大家好！

我们非常真诚地邀请大家来参加这个周日下午学校举办的第一个艺术节。展示活动在1:30开始，5:00收幕。与此同时，各个班级的课程照常进行。目的是希望大家利用这个下午，既然已经来到学校，就可以在课前课后留步，来欣赏我们的艺术爱好者奉献的作品，滋养眼目。同时也是社区家庭和朋友们交流的好机会。在学校的进门厅和学校靠里面的大教室，将有很多艺术作品展示，其中一些作品可以购买。

展示的作品有各种艺术形式，油画，铅笔画，水彩，中国画，手工，乐高，等等。作者包括成人， 孩子，还有青少年。相信，当您驻足观看的时候，您会发现，原来在我们的周围有很多艺术爱好者，都很有天赋。也许您也是其中一员！

欣赏的同时，如果您能留下建议和意见，也是对参展的朋友和孩子们极大的鼓励。期待您的参与！

Hi everyone,

We sincerely invite you to join us for the first Greenville Chinese Art Fair this Sunday afternoon @1:30-5:00. 

When you drop off your students to the school or pick them up from the school, please stay for 30-40mins, and walk around the exhibition rooms. There will be plenty of artworks in the exhibition for you to watch and enjoy. Some of the artwork are offered purchase opportunity.

There're various types of arts, oil painting, Chinese painting, watercolor, pencil drawing, Chinese calligraphy, crafts, legos, etc., some made by children, some by adults, and some by our teens. We really appreciate their contribution. Once you walk around, you would notice there're many great artists around us. 

When you're here enjoying the arts and the creativity, we will appreciate it if you can leave your comments and suggestions. We believe this is great encouragement to our artists. 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

大家周一好！这里提醒大家这个周日学校恢复上课。希望周日4/7下午准时见到大家。

另外，离我们的华人艺术节（4月14日）还有不到两周，离作品提交日期不到一周（4月7日）。如果您或者您的孩子有兴趣参加，请一定让我们知道。我们会把您加入参展者信息群，给您更细节的作品提交信息。谢谢您的支持！

Happy Monday everyone! 

Here's a kind reminder that the school will be resumed this Sunday on April 7th. Looking forward to seeing you in the School on Sunday afternoon!

In addition, I'd like to remind everyone that we're less than two weeks away from Greenville Chinese Art Fair (which will be on April 14th during the school time). This Sunday 4/7 will be our artwork submission day. If you or your children are interested, please do let us know. We will add you to the distribution list and send you the detail artwork submission information. Appreciate your interest!

大家好！

这个周末是复活节，应不少基督教家庭的要求，在学年开始时安排校历我们就把这个周末做为假期，3月31日学校没有课。祝大家节日愉快！4月7日再见！

如果您有兴趣参加4月14日的华人艺术节，请别忘了联系我们。我们相信这个周末将是个好机会完成您的作品！

Hi everyone,

It is the Easter holiday this weekend. Per the request from a few Christian families, we have marked NO SCHOOL for this weekend March 31 on the school calendar at the beginning of the year. Wish everyone enjoy the holiday weekend! See you on April 7th!

If you're interested in exhibiting your artwork and contributing to the Chinese Art Fair on April 14, please do contact us and we will share the details. We believe this weekend would be a good opportunity for you to work on your art project. Looking forward to seeing you in the art fair then.

Thank you!

大家好！

首先提醒大家学校这个周日3月24日恢复上课，希望届时在学校见到大家!

其次，很高兴向大家宣布一个好消息，4月14日中文学校将代表格林维尔华人协会主办2024年格林维尔华人艺术节。这是学校第一次主办这样的活动，目的是开通大格林维尔地区华人社区艺术爱好者们的交流渠道，丰富社区生活。具体的时间和地点如下：

·        时间: 1:30-5:00pm, 4月14日.

·        地点: The Fold Church (1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607)

艺术节将应景春天的来临，以‘春‘为主题。欢迎华人社区家庭和社区家庭的朋友们积极参与这个活动！这里一方面征召爱好艺术的朋友们的作品，一方面广而告之，请大家届时来参观。

作品征集：

·        作者对象：成人，青少年，儿童

·        作品形式: 形式不限，如水彩，油画，国画，书法，铅笔画，丙烯画，手工作品，等等

·        作品要求：

o   要有作品陈述

o   如果是画作，成人作品建议有画框；青少年和儿童作品可以用展示板

o   数量：参考件5件

o   大小：最好不超过40英寸x40英寸

·        作品提交截止日期：4月7日, 5pm

具体细节请发Email gvlchineseschool01@gmail.com 联系我们，我们也会邀请您加入作者群解答疑难。

Hello everyone!

First a kind reminder that the School resumes this Sunday 3/24. We are looking forward to seeing you in the school then!

Second, we would like to announce a great news. Representing Greenville Chinese Culture Association, Chinese School of Greenville will organize 2024 Greenville Chinese Art Fair on April 14. This is the first time that the School organizes such event, aiming to open the channel for the people in broader Greenville area who love the arts, enrich the community life color. Here’s the time and location of the event:

·        Event time & date: 1:30-5:00pm, April 14.

·        Location: The Fold Church (1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607)

The Art Fair is themed Spring to welcome the coming of the beautiful season. We would like to call for artworks from our community families and your family friends, in the meanwhile to mark your calendar and welcome you to come to the Fair and enjoy the beauty of the art.

Call for artworks:

·        Authors: Adults, teens, children

·        Styles: Accept various art styles, including but not limited to water color, oil painting, drawing, Chinese painting, calligraphy, craft, etc.

·        Artwork requirements：

o   Artist statements

o   Suggest framing but not required (especially for adult artworks), or could be on display/presentation panel (like children’s artworks)

o   Quantity: 5 as a reference

o   Size: better not be larger than 40”x40”

·        Submission deadline: by 5pm on April 7th

Please contact us via gvlchineseschool01@gmail.com for the details, and we will also add you to the artist communication list to get answers for common questions.

谢谢！Thank you!

主办团队：Farong Zhu, Serena Li, Sarah Ren

大家好！

愿大家开始了愉快的一周！首先提醒大家，这个周日3月17日没有课。格林维尔county school从3月18日起放春假。大家尽情享受春天的明媚阳光！我们3月24日恢复上课。

其次，非常感谢Connie Rollins昨天抽出宝贵的周末休息时间，为我们带领了一堂很有韵味的瑜伽课。当时有数位家长朋友，还有小朋友参加。练完后，大家都神清气爽，收获满满；还不住地问，还有下一次吗？😉 众所周知，瑜伽的气息和动作舒展有意身心，有兴趣的朋友们找机会练起来吧！

Good evening, everyone!

We hope you had a great start of the week! First, a kind reminder that there will be no school this coming Sunday Mar 17. It'll be a spring break in Greenville County School district starting Mar 18. Wish everyone enjoy the glorious sunlight and bird chirping melodies with the family! We will resume the school on the following Sunday Mar 24. 

In the meanwhile, we highly appreciate Connie Rollins generously opened her Sunday time and gave us an appealing yoga lesson yesterday. There were a few parents and little ones who joined the lesson. After the lesson, everyone looks refreshing, feels fulfilling. We heard often the question 'Do we have next opportunity?' 😁 We all hear about the benefits from yoga exercise, not only help balancing and strength, but also relieve the stress. If you're interested, we encourage you look for opportunity and take actions! 

Thank you!

大家好！如果您还没有报名明天的瑜伽课，还来得及。请点击https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7  报名。请别忘了穿上舒适的适合舒展的衣服，并带上瑜伽垫。如果您需要看护孩子，请到前台告诉我们，我们会安排。明天3点在学校见。

另外我们还有一些印有学校校名校徽的T恤，请有兴趣为学校助威的朋友们来前台购买。谢谢！

Good evening, everyone!

If you haven't signed up for tomorrow's Yoga class, it is still not too late to put it in. Click  https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7   Please wear comfortable clothes for Yoga movement, and bring a yoga mat. If you need child care, please let us know when you come in and we will arrange it.   

In the meanwhile, we still have some school T shirts available. If you're interested in contributing to the school, please stop by the front desk. 

Thank you! See you tomorrow!

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice principal: Serena Li

大家好！

这里提醒大家，这个周日我们会安排一节初学者瑜伽课，由瑜伽教练Connie带领。一个非常好的机会体验瑜伽的呼吸和动作，帮助增进血液循环，训练平衡能力，消减压力。请点击这里https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7 报名。3月10日 3:00，请到学校的auditorium，我们会在3:10正式开始。

Hi everyone,

A kind reminder, this Sunday we will organize a Yoga Beginner lesson, coached by Connie Rollins. This is a great opportunity to experience the breathing rhythm and the movement of yoga, which is a good exercise to improve the circulation, balancing and reduce pressure. Please do sign up here https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7 . 

When: 3-3:55pm, Mar 10

Where: Auditorium at The Fold Church (1313b Miller Rd, Greenville SC 29607)

中文学校

大家好！

上周我们举办了非常成功的亲子活动。这里分享给大家一个新的好消息：3月10日下午3-3:55pm，Connie Rollins愿意为有兴趣的中文学校朋友开设一场初级瑜伽课。Connie是Esme小朋友的妈妈，是我们学校大家庭的一员，也是一位专业的瑜伽教练。感谢Connie在百忙之中愿意为中文学校的家庭提供这样的机会，为有兴趣的朋友打开了解瑜伽的一扇门。考虑到瑜伽特别需要的安静环境，我们会安排一个安静的空间。这节课课时30分钟或45分钟，Connie会根据报名者的情况来安排时间。如果您有兴趣，请点击这里 (https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7) 报名。届时请带上您的瑜伽垫子，穿上舒适的衣服。考虑到瑜伽的特殊性，我们期待您亲历亲为跟随教练做瑜伽，届时不开放观摩。谢谢理解！

希望大家跟我有同样的感受，我们这个大家庭是由有各种职业背景的专业人士组成的。作为学校的服务团队，特别为大家感到自豪，也很荣幸有这个机会把大家凝结在一起。

Dear all,

We're excited to announce that the Parent Forum is planning a new event at 3-3:55pm on Mar 10 - a yoga lesson for beginners. Connie Rollins will be the coach.

Our school families are characterized with a variety of professional backgrounds. I am always excited to hear the stories about our outstanding parents and students. Connie is one of them. Connie is a professional yoga coach. We are very lucky that Connie would like to offer a yoga lesson for the beginners. This could open the opportunity for you to start exploring Yoga, if you haven't and are interested.

We will make sure to set up a quiet space for this activity. To make sure the participants feel comfortable, we only allow you to participate the lesson, no observation. Thanks for your understanding! Please sign up here (https://forms.gle/HdUBtKprPq4fV65d7) to let us know if you plan to join.  By the time, please bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable outfit to allow movement.

Looking forward to seeing you in the lesson!

中文学校

大家过年好！

带着年味儿，明天我们又要回到课堂了。期待明天在学校准时见到大家。

除此之外，明天3pm-4pm，4pm-5pm 将开展两场亲子足球游戏活动。如果您已经报名参加，请别忘了穿上舒适的运动鞋和休闲服，方便运动。如果您没有打算参加，也欢迎您和孩子观战，感受一下孩子们和爸爸妈妈们一起合作的气氛。活动将在教会里后面的大房间举行。谢谢！

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

We hope you have been enjoying the flavor of the Dragon New Year. We will resume the school tomorrow with such flavor . Hope see you in the School on time tomorrow！

In the meanwhile, don't forget Coach Liu will lead us play the parenting games, at 3-4pm and at 4-5pm each. If you have signed up for the activity, please wear comfortable sportswear and tennis shoes. We will play with soccer. It'll be in the back room of the building. If you do not plan to participate the games, you're welcome to witness the collaboration between the children and their parents. It'll be fun!

Regards,

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

亲爱的家长们，

为了丰富学校生活，学校承诺适量为大家组织有益健康的文体活动。在这个充满活力的季节，我们很高兴地宣布即将举办的龙年第一场别开生面的亲子足球活动！这将是一个家庭共同体验足球乐趣的绝佳机会，旨在促进亲子间的互动并共享美好时光。

活动详情：

时间：2024 年 2 月 18 日 4-5pm or 3-4pm （根据报名问卷确定） 

地点：格林维尔中文学校 1313b Miller Rd, Greenville SC 29607

活动亮点：

1. 亲子足球游戏：家长与孩子们将组成小队，一同展开欢乐的足球游戏，体验紧密配合和团队合作的乐趣。

2. 趣味挑战赛：精彩的足球挑战赛，将考验您们的球技和灵活应变能力，赢得丰厚奖品。

3. 技能指导：刘教练将为参与者提供足球技能指导，让您们全面提升足球技术。

4. 家庭互动：丰富多彩的家庭互动游戏，增进亲子感情，共同享受活动乐趣。

活动报名：https://forms.gle/zAMd9GhoLzuDC9YA9

报名截止日期：2月12日

*限 10 组家庭，孩子年龄 6-16 岁 -- 请尽早报名，确保有位置！

无论您是爱好足球，还是希望与家人共度美好时光，都欢迎参加我们的亲子足球活动，与孩子一起创造美好回忆，感受足球的魅力！

温馨提示：请穿着舒适的运动装备和运动鞋，一同享受健康运动的乐趣！

感谢您的关注和支持，我们期待着与您共同度过这个充满活力和欢乐的日子！

Dear Chinese School families,

Earlier in the year, we promised to organize some after school activities to enrich our community life, and enhance the family relationship. We're glad to announce that the first event in the Dragon Year is a parenting game. This is an excellent opportunity for you and your child/children to experience the fun from soccer play and build up the team work and enjoy the family time. 

Event details:

When: 3-4 or 4-5 (to be finalized per sign-up sheet), Feb 18, 2024

Where: 1313b Miller Rd, Greenville SC 29607

Highlights:

1. Format: child/ren team up with parent/s, play games with soccer, enjoy team work

2. Fun match: challenge other teams with the skills and flexibility, win with prizes

3. Clinics: Coach Lau will coach and help improve the soccer skills

4. Family interaction: enhance parent-child relationship

Please use the link https://forms.gle/zAMd9GhoLzuDC9YA9 to sign up, by Feb 12, 2024. The first 10 families (children 6-16) will be considered for the games. So please sign up as soon as possible.

If you love playing soccer, or if you plan to spend the time with the family, please join us and record the fun moment！

Kind reminder: please wear comfortable shoes and outfit for this active event...

Thanks for your attention and looking forward to your participation！

中文学校

大家周末好！

有两件事想跟大家交流。前一段时间我们给大家问卷回馈中，有家长建议我们增加一些跟中国文化相关的活动。学校计划在之后的授课日加入一些相关的内容。

首先是中国画观摩。学校历年都有绘画和书法课，但各种原因，这个学年开始时取消了该课程。现在有个好消息，Angela Liu一家是中文学校大家庭中的一份子。Angela的姥姥喜欢画中国画，‘自学成才‘姥姥很喜欢跟喜欢画画的人交流，包括小朋友们。明天(2月4日）上课期间，姥姥会带上她画画的宝贝在学校进门的大厅画画。如果有喜欢画画的欢迎来观摩，也可以自己上手画起来，并给姥姥加油。

第二件是有关格林维尔华人协会正在筹备的中国新年联欢活动。活动将在2月17日（周六）举办，这是很好的机会大家欢聚一堂，欢度中国新年--龙年，强烈鼓励大家参加。简单信息如下，更多细节请看附件。

  时间When：2024年2月17日（周六，农历正月初八）10:00am~3:00pm

  地点 Where：BCBC - Brushy Creek Baptist Church (ARC Gym)

                        4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylor SC 29687

2024会员费 ：

个人 $35；家庭  $50 （包括2024全年活动及电子会员卡享受商家、餐馆折扣

非会员此次活动收费：成人＄15，儿童 ＄10（6到12岁），幼儿＄5（2到5岁）

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend! Here we have 2 announcements.

Experience Chinese painting 

Some parents feedback us through the survey that it would be good to offer more culture related activities. We believe the Chinese painting and calligraphy brilliantly reflects the culture. We cancelled the Chinese painting and calligraphy class at the beginning of the year due to various reasons. Good news is we are able to invite Angela Liu's grandma to come to the school and give us a live demonstration of Chinese painting. Tomorrow grandma will bring the brushes and painting materials, lively paint in the lobby of the School.  Welcome you to watch her, join her and give applause for her.

GCCA Chinese New Year Celebration event

GCCA is planning and preparing the Dragon Year celebration event. We strongly encourage you to join the fun and feel the culture. Here's some brief information:

When: 10:00am - 3:00pm, Feb 17 (Saturday), 

Where: BCBC - Brushy Creek Baptist Church (ARC Gym)

             4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylor SC 29687

2024club membership fee：

Individual  $35， Family $50 （Cover the GCCA events for the entire year, also enjoy discounts @in-network shops and restaurants）

Non member single event fee: adult $15，Children 6-12 $10，toddler 2-5 $5

For more details, please see the attached flyer.

Thank you!

中文学校

Hi everyone,

We are going to have a few announcements today. But I have limited time to get the message organized. So let's do it step by step. First about Adult conversation club. 

Lately, we have seen an increasing interest in improving verbal conversation in Chinese among adults. Taking some inputs from our families, we are thinking of opening an adult conversation club. Here's the draft plan for operating this club.

Time: 3-3:55pm on Sunday afternoon during school day, starting from Jan 28.

Where: Classroom AD, which is next to the back room A3 of the building

Who: any adults or young adults who would like to join

Club fee: $90 (this fee will include some basic materials needed for the activities. If more fund is needed, the club members and the leading teacher will discuss together how to collect the funds )

Contents: basic conversation, culture related, etc., really depends on the Chinese language level of the participating members. The members and the teacher are together to determine the topics.

Please let me know what you think and if you plan to sign up for this club, please stop by the front desk and let us know. Also if you have friends who may be interested, please help us advertise and invite. Thank you!

We will have a few more announcements to come. Stay tuned! 

大家好！

今天我们有好几个话题要通知。因为没能及时动作，这个邮件只涵盖第一个话题，其他话题的通知会相继发出。

最近我们接收到不少建议和意见，希望能提供一个帮助成人口语交流沟通的机会。经过多轮讨论，我们准备开设一个成人口语交流俱乐部。以下是我们的初始计划：

- 时间：周日下午3:00-3:55，利用学校授课时间，计划下周日1月28日俱乐部开始活动

- 地点：教室 AD (在教会的后面跟大教室A3相连）

- 参与人：成人或有兴趣的青少年

- 会员费：$90 （包括基本所需材料；如有大的支出，协调老师和会员商讨如何集资）

- 俱乐部话题内容：可以是基本口语交流，也可以加入文化话题，取决于会员们的兴趣和中文水平

请大家发表意见，并报名参加。我们计划下周日开始活动。如果您有朋友对这个俱乐部有兴趣，请帮我们宣传和邀请。谢谢！

Thank you!

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice principal: Serena Li

向大家再次问候！

我们连着发了几个邮件，每个邮件的主题都是这个学期学校运作的一部分。我们计划并正在着手做好几件事，为了让大家有个全局感，下面这个表格信息十个很好的概括。之后大家会陆续收到相关的通知，或者进展报告。谢谢大家的关注，也期待大家的参与和支持！

Hello again!

We have sent out a few emails with different topics since beginning of the Year. We would like you to know that each topic is a piece of puzzle that we plan to do in the spring semester. Here we would like to give everybody an overview of the 'puzzle' through the above table so you could expect what to come in the next couple of months with the School. We will announce or update frequently for these events. We appreciate your attention, and in the meanwhile expect your active engagement!

Sincerely,

中文学校

大家好！

年初我们向大家发出一个问卷调查的邀请，寻求大家对学校办学的意见和建议，到上周六止一共收到11份问卷反馈。特别感谢完成问卷的朋友们！这里我们对汉语考试的想法做个总结，有7个Yes，2个maybe，2个No。我们假定这些答案具有代表性，所以决定开始着手行动起来。这也是疫情之后第一次采集这方面的信息，很多规矩跟疫情之前有所不同。总体来说，需要几个步骤：

1. 老师们跟家长联系，确定有哪些孩子愿意报名

2. 各班老师帮助有意愿参加的学生找到合适的考试等级

3. 监考老师获得监考资格，这样学校才能够资格设立考点

4. 老师在平时课上加入一些内容帮助学生熟悉考试形式

5. 报名 -- 考试中心要通过考点收费，不同的级别考费略有不同（见下表）；费用是交到汉语考试中心的，只是必须通过考点收集考费。学校不收学生的考试费用，完全义务服务。

6. 考试 -- 有几个固定的考试日期，目标是学期结束前的考试日。我们来试试看！

根据这些步骤，接下来，各班老师会跟学生家长们直接联系，了解有意愿参加考试的学生，并帮他们锁定考试级别。请大家耐心等待并配合。如果我们卡在其中某个环节，我们会及时调整，并通知大家。谢谢！

Hi everyone,

At the beginning of the semester, we sent out a survey to help the School improve. So far we got a total of 11 feedbacks. Really appreciate you share your opinions and make suggestions! Here we would like to give a summary of 'if you're interested in participating a Chinese language test': 7 Yes, 2 Maybe and 2 No. We treat this outcome representative over 40 families, so we plan to take action to open the opportunity for the students. This is the first time after pandemic we're considering organizing the test, and we notice the rules have changed. To achieve our goal, there're a few steps:

1. Teachers to reach out to the students and the parents to collect info on who would like to participate the test

2. Teachers to help identify the appropriate level for every student who is interested in participating

3. Teachers to take necessary steps to get qualified as the invigilators (only when the qualified invigilators are available, the School can be qualified as a testing site)

4. The teachers will plug in some materials during normal class time to help the students get familiar with the test format

5. Registration to the test - the participants need to pay the test registration fee to the Chinese Test Center not to the School. The School will facilitate this registration. The School and the teachers are purely voluntary here. The fees are different for different test level, see below. YCT should apply to most of our students. 

6. Take the test - there're a few available test dates. Our goal is to work towards a date before end of the school year. Let's give it a try!

According to these steps, you will hear from the teachers about the test. We will appreciate your patience and collaboration. If we are stuck at a certain point, we will stop and adjust our strategy timely. Will keep you updated.

Thank you!

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

亲爱的中文学校朋友们，

希望今天您正在度过一个愉快的假日！这里我代表学校宣布一个学校募捐活动。为了帮助宣传我们的学校，积累点滴的资金帮助学校组办有意思的活动，我们从中国定制购买了一批T恤，T恤上印有校名，纯棉品质。T恤上的中文校名是我们的书法家郑坚先生的作品，我们通过中国厂家设计定案，晓蕾老师借寒假回国探亲的机会帮助我们从中国万里迢迢运过来。这里真诚感谢郑坚先生和晓蕾老师！我们的建议价是一件$20。如果您愿意捐助学校，请马上行动起来！下周授课日起，我们会开始这个募捐活动。由于运输昂贵也不方便，我们订购的T恤有限。我们会遵循先来先购的原则。如果有更多需求，我们会考虑再多订制，但需要大家提前告诉我们您要的尺码。

我们也希望这是学校募捐活动的第一步。如果您有更多的建议，请尽管提，我们会洗耳恭听，并合理采用。谢谢！

Dear parents,

I hope you are enjoying the holiday today. Here I would like to announce a school fundraising event. To advertise the school and help the school organize interesting events, we have ordered some T shirt with School's name printed on it and the shirt material is 100% cotton. Our Greenville calligraphy artist Mr. Jack Zheng wrote the School Chinese name for us, and we designed and ordered the shirts from China, and our teacher Ms Xiaolei transit them to Greenville during her international trip. Thanks Mr Jack and Ms Xiaolei! Hard to put a price on it. We suggest a $20 donation per shirt. If you do plan to donate, please let us know. We will open this fundraising next week, until the T shirt is gone. Since the logistics are complicated, we don't have many shirts in stock. First come first serve. If we do see the needs, we may order more, but we would need to know the size ahead of time.

In the meanwhile, we welcome any fundraising ideas. We will be humble and take reasonable actions. Thanks for your support!

Sincerely,

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

大家好！

这里想跟大家澄清明天中文学校正常上课，这是排在我们的学校日历上的。去年开学前安排校历，有建议希望中国新年能够放假，所以我们把2月11日那个周末做为无课日。为了保证我们每年有足够的授课日，我们决定保留马丁.路德.金这个节日前的周末授课。虽然跟Greenville County School的安排略有不同，但考虑到我们华人群体的特殊节日，希望大家都可以接受。谢谢理解！期待明天见到大家！

另外，上次的通知里，我们发送了一个问卷调查。感谢回馈给我们的家庭，非常有帮助。还没有做问卷调查的，敬请大家花几分钟之间点击这里填写这个问卷调查(https://forms.gle/GhrevDLzVTHMksQx8)。这个问卷活动是为了帮助同学们进步，也帮助学校进步，学校的老师们希望了解大家对中文学校的期待值，借此帮助学校安排和执行几个设想（YCT考试和演讲活动）。我们将在1月20日关闭这个问卷。谢谢大家的分享和参与！

Hello everyone,

We'd like to clarify tomorrow it will be a normal school day, please prepare for being in the school on time tomorrow. This school day is printed on our school calendar before the school started last year. At the time, we heard that some families prefer to have a short break to celebrate Chinese New Year, and we think this is a reasonable ask. So we decided to have Feb 11 as a no-School day. To make sure we have enough school days over the entire year, we trade this day with the day right before Martin Luther King Day, which will be tomorrow as a normal school day. It does have a little difference from the Greenville County School calendar. But considering the Chinese New Year as the most important holiday for our Chinese community, we think this is a reasonable trade. We will appreciate your understanding.

In the meanwhile, in the last announcement, I included a survey link https://forms.gle/GhrevDLzVTHMksQx8 and asked for your involvement to provide feedback. To help both students and school make improvement, our teachers would like to get to know better about our families' expectation to the School. This could help us evaluate if it would be valuable to implement a few ideas, including assist the students for a YCT test, and offer Chinese story telling presentations, etc. If you haven't done so, please take a few minutes to go through the survey by 1/20. We will highly appreciate it. 

Sincerely,

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

大家新年快乐！

希望每一个家庭都渡过了一个美好的圣诞节和新年假期，有了一个崭新的开始！这个周日，中文学校又要启航了！希望见到同学们开心的笑脸和全新的面貌！期待周日下午1：30准时在The Fold Church见面。

另外，为了帮助同学们进步，也帮助学校进步，学校的老师们希望做一个问卷调查来了解大家对中文学校的期待值，这会极大帮助学校安排和执行几个设想（YCT考试和演讲活动）。敬请大家花几分钟之间点击这里填写这个问卷调查(https://forms.gle/GhrevDLzVTHMksQx8)。

Happy New Year, everyone!

We hope you all had a super relaxing holiday break, and have a brand new start for the New Year! This Sunday on Jan 7th, Chinese School will resume the normal class meetings at 1:30 at The Fold Church. 

In the meanwhile, to help both students and school make progress, our teachers would like to have a quick survey (https://forms.gle/GhrevDLzVTHMksQx8) to get to know better about our families' expectation to the learning opportunities. This could help us evaluate if it would be valuable to implement a few ideas, including assist the students for a YCT test, and offer Chinese story telling presentations, etc.) Please give us a few minutes to go through the survey and return with your feedback. We will highly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

大家好！

温馨提示：今天没有课！我们昨天有了非常愉快的圣诞庆祝活动！感谢大家贡献时间参与活动，并给出最有力的现场和背后的支持！接下来祝大家有个愉快的节日，享受家庭时间。学校正常教学将在1月7日恢复，届时期待大家充满能量，返回教室。

Hi all,

Just like to remind everybody, there's NO school TODAY. We had a great time yesterday. Appreciate everyone made your attendance to the party, and provided solid support to make such a great event. Next, enjoy the holidays and have a great family time! We will be back to the normal school day on Jan 7. Looking forwared to seeing everyone recharged in the New Year!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! 

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice principal: Serena Li

大家好！

在期待准备明天的活动的同时，我们很想跟大家提出几个在明天活动时的行为约束的要求。Morningside Baptist Church有很好的教会环境，空间很大，设备也很齐全，很漂亮。我们要爱护这个机会，这个场地，给教会人员留下好的印象，会帮助我们今后还有机会租用场地。请家长们明天看顾好孩子们，让他们不要在教会里到处乱跑。我们的活动空间主要在Chapel Hall和gym。表演在Chapel，午餐在gym。两个场地还有点距离。请家长和老师们尽量让孩子们在这两个地方活动，不要跑得太远，不要破坏墙壁和物品。万一出现物品被损坏的情况，请告诉学校的老师，不要隐瞒。我们会尽力处理。

明天的表演是孩子们跟老师提前准备的，如果您和家人没有其他安排，请参加整场活动，看完节目。最后会有圣诞老人给孩子们送上小礼物。能够看完全场节目也是对节目被安排在后面的老师和学生的尊重。以前这种情况经常发生，节目到了三分之二，剩下就没有几个家庭了。希望这次在这一点上我们能做得比以前好。

下面是明天的节目单，时间是估算的，不一定准确，仅供参考。大家明天见！

Hi everyone,

While preparing for tomorrow's event, I really like to share my thoughts and propose a few rules to control our behaviors while in the church. 

The Morningside is a very nice facility, spacious and elegant. Let's try our best to maintain the neatness of this environment, and leave a good impression to the church staffs, so we may keep our future opportunity to come back to the facility again. As parents, please watch your kids closely, so they don't run wildly. We have two main locations inside the church, the Chapel （Spanish Ministry）and the gym. We will have the stage performance in Chapel, and have the lunch in the gym. There's a connection between these two locations from inside the facility, and they 're not next to each other. So please try to constrain our activities mainly in these two locations, don't run too far, and take care any items inside the facility. If in case something gets damaged, please be transparent to the school staffs. We will try to handle it.

The teachers and the students have prepared for this event for a few weeks. If you don't have other conflicts, please try to stay until the end. We will have Meet Santa activity and Santa Claus will send out the goody bags to the kids. To watch the entire show indicates our respect to the teachers and the students whose programs are arranged in the later phase of the program. It happened many times in similar School parties that the program reached 2/3 of the entire show, only a few families remained in their seats, and most of the seats were empty. We hope we can do better this time. 

The program agenda is attached below. The time duration is roughly estimated. It could be conservative, just for your reference.   

Looking forward to a great event tomorrow! See you all!

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice principal: Serena Li

大家好！

上周我们结束了这个学期最后一次课。接下来这个周六12月16日（请注意是周六，不是周日）会有我们的圣诞庆祝会，在Morningside Baptist Church，是不同的教会，不是平时中文学校所在的教会，不要搞错了。请大家准时按照各班老师的要求到活动场地。集体时间安排如下：

午餐：11:30am-1:00pm in the gym

节目表演：1:30-3:30pm in Chapel Hall

场地：Morningside Baptist Church

地点：1115 Pelham Road, Greenville SC 29615

附件有我们的节目单，请参考。

接下来的周日学校没有课。愿大家有个愉快的冬季假期！圣诞快乐，新年快乐！学校将于1月7日恢复上课。谢谢！

Hi everyone,

This Saturday, we will have our Christmas Party. Please do remember this is Saturday Dec 16, not Sunday. The event venue is not the church we typically go for the School, it is Morningside Baptist Church. Here's the detail of the event

Lunch: 11:30am-1:00pm in the gym

Performance: 1:30-3:30pm in Chapel Hall

Event Venue: Morningside Baptist Church

Address: 1115 Pelham Road, Greenville SC 29615

Attached is the performance agenda for your reference. Please come to the venue per your teacher's request, or if you're going to volunteering, please come on time for the volunteer work.

Also last week we're done with our last regular school day before Christmas. We will be back to School on Jan 7th. 

Thank you and see you this Saturday!

Principal： Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li 

Hi 各位家长，

如果您还没有做问卷调查，请务必在明天完成。 https://forms.gle/MXUf7zhYzRJvxjx18

12月16日的活动中，除了孩子们的表演，学校还提供免费午餐。之前的通知没有把这个说清楚，请大家见谅。

我们建议大家尽量参加。如果需要car pool，请向老师提出来。我们争取能帮助大家协调。谢谢！

Dear parents,

If you haven't done the survey, please do so by tomorrow.  https://forms.gle/MXUf7zhYzRJvxjx18

On Dec 16., other than the stage performance, we will provide FREE lunch. I do apologize I didn't make it clear. We recommend every family makes good arrangement and try to attend the event. If anyone need a car pool, please let the teachers know, so we can help everyone find the car pool partners.

Thank you!

大家好！

请大家在日历上注明：下周日11月26日学校放假一天，希望大家届时有一个放松的家庭时间！

感恩节将至，想利用这个节日的机会来表达我们的感谢！感谢这几个月来大家的支持，坚持送孩子来学校学习，给孩子们一个跟平日学校不一样的经历；感谢家长们每周轮流提前来学校为孩子们摆放桌椅，准备好上课的装备，下课督促带领孩子们在家学习，坚持创造中文文化对他们影响的机会；感谢孩子们对参加中文学校活动的兴趣和行动；也感谢The Fold Church提供我们这样的机会使用他们的场地，而且宽带我们。祝大家感恩节快乐！

另外，上周我们发出通知，12月16日是学校的圣诞节聚会。这里给大家更具体的信息。

时间：11:30-1:00 午餐，1:30-3:30 节目表演

地点：Morningside Baptist Church, 1115 Pelham Rd, Greenville SC 29615

请大家点击这个问卷调查https://forms.gle/MXUf7zhYzRJvxjx18告诉我们是否参加，特别是帮助我们计划订购午餐。这里也有报名做志愿者的问卷。当天我们会需要很多帮手设置桌椅、摆放食物、分发食物，管理舞台和孩子们的节目，还要清理场地，期待大家一起出力办好这个活动。问卷截止日期12月3日。谢谢！

Hello everyone!

There's no school next Sunday 11/26.  Enjoy the family time!

Thanksgiving holiday is coming. We would like to express our sincerely appreciation to our school families for your deep involvement to the School since Fall. We thank the parents for sending your children to the School consistently, and opening the opportunity for them to have a different experience from their daily school. We thank you for taking the turns every week to be the on-duty parents and make the School functional, and after school, you encourage and lead your children to learn Chinese and give them more or less culture influence. We thank our students who keep their interest in Chinese School and are willing to come and learn. We thank The Fold Church's generous collaboration to open their door and allow us to use their facility as our gathering place. With these thanks in mind, wish everyone have a great Thanksgiving holiday!  

Last week we have announced the Christmas Party date. Here we'd like to give you more detail information about the party.

When: 11:30-1:00 Lunch, 1:30-3:30 Celebration performance

Where: Morningside Baptist Church, 1115 Pelham Rd, Greenville SC 29615

We also sent a link https://forms.gle/MXUf7zhYzRJvxjx18 for a survey so we can get the head count for the attendance and prepare enough food during the event. We're also looking for volunteers to help set up the tables and chairs, distribute the food, manage the stage and coordinate the student performance, and finally clean up the venue. Please give your hands if you can, so we together make a great and enjoyable event. The survey is to be closed by 12/3. 

Thank you all!

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li

大家好！

年底圣诞和新年的庆祝会日期有变动。原本计划在12月17日举办活动现在改为12月16日。很有幸Morningside Baptist Church愿意为我们提供活动场所，但教会周日有主日活动，场地空不出来，唯一可能的就是周六。所以我们决定把活动时间提前一天，这样大家可以早点利用周末时间为节日做准备。Morningside Baptist church是个坐落在Pelham路上的一个教会，希望给我们跟往年略微不一样的经历。在活动当天我们会根据惯例提供午餐，之后各班老师带领学生们用节目表演的形式总结这一学期的学习成果，共同迎接圣诞节和新年的到来。具体活动安排我们会很快公布。请您和家人尽量安排时间参加这个活动，学校一年仅有两次孩子们登台表演的机会，千万不要错过。

为了便于我们准备足够的午餐，请点击这里报名。我们也需要志愿者，为办好活动出力。报名问卷也有问题问您和家人是否愿意做志愿者，如果您愿意也可以，请来帮忙。报名截止12月3日。谢谢！

Dear School families,

There's a change in the date of the Christmas party. We initially planned to have the event on Dec 17, and not it is changed to Dec. 16. We 're very lucky to have Morningside Baptist Church's offer that we can use one of their facilities for this event. Due to the conflict of the Sunday church service, we have to use the facility on Saturday instead of Sunday. So we decide to have the event one day ahead of the original schedule. The Morningside Baptist Church is located on Pelham Road, we hope it gives us a little different experience than the past. On the event day, we will serve the lunch for the families as usual (~11:30-1:00), and it will be followed by a stage performance (1:30-3:30) led by each teacher, to summarize the learning over the fall semester, and celebrate Christmas and New year. We will let you know the further details soon. Please reserve the date and try your best to make it since this is one of the only two opportunities over a school year for the students to show up on the stage. Don't miss it!

For the planning purpose, we would like to get a head count for the event. Please click here to sign up. The survey includes the question if you would like to volunteer for the event. Please help if you can. The survey will be closed by Dec. 3. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Principal: Farong Zhu

Vice Principal: Serena Li 

大家好！

从这周开始，家长值日开始新的周期。为了把周期拉长，我们决定每次两个家庭来值日。这也是建立在第一个值日周期大家全力支持的基础上，每次至少有两个家庭能够到位，而且有了值日经验，让我们有了更多的信心，以几个人之力可以在30分钟内完成桌椅摆放。感谢大家为让学校的日常运作出时出力！

另外，通过这前一轮值日，我们想号召更多的爸爸们来参与出力。这一轮我们看到爸爸们在学校服务的出镜率有1/4，其余都是妈妈们的身影。如果这些时间不影响爸爸们的周日安排，欢迎你们多来学校，不仅仅来接送孩子，也为妈妈们分担，利用这个机会秀一下肌肉妈妈们也在家多号召爸爸们，感受一下学校的气氛。

最后是家长论坛的通知：几次论坛讲座给大家带来很多益处，同时也增加了不少工作量。我们打算先暂停几周，休息一下，再为下一次论坛活动做准备。下一次活动会在新学期继续。

希望大家新的一周愉快！

Hello everyone!

We will start a new parent-on-duty cycle from this coming Sunday. To extend the cycle longer, we decide to arrange 2 families  instead of 3 for a single school day. This is based on the experience from the last duty cycle when, with two+ families & the school administrators, we were able to finish the school set-up in 30mins. We really appreciate your contribution to make the school functional.

Through observing the parent-on-duty in the first cycle, we would like to call for more active participation from dads. We saw that a quarter of the on duty work was done by dads, and the rest were mainly by moms. If Sunday afternoons would not influence dads' Sunday activities, we all welcome you to come to the school, share the work load with moms, not only send/pick up the kids, but also exercise your muscles and help school set up. Moms, please encourage your significant other to help parent-on-duty work.  

Lastly, here's the announcement for Parent Fortum -- we will take a break for the Forum. The past Parent Forum seminars were well acknowledged by the participants, and the concept and experiences shared were very helpful to the families. In the meanwhile, it required work from the School administrators, and required parents' time to participate. We think taking a break could help us better prepare for the next activity and gain good participation rate from community families. We will come back to the Forum in the new year.

Have a good week!

大家好！

上周日下午除了正常的中文学校课程，在The Fold Church后面的大房间里我们还有一个很温馨的聚会。治贤、方智和建花跟几位家长坐在一起讨论如何在爱中管教孩子，基础是要无条件地接纳孩子。爱的‘语言’，既可以是肯定的言语也可以是服务的行动，既可以是精心准备的时刻，也可以是呈现对方喜爱的礼物，每个人都有自己喜好的爱的语言，了解了这些，就可以选择合适的方式向对方呈现爱的‘语言’。大家讨论了很多具体的例子，非常亲切温暖的氛围。如果您错过了这一讲，这个周日还有最后一讲，如何说孩子会听？如何跟青少年沟通？如何管理自己的情绪？欢迎大家周日三点来The Fold Church加入。报名请点击链接。谢谢！

Last Sunday afternoon, other than the normal classes, in the back room of The Fold Church, we had a cozy gathering. Ms Terrie, Mr. Fang and Ms Jianhua circled with a few parents to brain storm how to efficiently implement disciplines to the children -- the key answer is to discipline with unconditional love. As to the love language, it could be words of affirmation, or act of service, or quality time, or receiving gifts, etc. What we need to do is to discover which language the loved ones really like, and use them to express your love. A lot of real life examples and experiences were discussed. If you missed that conversation, please join the one in the coming Sunday. It is the last Parenting seminar, includes 

• How to say Kids can listen?

• Communication with teens

• Emotion management

Please sign up through here. See you Sunday afternoon at 3pm at The Fold Church.

大家好！

希望大家度过了一个愉快的秋季短假！色彩斑斓的秋还有几周，如果您还没有尽兴，赶快行动起来！与此同时，不无遗憾地说接下来的周日学校又要开张啦！😄出游的同时还要记得督促孩子们完成中文学校的作业。

这个周日，除了恢复正常授课，我们还要继续家长论坛活动。三周前治贤和教会的几位弟兄姐妹开始了‘亲子关系’第一讲，主题是‘养育的基础--家庭、夫妻关系’，并且介绍了一个为个人行为模式分类的DISC工具。如果您参加了这一讲，作业是运用这个工具，做一个自己和家人行为模式的分类评估。这里提醒您周日来听讲座前把作业完成，这会帮助您理解接下来的内容：

• 爱和接纳，管教，爱的语言，如何说孩子会听 （10月22日）

• 与孩子的沟通/引导，情绪管理 （10月29日）

我们也预留了11月5日来为这个讲座结尾，当然会根据进展情况及时调整讲座时间。为了帮助讲员做好准备，请点击这里报名。也请您在周日10月22日下午3:00准时到The Fold Church参加。谢谢！

另外，请再次为付永强博士鼓掌，两周前他的”如何为孩子制定成长计划，为大学申请做准备“第二讲，得到了大家的高度关注和积极参与！感谢您的支持！如果您来参加了讲座，希望拿到文件做参考，请10月22日前发送电子邮件给gvlchineseschool01@gmail.com，我们会一起发送到您的邮箱，但请自己保留文件，不要传播。同样原则适用于‘亲子关系’讲座。发邮件时，请说明您关注的演讲题目，方便我们分享资料时对号入座。谢谢！

Dear parents,

I hope everyone had a great fall break! The gorgeous fall colors will keep up for another few weeks. If you haven't enjoyed it, go and catch it up! In the meanwhile, the school will be resumed this Sunday. While you do family outing in the weekend, don't forget to help your students to complete the homework.

This Sunday, other than resuming the lessons, the Parent Forum will be on as well. Three weeks ago, Ms Terrie and the brothers and sisters from GCCC church started the first seminar regarding 'Parenting' theme, focused on The foundation in raising a child -- the marital and family bond. They also introduced a tool named DISC to help you categorize an individual's behavior. Terrie left the homework of applying the tool to yourself and to your family members so you know what category yours and theirs are falling into. If you came to the seminar last time, please don't forget to complete this homework. By knowing the behavior category of your beloved ones, it would help you understand better in the following sessions:

• Love and acceptance/discipline, love languages & how to talk so the kids can listen (Oct 22)

• Communication with children and teens; emotion management (Oct.29)

We have also reserved Nov. 5 for the possible remaining contents to finish it up, including Q & A. Of course, we will make adjustment according to the needs. To allow the presenter well prepare for the materials, we're still requesting you to sign up through this link.  Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday at 3pm at The Fold Church.

In the meanwhile, we would like to give another big applause to Dr. Fu on his seminar 'How to set up a long term development plan for your child and prepare for college application'. We had really high participation rate. We appreciate your interest! If you have attended the seminar and would like to have the copy of the presentation materials, please send an email request to gvlchineseschool01@gmail.com by Oct 22. We do not encourage you to share the materials with others. The same logic applies to the 'Parenting' seminars. Just please remember to clarify which topic you're interested in your email request. Thanks! 

各位家长大家好！

家长论坛第二讲的主题是亲子关系，由格林维尔华人教会的郝治贤、陈翠叶、李建花、方智等几位弟兄姐妹来带领。他们曾在教会举办过很成功的讲座，包含很多实用的例子，并理论的同时加入很多练习。请千万不要错过哦！即便您上次参加过教会的讲座，仍然值得再听一次甚至几次，因为这些亲子的理念需要一次次在父母的心中稳定地建立起来才能更好地运用到生活中。这些理念包括：

• 养育的基础--家庭、夫妻关系

• 爱和接纳/管教，爱的语言，如何说孩子会听

• 与孩子的沟通/引导，情绪管理

在讲述这些理念之前，首先他们会带领大家利用DISC工具，了解您自己和家人的行为模式。

请大家点击这里来预定您的座位。希望周日在The Fold Church (1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607)见到您！ 讲座在3:00开始。

Everyone,

The theme of the 2nd seminar of Parent Forum activity will be on parenting. Ms Terie Fang, Ms Cuiye Chen， Ms Jianhua Li and Mr Chi Fang will be the presenters. They successfully led the seminar in the Greenville Chinese Christian Church (GCCC) in the past with the same parenting topics, and their presentations were very practical with many good examples. Don't miss it again! Even if you attended last time in GCCC, you are strongly encouraged to join again. To build these philosophies deeply in your mind requires repetitions and practices in the daily life. The philosophies include

• The foundation in raising a child -- the marital and family bond

• Love and acceptance/discipline, love languages & how to talk so the kids can listen

• Communication with children and teens; emotion management

To help interpret these concepts and philosophies, the DISC tool (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance) will be introduced to help categorize your and family members' individual behaviors. 

Please click here to sign up to reserve your seat. We're looking forward to seeing you at The Fold Church (1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607) at 3pm.

Sincerely,

中文学校

各位家长大家好！

非常感谢大家对昨天讲座的积极参与。我们有40十多位家长参加了讲座。特别感谢付永强博士昨天精彩的讲座，感谢他愿意把多年积累下来的经验和他个人对美国中小学教育思路的理解分享给大家。这不是一两天能够积累下来的，确实是我们社区的财富。来参加的家长很幸运没有错过这样好的机会和资源。我们也鼓励没有参加的家长常来学校坐坐，感受社区家庭相互关爱的美好气氛。我们也要特别谢谢昨天的值日家长，是他们帮助我们准备好了昨天的讲座场地。

因为很多家长希望再有第二讲。目前我们定在10月8日下午3点。请大家标好您的日历，不要错过了。讲员的演讲资料我们准备不公开，但如果您参加了讲座，希望拿到资料作为参考，请直接发邮件给学校，截止日期9月23日，我们会一起用邮件形式分享。请大家谅解。下一次大家来参加活动我们会让大家签到。谢谢理解！

同时我们在准备另一个话题：亲子关系。我们邀请到格林维尔华人教会的郝治贤，李建花和陈翠叶姐妹来为大家带领。这个讲座曾经在教会举办过，很受欢迎，她们也愿意分享给没有参加过这个讲座的社区家庭。我们非常感激她们的爱心！内容可能要分为几次，第一讲要在10月1日。为了更好地帮助讲员准备资料，我们仍然要做个问卷调查。请有兴趣的家长朋友点击这里https://forms.gle/3eVy2kurXE6e5UCv7，给出您的意见。谢谢！

Hi everyone，

Really appreciate your active participation in today's seminar. We have over 40 parents joined the seminar. Let's give a big applause to Dr. Fu for his excellent presentation today. We appreciate that he generously shared his multiple years of research and interpretation in the education strategy of the primary and secondary school in the US with the community families. For those who joined this seminar, you were lucky to catch this treasure. For those you missed, welcome you come to the School more often and feel the warmness of the community environment. We're together! We also would like to express our sincere appreciation to the parents who were on duty today. They were the ones who prepared the room and maintained the order for this seminar.

If you are asking for the presentation materials, unfortunately, we would not be able to share publicly. But if you have joined the seminar, and have the interest to have it as your reference, we will send you a copy. But please send your request through email. The deadline is 9/23. Some parents also asked for the 2nd session. Thanks Dr Fu his generosity to share his time again on 10/8. Please mark your calendar  and the seminar will start at 3pm. 

In the meanwhile, we're preparing for the 2nd topic - Parenting. Luckily, Ms Terrie Fang, Ms Jianghua Li and Ms Cuiye Chen are willing to share their time with us on this topic. They have organized the seminar with the same topic in Greenville Chinese Christian Church in the past, and was highly acknowledged. The seminar might need to be split into a few sessions and the first session will be on 10/1. To help them prepare for it, please click https://forms.gle/3eVy2kurXE6e5UCv7  to take the survey. Again, we encourage you to join us and don't miss the great resource to help your family in the life journey.

Sincerely,

中文学校

各位家长大家好，

感谢您对学校的支持，送孩子来学校学习。根据我们的承诺，这周日将是最后一次试课机会。之后我们争取完成各班的调整，建立一个对学生和老师都稳定的学习教学环境。

同时，请还没有交学费或者交了部分学费的家长请确保把学费交齐，最好在第一节课。支票或者现金都可以。如果您还没有拿到收据，请到前台取收据。

另，温馨提示：这个周日也是我们第一次家长论坛的讲座，有关帮助孩子建立成长计划，为申请大学做准备。如果您有兴趣参加，请填这个问卷调查。学校的教室位置有限，问卷调查可以帮助我们了解需要准备多少空间和座位。谢谢！

Dear parents,

Thanks for your interest in sending your children to the School! As promised, the School offers the last lesson opportunity to have the children try out the classes this coming Sunday. This is to stabilize the learning and teaching environment for both the students and the teachers, and also help the school administration. 

In the meanwhile, the tuition payment is due this Sunday as well. If you haven't paid, or just partially paid, please don't forget to bring checks or cash to make it up this Sunday afternoon. Better to be the first session since the administrative staffs may not be available during the seminar time.

Another reminder is the seminar on 9/17 as the first Parent Forum activity, the topic is about How to help the children build up a long term development plan, and prepare for the college application. Please don't forget to send the survey response. We prefer you to take the survey especially when you're interested in joining the seminar. The space is limited, and we need to make sure there's enough space for you. 

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you on Sunday!

中文学校计划开启家长论坛，将举办一系列论坛活动，目的是更有效地联系学校家长和社区家庭，为大家提供机会谈论有兴趣的话题。活动形式不限。

论坛第一讲将在9月17日下午3：00于The Fold Church举行，由对美国中小学教育思路很有研究的傅永强博士带领，主要定格在——如何帮助孩子制定长远的学习和成长计划，协助大学申请。欢迎关注这个话题的家长朋友积极参加。演讲可以涵盖很多内容，比如

• 美国大学概况

• 大学申请过程简介

• 申请按做决定类型分类

• 被大学接受的关键要素和如何在中小学为此做准备

• 助学金和奖学金及其申请

• 大学申请工具

• 建立你倾心的大学列表

• 高中三、四年级的关键时间点和暑假计划

• 南卡公立学校的GPA

• 如何在高中选课

但时间有限，必须有所侧重。我们这里做一个问卷调查，务请大家参与并提供意见，帮助讲员具有针对性地准备演讲资料。

第二讲是亲子关系，日期待定。

我们正在酝酿的更多的论坛话题，并希望家长们提出自己的兴趣和关注点，积极参与活动，并，如有可能，推荐讲员。谢谢大家对中文学校的关注和支持！

The School is planning to open a Parent Forum. This Forum is a platform to allow the parents and the community families to exchange ideas and discuss interesting topics, and help build the bond between families within the community. The activities could be in various formats.

The first activity will be a seminar at 3pm on Sept 17 at The Fold Church. Dr. Yongqiang Fu will lead the seminar, and the topic is on How to help your child define a long term development plan and prepare for college application. Dr Fu has good experience in analyzing the American primary and secondary education system, and he would like to share with you his views, and particularly, how this preparation could assist the college application. Welcome those who are interested in this topic join the seminar and ask your questions. Per the needs from the participants, the seminar could be in Chinese, in English, or both. Please let Dr. Fu know your preference in the survey here.

The 2nd topic is still in planning, which is about parenting philosophy - Build up a good parent-child relationship in the child-raising journey. The date is to be determined. Stay tuned!

To plan for future activities, please brainstorm with us and share your thoughts and recommend activity leaders if you can. We're looking forward to your participation in these activities!

家长朋友们，

今天第二次课。如果您仍然有兴趣为您的孩子注册，一点不会晚。请到The Fold Church 在学校上课期间来注册（1:30-5:00)。我们除了各个年级的中文课，还有数学课，手工课，国际象棋俱乐部，还有功夫课和舞蹈课。大部分的课程和老师已经在老师的网页上做了介绍。即便我们还没有完全完成这些老师和课程的介绍，这些内容也是您很好的参考资料。同时我们会解答您的问题。谢谢！

如果您的孩子对国际象棋俱乐部有兴趣，您也许注意到俱乐部的会员费从$100涨到$175。我们的教练Eric不仅带领孩子们经历象棋实战，也给大家做基本技巧的介绍，倾自己所能来帮助会员们。我们认为Eric所花的精力一点都不比其他课程的老师少，故决定以正常的课程学费作为这个俱乐部的会员费。期待您的理解和支持！

Dear parents,

Today is the 2nd lesson day. If you are still interested in different classess the School is offering, It's never been late. Please come to The Fold Church during the School class time (1:30-5:00) for registration. We are offering not only Chinese, but also math, visual arts, chess, and Chinese Kongfu and children dance. We have completed most of the introduction to the teachers and the courses they offer on our website. Please click the link to know about them. Even though, there're more to do, the available materials should be a good reference for you to know about our team and the courses. If you do have more questions, we will be happy to answer. Thank you!

If your child is interested in the Chess club, there's one change I'd like you to be aware of. We have increased the club fee from $100 to $175 for the whole year. The coach Eric will not only assist the chess games, but also present some basic techniques and strategies. The effort is no less than the regular 2nd period class at all. So we decide to collect the standard amount for the club fee to make it fair. We appreciate your understanding and support. 

Thank you!

家长朋友们，学校部分老师的介绍已经完成，请点击这里查看我们的团队，他们名字上的链接可以带你到他们的个人简介和课程简介。

Now that most of our teachers have been introduced,please click here to know more about our team. The link on the teachers' names will lead you to the introduction to their profile and the class they are offering, or you can directly click the link below to know more. 

B1 数学 I （Math I）: 谢经纬博士 Dr Chingwei Shieh

B2 数学 II （Math II）:  丁忠满博士 Dr Zhongman Ding

B3 中学数学竞赛（Math Count）: 赵巍博士 Dr Wei Zhao

C4 少儿功夫和球类运动 （Chinese Kongfu and sports）: 刘罡博士 Dr Logan Liu

B6 国际象棋俱乐部 （Chess Club）：石了了 Eric Shi

B5 少儿舞蹈 (Children Dance): Fiona Wong & Kayleigh Earnest

很感谢大家在上周末开学第一天的合作，注册和认识老师进行得很顺利！也许有些家庭错过了，这个周日第一天上课千万不要错过时间！ 

通过整理上周日注册信息，学校做出以下课程调整。

1. 新增课程/节目：

C4: 少儿武术和球类运动，由刘罡（Logan Liu）老师和李一恒（Mary Adams）老师带领。请查看详情。

B6: 国际象棋俱乐部：由石了了（Eric Shi）带领。请点击这里认识Eric。 

3.  AC1 中文汇话班分成两个小班AC1a和AC1b，方便给予更多的时间加强老师和学生的互动。 

4. 几节授课时间稍有调整，教室平面图请看这里。

1:30-2:55pm: AC1a, AK, A1, A3, A4, A6

3:00-4:25pm: AC1b, AC2

3:00-3:55pm: B1, B2, B3, B4, B6(Chess)

4:00-4:55pm: C3, C4(Kongfu) 

5. 家长值日日历请点击这里，从下周末8/27正式开始。

Thanks for the collaboration during the 1st day of school last Sunday! Everything went well. Some of you may miss the event. Don’t miss the first class day this Sunday 8/20.

We would like to make a few adjustments on the class offering. 

1. New programs are offered:

C4 Chinese Kongfu as a formal class, to be instructed by Logan Liu and Mary Adams. Click here to see the details.

B6 Chess club: to be led by Eric Shi. Please click here to know Eric's story.

2. AC1 class will be split into 2 as AC1a and AC1b for better teacher and student interaction. 

3. Class schedule is slightly adjusted due to limited class room availability. The classroom layout is updated here.

1:30-2:55pm: AC1a, AK, A1, A3, A4, A6

3:00-4:25pm: AC1b, AC2

3:00-3:55pm: B1, B2, B3, B4, B6

4:00-4:55pm: C3, C4 

4. The parent-on-duty schedule is posted here and to be formally started on 8/27. 

Dear Chinese school families,

It is super exciting that our 1st day of school is coming this Sunday on Aug 13. Please do bring your children and the registration forms to the school. If you have not started the registration online, and are interested in joining the school or know more about the school, please come to the school as well at The Fold Church (1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607).

To make the registration more efficient, we plan to arrange the 1st school day as below:

1) Meet the teachers, 1:30pm-2:30pm. Please keep in mind that 1:30 is the starting time for all A & B & C class types. Your teachers will be waiting in the assigned room.

2) Registration: once you and your children meet the teachers, please come to the registration desk to turn in the medical release form, pay the tuition (if you haven’t), and get your receipts.

The 1st day classroom layout is as below. Please do remember, the regular school day classroom layout will be different from this TEMPORARY layout. I will send the regular layout next week.

This is to allow the teachers to communicate with the parents and the students, and help the parents find out if their initial sign-up classes fit their children's needs. If any change is needed, it can be corrected before filling in the form and paying the tuition. This doesn't mean after paying the tuition, everything is fixed. We will still open the opportunity to change until 4th school day on Sept 17 (we particularly extend the class try-out for one more week).  Also we will NOT send the text books on the 1st day.

Beyond the 1st day school announcement, I'd like to grab your few more minutes attention. I hope we have advertised our school broadly, but we could still miss some opportunities to share our stories. To be able to make the school survive, we have to have sufficient students to register. So please help advertise the school to your friends and families. 

To make it transparent, so far, we only have 59 class sign-ups, which is 50% lower than last year. Some classes only have 1 or 2 sign-ups. By Sept 17, if there would be only 2 or 1 sign-ups in one class, we would cancel this class for the whole school year. 

Our teachers are awesome, either with rich teaching experience, or with high level education degrees, or both. For example, the math class teachers are all PhDs in Science or Engineering. It is a super great opportunity to engage with such background teachers. I will soon post more information on our teachers on our website. We also appreciate our teachers devote their time to support our community. Also if you have interest in contributing to the school (teaching or administration), please contact us.

Finally, appreciate your attention to read this long email. Looking forward to seeing you in The Fold church at 1:30pm on Sunday.

P.S. due to the long email, we will send the email in English and in Chinese, separately.

Sincerely,

Farong Zhu, Principal

亲爱的中文学校的家长和同学们，

大家好！开学第一天将至，做为老师我们既紧张又激动----不知道这个学年会有多少家庭关注并加入我们的学校；也不知道修订的办学方案会不会带来好的教学效果。期待尽快能得到一些答案。这个周日8月13日下午，请大家带着孩子和注册表格来The Fold Church（1313b Miller Road, Greenville SC 29607）完成注册。如果您还没有做过网上注册，仍然有兴趣送孩子来学校跟其他孩子和老师打交道，并不晚，也请带着孩子加入。具体安排如下：

1)      师生见面，1:30pm-2:30pm。所有A、 B 、C课程的老师都会在指定的教室等待你们，希望跟家长和孩子有所交流，了解注册的课程是否合适。您也可以询问老师的教学计划。

2)      完成注册：师生见面后，确定您的孩子的课程选择合理，请填好注册表格签上字，到注册处交表交费并拿收据。(注意：第一次课不发教科书)

师生见面的教室安排如下（这仅仅是为师生见面安排的，正式教室位置图将在下周公布）：

注册完成之后，我们仍然提供3周时间允许修改，直到9月17日（今年我们特意延长一周的试课时间）。

除了公布开学第一天的计划，我们还想占用大家几分钟时间。我们今年的学校宣传可能没有做好，目前注册学生数量比往年减少将近50%。做为这样完全靠大家的热情建立起来的非盈利机构，学校需要一定多数量的注册才能维持学校运转。如果我们的宣传做得不够，请大家帮忙向您的朋友圈做宣传。另外也希望大家提意见和建议，帮助维持和活跃这个华人的活动圈。

学校有非常好的老师，或者有多年教学经验，或者有高等学历，或者二者兼备。比如，我们的数学老师都是工程也科学方面的博士，他们很多培养出了很出色的孩子们。希望您能放心把孩子们交给这样的良师。我们尽快会把老师的介绍上载到学校网站，供大家了解老师的机会。

现在的学校空间有限，请大家多包涵。希望渡过这一两年学校能有更好的条件。也希望有能力有热情的同胞积极参与（有兴趣请与我们联系），帮助改善办学效果，维持这个难得的几乎一周一次的中文和文化交流的环境。

谢谢大家的时间！期待周日的见面！

（由于篇幅太长，我们会把邮件中英版本分开发送。）

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