MLCCC Newsletter (2015-12-17)

Dear Parents,

Hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather. Our school will run this Sunday December 20. Then we will close on December 27 and January 3 for Christmas and New Year’s. School will resume on January 10.

Synopsis:

1. Parents Basketball Shooting Game Results
2. MLCCC Chinese Speech Contest 1/17/2016 – Accepting Registrations
3. Greater Philadelphia Chinese School Union 2016 New Year Gala - 1/9/2016 7pm
4. 诗艺之星—全美青少年华文诗词插画大赛 - US Youth Chinese Poetry Illustration Contest
5. Parent on Duty

Details:

1. Parents Basketball Shooting Game Results
   It was a competitive game. It took 3 rounds for the men's group to break the ties. Men's group:
   1st place: Weidong Tian
   2nd place: Shui He
   3rd place: Michael Liu
   
   Women's group:
   1st place: Jianmeng Fan
   2nd place: Jing Li
   3rd place: Hua Yan
   
   
2. MLCCC Chinese Speech Contest 1/17/2016 – Accepting Registrations
   All students who are currently in our Chinese classes (CHL or CSL) and public Speaking classes are welcome to participate. The students will be divided into five groups: Heritage 1st - 3rd grade, Heritage 4th - 6th grade, Heritage 7th grade and above, CSL(Chinese as Second Language) 1-3 levels, and CSL 4-7 levels.
   
   Each participant needs to recite a piece from memory. It can be a story, a poem, or a tongue twister. Heritage 7th graders and above need to recite their own written piece. The speech should be within 3 minutes. The judges will be looking at pronunciation, tone, content, fluency, and presentation.
   
   Interested students and parents, please register use the following link:
   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16...qM/viewform?usp=send_form
   
   
3. Greater Philadelphia Chinese School Union 2016 New Year Gala - 1/9/2016 7pm
   Date and Time: 1/9/2016, 7pm
   Location: Upper Merion High School Auditorium, 435 Crossfield Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
   
   Our beautiful MLCCC dance troupes (Children’s and Adults’) will bring 2 dances to this event. We have purchased 100 tickets for the parents of our dancers. After give the tickets to the parents and family members of our dancers, we might have some left. If you would like to go, please check with Vice Principal Mr. Qunbin Xiong to see if there are any extra tickets (qbxiong@yahoo.com).
   
   
4. 诗艺之星—全美青少年华文诗词插画大赛 - US Youth Chinese Poetry Illustration Contest
   (Instructions in English are on page 2 of the attachment.)
   
   由天心艺术生活学社(Ecoheart Art Society) 、美华文学(Meihua Literati) 主办，北加州中文学校联合会参与协办的〈诗艺之星—全美青少年华文诗词插画大赛(US Youth Chinese Poetry Illustration Contest)〉活动已揭开序幕，目前正在接受报名中。此次比赛的主题是: 我最爱的唐诗300首。
   
   参赛方法十方简单，奖励方式又相当丰富，绝对值得让孩子们一试。参赛者只需从唐诗300首一书中，挑选出一首自己最喜爱的诗，绘制一幅可阐述自己对此首诗的理解和感受的插画，再把插画拍照，电邮至大会收件邮箱即可info.ecoheartsociety@yahoo.com。
   
   随信附上中、英双语比赛作品制作方法及送件说明，以及活动比赛奖励方式、报名表等材料。如需要了解更多活动相关详情，欢迎随时与我们联系，或至活动脸书和网站查看。
   
   衷心感谢您们的宝贵时间。敬祝教安。
   
   〈诗艺之星-全美青少年华文诗词插画大赛〉执委会主席 郎豪莉 谨上
   
   Event Tel: (1) (408) 393-8830, (2) (408) 206-0962;
   Event Fax: (408) 956-1185
   Event Email: info.ecoheartsociety@yahoo.com;
   Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usyouthcpic/Event
   Website: http://usyouthcpic.blogspot.com
   
   
5. Parent on Duty
   Xiaobin Li (Thank you!)
   
   

Looking forward to seeing you!

Best Regards,

Li, Xia - Principal
Julia Chou - Director of Operations and Communications
Sherry Wang - PTO President
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