親愛的蓋城家庭成員們，大家好!

我非常謝謝上週出席家長會議的家長們, 和各班級的班父或班母幫忙聯絡. 您的出席是對學校的關心和支持. 若是你對學校有任何建議或是問題, 請隨時和我聯絡.  我想藉這封信回顧一下家長會議中的重點事項和回應家長的問題：

·         蓋城有一個結構良好的家長支援協會（PSA）/董事會，他們都在幕後默默的努力，以確保學校順利運行。如果你還沒有選擇任何家長支援協會,或不知道你屬於哪個組，請聯繫董事會主席 王裕勝 James , jywang_family@yahoo.com。

·         蓋城從2011年被確認為多媒體和數位化學習中心教學示範點，台灣宏觀電視最近報導我們數位化的師資受訓. 在會議當中, 因為網路的問題, 我無法播放這個報導。有興趣的家長們可從這裡鏈接去看 http://web.pts.org.tw/macroview/news/searchresult.php?fid=34684

·         有些家長建議蓋城做多一些的廣告，增加我們的宣傳，從而吸引更多的學生。董事會和我已在這個建議上做了一些方案。最重要的是，希望大家以蓋城為榮, 幫學校多做宣傳.

·         學校的網頁在佈告欄下增加了一個“校外和社區活動消息報導”提供家長們 一些社區信息。希望家長們會喜歡這個新添加的網頁。

·         團結就是力量! 蓋城中文學校董事會正舉辦寶島食品義賣。 我們將直接向寶島食品公司訂購他們好吃的台灣口味食品，例如台灣香腸，牛肉乾，豬肉乾，肉鬆／脯，魷魚絲／片等。　寶島食品將給中文學校優惠折扣 (購買金額超過200元以上的訂購)。　金額越高，折扣越多！蓋城中文學校就可以得到這些優惠的金額，而大家會得到同於市價但剛剛出廠的新鮮美味食品！我們不但不收運費和購物稅，我們的單價和你自己在網上訂購一模一樣。心動不如馬上行動！大家一起訂購，好吃又做好事。請在未來兩週日(10/6 and 10/13) 將填好的購物單(attached) 連同現金或支票（支票開給Gaithersburg Chinese School）交給游昭松或蘇立群，貨品將會在 (10/21) 送到蓋城中文學發送。請大家告訴大家！　一起來支持蓋城中文學校。

·         2013年10月13日是我們一年一度的野餐。我們今年將在黑山公園舉辦。請參閱所附的傳單有詳細的信息。請不要錯過這個機會分享您拿手好菜！

·         在10月6日下午2點我特別安排了理財權威專家，張恆宇先生，談財務管理. 張先生有近二十年理財的專業知識與實務經驗。這是一個很好的機會學習和有關財務方面的問題。非常歡迎大家邀請朋友來參加這個研討會.

 

祝福您闔家平安愉快!

蔡慧玲

Dear GCS family members,

Thank you to those parents who attended the Parents meeting last week. Especially to those Class Dads and Class Moms who helped to coordinate the reminders.  Your presence definitely showed support for our school.  I would like to take this opportunity to recap our discussions and respond to questions/suggestions from the meeting:

·      GCS has a well structured Parent Support Association (PSA)/Board, and the members are working hard behind the scenes to make sure our school runs smoothly.  If you have not joined any group or are not sure which group you belong to, please contact Chairman James Wang at jywang_family@yahoo.com.

·         GCS has been recognized as a multimedia and digitalized Chinese learning center since 2011, and this was reported in Macroview TV of Taiwan.  Sorry that I had difficulty playing this video in the meeting.  Here is the link if you’re interested. http://web.pts.org.tw/macroview/news/searchresult.php?fid=34684

·         Some parents suggested to do more advertisement so we can increase our publicity and attract more students.  The Board and I are working on this issue, and there are several projects ongoing.

·         We have added a web page to our GCS website called “External & Community News” under “Bulletin Board” for parents’ convenience to access community information. Hope you enjoy this newly added feature.

·   GROUP POWER! GCS PTA is organizing a fundraising of Formosa Foods. We will order foods directly from the manufacturer, who specialized in Taiwanese style foods, such as sausages, beef and pork jerky, cuttlefish, and etc. of authentic Taiwanese flavor at the same price as you ordering them yourself on the internet minus shipping and sales tax charges. At the same time, Formosa Foods will provide a 10% or 15% discount of total order be donated to support GCS, depending on the total amount we ordered. The products will be delivered to GCS and distributed on October 21.  Please fill out the attached order form and return to GCS in the next two Sundays (10/6 and 10/13) with cash or a check payable to Gaithersburg Chinese School. Hard copy of the order form was handed out to students at school on 9/29. You can also invite your relatives and friends to make purchase. Thank you for your support of our school.  

·        10/13/2013 is our annual picnic. We will have it at Black Hill Regional Park this year.  Please refer to the attached flyer with detailed information.  Please don’t miss this opportunity to share the best dish you have!

·    I have arranged to have a financial professional, Mr. Henry Chang, to talk about financial management on 10/6/13 at 2pm.  Mr. Chang has worked in the financial management and investment fields for more than 20 years.  It’s a great opportunity to learn and to ask questions about financial issues. You’re very welcome to invite your friends to attend this seminar, since it is open to the public and not limited to GCS family only.   Please join us in the cafeteria for this financial seminar.  

 I hope you enjoy the colors of Fall!

Sincerely,

Hueling Tsai Evans

Principal