December 13: the last day of Fall semester
Fall semester 2009 will be finished on December 13.
The schedule for next semester is coming soon.
Welcome back to MSU Chinese School
MSU Chinese School will start a new fall semester at 10:30am of September 13, 2009. Teachers and students are going to meet at the Berkey Hall of Michigan State University.
Please notice that the classroom will be in another building, Berkey Hall:
For more information about classrooms, teachers, and even students, please visit the following pages:
In order to register a course, please visit the course registration page:
See you on Sunday.
iChinese Class (中文实验班)
美国和日本的脑科学研究证明：儿童时期，孩子的右脑对图像的记忆有极超强的能力。根据这个原理，iChinese推出一套快速认字方法及教材。为了得到更多有关的信息，请浏览iChinese网站：
几年来，通过MSU中文学校实验班的实践，多数孩子和家长对iChinese很满意。您可以查看家长的反馈：
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcrxcs8s_10crd54xhn
经过教师和校方负责人的讨论， 大家认为：实验班应当继续开，但是做为普通班以外的附加课程。每周日早9：30到10：20，从第一册开始。有兴趣者，请尽快报名。报名时，请选experimental-1.
Board Meeting on August 22
The board meeting was held just after teacher’s conference. The school board met with the school administration team. In the meeting, the responsibilities of the board have been restated — essentially, the board is the representative body of all student’s parents, and will oversee the operations of the administration team.
The board was newly formed in May 2009 through a formal election process, and will conduct 2-year tenure. For more information about the board of directors, please see the page.
Teacher’s Conference on August 22
Teacher’s conference was held at MSU international center on August 22. In this meeting, the teachers and the school administration team mainly discussed about the class schedule of the oncoming semester, and set up a plan for the future adjustment on teaching curricular and methodologies.
Picnic being Postponed due to Swine Flu
The picnic on May 23rd will be postponed due to Swine Flu (H1N1 Flu).
Chinese Contest was Postponed
The 11th Chinese contest was postponed to second half of this year due to the H1N1 virus (Swine flu).
A notice will be sent to you once the new schedule of the contest is available. Also, the contest fee will be refunded soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
Topic: Understanding Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
Presenter: Dr. Qin Baolian
Time: 10:30 am, April 19, 2009
Location: Auditorium (room 108), Bessey Hall
Dr. Qin Baolian from the Department of Family & Child Ecology, College of Social Sciences, MSU, will kindly present us “Understanding Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families” covering the psychosocial adjustment, education, and various aspects of parent-child relations in Chinese immigrant families.
It is a good opportunity for us to have a professional communication with Dr. Qin to better understand and improve the relationship between parent and children.
2009-2011 Board of Directors Nomination
As discussed in Parent Conference, we are calling for the nominations for six(6) members of Board of Directors. For more details about the nomination process, please see the page.
Please fill the form with the contact information of up to six nominees.
The nomination deadline is April 25, 2009.
Summer Camps to China Organized by CSAUS
CSAUS, Chinese School Association in the United States, is organizing the summer camps to China. For details, please see the documents or the announcement posted in CSAUS web site.
If you have any questions, please contact our principal Zhinong Yan.