PTA本周提要
1. 西北中文学校品德教育
Virtues education at NWCS
2. 马年春节联欢会节目报名最后一周
Only about one week left until closing of the CNY show registration
3. 北美高层次人才创业大赛
4. 免费讲座 Free
seminars sponsored by PTA
5. 入住美国后饮食调适过程研究
6. 家长值勤安排 Parent-on-duty
7. 日程表
For your calendar
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西北中文学校品德教育
Virtues education at NWCS
良好的品行对孩子和家长有重大意义。如果孩子在课堂上的良好行为得到老师和家长的认可和鼓励，孩子会感受到他的行为的价值所在，能成为其他孩子的榜样。老师和家长的一个小小的，及时的认可和鼓励往往能对孩子今后的学习、工作、生活都起到终生的影响。PTA和学校从本学期开始，每月选择一个品德主题，和课堂老师共同推动品德教育。我们本学期选择的主题是：尊敬，责任感，同情心，诚实。本月和12月在各班倡导的品德教育是：尊敬。尊敬会表现在如何有礼貌的与人对话，如何对属于他人的东西和隐私保持一定的距离，如何对他人的想法表示有礼貌的认可。尊敬不光是需要对他人表现，也要对自己。尊敬会使人在每天的日常生活中有价值感。Practicing
Virtues (品德)
in the classroom takes only minutes but the acknowledgement of Virtues
by a
child’s teacher and parent may impact a child’s life forever. As our
children are learning academic excellence, Virtues help empower each
child and parent to live a more meaningful life. Virtues are part of our
daily lives – Parents to raise children of compassion
and integrity, teachers to create safe, caring and high performing
learning communities, leaders to encourage excellence and ethics in the
work place. In order to allow our children really understand Virtues, we
think the best way is to learn Virtues in action.
PTA would like to work with teachers in the classroom this school year
to practice the following virtues: 1.Respect (尊敬);
2.Responsibilities (责任感); 3. Compassion (同情心);
4. Honesty (诚实). For the rest of the month November and December, we start with practicing
Virtue RESPECT in
the
class. With respectfulness people’s privacy and personal belongs would
not be violated. With respect people will not speak rudely to each other
and treat others as if they don’t matter. With self-respect you would
not let others use you or hurt you. Being respectful
helps people feel valued, every day.
春节联欢会节目报名截止日11月30日
only about 1 week left until closing of the 2014 Chinese New Year show registration
报名内容要求：节目的名称（中英文）；形式，班级，演员名单，联系人电话和电邮，以及节目简介和所需时间。请把节目录像下载到YouTube并通知我们，以资评审。现场评审将在12月7日和14日进行。如有问题，请通过pta@nwchinese.org和节目组联系。
Until Nov 30th,
we need the following content for your Chinese New Year program submission:
1. program title in both Chinese and English; 2. your class, name of
the performer(s); 3. type of your program.
4. contact info of the program organizers; 5. program length and
duration; 6. Brief description of your program. Please submit your
program on the YouTube (private links only) by 11/30. We will audit your
program based on that. We will also have an onsite audition
schedule on 12/7 and 12/14. Based on the YouTube and Onsite audition,
the final program selection will be made. We strongly encourage and will
give priority consideration to high quality Chinese-language related
programs. If you have any questions please email PTA@nwchinese.org
北美高层次人才创业大赛
第四届北美创业大赛详情见http://startup21.org
西雅图赛区选拔赛暨第一届西雅图创业大赛将于2013年11月11日在西雅图启动，由西雅图创业协会承办。将经过三轮评选，总决赛在2014年1月5日在加州圣塔克拉拉会议中心盛大举行（Santa
Clara Convention center）。组织者定于本周六十二点在中文学校的2105教室为大家现场问答。欢迎大家光临参加。
免费讲座 Free
seminars sponsored by PTA
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.
A. 美国顶尖大学是这样考取的:
成功家教范例献给学生及家长 Parenting seminar by author of the book “Dream
College Admissions Made Possible”
一个中国父亲送走两名顶尖大学生后的反思和建议。引用姜医生自己的话说：“我和我的妻子都是第一代移民到美国。我们在这个国家没有正式的课堂教育经历。我们花了多年的时间去摸索美国的教育系统。我们犯了不少的失误也走了很多的弯路;
但从中也获得了丰富的经验。我真诚地希望我们的反思和经历能为现在的和将来的年轻父母们提供一些指导和参考. 如果我们的孩子能进入美国顶尖大学,
没有谁家的孩子不能进入他们梦想的大学”.
在研讨会结束后，还有签书仪式。A
reflection and advice from a Chinese parent who sent two students to
top
colleges. Here is the seminar introduction with Dr. Jiang’s own words:
”My wife and I are first-generation immigrants to the United States. We
did not have formal classroom experience in this country. It took us
many years of trial and error to navigate the
American educational system. If our children can do it, so can any
student in America. It is our sincere hope that our reflections provide
some guidance for all present and future parents in preparing children
for their dream colleges.” At the end of the seminar,
you can purchase his book onsite and there will be a book signing in the
classroom.
主讲/Speaker:
Dr. Peter Jiang (in English and Chinese)
时间/Time:
11/23/2013 from 11-12pm
地点/Room:
1112
B. Alzheimer research
and current findings - hosted by UW Research center Dr. Gail Li
Gail
Li, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at the UW, a Co-Associate
Director of the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Clinical
Core, as well as a UW ADRC research principal investigator (PI). Dr. Li
has studied the genetics of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease,
and she is currently investigating spinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease,
as well as vascular
risk and protective factors for Alzheimer's disease in a
community-based population. Dr. Li will be speaking about Alzheimer's
disease and other dementias, what we know about their
causes, and what the current treatments are.
Speaker: Dr. Gail Li (in
English)
Time: 11/23/2013 from
11-12pm
Room: 1201
C. 西雅图分校理财讲座
主讲:
Albert Chang
时间：
11/23/2013 from 12:30-1:30pm
地点:
room 129 at Seattle Branch
入住美国后饮食调适过程研究
华大博士生刘仪君正在寻找约8名志愿的研究对象来一起参与一场90分钟的焦点团体访谈会。符合条件的有志者，请和博士生刘仪君联系。访谈会地点:
西北中文学校PTA desk; 时间:
11/23 上午9:30- 11:00。研究对象将一起讨论入住美国后饮食调适过程的个人经历并获赠30美元的礼卡。对象资格:
在美国居住尚未超过5年并且至少18岁并且是华裔且会说华语并且是位母亲，正在养育至少一名未成年子女。详情请电邮:
liui@uw.edu; 电话(206) 953-8637
家长值勤安排 Parent-on-duty
The next classes for parent-on-duty are as follows:
Nov 16
AM - 1B/9A;
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. Yi Qiufang 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 Li, Minggang at: ming.li@nwchinese.org
Thank you.
NWCS PTA
日程表 For
your calendar
Nov
23 Virtue education starts at NWCS – Respect
23 LEGO classes continue in room 1114
30 No school - Thanksgiving
30 Final day to submit 2014 Chinese New Year (CNY) performance program proposals
30 Final day to submit 2014 Chinese New Year (CNY) performance program proposals
Dec
07 CNY performance audition
14 CNY performance audition
21 Winter break – holidays
28 Winter break – holidays
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