We had a wonderful Harvest Festival Parade last week! I would like to thank all MCS staffs, parents, and teachers for all the donations and helping with the Harvest Festival to make the event fun and successful! Thanks to teacher Teresa Yin for posting an article about our event on OCAC news site (https://ocacnews.net/article/323968)

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent On Duty

Family: Tony Chou/Jasmine Hsu

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Teachers’ Meeting (Nov 5, 2022)

• When: 3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
• Participants: All Teachers, Academic Administrator, Principal, Vice Principal
• Where: Grade 8/9 Classroom (Creative Lab L)

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
The reading month activity ends this Saturday. Please remind students to turn in their reading log.

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 29, 2022)

We’ve completed the recruitment of ad sponsorship in MCS Directory. I would like to thank everyone that was involved in supporting this activity. Also, I would like to thank our Documentation Director, Steven Lien, for the production of the MCS Directory. Thank you all for your hard work! We will be binding them together at school on Saturday. We are seeking 4 parents to help us finish the binding process. Please come see us at the hallway outside the classroom area if you would like to help.Weekly Food/Item Sale for Donations to MCS 
We are starting a food/item sale each week during school hours. Earnings of all sales will be donated to MCS. The sale will be located at the hallway outside the classroom area. The following are the food/items we will be selling this Saturday. If you are interested in selling food/items for donation to MCS, please let me know. Please note that you or someone you designated will be responsible for selling your food/item.

• Homemade Chiffon Cake from Ice Chai – $1 per slice (Limited pieces, first come first serve until all sold out).
• Lightning charging cables for Apple products from Ivan Tang – $1 per pack of 3 cables.

Special Thanks for Donations to MCS Special thanks to Mr. Ronny Chiang and Mrs. Stacey He for their generous support for MCS.
精誠財務 Education Fund Planning Seminar (Nov 12, 2022) 
Judy Wang from 精誠財務 will be hosting a seminar on Saturday 11/12/2022. All parents are welcome to attend the seminar. Please see attached flyer for more information about her seminar. Judy is one of our sponsors who has been supporting us generously for many years.

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)Program guideline:Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record trackingExchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciatedIf you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent On Duty

Family: Ryo Kuribayashi/Joyce Kuribayashi

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Harvest Festival Procedures (Oct 29, 2022)

Students are welcome to bring their own bag/bucket for collecting treats and wear costumes to the class or bring them in to change at school.

NOTE: We ask that costumes be school/church appropriate, which includes non-violent, non-scary, and no weapons or gore/blood.

• 1:30-2:25: Photo Station decoration and treat stations preparations
  • Drop off treat donations at the hallway outside of classroom area.
  • Drop off decoration items at the Photo Station between grade 2 and 3 classrooms.
  • 1:30-1:40: Event Planner/General Staff Support team members and volunteers meet at the hallway outside classroom for a quick meeting for task assignments.
• 2:30: Harvest Festival Parade begin
  1. When the recess bell rings at 2:30, teacher of each class will bring their students out to the hallway outside of the classroom area to line up by grade starting with Pre-K to Senior class in order.
  2. Students of each class will go around the classrooms to get their treats at each treat station and take class group picture at the photo station in the middle.
  3. Students wait at the hallway outside the classroom area until all students pass Treat Station 4 for final group picture of all grades.
  4. All students return to their classrooms after the final group picture.
• Clean up

Harvest Festival Donation Sign-Up

We will have a harvest festival parade on 10/29 during class recess. We would like to seek families’ support to sign up for the “goodies” donation and/or event helper. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite Halloween costumes to school that day and will be receiving their goodie bags at the parade.

Sign-up link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094DA5A929A5F94-mcsharvest

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
We are entering our 3rd week of the Chinese Reading Month. In addition to classroom lessons, the school encourages students to read and watch Chinese books and videos outside of class time. Parents are encouraged to accompany and assist their children in reading Chinese books and videos. Log sheet can be downloaded from our school website if needed: https://www.michiganchineseschool.org/blog/?page_id=631

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 29, 2022)

** NOTE ** Deadline for sponsor ad submission is extended to 10/29/2022.

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)

• Program guideline:
  • Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record tracking
  • Exchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)
  • Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciated
  • If you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Covid-19 Guideline

• TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
  • Must isolate for 5 FULL days.
  • You may return to school on day 6 or later, as long as your symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.

• SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF COVID-19
  • Stay at home until one of the following conditions is met：
    • (At any time) Provide proof of a negative provider administered COVID-19 test
    • (At Day 6 – 10) Provide proof of a negative home COVID-19 test, symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.
    • Complete a 5 full day quarantine and then must mask-to-stay for days 6-10.
  • Symptomatic student or staff with pending COVID-19 test cannot come to school.
• IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT
  • Household contacts may continue to attend school as long as they monitor for symptoms AND wear a well fitted mask for 10 days.
    • (Symptom suggestive) If exposed household contacts develop symptoms
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact is isolated, please test on day 5 post exposure.
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact cannot be isolated, please test on day 5 and day 10 post exposure.
    • Notify school staff of ALL positive test results

Special Thanks for Donations to MCS 

• Paul Lee Insurance Agency
• ShieHern Kubien
• Isaac Fong
• Carrie Ong

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent On Duty

Family: Ivan Tang/Janice Lo

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Chinese New Year Planning
Our Chairperson of Parent Representatives, Jasmine Hsu, will host the 1st meeting for the Chinese New Year Celebration planning. All Parent Representatives and selective staff members please plan to join the meeting at 1:45pm in the sitting area by the cafe. Jasmine sent out an invitation email on Sunday, 10/16. Please join the meeting if you are invited.

Extra-curricular Program – Floral Arrangement Class

Our senior class teacher, 陳翎玥老師, is starting a floral arrangement class (see attached pdf file for more information). The class will start on 11/12. Please see 黃雅玲 (Ya-Ling Huang) at the hallway outside of the classroom area to register for the class.

Harvest Festival Donation Sign-Up

We will have a harvest festival parade on 10/29 during class recess. We would like to seek families’ support to sign up for the “goodies” donation and/or event helper. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite Halloween costumes to school that day and will be receiving their goodie bags at the parade.

Sign-up link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094DA5A929A5F94-mcsharvest

2022-2023 Directory Proofreading (at hallway outside of the classroom area)

Our Documentation Team will place a draft of the MCS directory on the table outside of the classroom area tomorrow for families to proofread and confirm the accuracy of their respective contact information. All parents please stop by to verify your information to be printed in the MCS directory.

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
We are entering our 3rd week of the Chinese Reading Month. In addition to classroom lessons, the school encourages students to read and watch Chinese books and videos outside of class time. Parents are encouraged to accompany and assist their children in reading Chinese books and videos. Log sheet can be downloaded from our school website if needed: https://www.michiganchineseschool.org/blog/?page_id=631

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 29, 2022)

** NOTE ** Deadline for sponsor ad submission is extended to 10/29/2022.

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)

• Program guideline:
  • Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record tracking
  • Exchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)
  • Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciated
  • If you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Additional Information & Events

底特律美術館Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
10月29日有一場精采的活動
【藝術與武術相遇於底特律美術館】
【Art & Action in the Films of KING HU胡金銓導演】
主辦單位:亞洲藝文之友Friends of Asian Arts and Cultures (FAAC)
協辦單位:駐芝加哥台北經濟文化辦事處及密西根中華婦女會。
詳細活動訊息如下：
日期：10/29/2022
時間：1:30-5:00pm
地點：Detroit Institute of Art – Detroit Film Theatre
地址：5200 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48202
整個活動包括三個單元：
1️⃣ 1:30pm～推手示範
2️⃣ 2:20pm～演講
3️⃣ 3:00pm～【空山靈雨】電影欣賞 Raining in the Mountain
此活動需先上網登記，DIA活動網址: https://dia.org/events/art-and-action-films-king-hu
或是電話預約(313)833 -7900。 奧克蘭、偉恩及馬科姆三郡的居民，可「上網登記免費」入場。
You are cordially invited to attend the “Art and Action in the Films of King Hu” program, consisting of Film Screening, Talk, and Interactive Pushing Hands demo on October 29, 2022. This FREE event will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Detroit Film Theatre auditorium at Detroit Institute of Arts.
When:
Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Where:
Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium at Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA
What:
1️⃣ 1:30pm～Demonstration- Interactive pushing hands demo by Ching-Yu Meng and Detroit Tai Chi Group
2️⃣ 2:20pm～Talk- Art, Aesthetics, and Opposition by Professor Tony Williams (SIU)
3️⃣ 3:00pm～Film Screening- Raining in the Mountain 空山靈雨 directed by King Hu 胡金銓
Programs are FREE with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. Please note that REGISTRATION required: visit https://dia.org/events/art-and-action-films-king-hu or call 313-833-7900.

Covid-19 Guideline

• TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
  • Must isolate for 5 FULL days.
  • You may return to school on day 6 or later, as long as your symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.

• SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF COVID-19
  • Stay at home until one of the following conditions is met：
    • (At any time) Provide proof of a negative provider administered COVID-19 test
    • (At Day 6 – 10) Provide proof of a negative home COVID-19 test, symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.
    • Complete a 5 full day quarantine and then must mask-to-stay for days 6-10.
  • Symptomatic student or staff with pending COVID-19 test cannot come to school.
• IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT
  • Household contacts may continue to attend school as long as they monitor for symptoms AND wear a well fitted mask for 10 days.
    • (Symptom suggestive) If exposed household contacts develop symptoms
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact is isolated, please test on day 5 post exposure.
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact cannot be isolated, please test on day 5 and day 10 post exposure.
    • Notify school staff of ALL positive test results

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent On Duty

Family: Jonathan Lee/Amy Lee

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Harvest Festival Donation Sign-Up

We will have a harvest festival parade on 10/29 during class recess. We would like to seek families’ support to sign up for the “goodies” donation and/or event helper. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite Halloween costumes to school that day and will be receiving their goodie bags at the parade.

Sign-up link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094DA5A929A5F94-mcsharvest

2022-2023 Directory Proofreading (at hallway outside of the classroom area)

Our Documentation Team will place a draft of the MCS directory on the table outside of the classroom area tomorrow for families to proofread and confirm the accuracy of their respective contact information. All parents please stop by to verify your information to be printed in the MCS directory.

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
We are entering our 3rd week of the Chinese Reading Month. In addition to classroom lessons, the school encourages students to read and watch Chinese books and videos outside of class time. Parents are encouraged to accompany and assist their children in reading Chinese books and videos. Log sheet can be downloaded from our school website if needed: https://www.michiganchineseschool.org/blog/?page_id=631

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 29, 2022)

** NOTE ** Deadline for sponsor ad submission is extended to 10/29/2022.

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)

• Program guideline:
  • Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record tracking
  • Exchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)
  • Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciated
  • If you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Covid-19 Guideline

• TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
  • Must isolate for 5 FULL days.
  • You may return to school on day 6 or later, as long as your symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.

• SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF COVID-19
  • Stay at home until one of the following conditions is met：
    • (At any time) Provide proof of a negative provider administered COVID-19 test
    • (At Day 6 – 10) Provide proof of a negative home COVID-19 test, symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.
    • Complete a 5 full day quarantine and then must mask-to-stay for days 6-10.
  • Symptomatic student or staff with pending COVID-19 test cannot come to school.
• IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT
  • Household contacts may continue to attend school as long as they monitor for symptoms AND wear a well fitted mask for 10 days.
    • (Symptom suggestive) If exposed household contacts develop symptoms
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact is isolated, please test on day 5 post exposure.
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact cannot be isolated, please test on day 5 and day 10 post exposure.
    • Notify school staff of ALL positive test results

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent on Duty:

Family: Shengyi Kuo/Cuishan Guan

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Fire Drill on Saturday (Oct 8, 2022)

We will be conducting our annual school fire drill evacuation exercise on Saturday, 10/8/22, around 2:20 p.m. Our teachers have received guidance from the Director of Discipline earlier this week, and we expect the students to follow their respective teacher’s instructions during the evacuation exercise to move together safely as a group to the designated assembly areas outside of the Ward Church building.  The detailed evacuation plan, route, and assembly area map can be found here.

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
We are entering our 2nd week of the Chinese Reading Month. In addition to classroom lessons, the school encourages students to read and watch Chinese books and videos outside of class time. Parents are encouraged to accompany and assist their children in reading Chinese books and videos. Some updates have been made to the reading time recording form, the updated form will be handed out on Saturday by the teacher in each class.

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 22, 2022)

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)

• Program guideline:
  • Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record tracking
  • Exchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)
  • Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciated
  • If you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Covid-19 Guideline

• TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
  • Must isolate for 5 FULL days.
  • You may return to school on day 6 or later, as long as your symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.

• SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF COVID-19
  • Stay at home until one of the following conditions is met：
    • (At any time) Provide proof of a negative provider administered COVID-19 test
    • (At Day 6 – 10) Provide proof of a negative home COVID-19 test, symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.
    • Complete a 5 full day quarantine and then must mask-to-stay for days 6-10.
  • Symptomatic student or staff with pending COVID-19 test cannot come to school.
• IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT
  • Household contacts may continue to attend school as long as they monitor for symptoms AND wear a well fitted mask for 10 days.
    • (Symptom suggestive) If exposed household contacts develop symptoms
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact is isolated, please test on day 5 post exposure.
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact cannot be isolated, please test on day 5 and day 10 post exposure.
    • Notify school staff of ALL positive test results

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696
僑務訊息Overseas Community Affairs Bulletin:
臺北市政府教育局辦理酷課雲網路課程111學年度第1學期「酷課雲高中職數位學習增能培力班」網路課程招生_線上報名至10 月 13 日（星期四）中午 12 時止

為推動「酷僑專案」，增進海內外師生共享數位學習資源，並促進與海外僑（華）校交流合作及提供海外僑（華）校學生多元學習管道，臺北市政府教育局賡續辦理臺北酷課雲111學年度第1學期「酷課雲高中職數位學習增能培力班」網路課程。詳細資訊請看附件。

Dear MCS Families,

Thank you very much for attending our 1st Parent Assembly meeting of the school year last Saturday.  It’s great to be able to share the school operation status update and welcome our new MCS families! Many thanks to our staff members to make this event a success!

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

Parent on Duty:

Family: Brian Ng/Bridget Chang

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Chinese Reading Month (Oct 1 – Nov 5, 2022)
Reading Month is about to begin. In addition to classroom lessons, the school encourages students to read and watch Chinese books and videos outside of class time. Parents are encouraged to accompany and assist their children in reading Chinese books and videos. Detailed instructions and forms will be provided and explained by each classroom teacher.
Parents are encouraged to add additional activities for the event, such as poster making. For classes that wish to participate, a poster session will be held after the event.  Photos of the event will be posted on the official Facebook page.

2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising (Now – Oct 22, 2022)

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Free Chinese Reading Book Exchange (outside of the classroom area)

• Program guideline:
  • Honor system based so no reservation needed or rental record tracking
  • Exchange/Borrowing is for one class week (i.e., pick up on Saturday class and return on the next Saturday class)
  • Donation of Chinese reading books are greatly appreciated
  • If you have not returned the book(s) you borrowed last year, please return them.

Student Perfect Attendance Award

• The school provides classroom-based online student attendance forms, and parents can confirm attendance online.
• Attendance awards are given once a year.
• Perfect Attendance Award Standard
  • Attendance in every class, including speech contests, New Year Celebration, and graduation ceremonies is required.
  • No tardiness or leaving early (Be no more than 15 minutes late or leave early)
  • If it is snowing on a school day, students must arrive within 15 minutes of the start of class or be recorded as tardy.
  • In the event of weather or other factors that seriously affect traffic on a school day and delay the arrival of most teachers and students, the principal will announce the tardiness criteria on the day.
  • In the event of a snowstorm that closes the church on a school day, perfect attendance will not be counted.
  • Attendance at school competitions on behalf of the school will also be counted as perfect attendance.

Michigan Lion Dance Asian Cultural Performance
Michigan Lion Dance Asian Cultural PerformanceSaturday, Oct. 01, 2022, 11:00am-12:30pmNovi Public Library, 45255 Ten Mile Rd, Novi MI 48375Join the Michigan Lion Dance Team as they perform and represent Asian culture that brings health, joy, prosperity, and auspiciousness to everyone watching. Visit the Lion Dance educational stations: Origami, drawing, drumming, and photo booth. Enjoy TRADITIONAL LION DANCE EYE-DOTTING BLESSING CEREMONY with stations set up in the Whole Meeting Room. Register for eventhttps://www.novilibrary.org/…/cultural-international-esl
雙十國慶慶祝酒會/Double Tenth Celebration

一年一度的密西根中華民國 111年國慶慶祝酒會, 將於十月九日 (星期日) 上午 11 時至下午2點半，在密西根州位於Bloomfield Hills 的 Wabeek Country Club 舉行, 歡迎各界僑民共襄盛舉。

餐會內容包括了美麗的台灣冰雕，舞獅表演，美味西餐及甜點，台灣民歌及民謠等等。現場還有特别的 Event Wall Stand 供大家照相留念! 午餐成本每人原價45元, 感謝僑界各界人士的贊助，每人只需繳費20元。

另外，為方便僑民辦理領務， 芝加哥辦事處如同往年的將會在活動前1小時 (1 0am) 在餐會場地接受領務申請，歡迎有需要辦理領務的僑民前往申請辦理。請到芝加哥辦事處官網查詢並預約 (HTTPS://bit.ly/3cXQA7R)。

餐會活動詳情:

時間: 10月9日周日 上午11 時至下午2時半

地址:  Wabeek Country Club

            4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

費用: $20/人 (FASCA 以及舞獅隊表演學生免費)

報名連結: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*請於 9/30前完成報名及繳費。 現場恕不收費。

請參考附件上的更多資訊。

The Greater Michigan Taiwanese Americans Inc. invites you to join us at the annual Double Tenth Celebration luncheon on Sunday, October 9th at 11am.  The event will be held at the Wabeek Country Club in Bloomfield Hills.

The event costs $20 per person (original cost is $45) after the donation from many sponsors. In addition to the delicious lunch, coffee, tea and desserts, there will be a beautiful wall stand and unforgettable Taiwanese ice sculpture on display for photos, as well as amazing Taiwanese folk song singing and lion dance performance. 

In addition, TECO in Chicago will arrive at 10am to accept Passport/Visa related applications for those who have a need for the same. Please visit the TECO website for detailed information.

Additional details:

Time: Sunday, October 9th at 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Location:  Wabeek Country Club    4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

Cost: $20 per person (FASCA students and Lion Dance performers free)

RSVP and payment information: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*Please be sure to sign up and pay before 9/30. We will not accept payment at the event.

Please refer to the attached flyer for more information.

Covid-19 Guideline

• TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
  • Must isolate for 5 FULL days.
  • You may return to school on day 6 or later, as long as your symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.

• SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF COVID-19
  • Stay at home until one of the following conditions is met：
    • (At any time) Provide proof of a negative provider administered COVID-19 test
    • (At Day 6 – 10) Provide proof of a negative home COVID-19 test, symptoms have significantly improved, and you mask-to-stay days 6-10.
    • Complete a 5 full day quarantine and then must mask-to-stay for days 6-10.
  • Symptomatic student or staff with pending COVID-19 test cannot come to school.
• IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT
  • Household contacts may continue to attend school as long as they monitor for symptoms AND wear a well fitted mask for 10 days.
    • (Symptom suggestive) If exposed household contacts develop symptoms
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact is isolated, please test on day 5 post exposure.
    • If without symptoms AND the positive COVID-19 household contact cannot be isolated, please test on day 5 and day 10 post exposure.
    • Notify school staff of ALL positive test results

Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

The following items are the events and announcements for this week:

School Event(s) on Sat, 9/24/22 

• Teachers’ Meeting
  • When: 3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
  • Participants: All Teachers, Academic Administrator, Principal, Vice Principal, Sub Teachers (brief introduction)
  • Where: Grade 8/9 Classroom (Creative Lab L)
• 2022-2023 1st Parent Assembly Meeting
  • When: 1:45 – 3:00 p.m.
  • Host: Jasmine Hsu (2022-2023 Chairperson of Parent Representative)
  • Participants: All Parents
  • Where: Hub Meeting Room of the Ward Church (location map below)

Parent on Duty:

Family: Hui-Min Chen/Jui-Chun Kao

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Kick-off of 2022-2023 MCS Directory Editing/Production and Advertising Fundraising

It will be greatly appreciated if parents can sign up to contact the pre-populated sponsors and/or to develop new sponsors for our school.  Please go to the sign-up link (here) to learn more about the process and past sponsors.  

As a small token of gratitude, a reward of $20 (for each full-page advertisement) or $15 (for each half-page advertisement) will be awarded to each parent who successfully secures the sponsorship to our school.   Feel free to download the flyer with detailed advertising package options to facilitate your engagement with your sponsor(s).

Extra-curricular Registration

There will be a workstation in the hallway where you can find all the extra-curricular information. Please stop by to register the extra-curriculum classes with 黃雅玲 (Ya-Ling Huang).  
Current available classes:

1. Chinese Yo-Yo Diabolo – Julia Chen (Students will need to purchase and bring their own Yo-Yo)

2. AP Chinese Exam Preparation – Jeremy Lien

3. Aikido 合氣道 – Yung Jen Cheng (Eden)

4. Carrie’s Origami 摺紙 – Carrie Ong

Please visit 2022-2023 密西根中文學校課外活動 (After-School Curriculum) for more information.

If you are interested in opening your extra-curricular class, please contact Ya-Ling Huang for more details.
雙十國慶慶祝酒會/Double Tenth Celebration

一年一度的密西根中華民國 111年國慶慶祝酒會, 將於十月九日 (星期日) 上午 11 時至下午2點半，在密西根州位於Bloomfield Hills 的 Wabeek Country Club 舉行, 歡迎各界僑民共襄盛舉。

餐會內容包括了美麗的台灣冰雕，舞獅表演，美味西餐及甜點，台灣民歌及民謠等等。現場還有特别的 Event Wall Stand 供大家照相留念! 午餐成本每人原價45元, 感謝僑界各界人士的贊助，每人只需繳費20元。

另外，為方便僑民辦理領務， 芝加哥辦事處如同往年的將會在活動前1小時 (1 0am) 在餐會場地接受領務申請，歡迎有需要辦理領務的僑民前往申請辦理。請到芝加哥辦事處官網查詢並預約 (HTTPS://bit.ly/3cXQA7R)。

餐會活動詳情:

時間: 10月9日周日 上午11 時至下午2時半

地址:  Wabeek Country Club

            4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

費用: $20/人 (FASCA 以及舞獅隊表演學生免費)

報名連結: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*請於 9/30前完成報名及繳費。 現場恕不收費。

請參考附件上的更多資訊。

The Greater Michigan Taiwanese Americans Inc. invites you to join us at the annual Double Tenth Celebration luncheon on Sunday, October 9th at 11am.  The event will be held at the Wabeek Country Club in Bloomfield Hills.

The event costs $20 per person (original cost is  $45) after the donation from many sponsors. In addition to the delicious lunch, coffee, tea and desserts, there will be a beautiful wall stand and unforgettable Taiwanese ice sculpture on display for photos, as well as amazing Taiwanese folk song singing and lion dance performance. 

In addition, TECO in Chicago will arrive at 10am to accept Passport/Visa related applications for those who have a need for the same. Please visit the TECO website for detailed information.

Additional details:

Time: Sunday,  October 9th at 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Location:  Wabeek Country Club    4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

Cost: $20 per person (FASCA students and Lion Dance performers free)

RSVP and payment information: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*Please be sure to sign up and pay before 9/30. We will not accept payment at the event.

Please refer to the attached flyer for more information.

Health and Wellness Practices

• Students should bring their own hand sanitizer.
• Screen for COVID symptoms
• Stay home when sick
• If COVID-19 positive or confirmed direct exposure:
  • Inform your classroom teacher & parent rep 

 Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

Dear MCS Families,

It was great to see everyone back to school and new families joining our community. This Saturday is the 2nd week of school. We have many important events this Saturday.  Please carefully read the following announcement.

School Event(s) on Sat, 9/17/22 

• Parent Representative meeting (1:40 – 2:30 p.m. next to Welcome Desk and Cafe; separate meeting invitation would be sent to the participants, see map below)
  • The meeting will be hosted by the 2021-2022 Parent Representative Chairperson, Jack Li.
  • All 2022-2023 Parent Representatives need to attend.
  • The 2022-2023 Parent Representative Chairperson will be elected in this meeting.
• 1st MCS Staff meeting (2:50 – 3:30 p.m. next to Welcome Desk and Cafe; separate meeting invitation would be sent to the participants, see map below)
  • The lead of each position in the workload sign-up sheet are invited. We will briefly go thru the calendar and tasks for each role.

Parent on Duty:

Family: Ansel Chiang/Zoe Chang

Tasks:

• Keeping the school hours by ringing the bell at the beginning and the end of each class
• Keeping students in order and safe during recess (e.g., no student running/chasing allowed inside the Ward church)

Extra-curricular Registration

There will be a workstation in the hallway where you can find all the extra-curricular information. Please stop by to register the extra-curriculum classes with 黃雅玲 (Ya-Ling Huang).  
Current available classes:

1. Chinese Yo-Yo – Julia Chen (Students will need to purchase and bring their own Yo-Yo)

2. AP Chinese Exam Preparation – Jeremy Lien

3. Aikido 合氣道 – Yung Jen Cheng (Eden)

4. Carrie’s Origami 摺紙 – Carrie Ong

Please visit 2022-2023 密西根中文學校課外活動 (After-School Curriculum) for more information.

If you are interested in opening your extra-curricular class, please contact Ya-Ling Huang for more details.

雙十國慶慶祝酒會/Double Tenth Celebration

一年一度的密西根中華民國 111年國慶慶祝酒會, 將於十月九日 (星期日) 上午 11 時至下午2點半，在密西根州位於Bloomfield Hills 的 景色優美的Wabeek Country Club 舉行, 誠摯邀請貴校教職員、學生、家長共襄盛會，一起來慶祝我們國家的生日。

餐會內容包括了美麗的台灣冰雕、舞獅表演、美味西餐及甜點，聲樂演唱台灣民歌及民謠等等。現場還有特别的 Event Wall Stand 供大家照相留念! 承蒙僑界各方慷慨贊助，每人只需繳費20元，即可享用價值45元的餐點。

另外，為方便僑民辦理領務， 芝加哥辦事處將會在活動前1小時 (1 0:00-11:00am在現場接受領務申請，歡迎有需要辦理領務的僑民前往申請辦理。請點擊芝加哥辦事處官網查詢並預約

餐會活動詳情:

時間: 10月9日周日 上午11 時至下午2時半

地址:  Wabeek Country Club

            4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

費用: $20/人 (限18歲以上入場)

報名連結: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*請於 9/30前完成報名及繳費。 現場恕不收費。

請參考附件上的更多資訊。

The Greater Michigan Taiwanese Americans Inc. invites you to join us at the annual Double Tenth Celebration luncheon on Sunday, October 9th at 11am.  The event will be held at the Wabeek Country Club in Bloomfield Hills. 

The event costs $20 per person after the donation from many sponsors (original price was $45). In addition to the full course lunch meal, there will be a beautiful wall stand and unforgettable Taiwanese ice sculpture on display for photos, as well as amazing Taiwanese folk song singing and lion dance performance.  

In addition, TECO in Chicago will arrive at 10am to accept Passport/Visa related applications for those who have a need for the same. Please visit the TECO website for detail information.

Additional details:

Time: Sunday,  October 9th at 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Location:  Wabeek Country Club    4000 Clubgate Dr, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302

Cost: $20 per person (FASCA students and Lion Dance performers free)

RSVP and payment information: https://forms.gle/5PbiudWn9oeh87FHA

*Please be sure to sign up and pay before 9/30. We will not accept payment at the event.

Please refer to the attached flyer for more information.
僑務電子報/Overseas Community Affairs Council News
A news article about our school opening last Saturday was posted on the Overseas Community Affairs Council News (僑務電子報) website. Special thanks to our Grade 3 teacher, Teresa Yin, for the great news article!https://ocacnews.net/article/319813

Health and Wellness Practices

• Students should bring their own hand sanitizer.
• Screen for COVID symptoms
• Stay home when sick
• If COVID-19 positive or confirmed direct exposure:
  • Inform your classroom teacher & parent rep 

 Amazon Smile Link 

An easy move to benefit MCS.  Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  

Dear MCS Families,

Hope you all enjoyed the summer. The new school year will start on September 10th on Saturday at Ward Church (40000 Six Mile Road, Northville, MI 48168). Chinese classes begins at 1:30 PM and ends at 3:30 PM.

<Note> 
– Tardy: Students who are 15+ minutes late or 15+ minute early dismissal for school hours are considered tardy, and will not be qualified for perfect attendance award.

– Please remind all children that DO NOT RUN or EAT in the hallway. Snacking is allowed in the classroom during the breaks but please keep clean of chairs, tables, and carpet. Please remind all children to wash their hands before and after snacking.

* Please refrain your children from damaging church’s properties including but not limited to pianos, chalkboards, drums, computers, lighting, audio system, phones. Parents will be responsible for the compensation if their children made damage to church’s properties.

Health and Wellness Practices

• Students should bring their own hand sanitizer.
• Screen for COVID symptoms
• Stay home when sick
• If COVID-19 positive or confirmed direct exposure:
  • Inform your classroom teacher & parent rep 

Here are some important activities that will take place on the school opening day:

• Class/parent representatives election
• Extra-curricular registration

Details:

1. Class Representation Election
Please stay for the first part of the class (or other time informed otherwise by the teacher) for a parent-teacher meeting. A class representative will be elected on the 1st day of school. Please be sure to leave your contact information (student name, parent name(s), email address, phone numbers) on the Class Sheet to your teacher.

2. Extra-curricular Registration
There will be a workstation in the hallway where you can find all the extra-curricular information. Please stop by to register the extra-curriculum classes with 黃雅玲 (Ya-Ling Huang).  
Current available classes:

1. Chinese Yo-Yo – Julia Chen

2. AP Chinese Exam Preparation – Jeremy Lien

3. Aikido 合氣道 – Yung Jen Cheng (Eden)

4. Carrie’s Origami 摺紙 – Carrie Ong

If you are interested in opening your extra-curricular class, please contact Ya-Ling Huang for more details.
 

Parents on Duty
Family: Proton Lee/Jasmine Ku

Teacher Information

班級 Grade	教師 Teacher
學前班 Pre-Kindergarten	蔡麗冰 Ice Chai
幼稚園班 Kindergarten	秦淑芬 Tephy Qin
一年級班 1st Grade	洪文君 Wen-Chun Hung
二年級班 2nd Grade	陳怡君 Belinda Chen
三年級班 3rd Grade	尹昌舜 Teresa Yin
四年級班 4th Grade	吳心尹 Amanda Wu
五年級班 5th Grade	沈玲裳 Ling-Shang Shen
六年級班 6th Grade	曾雅竹 Donna Tseng
七年級班 7th Grade	游文月 Melanie Yu
八/九年級班 8/9th Grade	陳婉齡 Evy Chen
高年級班 Senior	陳翎玥 Ling-Yueh Kuang

Classroom Information

Amazon Smile Link

An easy move to benefit MCS. Please use the following link when you shop on Amazon. This will not cost you a penny but will help the school to get some funding from Amazon.  http://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-3424696

We are excited about starting a new school year with you and looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Best regards,

Sam Taur 陶茂森

Principal of Michigan Chinese School
密西根中文學校校長 

Dear MCS Families,

It is my honor and a pleasure to welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year! I hope you all have had an enjoyable summer and are ready for another successful school year. I am excited to serve as the Principal of this amazing learning community for this school year. The following information highlights updates for the new school year.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

The first day of school for students will be on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Class hours are 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

A link to the 2022-2023 Calendar is available on our website.

SCHOOL STAFFS AND CLASSES

Links to the 2022-2023 School Staffs and Classes are available on our website.

Enjoy the rest of the summer! I look forward to seeing all of you on Saturday, September 10th.

Best regards,

Sam Taur 陶茂森

Principal of Michigan Chinese School
密西根中文學校校長 

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