dawei Liu. Please send your personal photo and both Chinese and English names to your teacher for the yearbook.

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谢谢大家！
王洁
中文学校校长

大家好！

1. 本周日3/10 时间调回夏令时，提前一个小时。注意上课请勿迟到。

2. 年度画画比赛，主题：我的生活，交稿截止日3/31。

3. 中文学校是以义工为基础运行的，需要每一位家长的参与和帮忙，到学期结束现在还有值日空位，请参考附件sign up. 值完日当天领回PTA
duty 压金$50.

4. 中文学校logo大赛, 参赛者都有奖状，请周日到行政桌找PTA孙鹏博领取。

5. 由于shaker 有音乐会，所以3/17和3/24两周没有中文学校。

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1. Daylight saving will start this Sunday 3/10. Please
adjust your clocks 1 hour back.

2. Arts exhibit topic: My life, submission due by 3/31.

3. Please refer the attachment and sign up the PTA duty
ASAP if you haven’t done yet. You will only get your $50 PTA deposit back after
you do so.

4. All logo contest participants will have a
certification, please come to admin table to collect it from PTA Ms. Pengbo
Sun.

5. There is NO Chinese school in next 2 weeks on 3/17 and
3/24 as Shaker will have musical events.

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谢谢大家！周日见！

王洁

中文学校校长

大家好！

Dear all,

Happy Chinese New Year!

1. Welcome Ms Yu Chen to join us and be our bookkeeper!

2. 2/3 CNY celebration in Chinese school
- Red Envelopes are gifts presented at social and family gatherings such as such as Chinese New Year. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is a symbol to ward off evil spirits. PTA will send the red envelopes to each classroom based on the registered head count.
The students only registered for culture classes, please come to School Admin table to get your red envelope.
- PTA invites all the students to come to cafeteria to watch a short Chinese New Year video during the break at 1:45-1:55pm.
- CNY classroom activity. We encourage the language teachers to organize the CNY activities in their classroom, parents are welcome to help and join.

3. Meet with artist Yun-Fei Ji on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 1:00-3:00pm. Please see the attachment for details.
You will have the unique opportunity to meet talk with Yun-Fei Ji! After the artist talk, we will work on our own art project, inspired by our conversation with Ji using a variety of media! Here is some information about the artist:

Yun-Fei Ji was born in Beijing, China, and now lives and works in New York, Ohio, and Beijing. Using traditional Chinese painting techniques and addressing contemporary social, environmental, and political issues, Ji’s work marries history with the present. As Ji states, “I use landscape painting to explore the Utopian dreams of Chinese history, from past collectivization to new consumerism.”

Please Event Timing: Wednesday February 20th 1:00pm~3:00pm
Event Address: Skimore College, Tang Museum, 1632, 815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Age Requirement: 3rd grade and up
Registration Deadline: February 10th 2019 or registration is full.
Bus Departure & Return Location: Chinese Community Center, 11 Avis Drive, Latham, NY 12110
Bus Departure Time : Wednesday February 20th 11:45pm

4. Clifton Park Library CNY celebration co-organized by Xiaoqing Zhang.
Date and time: Sat 2/2 @11-12pm
Address: 475 Moe Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065

5. UAlbany Confucius Institute invites you and your family to join 2019 Chinese New Year Fair.
Date and time: Sat 2/2 @2-5pm
Address: UAlbany Campus Center Ballroom
PROGRAM：
2:00-3:00 pm: CNY Celebration Performance
3:00-4:30 pm: Display and Activities (Paper-cutting, Chinese calligraphy,
Couplet writing, Chinese chess and guessing lantern riddles and games etc.)
4:30-5:00 pm: Chinese Food

6. CCC CNY Celebration, you may buy tickets at cafeteria.
Date and time: Sat 2/9 @2-5pm
Address: The egg @1 Empire State Plaza, S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY 12203

Wishing you a happy, healthy New Year!
Emily Wang
Principal of Chinese School