PTA本周提要

1.     2013蛇年新春联欢会DVD/Blue Ray继续出售 CNY show DVD/Blue Ray is on sale for another week
2.    三月乐高班将于本周开始 One of the three LEGO classes starts this Saturday
3.    免费财经和法律讲座 Free financial and law seminars
4.    家长值勤安排 Parent-on-duty
5.    日程表 For your calendar 

2013蛇年新春联欢会录像盘继续出售  CNY show recordings are on sale

你还在回味西北中文学校2013蛇年春节联欢会吗?你错过了联欢会吗?我们的会场录像光盘在上周隆重推出后,当天售罄。新的光盘将要抵达。如果你希望买一盘留下做纪念的话,请在本周六到PTA办公桌购买。
Now the CNY show DVD or Blue Ray is ready to be purchased at the PTA desk, and the response from families was overwhelming the first weekend.  If you missed it last week, please come to the PTA table this Saturday. The trailer can be previewed on our NWCS homepage http://www.nwchinese.org We have hired this time PSV as our professional videographer to get clearer quality of the performance and sound. So you can keep the memories and share the highlights with your families. It’s a great gift for anyone you love.

三月乐高班本周开课  LEGO Robotics class starts this Sat
K-1年级班和2-4年级班尚有空位,本周六还来得及报名. Grade K-1 and 2-4 classes still have open seats.  There is still time to register this Sat.  All registration fees are nonrefundable.
·         For Grade 5 – 8th: LEGO Robotics (sold out. Class starts this Sat.)
Dates:              March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Apr 6th
Time:               12pm – 2pm
Room#:           1106
·         For Grade K-1st: LEGO Jr Builder class from LEAP4Kidz™  offers an integrated STEM curriculum including science, technology, engineering, math, as well as history, language arts, and team decision making to children using LEGO® bricks. This is a hands-on class where students will build and design with Lego bricks creating things from the world around them!  Subjects are different from the Oct session. 
 
Class size:       max 24 students (5 seats are left)
Dates:              March 9, 16, 23
Time:               11am – 12pm
Room#:           1113
Fee:                 $35 (same cost if attend less than 3 classes)
 
·         For Grade 2 - 4th: LEGO Jr Engineer class from LEAP4Kidz™ offers an integrated STEM curriculum including science, technology, engineering, math, as well as history, language arts, and team decision making to children using LEGO® bricks and motors. This is a hands-on class where students will build and design with Legos and receive an introduction to levers, gears, pulleys and more using batteries and motors to bring their creations to life! Subjects are different from the Oct session.
 
Class size:       max 24 students (4 seats are left)
Dates:              March 9, 16, 23
Time:               12pm – 1pm
Room#:           1113
Fee:                 $35 (same cost if attend less than 3 classes)
 
 
免费财经讲座 Free financial seminar
免责声明: 所有参与投资理财演讲的家长,应考虑投资本身的风险性,斟酌决定自己投资的可能性。西北中文学校提供演讲的场地,核实主讲人公司和其公众演讲许可证明,对家长个人投资错误或演讲内容误差一概不负任何责任。Parents who participate financial planning seminars should evaluate his or her own risk tolerance level and possibility before doing any investments.  NWCS provides classrooms for presenters, review and confirm each presenter’s company and their approved public appearance. NWCS is not responsible for any individual investment loss or errors in presenter’s materials.
 
货币战争风云起 - 我们首先将与大家探讨从去年到今年欧美各国的量化宽松到今年年初的日本接力印钞对2013年的经济及股市会有甚么影响?全球资金再平衡状况下我们在401k及各种退账户中该如何应对? 内容精彩丰富,欢迎踊跃参加!
 
主讲: Albert Chang
时间:    March 2, from 11-12pm
地点:    Room 1201 (steps further from the PTA desk)
 
 
免费法律讲座 Free Law seminar
美国家庭和婚姻法律:新移民应知道的家庭法律 Family and Marriage Law Seminar
 
主办: 曹霄鹤律师事物所
主讲: Erica Santos
时间:    March 2, from 12-1:30pm
地点:    Room 1201 (steps further from the PTA desk)
Translator: Alan Lai for Q & A session
律师 Erica Santos 7年家庭和婚姻法工作经验的Erica Santos 是西雅图的执业律师。她将主讲家庭法知识,包括领养,子女抚养、离婚、子女抚养权、修改现有的子女抚养费和养育计划、家庭暴力、家庭伴侣和配偶赡养费等。她深受家庭和婚姻法领域同行,客户,甚至是对方的代理律师的推崇和高度信任。
 
家长值勤安排 Parent-on-duty
The next classes for parent-on-duty are as follows:
            Mar 02             AM - 4E;  PM - 7C
coming up:
            Mar 09 
           AM - 5A;  PM - 8C

Each class will need 2 parents for safety patrol, and 2 parents for the gift certificate sales.  AM refers to classes starting at 9am, and PM refers to classes starting at 12noon.  Please inform the parents of the specific duties and procedures.

Safety patrol  Safety patrol parents
must arrive before 8:45 for morning classes and before 11:45 for afternoon classes, and stay until about 30 minutes after classes begin.   The parents should get the safety patrol jackets from the principal's desk.  The duties include directing traffic  outside of the school building, and ensuring that students walk safely in the school premises.

Gift certificate sales  Gift certificate sales parents can get the gift certificates from the accountant, Ms. Xu Min at the admin desk.  Please remember to record the classes for which the certificates are purchases, because
5% of the proceeds go to the respective class funds.  Morning parents should stay until 10:50, and afternoon parents should stay until 1:30.

Please take a look at the overall class duty calendar to know your class' scheduled date, and prepare to organize the parent duties about 2 weeks ahead of time. If you have any questions or your role has been transferred to other parents, please contact Minggang Li at: ming.li@nwchinese.org


日程表  For your calendar 
 
March
02 LEGO Robotics class starts the first of 6 sessions
02 Financial and law seminars
09, 16, 23, All three LEGO classes
Ordering of CNY show DVD/Blue-Ray continues till end of March 
Important links:
Click on this link Shop at Shop at Amazon.com! ONLY when you shop through this link, our school will earn 4-10% free money from Amazon.
Log your volunteer hours if your company pays for your volunteer hours
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