亲爱的家长和同学们：

大家好！愉快的暑期生活已经结束，新学期即将开始。 在这里我们想友善地提醒大家星星中文学校将在9月4日准时开学。星星中文学校全体教职员工已做好充分准备，恭候各位同学和家长。当天我们所有的班级都将正常开始上课。还没有登记报名的原在校学生或新生们，可以到服务台注册登记，家长可协助填写表格，学生可直接进入教室上课。新学年注册登记表也可登陆学校的网站下载www.starchineseschool.com , 

 

本学期，学校还将举办更加丰富多彩的活动，包括参与全国及世界范围性的作文竞赛，书写比赛，不拘泥形式的中文才艺表演等，让全体学生都能享受到中华文化的熏陶。各班级教师都已表示要尽早谋划、精心打造，调动起学生们学中文的热情和朝气。我们相信同学们只要愿意展示就会有奇迹。 

我们非常感谢大家以往对星星中文学校的鼎力支持，也希望大家今后能继续帮助我们维护学校的设施,在上课期间保持校内安静并确保学生在校的安全。 

有关学校的各项活动，课时的变更及调整，我们都会及时通知大家。希望大家能经常关注学校的网站。请登陆学校网站把个人电子邮件信箱填加入到学校的Email Group以便及时了解学校的信息。 

最后祝大家新学年有新收获，新学期有新硕果。 

星星中文学校校委会

 2010-2011

Dear Parents and Students

This is just a reminder that the 2010-2011 Star Chinese school year will begin on September 4^th Registration forms will be available on the first day of school for those who have not registered yet. 

Please help us to maintain a quiet and safe learning environment for all our students by respecting the codes of civil conduct as well as keeping noise in the hallways at a minimum (especially while classes are still in session).

All updates will be posted on our online website www.starchineseschool.com. It is strongly advised that you visit our school website at least once a month to stay updated. Class cancelations, holidays, events, and much more are available at your convenience.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at 401-461-0888 or email me kevin@acbces.com

We look forward to working with you and your child in this upcoming 2010-2011 school year.

Sincerely,

Kevin Wang

Principal

同学们,老师们，家长们：

2009-2010 学年即将结束了，所有的学生都获得了一定的好成绩! 作为校长、看到同学们的成长，看到你们取得的成绩， 我由衷地感到高兴。在这里，我要代表学校的全体老师和义工，向同学们致以最热烈的祝贺！我们中的一些老师将离开学校进入新的工作岗位. 借此机会向他们过去对星星中文学校贡献表示衷心的感谢！同时对关心，爱护，支持星星中文学校的各位家长、老师们和社区的支持者们表示衷心的感谢！ 

希望星星中文学校的老师们在教育同学们学知识的同时，也发扬为人老实、作风朴实、工作务实的求实精神。我们始终牢记办学的意义是什么、目的是什么、动力是什么、依靠是什么. 可以说，中国的崛起已经成为世界未来发展的一种历史趋势。国家的崛起，为懂中文的人提供了人生最好的舞台. 国运兴，中文教育兴，我希望同学们，学好中文, 把握机遇. 我想，只要我们做出了这样的努力和贡献，那就可以当之无愧地说，星星中文学校是一流的。

 我们诚挚邀请您及您的家人参加学校一年一度的郊游烧烤野餐，地点是在COLT STATE PARK, Bristol, RI.

Dear students, faculty, and our parents;

Again, it’s the end of the school year. This Saturday is an important date dedicated to the celebration of the achievements of our students and faculty. It’s also a time for us to appreciate the support that was given to us from our parents and our community. Please join our annual BBQ celebration and invite all your friends to come with you.

When: June 26th ( Saturday). 11:30a.m~4:00p.m

Where: Colt State Park, Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809-1710

How to get there: (Directions from I-95 ）

Merge onto I-195 E -     Take exit 2 to merge onto MA-136 S/James Reynolds Rd toward Warren RI/Newport  -   Continue to follow MA-136 to RI-136 S/Market St.  –  Turn left at R-103 E/RI-114 S/Main St.  – Continue to follow RI-114 S (2.9 Mi)   -  Turn right at Poppasquash Rd.   Follow the direct to site: 30,31,32

校长 Principal  

王晓元 Kevin Wang

各位家长：

Dear parents:

您好！时间过得真快，这个学年转眼就要结束了。我们非常感谢您对我们学校的大力支持。有了您们的支持，我们学校的各项工作才能顺利地开展并取得成功。

How are you! How fast time flies and this semester will soon come to an end. At this very moment, we would like to thank you for your great support. Our school has made great progresses in the past year in every aspect from teaching to extra-curriculum activities as a result of our joint efforts. We can not make it without your support.

目前星星中文学校的各项工作都已走上了正轨。为了对下个学年的生源有个初步的了解，使学生的分班及师资的安排更加合理，校委会决定提前进行明年的招生工作。

Star Chinese School has never been before on its track moving forward in its right direction. In order to proactively make our teaching plan for the next academic year and make the best use of our resources, we want to know the enrollment earlier. Thus, the Leadership Committee has decided to start the enrollment for the next academic year earlier this time.

我们提醒您注意：本周六（5/29/2010），您孩子的老师将发给您“星星中文学校学生报名表”。若您能在6/19/2010前完成学生报名表并交付下一年的学费，您将可以享受优惠的学费，即2009-2010学年的价格（中文班$350；数学班$260）。从2010年9月份起，星星中文学校的学费将有所调整(中文班上调$20；数学班上调$10)。2010年9月起，我们将按上调的价格收费。

We would like to remind you that we will distribute the Star Chinese School Enrollment form 2010 on May 29, 2010. If you can fill out the form and pay the tuition for the next academic year in advance before June 19, 2010, you will receive the tuition discount. That is, you will pay $350 per year for Chinese class and $260 per year for Math class.

From September 2010, there will be a small increase of $20 for Chinese class and $10 for Math class. If you pay the tuition before June 19, 2010, you will still pay the old rate.

再次提醒您：这个周六（5/29/2010）学校照常上课。下个周六（6/5/2010）因场地问题学校停课一次。

It is a friendly reminder that we will have the regular class on May 29, 2010 but we will NOT have any class on June 5, 2010 due to the conflict schedule at the church.

星星中文学校将在 Cold State Park 举行年终野餐聚会（Site: 30-32）。时间定于6/26/2010。那天我们中文班仍照常上课。全体师生仍在上午9：30am到校。11：00 am全校师生将在聚会地点汇合。

Start Chinese School will again host the Annual BBQ Party at Cold State Park (Site 30-32) on June 26, 2010. All students and teachers of Chinese classes will meet at 9:30 am at the church for the classes but we will finish our classes at 11:00 am on that day. We will then meet at the park for the party.

星星中文学校校委会决定2010-2011学年将在9/4/2010（周六）上午9：30am 开学。

Star Chinese School will start its new semester of the 2010-2011 academic year at 9:30 am on September 4, 2010.

Have a great summer!

Kevin Wang

星星中文学校校委会

Start Chinese School Leadership Committee

各位老师和同学们：

以下是我校有关参加RI 华人春节联欢会的两项通知： 

1.有关全校集中练习合唱事宜。

请全体师生在家中练习歌曲，并尽可能的将歌词在这一星期背会。“国家”歌词见附件，请点击下面的链接可以听到这首歌曲。http://yc.5sing.com/320954.html

 因为只有两个星期的练习时间，所以我们必须抓紧时间排练。本周和下周在中文课下课后，全校都集中到教会的唱诗班教室练习。时间是11：15am至11：45am。所有的数学课都往后推15分钟。数学课延至11：45am 至12：45pm。

中文班的老师：在本周六课堂的前10-15分钟，老师带领全体学生背熟歌词。在11：10am下课后，请您们带好各自的学生，，立即到教会的诗班房集中。并请您们配合刘慧老师带领学生认真练习。徐海英老师会在上课之前将歌词送到各班，请老师在集体排练之前先让学生读熟歌词最好能背下来

只教数学课的老师：辛苦您们了。不光是请您们提前到校，还得请您们设法跟只上数学课的学生家长联系，请他们提前把学生送来。其他数学班的老师也请注意通知只上数学课的学生及家长提前到校。因为这次是全中文学校的活动，数学班的学生也应参加。

2.有关2月20日不上课的通知。

2月20日星星中文学校全体师生参加在Bryant University举办的RI华人中国春节联欢会，停课一天。请大家注意相互转告

（再次提醒中文班的老师，请督促一下学生把上次的调查表交回来）。

另：如有那位家长和朋友能够帮助指挥合唱练习，全体师生将不胜感激，请与我们联系。

星星中文学校校委会

 

Dear Teachers and students:

Below are two announcements in need of your attention.

1. Practice and Rehearsal of the Song for the Chinese New Year Celebration

We encourage all the students and teachers to practice the song at home. The lyrics should be memorized by the end of this week. The lyrics are attached with the link for the song. http://yc.5sing.com/320954.html

Since we only have two weeks left to practice, we need to make this the best use of our time. All teachers and students will be meeting at the Church Choir Room after class this week and next week to rehearse. The rehearsal will begin at 11:15 am, and end at 11:45 am. All math classes will be delayed for 15 minutes. All math classes will start at11:45 am, and end at 12:45 pm.

Chinese Class Teachers:

Please bring your students to the Church Choir Room at 11:10 (immediately after class ends). Please assist Teacher Liu Hui manage the rehearsal.

Math Class Teachers:

All math class teachers are asked to arrive Star Chinese School 15 minutes earlier. Also please help to notify students who are taking only math, to arrive the school 15 minutes earlier to participate in the rehearsal. Because it is a school-wide activity, we expect all students (the math, Chinese and SAT classes) to participate.

2. Chinese New Year Celebration (No Class on February 20)

We will NOT have class on February 20, 2010 due to the Chinese New Year Celebration at Bryant University. This is a school-wide activity and we hope all of our parents, students, teachers, and staff members will go to this event to celebrate the Year of the Tiger with us and our community.

Please help us to inform anyone who may have missed this announcement.

Thank you all in advance for your participation and cooperation!

 RI Star Chinese School

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Dear Parents:

 

Recently, some of you have asked about SAT II Chinese Subject Test. We would like to share some information with you.

 

The SAT Subject Tests

 

Subject Tests (formerly called SAT II: Currently called Subject Tests) measure the students’ knowledge and skills in particular subject areas and their ability to apply that knowledge.

 

The SAT Subject Tests are the only national admissions tests that give the high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of content in specific subjects, such as English, history, mathematics, science, and various foreign languages. Chinese is one of the foreign languages being tested.

 

Many colleges or universities use the result of the Subject Tests for their admissions, for the placement of the courses, and for advising students about course selections. Some colleges or universities specify the Subject Tests they require for admissions or for the placement; others allow applicants to choose specific subject tests to take. These tests give the students and colleges or universities a very reliable measure of preparedness of the students for the college-level work in particular subjects. Used in combination with other background information (the high school grade average point record, SAT scores, teacher recommendations, etc.), the Subject Tests provide a reliable measure of the students’ academic achievement, which is a good predictor of future college-level performance in specific subject areas and majors.

 

The SAT Subject Tests offer the students an additional opportunity to show the colleges or universities they want to apply for what the students know and what the students can do on campus.

 

Subject Tests fall into five general subject areas:

 

English

Literature

History

U.S. History (formerly American History and Social Studies)

World History

Mathematics

Mathematics Level 1 (formerly Mathematics IC)

Mathematics Level 2 (formerly Mathematics IIC)

Science

Biology E/M

Chemistry

Physics

 Languages

Chinese with Listening

French

French with Listening

German

German with Listening

Spanish

Spanish with Listening

Modern Hebrew

Italian

Latin

Japanese with Listening

Korean with Listening

 

 

All Subject Tests are one-hour, multiple-choice tests. However, some of these tests have unique formats:

 

The Chinese with Listening Subject Test evaluates the students’ ability to understand spoken and written Chinese.

 

Anticipated Skills

Knowledge of spoken and written Mandarin Chinese in the context of contemporary Chinese culture.

 

Recommended Preparation

Study of Chinese as a second or foreign language for two to four years in high school, or the equivalent.

 

For seniors studying Chinese: If Chinese is a strong subject for you, be sure it is one of the SAT Subject Tests you will take in time for your colleges or universities to see your score. If you are only taking it for the placement purpose, and not as part of your application for admissions, wait until you are as far along in your course as possible. If you want to take the Chinese with Listening Test, remember that it is only given in November (don’t forget to bring an acceptable CD player with the earphones) and final register date will be in September.

 

Star Chinese School will offer a tutorship class for those students who are interested in taking the SAT II Chinese Subject Test. The class depends on the number of students who wish to enroll. The schedule of the class will be on Saturday afternoons from September to October.

 

For registration or question, please contact the instructor of Star Chinese School, Haiying Xu via e-mail: haiyingxu88@yahoo.com or call: (616) 304-0692.

 

 

亲爱的家长：

 

鉴于最近一些家长询问有关SAT II中文专题考试的有关情况，现向大家说明如下：

 

 

SAT专科考试

 

专题考试（全称为SAT II专题考试）是测试学生对某一特定学科所掌握知识的广度和深度。

 

SAT II专题考试是国家给予高中生用来证明他们所掌握的特定的专题知识的唯一全国性考试机会。这种考试有英语、历史、数学、科学、和外语等五大类。外语科目约有十种，中文是其中的一门。考生可根据各自的能力专长，任选其中的科目参加考试，向所申请的大学展示自己的才智。

 

许多大学都参考专题考试的成绩来录取和帮助新生入学后选课和设定专业课程。一些大学指定必考的专题考试。另一些大学允许申请者自己选择。这些考试成绩使得校方和学生在入学时设定和选修课程都具有了可靠的依据。再结合其他的背景资料（高中的平均成绩、SAT成绩和老师的推荐信等），这些考试也为学校在预测学生在未来大学学习成绩，提供了可靠的依据。

 

专题考试有以下五个专业方面：

 

英语

文学

                                                                       

 

历史

美国历史（原来的美国历史和社会研究）

世界历史

                                                                       

 

数学

数学-1（原来的数学 IC）

数学-2（原来的数学 IIC)

                                                                       

科学

生物学E/M

化学

物理学

                                                                       

语言学

中文并听力

法文

法文并听力

德文

德文并听力

西班牙文

西班牙文并听力

现代希伯来文

意大利文

拉丁文

日文并听力

韩文并听力

                                                                       

 

所有的专题考试时间为一小时。考试方式都是选择题。有些考试也会有其他不同的方式。在外语考试中，有些只考认读能力；有些既有书面阅读，又包括听力测试；还有些语种两者兼具并可以任选。中文考试只提供认读和听力兼有的完整形式。目的是测试学生已具有的中文水平。

 

对于已在中文学校学习或具有中文家庭背景的学生来说，参加SAT II中文专题考试或许是一个驾轻就熟并获得考试高分的捷径。使这些学生多了一个机会来向所申请的大学展示其外语水平。即使有些大学并不需要中文考试成绩，但有些学生还是去考，目的就是为了测试自己的中文水平和证明比其他考生技高一筹的能力。

 

请记住，SAT II中文专题考试每年只在的十一月份进行。报名截止日期在九月份。因SAT II中文专题考试有听力部分，所以要求考试时，参考的学生需自带放音设备。具体详情可查询www.collegeboard.com

 

为了支持和鼓励社区华人学生的中文学习，若报名学生人数达到要求，星星中文学校将开设SAT II中文专题考试辅导班，为有意参加SAT II中文专题考试的高中生提供帮助。辅导班上课时间初步定于九至十月，每周六的下午上课。

 

报名事宜，请联系星星中文学校老师徐海英, 电话：（616）304-0692

E-Mail: haiyingxu88@yahoo.com

 

Kevin Wang

 

Star Chinese School

 

Dear Students and Parents,

We had a successful Mathcounts program running from Nov.1, 08 through Feb. 28, 09. The instructor: Matthew Luo has done a wonderful job. His students: Jesse Zhan and Ian Tang made to their respective school Mathcounts teams. Both school team ranked number three and four in last week state competition (Jesse did not participate the competition due to illness. His school team had to compete with alternates).

Now with quite a strong teaching experience, Matthew is planning to continue the program if there is enough response. Again the target students are from 6 to 8 graders. Immediate goal is to prepare the students for the state competition next Spring while learning challenging math skills. The training will basically be three major parts: from Mar. 21 to Jun. 20, 2009, the students will be challenged with the school level problems; Sept. to Dec. 09, the students will be challenged with the regional level problems; Jan. to Feb. 2010, the students will face state level challenges with intensive drills in last week prior to competition just to keep them in good competing status.

Specific proposal for Mar. 21 to Jun. 20, 2009:

• Class opens to 6th through 8th graders. 5th graders are encouraged to be exposed to the kind of math problems for next year competition. Since we’ll start the program at relatively easy level, it is better to have less skilled students registered this semester than later.
• Class starting Mar. 28 to Jun. 20, 2009
• Students will meet 1 and a half hour at normal math class time in Saturdays (specific schedule will be determined later).
• Class will be conducted in combination of homework, class exercises and discussions.
• Materials are Mathcounts preparation problems at school level (provided by the teacher in copies).
• Students are expected to bring their home work to class. No students will be allowed to class without completing his/her homework (this requirement can be replaced with a note from parents/guardians).
• Class registration begins next Saturday (March 21, 2009) or you can register through responding to this email.
• Tuition for 13 classes is $150.
• Students are welcome to have one time try-out

Please send your response to your instructor: Matthew Luo no later than Oct. 24th so we can make decisions whether to start the class on Nov. 1st.

Regards,

Gongmin Lei

Star Chinese School

Dear Students and Parents:

I would like to clarify a few of things as follows:

1. Chinese school will be still open on this Saturday, January 31;

2. Since Chinese New Year celebration will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2009, there will be NO Chinese School on the Saturday, February 7. If there are any classes arranged on this day, they will be postponed to the following Saturday, February 14. Everybody could go to Bryant University on this day for Chinese New Year celebration.

If you have any questions, please contact the following persons:

Xiaoyuan Wang, Hua Zhang, Bin Rao or myself.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gongmin Lei

Star Chinese School

January 29, 2009