Just received notice from Lynch. Due to basketball
tenement, Chinese school will be closed next Sunday. We will open on April 25
(original Spring Break) to make up for it. Sorry about the last minute
notice. Please inform each other.我们才接到Lynch的通知，下星期他们要举办全天的篮球比赛，中文学校不能用场地，无法开课。我们将用原定的4月25日春假补这次缺课。很抱歉我们没有早接到通知。请大家互相转告一下。
2.Chess class refund象棋课退钱
We will refund 2 chess classes ($20) for last term due to
teacher absence. Please let accountant know that you prefer to get a refund
check or you can get deduction for next term tuition.由于上学期老师缺了两堂课，象棋班的学生每位退$20学费。请告知会计你希望退支票或从下学期学费中扣除。
3.Speech contest演讲比赛
Please help your child to prepare for the speech contest at
home. Content cannot be repeating the test books. It can be a story from a book
or online. Original story which is related to the student’s own life will get
extra-point.请帮助你的孩子准备演讲比赛。比赛内容不得重复课本。可以从课外阅读或网络上找故事复述。跟学生自己生活有关的原创内容会给予加分。
groups比赛分组：
Chinese group国语组
1.Kindergarten and 1st grade 幼稚班和一年级
2.2ndgradeand 3rd grade 二年级和三年级
3.4th grade and 5th grade 四年级和五年级
4.6th grade and up六年级以上
Bilingual group双语组
Students must be 9 years and older and study Chinese for at
least two years.参赛者必须9岁以上，在中文学校学习中文两年以上。
4.Lost and found失物招领
We found a pair of wire glasses (woman) and a single black
and pink glove at school today. Please let me know if you need it urgently.
Since we have no school next week, I can arrange pick up.有人落下了一幅金属边眼镜（深紫色女式）和一只黑和粉红色的厚手套。由于下星期无课，如果急用，请尽快联络校长。
5.Cheap tickets to Universal studio at Orlando
A parent has 4 one day pass (2 kids 2 adults) tickets to
Universal studio at
Orlando
that they didn’t use. Original price for the package is $329.78, selling for
half price $164.89. Please contact Lu Hui at huilu.sun@gmail.com
or call 781-369-1553.
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Newsletter for Feb. 28, 2010
Welcome Back!
1.WSCC’s Second Annual Chinese Speech Contest will
be held on March 28th. Winners will represent WSCC and participate
in the Speech Contest held by the New England Chinese School Association on
April 10th in Newton.Contestants will be placed into two categories – Chinese and Bilingual
groups.
2.WSCC
Chinese Summer Camp registration begins this week.
Location:
478 Main Street, Winchester MA 01890
Enrollment
age: Kindergarten to 5th grade.
First
session: June 21st– July 2nd ( 2 weeks)
Second
Session: Aug 2nd – Aug 13th (2
weeks)
Tuition:full day - $250 /week; half day - $125/week. (Tuition include a
field trip each week)
Please
check website for registration form. Please register at the front table.
文诚中文夏令营开始注册了。地点在课后班场地。报名年龄为幼稚园到5年级。本次夏令营将分两个时间段：
第一段：6月21日-7月2日（公立学校放假后的两周）
第二段： 8月2日-13日（8月开始的两周）
学费:每周全天$250，半天$125。每周都有郊游。请上网看详情。报名请到前台。
3.If
you have good photos taken during WSCC New Year Party and willing to share,
please contact Principal.征集文诚新年联欢时拍摄的佳作。请和校长联系。
4.Ski
ticket on sale for Loon Mountain便宜滑雪票
A parent has a Loon Mountain
ski lift ticket that she cannot use. It
is good for all ages (including adults), good through the end of the season. Asking price: $40.Please contact Xia at xiayang05@gmail.com or
call 617-512-8497
5.A
young Chinese couple looking for used baby car seat, stroller, and baby
clothes.
If
you want clean out your basement and have these items to donate, please contact
Haihua at hzhang03@gmail.com
or 617-767-1855. They will pick up. 一對年輕的中國夫妻為即將出生的男孩找嬰兒用品﹕小推車﹐車座﹐小衣服等。你若有不用的願意捐出﹐請聯絡hzha
ng03@gmail.com或打617-767-1855。他們會來取。多謝幫助。
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Spring
Term registration has started last week. 春季注册已开始
Thank to the families who have
registered last Sunday. For those who have not, please come to the front desk
to register this Sunday. Your early registration will help us to make any
adjustment for classes and parent duty schedule.
A current student pays only $5
registration fee. Any registration after Jan. 31 will be charged $20 for late
registration.
North
Reading family seeking experienced bilingual Mandarin tutor for 2 children with
very basic knowledge of Mandarin.If interested, please contact Annie Woon at apwoon@partners.org or 617-571-7681.
In case some new parents are not aware, WSCC has a library with over
100 children’s reading books and audio/videos (in Chinese and/or bilingual) as
well as some materials for parents. Located next to front desk, you just need
to sign up and take home for 1-2 weeks to enjoy. Please return library books/videos
if you have already borrowed for more than two weeks so others can share.
A WSCC Family is Looking for Chinese Home
Helper文诚一中文家庭请保姆
A Chinese family in
Winchester is looking for
a home helper.The person should be able
to drive, teach simple Chinese, and do some simple cooking.About four hours a day Monday through
Friday.Please call 617-276-5642. Mr.
Zhang.文诚中国家庭请保姆。要能开车，能教简单中文，做简单饭菜。周一至周五，每天4小时。请电张先生617-276-5642。
If you need to re-finance your home loan
WSCC 4th grade teacher Xiaoyi Zhang also does mortgage.She said current mortgage rate is at the
lowest in
US
history, best time to re-finance your home loan. Please contact her at
781-856-2629 and xiaoyi_zhang@verizon.net.
We will have the Parent-Principal Conferences
each week.We want to hear feedback from
each family, and also convey to you our ideas on running the school and making
it better.These conferences are an
important piece of communication between us (school administration) and each
family.If you received a meeting notice
from the principal or principal assistant, please reply promptly.We will
change the meeting time if you are not available that day.Conferences will be held in the cafeteria and
should take no more than 20 minutes for each family.
If your child is going to be absent from school,
please notify the teacher so that they can plan accordingly.如果您的孩子因故不能上课，请事先跟老师请假，老师可以做适当的安排，如课堂活动，家庭作业等等。这也是教育孩子对老师的尊重。
Parents On
Duty
The Parent Association has scheduled the
Parents-On-Duty for this semester. You may check the online posting for your
duty date. This list is for school level
duty, not the in-class duty. Check website for school level
responsibilities. Please ask parent leader in each class for in-class duty. 家长会已经把本学期学校值日全部排出，请看网上贴出的值日表查看你做值日的日期。责任包括停车，走廊，饭厅等公共地方。这不是在班上的值日。班内值日请各班家长代表安排。
Boston Globe reporter and photographer visited
On Dec 12, Boston Globe's reporter Ms Cindy Cantrell visited WSCC and
interviewed some parents, students, teachers and staff members. The
photographer took some pictures from classes. We thank them for their
nice work, also thank you for your cooperation.
The article has published on Jan. 9, 2005 Boston Globe Report.
WSCC News Letter 12-19-04