Category Archives: 每週通訊 / Weekly Messages
NWCS Newsletter Week 4 (10/02) – Fall’21
NWCS Newsletter Week 3 (9/25) – Fall’21
Dear NWCS Families,
Hope everyone enjoys this early fall weather and stays safe and healthy. As students are settling down in each class, there are a few topics I like to share:
School Work & Experience Sharing -
Please help to supervise your kid’s school work and communicate with the class teacher if your child is experiencing difficulties in the class. Many of you may or may not speak Mandarin at home so it may pose a challenging task for your child when doing homework at home. We have other families who have gone through similar processes and can share their valuable information with new families. If you like to share your child’s mandarin learning experience with new families, please let me know. I can make an introduction.
Before we finalize the fall semester enrollment in the school system, please take a few minutes to check your child(ren) enrollment record(s) if properly registered. You can log in to your account and select “Parent View” to view and make necessary changes.
Health Policy -
NWCS is following the recommendation from the NY State Health Department and Education Department to require wearing a face covering mask inside the school building at all times.
Emergency Phone Notification System -
If there are any last-minute school closures or emergency notifications, an email will be sent out, as well as a text message. We encourage you to opt into the text message option to make sure you are notified. This will be used for emergency notifications only, except for two test messages (one each semester) to make sure the system is working properly.
Instructions:
1) Text @nwcsnotify to the number 81010
2) You’ll receive a welcome text from REMIND, the app.
3) If anyone has trouble with 81010, they can try texting @nwcsnotify to (478) 225-3884.
We have audio files on the NWCS web site after you sign in to your account. Please feel free to take a look and play for your kids from home.
Best Regards,
Rick Chan 詹文芳
NWCS Principal
NWCS School Opening Day (9/11/21) – Welcome Letter, Policy, and Instructions
Dear NWCS Families,
Welcome to the 2021-2022 Northern Chinese School year! Our first day of school is on Saturday 9/11, starting at 9am. We are excited to see many of you back to school. Although it has been a very challenging situation for all of us to face in the past year and a half, we are back now and even more prepared to provide a safe environment for our kids to learn the Chinese language and culture. Please take a few minutes to read over the details below and the attached documents. You will find the protocols for our opening day, welcome letter from school, school calendar, and assigned classroom floor map.
I would like to use this opportunity to outline areas that we need your attention and help:
1). NWCS will follow Briarcliff School District health guidelines in conjunction with New York State Health Department and School Education Department -
Beginning on Monday, August 23rd and until further notice, all students, staff, and visitors must wear a mask while inside school facilities. All students will be stationed at least three (3) feet apart while in classrooms.
Each classroom will be provided with sanitizer and wipes. If any students or parents feel sick or not well, please stay at home and do not come to school.
Although temperature check is not mandatory by the school district, to be extra cautious, we will measure temperature periodically when students or families enter the school building. Please use the front entrance ONLY for the ease of managing foot traffic flow.
2). Most classes will be offered in-person with a few exceptions due to teachers’ personal health considerations. If your kids have the following schedule conflicts, please consider bringing your kids to school. We will host classrooms for students to take online classes with counselor’s supervision.
(a). Families with multiple kids that have both in-person and online classes
(b). Students taking in-person language classes but having a online elective class – i.e. Chess, or vice versa
(c). Students who prefer to have school learning set up instead of home even for remote learning
Please bring the laptop with a headset to school for the cases listed above.
3). Instead of our regular intermission break time at 10:00 AM for all students, we will create 2 periods of break time for different age groups.
(a). 9:50 ~ 9:50 AM -> 5th grade and higher.
(b). 10:05 ~ 10:15 AM -> 4th grade and lower.
4). Our breakfast club will offer only packaged snacks/drinks and self-serve coffee/tea until further notice. Therefore, please feel free to pack snacks or small bites for your kids to bring.
5). We will not have an open assembly this year. Instead, we will have volunteers at the front entrance to guide families/students to their classrooms. Please bear with us if the traffic flow is a bit slow on the first day.
Classroom Guideline
- Kindly bring your kids to school 5-10 minutes before 9:00 AM.
- There is no eating when inside the classroom so please make sure your kids have breakfast before arriving at school.
- Respecting the class teacher is one of the most important traditions in Chinese culture. We cannot stress enough of this value. Please emphasize this point to your kids at home.
Below is the classroom and teacher assignment with an indication of in-person or remote teaching. Please review carefully along with the building map. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
AMAZON