Guanghua Chinese Association (GHCA) Weekly Newsletter No.23, February 16, 2020

Weekly Briefing: 

  1. School will open on Feb 16/2月16日学校恢复正常上课;
  2. 光华华人协会&亚都华人协会共同抗击新型肺炎病毒募捐第二阶段倡议书;
  3. New Class Announcement: Robotics 101 & Advanced Robotics;
  4. Summer Program Registration 

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  1. School will open on Feb 16/2月16日学校恢复正常上课; 

学校一直关心我们周围 Coronavirus 的传播情况。基于美国疾病中心截至 2 月 12 日 6pm 的最新数据,我们周围几个州(宾州/新洲/德拉瓦/纽约)没有一例确认病例。 宾州卫生局也认为目前 Coronavirus 在本州流行的可能性非常低。此外,现实考 虑,绝大多数回国人士都在美国航班 2 月 2 日停航前返回了美国。到 2 月 16 日, 都已经达到或者超过了 CDC 建议的自我隔离 14 天的规定。期间如果没有 Coronavirus 相关发病症状,可以认为是未被病毒感染。基于以上考虑,学校决 定,2 月 16 日开始正常上课。学校会继续跟踪形势的发展,如有必要会做出相应 的调整。 

出于谨慎考虑,学校要求如下: 1)如有近期来美/返美的家庭成员,必需严格执行自我隔离 14 天的规定。在此之 前,不得前来中文学校。这是一种责任,也是一种担当,关乎您家人和我们社 区的健康。谢谢您。 2)如有感冒,发烧,咳嗽或其他不适症状,请向老师请假,自觉在家休息,不要 

前来中文学校,这对人对己都好; 3)除了低年级班级,家长不要进入教室,无关人员也请暂时别来学校; 4)请家长跟学生强调卫生习惯的重要性。学校会给每个班级提供 hand Sanitizer供 

课堂使用。 并在一楼和三楼大厅放置大瓶供大众使用。 

  1. 光华华人协会&亚都华人协会共同抗击新型肺炎病毒募捐第二阶段倡议书; 

在第一阶段募捐过程中,光华华人协会和亚都华人协会联合募捐,共收集到$21,000 捐款,加上match部分共计$43,000。购买了6300件防护服和720只N95口罩已发往国 内,用来支援抗疫前线。这批医疗物资共花费$22,000。第二批货10000个医护手术 口罩已购,花费$28,000。其中一部分是学校垫款。我们承诺将每一分钱用在实处, 并且整个过程中,秉着公开、透明的原则,及时向所有人公布捐款和使用细节。因此赢得了大家的信任,在广大华人社区都产生了非常积极的影响。欢迎大家继续捐 款,捐赠明细清单向大家公布。 

捐款联系人: 樊红霞 215-312-6512 赵志根 607-229-2896 捐款详情请见: http://guanghuachinese.org/joomla3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article& id=175&Itemid=240 

  1. New Class Announcement: Robotics 101 & Advanced Robotics; 

1) Robotics 101 (For Ages 8 to 14 Years) 

Class Description: The curriculum for the Robotics 101 program is designed to introduce students to both robot building as well as programming. The students will build robots to accomplish a specific task while using their imagination to make their robot better than the basic robot. During the class students will discover the Engineering Design Process in a real world setting as they test their robots multiple times. This class will be taught by professional teachers from Engineering for Kids. The class starts on March 7th and ends on May 9. It happens from 7:30pm – 8:30pm every Saturday for 8 weeks at Greater Philadelphia Cultural Center. This class will prepare your kids for the competition of EV3. No pre knowledge is required. 

2) Advanced Robotics (For ages 8 to 14 years) 

Class Description: In this class, students will continue developing programming and design skills. They will solve more complex problems using the EV3 package, explore advanced concepts in programming, and practice problem solving and teamwork techniques to prepare for the First Lego League robotics competition. This class will be taught by professional teacher from Engineering for Kids. This class continues from Robotics 101 and includes 1 hour class and 1 hour club activity. It starts on March 7 and ends on May 9. It happens from 6:00pm – 8:00pm every Saturday for 8 weeks at Greater Philadelphia Chinese Cultural Center. Robotics 101 is pre required before taking this class. Registration available online: http://guanghuachinese.org/joomla3/index.php?option=com_guanghua&view=classre gistration&Itemid=235 

  1. Summer Program Registration 

It is time to start consider about summer program. Guanghua Chinese Association will hold the 6th year summer program. This year, our summer program will be held for 9 weeks, starting from June 22nd to Aug 21st. We have invited Engineering for Kids to our summer program. They will add the following programs to our summer program, 

1) Electronic Game Design: Hydrocrafts 2) 3D Printing Minecraft Creation 

3) Jr. Lego Robotics: Amazing Mechanism 4) Jr. Aerospace Engineering: Taking to the skies In addition, we will have themed Chinese Cultural Studies Summer Program. It includes Chinese Language, Chinese Stories, Chinese Arts including Paper Cuts, Clay Figure(泥 人),Chinese Knotes(编织), The registration will start on Feb 23rd, 2020 (Open House Day). Our registration table will be at outside school office in Guanghua Chinese School. For more details, please stop by our registration table on the Open House day. You may also contact Xianghong (Shauna) Zhang (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for the program information. 

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