The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest registration will end on March 15, 2025. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group (3rd-6th Grade, 9/1/2012-8/31/2016): Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group (7th-12th Grade, 9/1/2006-8/31/2012): My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
This Saturday we will be conducting the lock-down drill for the 2nd semester. Similar to the previous one done last year, the drill will begin at 2:25pm tomorrow with an emergency alarm by the MCS staff. All teachers have been separately informed of the procedures, and parents can make their students aware of such exercises in advance to ensure the students follow the teacher’s instructions during the drill. The drill covers the hallways within the classroom area so all personnel in the hallways please follow the evacuation route (map below) or seek shelter in the closest classroom.
Virtue Financial has a long history of providing financial services to families and businesses in the Detroit area. In this year’s tax season, Virtue Financial brought a lecture on 2025 tax filing and tax saving strategies for parents. Parents are welcome to actively participate and look forward to better understanding the various tax return-related forms and thinking about reasonable and feasible tax filing strategies suitable for themselves.
Topic: 2025 Tax Filing and Tax Saving Strategy
Location: Hub Meeting Room
Time: Saturday 3/8/2025, 1:30pm – 3:15pm, break at 2:30 pm (Speak English if needed)
Parents and teachers who are unable to attend the webinar can choose a date to register for the 8pm webinar: https://tinyurl.com/3thjzwt6 (Speak Chinese)
The lecture will cover the following:
. Tax Rules Update for 2024 and 2025
. Interpretation of tax returns
. Ways to avoid penalties for non-payment of taxes
. Declaration of foreign assets
. Tax knowledge related to renting/selling/moving
. Analyze the key points of tax avoidance from the tax table
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group (3rd-6th Grade, 9/1/2012-8/31/2016): Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group (7th-12th Grade, 9/1/2006-8/31/2012): My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
Michigan Chinese School welcomes high schoolers who graduated from MCS to volunteer in class to assist teacher and inter-school speech contests. Students will receive the MCS Student Community Service Certification at the end of the school year.
MCS resumes classes this Saturday, 2/22, Traditional Class 1:30pm – 3:30pm. CFL 3:30pm – 5:00pm. Ward Church notified me that there will be a funeral service going on this Saturday, so please look after the kids. In addition to that, the lockdown drill has been postponed to 3/8.
本週值班家庭(上下課搖鈴，學校秩序維護) Parent on Duty:
Toon Shin Tan 陳敦信
Ching-Ya Tan 陳清雅
如果您有孩子介於四歲至十嵗，您可以考慮報名參加以下的歌唱班。請向Anna Cheng報名。
Message from Anna Cheng and Jaya Holdren
Hi everyone, Our school is excited to announce a new after-school singing class! We’re hosting an Open House this Saturday from 3:45-4:15 PM at Studio One. Please invite all parents with kids ages 4-10 to join us for a fun introduction to singing. We’d love to see you there—thanks! Please spread the word!
如果您有孩子滿十一嵗或以上，您也可以考慮報名參加以下的中文歌唱班。請向Anna Cheng報名。
If you have kids with age 11 and above who are also interested in singing in Mandarin, you may also consider the singing class with Teacher Wang. Here is the flyer and teacher profile. I am sorry, these are provided by the teacher in Chinese, please translate to English if you can. Please register with Anna Cheng.
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group (3rd-6th Grade, 9/1/2012-8/31/2016): Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group (7th-12th Grade, 9/1/2006-8/31/2012): My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
Virtue Financial has a long history of providing financial services to families and businesses in the Detroit area. In this year’s tax season, Virtue Financial brought a lecture on 2025 tax filing and tax saving strategies for parents. Parents are welcome to actively participate and look forward to better understanding the various tax return-related forms and thinking about reasonable and feasible tax filing strategies suitable for themselves.
Topic: 2025 Tax Filing and Tax Saving Strategy
Location: Hub Meeting Room
Time: Saturday 3/8/2025, 1:30pm – 3:15pm, break at 2:30 pm (Speak English if needed)
Parents and teachers who are unable to attend the webinar can choose a date to register for the 8pm webinar: https://tinyurl.com/3thjzwt6 (Speak Chinese)
The lecture will cover the following:
. Tax Rules Update for 2024 and 2025
. Interpretation of tax returns
. Ways to avoid penalties for non-payment of taxes
. Declaration of foreign assets
. Tax knowledge related to renting/selling/moving
. Analyze the key points of tax avoidance from the tax table
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group (3rd-6th Grade, 9/1/2012-8/31/2016): Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group (7th-12th Grade, 9/1/2006-8/31/2012): My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
Virtue Financial has a long history of providing financial services to families and businesses in the Detroit area. In this year’s tax season, Virtue Financial brought a lecture on 2025 tax filing and tax saving strategies for parents. Parents are welcome to actively participate and look forward to better understanding the various tax return-related forms and thinking about reasonable and feasible tax filing strategies suitable for themselves.
Topic: 2025 Tax Filing and Tax Saving Strategy
Location: Hub Meeting Room
Time: Saturday 3/8/2025, 1:30pm – 3:15pm, break at 2:30 pm (Speak English if needed)
Parents and teachers who are unable to attend the webinar can choose a date to register for the 8pm webinar: https://tinyurl.com/3thjzwt6 (Speak Chinese)
The lecture will cover the following:
. Tax Rules Update for 2024 and 2025
. Interpretation of tax returns
. Ways to avoid penalties for non-payment of taxes
. Declaration of foreign assets
. Tax knowledge related to renting/selling/moving
. Analyze the key points of tax avoidance from the tax table
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
MCS resumes classes this Saturday, 2/15, Traditional Class 1:30pm – 3:30pm. CFL 3:30pm – 5:00pm. It is expected to snow this Saturday morning, so please drive with caution.
The Lunar New Year celebration on February 8 came to a successful conclusion. I would like to thank everyone for their efforts, and the guests were amazed and enjoyed the program you prepared. Below are the event’s photos.
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here is the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group: Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group: My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
This Saturday 2/8 is the MCS annual Lunar New Year Celebration event. Parents who are responsible for gift receptions, decorations, activities and food arrangement, please arrive at the venue at 12:30pm for preparation. For teachers and students, please be seated in Suite 1&2 before 1:15pm in order to participate in the riddle game.The program will end at 3:30pm, and I hope parents can stay to clean up the venue.
以下為活動地點和流程。
Please find the event location and rundown as shown below:
Here are the voting results for the 2025-26 school year Principal and Vice-Principal candidate.
Principal candidate – Wee Meng Teh received 33 votes in favor and 15 abstentions.
Vice Principal candidate – David Tsang received 30 votes in favor, 3 against and 15 abstentions.Congratulations to Wee Meng Teh and David Tsang for their appointment as the 2025-26 Principal and Vice Principal with receiving more than 25 in favor votes.
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group: Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group: My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
The 2025 Inter-School Speech Contest Preparation Meeting is underway. I was informed of the designated speech title of the 2025 National Speech Contest. If you would like your student to participate in the National Speech Contest this summer, you can prepare the designated speech content in advance, and your student may present the speech in the Intra-school and inter-school speech contest. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the person in charge of organizing the 2025 Intra-School Speech Contest Preparation Team, Melanie Yu.
Here are the designated speech title for each group:
Middle Group: Favorite leisure activities
Senior Group: My views on the use of artificial intelligence
Multimedia Presentation Group: The Contributions and Impact of Chinese Americans in the United States
The voting process for the 2025-26 Principal and Vice Principal candidate has started. Parents who received the email to vote, please click on the link from the email to cast your vote.
以下為家長會長，席介子的通告。
Please read the message below from the Parent Council Chairperson, Jaya Holdren.
Dear Parents,
This year’s Lunar New Year celebration will be a bit different from previous years. To simplify the process and make it easier for everyone, we have chosen a more open and manageable venue. However, we still need your support to make the event a success!
We kindly ask each family to bring their favorite snack for the potluck on February 8th from 1:30–3:30 PM. To streamline planning, we have created a SignUpGenius link where you can sign up to bring your snack.
Additionally, your participation is crucial to ensure the celebration runs smoothly. Below are the assignments for each grade:
Pre-K and CFL: Arrive early to help set up activity stations such as games, coloring tables, origami, etc.
Kindergarten/1st Grade: Set up the food table, receive and arrange food, and refill the table as needed.
2nd Grade: Assist during activity time, monitor tables, and help with games.
3rd/4th/5th Grade: Participate in the tang yuan (rice ball) demonstration.
6th/7th/8th Grade: Manage the raffle tickets and raffle table.
Senior class – support presentation set-ups
If you have any Lunar New Year decorations that you can loan to the school for the day, please feel free to bring them to help create a festive atmosphere!
Lastly, don’t forget about our raffle! If you purchase $20 in raffle tickets ahead of time, you’ll receive a 10% bonus—a great way to support the school and join in the festivities. Pay by Zelle to michiganchineseschool@gmail.com with name and student class.
Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm. We look forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year together!
Warm regards,
Jaya Holdren
Michigan Chinese School
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
我們誠摯邀請您和家人於 2月2日 (本周日) 11:00 am – 3:00 pm 一同參加密西根中華婦女會長期與美華協會攜手合作，美華協會 The Association of Chinese Americans ) 主辦的農曆新年市集活 – Lunar New Year Community Fair 2025，與密西根中華婦女會共度新春佳節 !
The Parent Representative Chairperson, Jaya Holdren will be hosting the third Lunar New Year Celebration preparation committee meeting. All Parent Representatives and staffs, please attend the meeting.
The voting process for the 2025-26 Principal and Vice Principal candidate has started. Parents who received the email to vote, please click on the link from the email to cast your vote.
以下為家長會長，席介子的通告。
Please read the message below from the Parent Council Chairperson, Jaya Holdren.
Dear Parents,
This year’s Lunar New Year celebration will be a bit different from previous years. To simplify the process and make it easier for everyone, we have chosen a more open and manageable venue. However, we still need your support to make the event a success!
We kindly ask each family to bring their favorite snack for the potluck on February 8th from 1:30–3:30 PM. To streamline planning, we have created a SignUpGenius link where you can sign up to bring your snack.
Additionally, your participation is crucial to ensure the celebration runs smoothly. Below are the assignments for each grade:
Pre-K and CFL: Arrive early to help set up activity stations such as games, coloring tables, origami, etc.
Kindergarten/1st Grade: Set up the food table, receive and arrange food, and refill the table as needed.
2nd Grade: Assist during activity time, monitor tables, and help with games.
3rd/4th/5th Grade: Participate in the tang yuan (rice ball) demonstration.
6th/7th/8th Grade: Manage the raffle tickets and raffle table.
Senior class – support presentation set-ups
If you have any Lunar New Year decorations that you can loan to the school for the day, please feel free to bring them to help create a festive atmosphere!
Lastly, don’t forget about our raffle! If you purchase $20 in raffle tickets ahead of time, you’ll receive a 10% bonus—a great way to support the school and join in the festivities. Pay by Zelle to michiganchineseschool@gmail.com with name and student class.
Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm. We look forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year together!
MCS resumes classes this Saturday, 1/18, Traditional Class 1:30pm – 3:30pm. CFL 3:30pm – 5:00pm. It is expected to snow this Saturday morning, so please drive with caution.
The Parent Representative Chairperson, Jaya Holdren will be hosting the second Lunar New Year Celebration preparation committee meeting. All Parent Representatives, please attend the meeting.
Parent Representative Chairperson, Jaya Holdren and I would like to thank parents who attended the parent meeting last Saturday. We finally have candidates for the 2025-26 Principal, Vice Principal, Academic Affair Director and assistants.Later today, 44 families and 4 teachers will receive an email from the principal mailbox，on behalf of Jaya Holdren, requesting you as the MCS member, to vote for the candidates of the 2025-26 Principal and Vice Principal. According to the MCS Policy and Procedure, the candidates of Principal and Vice Principal must have more than half, that is at least 25 votes in order to be elected as the Principal and Vice Principal for the 2025-26 school year. You will have until Feb 1，5:00pm to cast your vote.
The National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS) is hosting a Video Singing Contest to encourage students to learn Chinese through singing and to showcase their musical talents.
For details on registration, contest rules, and other information, please refer to the attached contest guidelines.
敬祝
安康快樂！
長程規劃委員會
全美中文學校聯合總會
National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools
The Parent Representative Chairperson Jaya Holdren will be hosting the parent meeting at the Hub Meeting Room from 1:45pm – 3:15pm this Saturday. We hope to see all family members attend this meeting. This parent meeting is mainly to let everyone know about the important positions – Principal, Vice Principal and Academic Admin. We also hope that through this meeting, we can encourage parents to sign-up for these positions in order to prepare for the school year 2025-26.
The Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument teacher, Xiao Dong Wei will be teaching the Chinese musical instrument class at the Michigan Chinese School. Teacher Wei graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing), majoring in Erhu and minoring in piano and guqin. In addition to the above three instruments, there are also pipa, bamboo flute and ruan. Teacher Wei currently teaches Chinese music ensemble classes at the University of Michigan. Parents and students who are interested in signing up for Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument class may register with Anna from the activity team.
僑務及文化，全美中文學校聯合總會及其他訊息Overseas Community Affairs & Cultural, MCEA and others Bulletin:
為慶祝農曆新年,特舉辦2025年『蛇年春節賀年卡設計比賽』。此活動結合新年氣氛與實務教育,旨在弘揚傳統節慶文化。參賽學生可透過老師與家長的教導、外界影片欣賞、雜誌閱讀、或親身觀察新年景象,將所見所感創作於賀年卡上。藉由參賽,同學們不僅能更深入地認識並認同農曆新年文化,還能增長新年知識,並展現和發揮自身在美術與設計上的興趣與才能。For More Information
