1. The Tenth Graduation and Award Ceremony will be on this is on June 12 @3:00 at the atrium of Parkhouse Hall. All the classes after 3:00 will be cancelled. All the students should attend the important event of Guang Hua. 24 students will graduate and over one hundred students will receive trophies and medals for their accomplishment in the 2015-2016 school year. Light refreshment will be provided at the end of the ceremony. Please come to join us to celebrate another successful year of Guang Hua!
2. Thanks for the contribution of Sun Yu (Felicia Yan @ Chinese AP). Our donors’ contribution and our volunteers’ dedication made a big difference for our school and our community!
3. The early registration for the 2016-2017 school year will be ended this Sunday. You need to pay $10 extra if you register after June 12 no matter you are a current student or new freshman. No exceptional.
4. There are a few new updates for next school year:
i. For students ages 6-10, Zhou Lao Shi will give a second audition on June 12 @12:00 at room 102.
ii. Per parents‘requests, we open another Adult Dance from 3pm-3:50pm. Zhou Lao Shi will be the instructor.
iii. CML class by Stephanie Zhang moves to 4:00pm
iv. New teachers :
* Lei Han: Chinese teacher of G6A.
Lei Han: Graduated from Shandong University and Baylor University (MBA), now study at Westminster Theological Seminary。曾从事企业管理与文字工作,对文史哲兴趣浓厚。喜欢孩子,有耐心,普通话标准。
* Felicia Yan: CML at 1:00 pm
Felicia Yan is going to be a sophomore next school year at North Penn high school. She came in first for her school’s CML competition for the past three years as well as participating on her school’s MathCounts team for all eligible years. She is passionate about math and hopes to pass on her love for the subject to other students as well. Felicia has also volunteered at Guanghua Chinese School’s summer program ever since it was established 3 years ago. At the summer program, she was able to improve her teaching skills as well as learn important skills such as classroom management. Besides math, Felicia also enjoys traveling, cooking, and playing tennis.
5. Summer program meetings will be held at the school office at 1:15. All the families whose children will attend the summer program should come to the meeting. All the information will be announced at the meeting and answer all the questions if you have.
6. Guang Hua will have a Spelling Bee Competition in Dec 2016. Please ask your children to review the Chinese characters during this summer if they have time. Here is the announcement in Chinese. (You may pick up the booklet of the 800 words and the 1500 words at the school office. FSFS. Also the booklet is attached and will be posted on our website) Good luck to everyone!
关于举办光华识字大奖赛的通知
为了提高学生对识字的认读能力,激发学习对中华文化的兴趣,光华中文学校将于12月初举办全校的识字比赛的活动。比赛将分为三个阶段:
第一阶段:班级比赛。比赛形式为笔试。学校根据《中文常用字》(800字)每个level 的常用字,编写考卷,全校统一考试,每个班选出前几名参加第二阶段赛。参加考试的同学都会收到一个证书,可以用来交换优秀学生奖杯。
第二阶段:分为四个年级组比赛。比赛由学校组织,比赛采取淘汰赛。要对每个字的正确读音、语义、词组有比赛的形式有组词、抢答题、速答题、联想题等等。选出年级组的状元一名(奖金50元),榜眼(奖金30元)和探花(奖金20元)数名,所有参赛者(鼓励奖10元)
第三阶段:分为低年级组(KG-G4)和高年级组赛(G5-G9),以《中文常用字》(1500字)为准。比赛采取淘汰赛,选出光华状元各一名(奖金100元),榜眼(奖金50元)和探花 (奖金30元)数名。
GHCS Management Team