Guanghua Weekly Newsletter No.6, August 28, 2020

Weekly Briefing: 

  1. 新学期将于9月13日开学/Fall Semester will start on 13th September; 2. 2020光华暑期班顺利结束; 3. 设立光华奖学金Guanghua Scholarship通知; 4. 新增课程/New classes; 
  • Zumba(flyer at the end of the newsletter) 
  • 丙烯画课 
  • Crafting class/手工课 
  • 电玩设计/Electronic Game Design: Platform Games (For Ages 8 to 14 years) 
  • 3D打印/3D Printing: Minecraft Creations (For Ages 8 to 14 years) 
  • History of Chinese Culture Seminars 
  • SAT Math 
  • SAT Reading/Writing

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1. 新学期将于9月13日开学/ Fall Semester will start on Sept 13

秋季学期的课程将通过虚拟Zoom教室进行教学/ Fall Semester will use zoom virtual classroom; 具体课程通知会在课前由任课老师发给大家/ detailed class instruction will be sent to students one week before the classes start; Please visit our school website for registration. http://www.guanghuachinese.org/joomla3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=242

2. 2020光华暑期班顺利结束

今年的暑期班,为了让因为疫情不能外出的孩子们忙碌起来,有所学有所收获,学 校特意安排设置了包括中文课,中文故事写作班,中国手工制作班,SAT考试补习 班,计算机语言课程,数学几何补习班,数学竞赛补习班,画画班,象棋班,音乐 乐理知识学习班,吉他班,萨克斯风班,Keyboard学习班,机器人班,3D打印班, 电子游戏班,等等各种各样的课程。共有超过四百人次注册了不同的课程,规模空 前。暑期班老师认真教学,学生们努力学习,学时共十周,达到了很好的效果,受 到了学生和家长的欢迎。从暑期班结束后收集到的反馈情况看,超过90%表示对暑期 班的安排很满意,认为老师的教学目标清晰,认可暑期班的教学内容和教学进度。 很多学生表示很喜欢学校开的暑期课程,愿意介绍给周边的朋友一起来参加。 

今年的暑期班,开设的班级多,请来的老师也多于往年,尤其是中文班,分设了普 通班和双语班,基本每个年级都有开班,请来的老师也全是我们学校的金牌老师, 尽管网课给教学带来了新的挑战,尤其是低年级的班级。但我们的金牌老师们仔细 准备教案,形式生动带动学生的学习兴趣和自主性,可谓是我们暑期班的一道美丽 的风景线。低年级的家长们更是对孩子们的进步之大,识字量之多赞不绝口,高年 级的同学则表示暑期中文的学习,对他们来年继续学习起了推动的作用,非常有帮 助。中文普通班的设置主要是针对ABC的学生,意在利用暑假期间完成一整学年的课 程,来年跳升一级,十周学习完成后,又大胆的尝试了全体中文班统一测试,也算 是对暑假学习的一个总结。 详情请点击阅读光华绽放特刊: 全球疫情下的光华暑假生活。

3. 设立光华奖学金通知

经董事会批准,学校设立光华奖学金/Guanghua Scholarship; 光华奖学金为学校最高荣誉,在光华学习满 5 年,成绩优秀的应届 9 年级毕业生可 于每年 4 月向学校申请。光华奖学金将于当年毕业典礼发放。

4. 新增课程/New classes

     a) 丙烯画课 周日 17:00 – 17:50 

授课老师: 缪秀华 缪老师毕业于清华大学美术学院(原中央工艺美术学院),在美国就学于加州西谷大学 美术系,曾多年从事时装设计和平面美术设计。2006年她开始致力于美术教育,如今已 有十余年的教学经验,她的教学方法和教学态度得到了许多学生和家长的认可及好评。 

缪老师教学溶东西方教学理念于一体,在传授材料的应用与技法的同时,尽量鼓励和支 持每个学生自己的风格和视觉表达,并指导学生们创作自己的艺术,学生们学会相信自 己的创造力并且用一切皆可能的视角看待这个世界。 缪老师的教课内容包括:绘画、素描、水彩、丙烯、油画等。

     b) Crafting class/手工课 周日 17:00 – 17:50pm; 

授课老师: 陈卉 

Hui Chen received her degree in accounting. She grew up in a family with a strong passion for art. She has been teaching children arts and crafts for 4 years now. Hui Chen’s teaching philosophy is to encourage students to put their own creative spin on the projects and allow everyone to display their individual imagination through their work. Our class will utilize a wide variety of materials and will provide students with a diverse learning experience. Because of the online format, the class will be focused on projects that primarily use readily available household materials such as paper towel rolls, egg cartons, cereal boxes, water bottles, etc.

     c) 电玩设计/Electronic Game Design: Platform Games (For Ages 8 to 14 years) 

During the Electronic Game Design: Platform classes, students will use Construct to create their own video game. A platform game is a side-scrolling, Mario-type game where students program characters and a two-dimensional obstacle course. They attempt to avoid or overcome enemies and reach an end goal on multiple levels. At the end of the class, students take home a copy of the game they create. Class time: Monday, 4:00 to 5:30 PM and 6:00 to 7:30 pm 

Sept 14, 21, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 (6 weeks) Class limit: 8-12 students 

(Including Revenue Share)

     d) 3D打印/3D Printing: Minecraft Creations (For Ages 8 to 14 years) 

3D printing and Minecraft both represent boundless opportunity for creating even our wildest of ideas! In 3D Printing: Minecraft Creations, students will explore the basic concepts of 3D printing and computer-aided design, or CAD, to bring their most awesome Minecraft creation to life! Students will take their Minecraft design out of the world of Minecraft and learn how to extrude it into a 3D model that can then be modified to be printed in 3D. Class time: Saturday 4:30 to 6:00 PM and 6:30 to 8:00 pm Sep 19, 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 (6 Weeks) (Including Revenue Share) Class limit: 8-12 students

     e) History of Chinese Culture Seminars 

History of Chinese Culture Seminars Series: Speaker Yue Zhang will try to explain the history of Chinese Culture in three dimensions (the thickness of the culture itself, the vertical depth of historical changes, and the horizontal breadth of culture comparison), understanding the history from both Chinese culture and Western Culture. 中国文化史系列讲座:这一系列讲座将尝试在三度空间讲解中国文化(文化自身的厚 度,历史变迁的纵向深度,以及多文化比较的横向广度),用东西方两只眼睛同时观看 中国文化。

     f) SAT Math 

In this class, students will be taught math topics in algebra, geometry, statistics, and pre calculus in order to prepare for both the math with and without calculator sections on the SAT. They will be given multiple practice problems in class and learn strategies to complete the section with both accuracy and speed. In addition to reviewing the concepts, the class will discuss strategies for solving typical SAT questions.

     g) SAT Reading/Writing 

The SAT test is very important for applying to college in the USA. Although colleges increasingly consider other aspects of the college application, raising your SAT score will make you a contender for the highest tier colleges. Schools that claim to be “test-optional” will still accept SAT scores and a better score will improve your chances over someone with a lower score or no score at all. The SAT is split into two sections: the math section and the Reading and Writing section. Generally, the reading and writing section is more difficult to improve, but this class will provide you with the skills you need to succeed on this difficult part of the test. For the reading section, we will examine specific types of tricky test questions and how they can be easily solved, methods to approach analyzing dense texts, and how to deal with managing time on the test. For the writing section, we will review and teach grammatical concepts like punctuation and sentence structure, understand the types of questions that are presented on the test, and introduce common test ideas like concise wording, repetition, and sentence order. This class will use real SAT practice tests and other reputable practice material to give you a familiarity with the testing material. 

Guanghua Chinese School 

 

 

战胜自己,迈出第一步!

Zumba is a fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Zumba routines incorporate interval trainining --alternating fast and slow rhythms-- to help improve cardiovascular fitness. Zumba 是一种健康时尚的健身课程,将音乐与动感易学的动作还有间歇有氧运动融合在了一起,国等 題演变而来的一种健身方式,融合了報巴、恰恰、萨 尔萨、雷鬼、弗拉门党和探戈等多种南美舞蹈形式。 “Zumba”一词最早源于哥伦比亚個语,意为“快 速运动”。一节健身课分成节奏强度不同的几个阶段, 即便没有任何舞蹈基础的人,也可以得到放松和乐趣。 

教师: Leslie Wong

时间: Sunday, 2-2:50 pm

形式:Zoom Virtual Class 

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