   This past Saturday (10/27/2012), we had a successful “Culture Week” event on campus. A big thank you to everyone for helping out.
Various popular Chinese traditional sports were introduced at the event, including Chinese Yoyo, Top, and Shuttlecock. We were blessed with gorgeous sunny weather. Everyone enjoyed swinging yoyos, and playing tops and shuttlecocks in the sunshine. Special thanks go to all MERC teachers for working collaboratively in developing a PowerPoint introduction for all the sports. The knowledge about each sport helped students to better enjoy the outdoor hands-on activities. We also want to thank the PTA and volunteer parents who worked as chaperons supervising outdoor activity stations. A special acknowledgement goes to our parent photographers. As always, the pictures are fabulous.  This school year, our PTA has formed a Tasty Fundraiser Team that manages Food Sale. To take one step further, the plan is to have the Preorder Food Sale take place once every two or three weeks, and you can place the pre-order over the web at your fingertips.
Wouldn't it be great to have your family enjoy some tasty food together after a Saturday Chinese school? Simply fill out the pre-order form online, come to school as usual, and remember to pick up your order on the designate days. Don't want to miss the food sales coming up? Just 'like' our Facebook Page and you'll receive future food sale schedule.    Dear Parents, Teachers and Students, We wish to share with you a "Chinese Culture Festival" event taking place this Saturday, 10/13, 2:00-5:00 pm. This event is sponsored by Moreau High School in Hayward. MERC Chinese School works in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations in the community to support this event. The event is open to the public, free admission, and you are all cordially invited!. This is a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourselves in Chinese culture as there will be various exiting activities and booths ranging from 12 Chinese zodiac (sponsored by MERC), calligraphy, abacus exhibition and Peking opera to arts and crafts, We warmly invite you to join us in spreading cultural awareness and Chinese heritage! Please see the attached flyer for more details. We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends there this Saturday. Event (活動): 中國文化節 Chinese Culture Festival When (活動時間): Saturday, 10/13/12, from 2-5 PM Where (活動地點): Moreau Catholic High School Senior Parking Lot 27170 Mission Blvd., Hayward CA 94544 Event Parking (停車地點): St. Clement Elementary School Parking Lot nearby Moreau Catholic High School or Moreau Catholic High School Junior Parking Lot at St. Clement (小學停車場﹐ 或學校山後的 Junior 停車場) Sincerely, MERC Chinese School Diana Kuo, Founder & CEO Jane Wu, Principal May Fung, Supervisor Connie Ma, PTA President It has been five weeks for Kai-Feng (MERC) Chinese School being in session since the school began in September. In the past weeks, we have accomplished several activities with the collaborative effort from MERC staff, teachers, PTA and all of the parents.
1. MERC Info Night 9/5 – MERC Staff, Teachers & PTA 2. Opening Day and Parent Orientation 9/8 - MERC Staff, Teachers & PTA 3. Parent Teacher Meeting 9/15 – All MERC Teachers 4. Stonebrae Back to School Night 9/20 - MERC Staff, Teachers & PTA 5. PTA Welcome Party 9/29 – PTA, Connie, Rachael, Marcela & All MERC Parents 6. Tasty Fundraiser 9/29 - PTA, Regina and Amy 7. Fire Drill 10/6 – PTA, Marcela We are thankful to all of the MERC teachers, parents and students who have worked so hard to make every activity a success. We would also like to remind you for the upcoming event, School Picture Day, this Saturday, 10/13. Our volunteer parent photographers, leading by Stephen Kwok, will take a group picture for each class. The pictures taken on the Picture Day will be collected in this year’s MERC yearbook. In addition to taking group pictures of students, our photographers will also take pictures for teachers and parent volunteers. Please don’t miss this event. We hope to see every student, all of the teachers and as many parents as possible in the 2012-13 MERC yearbook. --- MERC Chinese School Diana Kuo, Founder & CEO Jane Wu, Principal May Fung, Supervisor Connie Ma, PTA President We at Hayward MERC Chinese School offers short term basic Mandarin classes for 5-7 years. If you're an adult, do you know adults can learn basic mandarin conversation at Chabot College? This Chinese I course is a 6-Week short term Chinese language class at the beginning level, no prerequisite is required. The course content is tailored for adults interested in learning basic Chinese. The class will begin tomorrow evening, Tuesday, 10/2. Registration can be completed on the Community Education website. If you know of anyone (friends, relatives, co-workers) who may be looking for opportunities to learn conversational Chinese at a beginner level, please help to pass along this information and flyer. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Kuo at (510) 303-3731. For most recent Chinese courses offered by Chabot College, please refer to Community Education website. Their contact phone number is (510) 723-6665. |