Xilin NS Chinese School

2010/02/11

侨胞们，朋友们！
中国传统佳节春节即将来临之际，国侨办主任李海峰向海外侨胞、归侨侨眷献上新年的祝福。

亲爱的侨胞们、朋友们：
值此新春佳节即将来临的喜庆时刻，我谨代表中华人民共和国国务院侨务办公室，恭祝生活在世界各地的海外侨胞和广大归侨侨眷阖家欢乐、身体健康、事业蒸蒸日上、虎年如意吉祥！（国务院侨务办公室主任李海峰）

2009/10/23

Xilin Chinese North Shore Students Live on WFMT 98.7 FM Radio!

We congratulate the CFAS Young Artists Ensemble on being selected to perform on WFMT’s live radio program “Introductions,” their newest series that celebrates the Chicago region’s most talented pre-collegiate classical musicians. The live performance was held at WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio for one hour which started at 11AM on Saturday morning October 17th. Their performance was a great success. The show will be re-broadcasted on Thursday from 10:00 am – 11:00 am.

The ensemble is comprised of several Music Festival in Honor of Confucius winners from past years. Four of the five members are from Xilin North Shore Chinese School. The group consists of James Stinehart, cello; Mimi Liu, piano; Ari Fisher, violin; Connie Gong, viola; and Shannon He. The ensemble has recently represented Chinese Fine Arts Society with live performances at the Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival and in the Chinatown summer concert series. Members of the ensemble, Mimi Liu and Ari Fisher have also performed at the TECO Chinese Cultural Center in Westmont (Click the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ8fTsgV3tA to watch their performance on Youtube). All of the members of the ensemble, which includes a 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grader, have received statewide honors in various music competitions. James Stinehart and Ari Fisher are the composers for the group and several of their compositions were featured on the WFMT program. Scheduled upcoming events for the Ensemble include a performance at the King Home Health Center in downtown Evanston in December and many others in the planning stages. In the future, the group hopes to continue to engage and delight the musical world, as well as to participate in fundraising events for the Chinese Fine Arts Society.

Click the link : http://www.wfmtintroductions.com/profiles/blogs/chinese-fine-arts-societyto listen to and even download the full program from WFMT.

2009/08/29
希林芝北中文学校野餐会香烟袅袅

为迎接新学年的开始，希林芝北中文学校(http://www.xilinnschinese.org)八月二十三号上午11：30到下午3：00在美丽吉尔森公园举行了烧烤野餐会。

虽然这次活动主题是烧烤，但是学校工作人员竭尽脑汁想出了很多游戏活动供孩子参加，在这些游戏活动中，老师们还不忘时时教育孩子用中文思考，提供了很多猜字游戏，有的游戏比较难，连家长也难猜出。

中国驻芝加哥总领馆武德民领事应邀到会，家长把武领事团团围住，咨询各种问题。很多人多年没有回国，对中国情况不是非常了解，所以对国内的印象还是十多年前的看法。

希林芝北中文学校成立于1995年，有着雄厚的教师队伍。利用这次野餐聚会，校长章时组织了学校董事会成员与工作人员及教师见面会。虽然学校成立比较早，但一直没有成立董事会，2009年还是学校第一次成立董事会。自从成立以来，校董事会成员还没有正式与学校工作人员和教师见过面，大家利用这次机会聚在一起，互相进行自我介绍，增进了了解、理解与友谊。特别是武德民领事还做了肺腑之言的讲话，他说在海外办中文学校很难，但是由于中华赤子的拳拳爱国之心和不惜余力想弘扬中华文化，不忘祖宗与根，大家在缺教材、师资、场所的情况下愣是几个人凑在一起把中文学校给办了起来，如今很具规模。他还说中文学校是一个平台，把家长、学生紧密联系在一起，形成一个良性互动的社区。

汤伟丽老师和陈婕老师教学经验丰富，两个人都曾获得过优秀教师奖。她们共同的一个特点就是爱孩子、爱中国文化。当问及成功的秘诀，陈婕老师说我没有什么特殊的本事，但是我爱班里每一个学中文的小朋友。

这次野餐会中文的小朋友们玩得非常开心，他们在草地上追逐嬉笑、打闹，由于公园是在湖边，很多小朋友跑到湖里去玩，有个小朋友还抓到了一只小龙虾。

下周八月三十日中文学校就要开学了，小朋友和教师们都充满了期待。

2009/05/15
二零零九年四月十七日我们学校有幸请到马立平博士给老师及家长开了一个非常精彩的讲座。马立平博士介绍这套教材的出发点是基于在美华人学习中文的特定环境，集词汇积累和趣味性于一体，采取循序渐进的策略，使学生既能够学到知识，又不致于丧失信心，半途而废。学前班和一年级进度较慢，以儿歌形式为主。二，三，四年级属于词汇积累期，进度加快，难度加大。五年级是巩固期，志在复习旧的词汇，熟悉运用，为写作打下基础。六，七年级注重写作，同时继续词汇的积累和巩固，八，九，十年级主要介绍中国文化，地理及传统。芝加哥地区其他中文学校的老师和家长也应邀参加，一致给予好评。

2009/05/14
二零零九年五月三日我校举行了第一次选举，九十一名学校会员参加投票。当选的五位董事会会员 (Board of Directors)是: 钟琪、满素洁、James Prendergast-彭杰、严华、郑海峰. 新董事会选出了董事会主席钟琪及财务严华。祝愿今后学校在他们的带领下蒸蒸日上。

2009/03/12
2/8/09 下午，学生放学后，我校全体中文老师召开了教学经验交流会。会上，老师们踊跃发言，互相交流教学经验。老师们都有很多收获。

2009/03/12
好消息: The Root-Seeking Summer Camps in China have been accepted the registration now. For the first time our school will organize our students to participate in the wonderful camps. The detailed information for the Beijing-Tianjin camp is attached in Shi Zhang's email. The information for the other three camps (Shanghai-Beijing, Beijing Chengdu, Kunming-Beijing) are going to be announced very soon. Please e-mail Mr.Shi Zhang (章时) ASAP if your kids are interested in the camps. The seats are limited and first come first serve。

2009/03/10
我校曹老师CSL一年级从开班来，学生学习热情高涨，在听说读写方面都有明显的进步。一份耕耘一份收获。他们的第一篇中文作文将刊登在下期校刊上。看同学们是多么的骄傲！期待他们再接再励，努力学习！

2009/02/04
Our 2009 Chinese New Year celebration event was reported on Chicago Chinese Times on Jan. 30, 2009. (Read the news).

Congratulations to the Winners of the poster contest! The Winners are:
The first place: Amy Pang, age 7," 咏鹅", from teacher Tang's class.
The second place: Kaylin Moy, age 13, "Chinese Traditional Holidays", from teacher Chen's class.
The third place: Carolin Moy, age 11, "Chinese Zodiac", from teacher Ye's class.
The special award: Xu Tang, age 9, "Happy Ox Year", from teacher Ye's class.

2008/06/10
Congratulations to Ms. Jie CHEN and Ms. Weili Tang for receiving the Excellent Overseas Chinese Teachers Award! The award is to recognize outstanding Chinese teachers with over10-year teaching experience for their continuous dedication and inspiration in promoting Chinese education oversea. Ms. Chen and Ms. Tang are two of the only three recipients in the Great Chicago area. Congratulations again! <br> <br>

2008/05/15
Two students, Benjamin and Richard Xu, in Teacher Jing's class wrote a letter to the children in the earthquake affected area in China. This letter are cited by over 36,000 websites (Google result) including major Chinese media.

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