Wednesday, November 13, 2013

NWCS PTA weekly communications 10/31/2013

PTA本周提要
1.             马年春节联欢会节目报名  Only four weeks left until closing of the CNY show registration
2.             请为春节联欢会出主意  Seeking input for the 2014 Chinese New Year show
3.             乐高班本周六开课 Lego classes start this week
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

Shopping at Amazon.com benefits school PTA - NWCS received $234 dollars from March till Oct, Thank You!
Amazon has school reward program. Don’t forget to click on this link to Shop at Amazon.com! ONLY when you shop through this link, our school will earn 4-10% free money from Amazon to support programs for students and parents. So add the link to your favorites! The Amazon link is also on our school website at http://www.nwchinese.org Our fund can only grow when more parents, Grandparents and relatives shop through this school link at Amazon.


春节联欢会节目报名截止日1130  only four weeks left until closing of the 2014 Chinese New Year show registration
请各位老师和家长在1130日前把你的节目报到pta@nwchinese.org 报名资料请包括节目的中英文名称,型式、班级、演员名单、组织或联系人的电华和电邮、以及节目简介和所需时间,把节目录像下载到YouTube(private link only)并通知我们,以资评审。现场评审将在127日和1214日进行。如有问题,请通过pta@nwchinese.org和我们联系。Important Information Regarding CNY Program Submission: 1) Please submit your program via PTA@nwchinese.org  no later than 11/30/13.  2) Please list your program in both Chinese and English, including your class, name of the performer(s), Title and type of your program. 3) Please provide contact info of the program organizers.  4) Please provide program length in minutes, number of performers, and a short description of your program if possible.  5) Please provide video(YouTube private links only) of your program by 11/30. The onsite audition will be held on 12/7 and 12/14.  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

请为春节联欢会出主意  Looking for input for the theme of 2014 Chinese New Year show
西 北中文学校的春节联欢会是我们所有老师家长学生的联欢会,是展现大家才能的一个窗口。我们在此请大家集思广益,为联欢会出主意。第一,请大家为晚会的主题 命名,给它想一个题目。第二,请同学们,特别是美术班的同学们,为晚会的海报和门票设计一个和春节有关的图案。所有的稿件请在1130日前送pta@nwchinese.org,或送PTA 的办公桌。我们将选其中最有代表意义的作品。The NWCS Chinese New Year performance is a celebration by all teachers, parents, and students of the school, a showcase for our talents.  The PTA invites everyone to consider (1) making suggestions for a theme for the celebration, and (2) graphical designs for the event flyers and tickets by the students, especially students from the art classes.  We will select the most representative for this important occasion.  Please submit your entries by Nov 30, 2013 to pta@nwchinese.org, or to the PTA desk.


乐高班本周开课  Lego classes start this week
PTA部分赞助的不同年级的乐高班本周六开始上课。请报了名的同学准时到课室报到。有意上课但还没有报名的同学请在上课前到PTA桌子报名。Lego classes start this week.  Registered students please go to classes on time.  Those wishing to take the class but have not registered can still register before classes begin at the PTA desk.  Registration fee is non-refundable.

1.   LEGO® Jr Engineer class (3-5th Grade) 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! 

Class size:             min 15 – max 24 students
Dates:                    5 sessions from Nov 2nd – Dec 14th  (No schools on Nov 9th and 30th)
Time:                     11-12pm
Room:                    # 1114
Fee:                       $75

2.   LEGO® Jr Builder class (K-2nd Grade) 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! 

Class size:             min 15 – max 24 students
Dates:                    5 sessions from Nov 2nd – Dec 14th  (No schools on Nov 9th and 30th)
Time:                     12 – 1pm  
Room:                    # 1114
Fee:                       $75

 
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. 教育基金规划大揭密 在这个学费飙涨的年代,为孩子准备教育基金是父母亲刻不容缓的课题,本周我们要跟大家探讨如何为孩子准备大学的教育基金,以及如何申请助学金,我们在会中会探讨几个重点:如何为孩子准备教育基金? 申请助学金(Financial aid)应注意的事项及技巧;529 plan解析;如何利用不同的金融工具达到节税及储备教育基金的目的. 我们将以深入浅出的方法为大家做详实的解析,您千万不能错过! 我们同时会提供茶水点心,欢迎大家踊跃参加!

主讲:         Albert Chang
时间:         11/02/2013 12:30pm~1:30pm
地点:         Room # 129  in Washington Middle School, Seattle (NWCS Branch)

B. 家庭省税与教育基金讲座 美国是一个高收入高税收的国家,家庭的管理及其重要。美国政府提供哪些有税上好处的政策?哪些人可以享受这些税的优惠?许多工作的人都给自己存了退休基金,但是应存多少将来才够用而又不会使现在的生活太紧张,如何考虑将来税的负担?如何在市场下跌时保护401(k), 403(b)退休金不至缩水美国大学学费正在以平均每年6-7%的速率增长,你是否需要给孩子存教育基金?在现有的教育基金中,哪一种更适合您的家庭状况?如何申请到更多的financial aid? 家庭各种财务需求需统筹规划。怎样合理搭配孩子上学的教育基金,自己的退休,买房子的财务规划?如何计划才不会影响孩子申请助学金?
 
       主讲:         Dave Wong
      
时间:         11/02 from 11 – 12pm
       
地点:         Room # 1112 
 
C. 家庭投资理财与教育基金讲座 (1)普通家庭个人怎样学会投资才能做到早投资早受益 (2)许多人开始考虑投资到金融市场,但是市场的震荡起伏给投资者带来了巨大的风险, 使大家望而却步。怎样才是正确的做法 (3)是否需要给孩子存教育基金。在现有的教育基金中, 哪一种最适合您的家庭 (4)买房贷款应怎样搭配首付跟选择多少年还清 (5)美国现存的社会保障体系正在随着婴儿潮人口的老化而逐渐瓦解, 现在工作的人将来退休后,是否还能得到应有的保障,怎样去准备自己的退休金.
主讲:             Xujie Zhang PhD
时间:             11/02 from 11 – 12pm
地点:             Room # 1201
 

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,请到PTA desk和博士生刘仪君联系。访谈会地点: 西北中文学校PTA desk; 时间: 预定11/16(周六) 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。对象资格和条件: 在美国居住尚未超过5年,至少18岁,是华裔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 02             AM - 3A;  PM - Pre-C

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


日程表  For your calendar  
Nov
02 Both LEGO classes start
09 No school – Ski Swap
30 No school - Thanksgiving
30 Final day to submit 2014 Chinese New Year performance program proposals


Important links:
Log your volunteer hours if your company pays for your volunteer hours Link to volunteer log 
For previous PTA announcements, please visit http://nwcspta.blogspot.com
NWCS school website: http://www.nwchinese.org

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