2012

Meeting with Parents

WelcomeMandarin Language and

Cultural CenterPrincipal Jane Chen

10:30~10:55

Benefit from learning Chinese

• Use both parts of the brain (Sophie Scott)

• Learn to think in a new way

• Memory will go up

The Organization:

• Non-Profit organization

• 5 board members

• 8 administrators

• 51 teachers

• 1019 students

• Two campuses: Milpitas High, Saratoga

High

• Office at 1630 Oakland Rd. A-207, San

Jose

The Mission

• To provide high quality language & cultural

programs with affordable tuition

• To enhance multi-culture understanding

and diversity in the communities.

55 Chinese classes in two

campuses

• 29 Chinese classes in

Saratoga

• 5 Culture classes

• Total 587 students in Saratoga

School Administrative

Personnel

• Principal: Jane Chen

• Curriculum Design:

Chihmei Wang, May Hsiao, ChenhuiWu, Peiyun Lin, Yuchin Ho

• School Events Coordinator:

May Hsiao, Reuyling Chang

• Treasure: Celia Wu

Mobile Office in SHS

World Language

Teacher office

Important date

• Chinese class 8/25 – 5/18/13

• Culture class of first semester

9/8-1/12/13

• Culture class of second

semester 1/19-5/11/13

Days off (total 7 days)

• 9/1 Labor’s Day

• 10/20 SHS PSAT Test

• 11/24 Thanksgiving

• 12/22， 12/29 Christmas

• 2/23 Presidents’ Week

• 4/12 Spring Break

Registration and refund

policy• Date of registration for next school year

3/2/13 for current students and siblings

3/22/13 for new students

• Refund policy

before 8/1/13, $40 will be charged，

before the third week of school, $100 will

be reduced

after the third week of school no refund

E-newsletter

• If you don’t receive school’s newsletter via

email by 10/5

Please call：(408)441-9114

or email: mlcc@mandarinschool.org

• The newsletter will be posted on MLCC

website

www.mandarinschooldigitalcenter.org

www.mandarinschool.org

www.mandarinschooldigitalcenter.org

http://goo.gl/oez4h

Seminars for Parents

The following seminars are held in the office.

• 9/8 @ 10:50 Introduction of Acculive, the

online virtual classroom

• 9/15 @ 9:30; Talk with parents of G1

students, 10:30 with parents of PK

students

• 9/29 Hanyu Pinyin and Chinese input

class for parents

Activities

• 10/27 Halloween trick or treat

• 2/09 Chinese New Year

• 3/16 CFL Open House

• 4/20 Book & Bake Sale,

Annual Fundraising

The curriculum

Textbook: Chinese Wonderland

CFL 1: Chinese Wonderland 1

CFL 2: Chinese Wonderland 2

CFL 3: Chinese Wonderland 3

CFL 4: Chinese Wonderland 4

CFL 5: Chinese Wonderland 5 (piloting)

MLCC + TKB in Taiwan

Paper Textbook, workbook,

Audio CD

CD Rom for

Teachers

Website e-

learning

APPS

9/3/2012 國語語文學校 21

CFL Program

• Six levels of CFL courses

• 2 hours/week on site class, 32 weeks in

a school year

• 15 min/week online class, 28 weeks in a

school year

CFL Program Goal

• Develop students’ interest in

learning Chinese.

• Develop students’ language ability*

for daily life applications.

* Students can think and speak in

Mandarin even with limited

vocabulary.

CFL Program Highlights• Focus on conversational Mandarin

related to daily life.

o Build up oral skill

o Recognize Chinese characters

o Read in contained material

o Write Chinese characters from Level II

o Practice Hanyu Pinyin from L IV

o Learn Chinese input from L V

CFL Program Highlights

• Mainly use Mandarin in classroom;

use English only when necessary.

• Use real objects or pictures to help

students to comprehend.

• Many conversational activities in

classroom to build up oral skills.

• Learning is reinforced by well

designed homework.

Topics for CFL 1

Family Pets

Hobbies Colors

Clothes Food

Toys School Supplies

Functions for CFL 1

• Greeting

• Introduce him/herself

• Get and give information

• Express likes and dislikes

• Make request

• Express needs

• About 20 sentences structure

Basic Phrase Evaluation

• Fall semester: 12/1, 12/8, 12/15

• Spring semester: 4/20, 4/27, 5/04

• Recognize 100 phrases in Level I

117 phrases in Level II

116 phrases in Level III

118 phrases in Level IV

131 phrases in Level V

Play with the Flash cards http://quizlet.com/mlccschool

The Online Synchronized Virtual

Classroom

• Once a week, 15 min/ week

• 4-5 students a group

• Introduction: 9/8 10:50-11:20 #503

• Select the time slot: 9/5 on google doc

• Get the info (schedule, account name &

password by 9/10

• Online testing: the week of 9/11

• First class: the week of 9/18

On-line Moodle or Edmodo

Classroom

• On-line audio assignment

• Additional listening comprehension

and speaking exercise

• Instruction of using Edmodo and

Audacity will be given by Ms. Chen

11:15 ~11:30 today at room 504

Parents on Campus Duties

• Six parents each week

• This year turns to Pre-K to G3

• Report to the office 15 min before

class starts

• Ensure students' safety during arrival,

recess, and departure time

• Patrol campus during class time

• Assist with school office work

Safety Notes

• Parents must accompany your child in and out of school campus

• Do not let children wander around in parking lot

• In case of medical emergency, parents have the responsibility to pay for the ambulance and medical expenses

Fire Drill

• 9/8

• 10:33 to 10:45

No Cellular Phones, or other

Electronic Devices (iPods, etc)

• Students are prohibited by school

policy to use any type of unauthorized

electronic or mechanical device

during regular school hours.

Parking

• Please park at the lot along the

Herriman Ave.

• The rear parking lot is reserved for

teachers and parents who are in

charge of library books.

SCRIP on Sale Every Week at

office

• Starbucks 、Peet’s、Jamba Juice

• Sweet Tomato 、 The Porridge

• 99 Ranch、Marina 、Whole Food

Volunteers needed

• Library in the office

• SCRIP Sale

Meeting with your child’s teacher

at 11:00~11:30

The meeting agenda and

the calendar will be

delivered to your child

Thank you