News Update

1．青少年义工团选举结果
华社青少年义工团上个星期天进行选举。因为只有一对候选人，Ryan Guo和Jeffrey Shen。所以他们自动当选。在这里我祝贺他们竞选连任成功，并希望他们再接再厉，把青少年义工团的工作上升一个台阶。

2．各班级家长代表
除去两个成人中文班，我们共有29个中文语言班。每个语言班，学校要求不论班级大小，必须推选一位家长代表，协助本班级老师工作，包括安排家长值日，作为家长会与家长之间的纽带，传递必需的信息等等。家长代表是学校管理当中核心的一部分，希望大家积极担任。作为家长代表，还可以免除学校PTA 值日，直接领取$20押金。

本期简讯到此。谢谢大家关注，星期天见！

陈峰
中文学校校长2014-2016

CCC will be hosting a free flu shot this Sunday at school starting from 11AM in the morning till 3PM in the afternoon. Please refer to the attached flyer for more details.

I hope you have learnt a few things new from last week’s seminar on college planning and admission. Mrs. Rusak likes to thank you for coming, listening, and sharing your questions with her. I have attached her thank-you note below, and you can also find her contact inside if you have follow-up questions.

Registration process quickly drew to an end last week. We have roughly same enrollment as last year for two language curriculum classes combined (Chinese as Heritage Language and Chinese as Second Language).
For culture classes, however, there is a significant increase in enrollment, up by more than 30 students. Overall, we should have a healthy finance budget for this school year, a drastic contrast to the federal government spending that could lead to another shutdown again. That being said, I expect to have an ease time for the council meeting coming up on Oct. 18th, of which the primary topic is school budget and spending.

With that, I’d like to direct your attention to a few highlights of past and coming weeks:

1.      Youth Team Election Results
Since there was only one team, Ryan Guo and Jeffrey Shen, running for the election this year, they are elected by default. Still most of the youth team members cast their votes to show their support of incumbent candidates and acknowledged their contribution in organizing many volunteer events last year.

Please join me in congratulating Ryan and Jeffrey being elected to the leadership positions again. Parents of interested members, please have your child forward contact information to Ryan Guo at rguo98@gmail.com at your earliest convenience. Don’t miss the opportunity to work with your peers and help the needed.

2.      Classroom Home Parent
By now I hope every classroom has identified a home parent no matter the size of the classes. Home parents serve a few critical functions and share the responsibilities with teachers for classroom maintenance such that the teachers can focus on teaching and education. All the home parents should send their contact information to PTA chair Jian Xu (jxuonline@gmail.com). If your classroom has not found a home parent, please consider volunteer this role. And you will be exempt from PTA duty assignment. As we encourage our children to participate in the Youth Volunteer Team,
we can also act as a role model by participating in school duties.

See you this weekend.

在翻过学期第一页之后，教学工作将从第二周起走上正轨。在此我和大家强调一些注意事项以及课程变化，希望大家能及时做好相应的安排，避免第二次课出现不必要的调整。

(1)     注册和学费
学校将于9月20日周日晚12点关闭网上注册。如果之后有注册变化，请与学校校务人员联系。学费按规定必须于第二次课结束前全部付清。否则学校保留取消相应注册的权利。
希望各个家庭上完第一节课后都已经作出相关决定，是否换课或退课。请及时登陆学校网页修改你的注册信息。学校才能知道每个班的准确人数。谢谢你的合作。若有问题，请联校长或陈建华先生 ( jchen_9898@verizon.net)。

(2)     家长代表
学校要求每个班级选派一个家长代表，各班家长轮流值班，协助老师维持教室次序，切勿挪动教室的东西，更不能让学生独自留在教室。请家长们下星期天上课前到教室和老师取得联系，每班选一名家长代表，安排教室值日，各班家长代表请与学校家长会主席徐健先生联系(jxuonline@gmail.com)。

(3)     青少年义工团
青少年义工团主席、副主席以及秘书的选举定于第三周9月27日。为了更好的进行选举活动，明确职责，学校更新了青少年义工团执行条例，见附件。如果你的孩子准备参加选举，请仔细阅读该条例。参加选举的同学请在下个周五（9月25日）晚之前把个人简历及工作设想提交给校长。如有任何疑问或详细解释，请与校长联系。我们欢迎每个高中生积极参与，做个好公民的代表。

学校将逐步把现有的一些具体操作程序条例化、规范化。目的是增加学校各项活动、运作的透明度、规范度。在这个过程中，不可避免的会有些遗漏，希望大家能理解并积极向校方提意见。

(4)     注册情况
截至到9月13日，共有354名学生注册中文语言课，29名学生注册中文第二语言课，以及255名学生注册各种文化兴趣课。和去年相比，略有上升。感谢各位家长牺牲周末休息时间陪同孩子们上学。相信你们的努力和奉献一定会有回报

(5)     教材
需要教科书的家长，请及时与老师或学校联系，购买教材。提醒大家不要批量复印教科书，这是违反版权使用的。学校的复印机仅限于教学使用。

(6)     华社会员
华社会员会费退款将于第三周开始。相关事宜请与在校的华社代表联系。

最后我要感谢第一天执勤的家长代表。正是你们的辛勤工作保障了校务人员能集中精力处理繁杂的校务、教务事项。

谢谢大家，星期天见！

陈峰
中文学校校长2014-2016

Welcome back to Chinese School!

Our school is off to a great start and we were so delighted to see old acquaintance and new faces in the first day of school. I hope everyone now starts to settle into school routines, and your child may have made one or two new friends. A special welcome is offered to our new
students, new families and new teachers, who just began their journey in Chinese school.

Now we are moving onto the second week, there are a few things I’d like to share with you in a hope to help you assimilate quicker into the Chinese School routines and culture.

(1)     Registration and Tuition Payment
Registration will be closed by end of this Sunday 9/20/2014. Any registration change request after 9/20 will have to be handled by a school staff. Tuition needs to be paid full before and during the second school session. According to school registration policy, if full
payment is not received after two school sessions, school reserves the right to cancel associated registration to allow students on the waiting list to register.

I hope after the first class most families have settled and made their decisions. Please take a moment to log into your account to update your enrollment information. We are relying on your prompt actions to have an accurate count of class enrollment. If you have problem in updating enrollment, you can always reach out to me or Mr. Jianhua Chen ( jchen_9898@verizon.net).

(2)     Classroom Home Parent
As we are getting to know each other, each classroom needs to have a home parent to help the teacher organize classroom parent duty assignment. Just like in public school, being a classroom parent is a privilege to serve the classroom and be a role model for your child to
follow. Please consider volunteering the role, particular for classrooms of new teachers. They will need you to step up and work together for your children’s education. Please contact PTA chair Jian Xu (jxuonline@gmail.com) to register as home parent.

I can’t stress more for the importance of keeping the classroom clean and neat. No food and beverage is allowed in the classroom and hallways. We have had a good record last year with just a few complaints. Sustaining and improving the record will require each one of us to pay attention to what we do everyday. The first day is a good example that I’ve not heard any complaint from North Colonie School District. Thank you for your effort and please keep the good work up.

(3)     Youth Team Election
The Youth Team election is planned on the 3rd week of school 9/27. To help guide the election and clarify responsibilities, the school has published an updated Youth Team Election Policy as attached. The deadline for candidacy is end of next Friday 9/25. Please email me resumes of you and your running mate if you decide to run for a position in the executive team. Having a draft
activity plan will also be helpful. If you need any help or have questions, please reach out to me directly. We welcome all senior students to participate and demonstrate a good sense of citizenship.

(4)     Enrollment Update
As of September 13th, we have 354 students enrolled in Chinese language classes, 29 students enrolled in Chinese as Second Language classes, and 255 students enrolled in culture/enrichment classes. Thank you all for your commitment to your child’s education. We all wish it is another fruitful year.

(5)     Textbook
Textbooks are available for purchase at school at the same cost as online purchase. The school makes no profit out of textbook sale. Please do not copy textbook, which violates the copyright rule. The copy machines at school can only be used to make copies of excerpts for class use.

(6)     CCC membership
CCC membership refund will start from 3rd week of school. For those of you making a separate donation to the CCC, please stop by the CCC table and ask for more information.

Lastly, I’d like to extend many thanks to parents on PTA duty in the first day of school. They did a wonderful job in keeping many things in order amid a huge crowd and allowing school staff focus on what they should be doing.

Thank you all for your attention.

Sincerely,
Feng Chen
Principal, Chinese School (2014-2016)