親愛的蓋城家庭成員們，大家好!

每年秋天開學時，總是有各式各樣的節日接踵而至！上個禮拜天我們的同學，毛憶蓉，王瑋文及焦賢俊代表我們的學校，做了一個教師節的海報。參加大華府中文學校孔子誕辰壁報觀摩賽。海報設計創新獲得肯定。也得到奬狀及奬金！更重要的是三位同學都學會了很多孔子的故事！另外，我們在學校也慶祝了中秋節以及教師節！同學們都有機會嚐了一些月餅以及孔子的生日蛋糕！希望大家回家後都有一個愉快的中秋夜！

很快的這個學期已經進入第四週！我們的語言教學及文化課都很順利的展開！提醒您這個星期天2:10就是我們一年一度的的家長座談會！誠心的邀請您一起來參加！聽聽我們學校的現況及展望！更希望能聽到您的建議！我們的學校是靠百分之百家長共同的努力才能走了四十年！如果您一直在幫忙！孩子會以您為榮！如果你還沒有機會表示您也關心，現在歡迎一起加入義工的行列！陪孩子學中文就趁現在！

下星期Oct 11,2015 是我們的秋季野餐（也是戶外教學，學生務必出席）。地點是在Black Hill Regional park, shelter C. 12-4 pm。學校會準備熱狗炒飯及烤肉。歡迎帶著您的拿手好菜全家一起來參加！別忘了也帶一些球類運動用品，跳繩，呼啦圈一起來動一動！

再下一周(Oct 18,2-3 pm)我們安排了一場特別演講:慶祝抗戰勝利七十週年！由陳壯飛博士用英文為主中文為輔來對高班的同學講這一段故事！陳博士除了在電腦界有卓越的成就外、他也積極的參與華府許多社區活動，同時也是著名的二戰歷史學家。歡迎家長及社區的朋友大家一起來聽聽這段二戰的歷史故事！

十月過完，馬上就是感恩節，聖誕節及農曆新年要到了！大家是否為準備各式各樣的小禮物感到煩惱呢？今年我們邀請我們的手工藝李萩琴老師，為大家開辦"假期禮物DIY工作坊".只要交五塊錢的材料費您就有機會動手學做一個特別的小禮物！李老師將在明天的家長會前後給大家做一個觀摩。如果喜歡的話，趕快報名參加下一次的課程！每堂課只限四個人喔！

好了，星期天見！

蘇立群上

 

 

 

Dear  GCS family members,

 

There are many holidays and celebrations right after school starts every year. Three of our High A students, Yi Xuen Moh, Emily Wang, and Ryan Jiau, represented GCS for the Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese School poster design contest in celebrating Teachers' Day and Confucius' birthday and Teachers' Day. Not only that they received certificate and cash award for their excellent work, but also that they learn a great deal of the history of Confucius' contribution to the Chinese education. We also celebrate Teachers' Day and Confucius' birthday at school last Sunday during the snack time. Students, teachers, and parents had the opportunity to taste a cake and mooncakes. I hope everyone had a wonderful moon festival last Sunday and enjoy some quality time celebrating this traditional Chinese cultural holiday with your family.

 

The Fall semester is entering the fourth week this Sunday. Both language and cultural classes have well into the planned curriculum. I would like to kindly remind you that we will have parents' meeting at 2:10 pm this Sunday at the Quince Orchard High School cafeteria. This is an opportunity for parents to learn more about school's situation and direction and, at the same time, I and the Board would love to hear from you if you have any suggestion to help Gaithersburg Chinese School grow and improve. I am looking forward to seeing you at the parents' meeting this Sunday.

 

Additionally, we will have our annual Fall picnic on October 11, 2015 at the Black Hill regional Park, Shelter C. This is a great opportunity for GCS families to know each other better outside the school building. School and the GCS Board will prepare hot dogs, hamburgers, fried rice, and water. This picnic is considered as part of the curriculum so that all students are requested to come. Please bring one or two (or more) of your specialty dishes to share with others. Your entire family, extended family, and/or any GCS alumni you can reach are more than welcome to celebrate this outing together with us. If you know someone who is interested in learning Chinese, please bring them to this event so that they can see the other side of GCS. There are open fields and playground at the park. Please bring sports and lawn games that you and your children can share and play with others. Attached please find the picnic flyer.

 

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the formal end of World War II in the Pacific, a conflict that tragically claimed millions of lives across Asia and Oceania and stretched several months beyond the war’s conclusion in the European theater, our High A teacher, Dr. Tung-Chin Chiang, specially invited a well-known historian and novelist, Dr. Jeffery Chen, to come to our school on October 18 at 2 p.m. at Quince Orchard High School cafeteria to give a seminar on this historical events that impacted millions of Chinese, both in Taiwan and Mainland. The target audience for his talk will be for our High A and B students so that Dr. Chen will use both English and Mandarin Chinese in his speech. All parents and friends of GCS are welcome and encouraged to attend.

 

It is October; Christmas and New Year holidays are not that far from now. Have you thought of handcrafted decorations as holiday gift this year? Our GCS Chinese Craft Teacher, Ms. Chouchin Jiang, has agreed to offer Holiday Gift Workshop - Paper Flower Making for our parents during the school time. She will teach three different flowers making - rose, lily and peony. The material fee for each flower is $5. Maximum of 4 people can be enrolled at each class. She will bring some of sample end products and class signup sheet to the Parents' Meeting on October 4. I hope our parents will take this great opportunity to come make holiday craft.

 

Sincerely Yours,

 

 

Joseph Su