News & Events
02/06/2009 Pittsburgh 2009 Chinese Culture Night
Dear Parents & Teachers,
To celebrate Chinese New Year of the Ox in 2009, Pittsburgh Chinese School and Chinese Association for Science & Technology -- Pittsburgh Chapter sponsored & invited a large group of well known performing artists, including celebrities such as 黄宏, 殷 桃, 侯勇, etc. to Pittsburgh from China. They will perform 舞蹈，杂技，相声，小品，独唱，民乐演奏，京 剧. Below is the performance information:
Time: Friday, Feb. 6, 2009
Place: Soldiers and Sailors Hall theater,
4141 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Price: $100 (VIP); $50; $35; $25; $20
This is a great cultural event co-sponsored by Pittsburgh Chinese School & Pittsburgh Chinese Association for Science & Technology - Pittsburgh Chapter. Many people have spent a lot of time and heart in order to bring this show to Pittsburgh from China, This is a great window to exhibit the Chinese culture. This is one of the opportunities for us to introduce Chinese culture to our children, friends, co-workers and neighbors. We need your support to make this event successful. Please mark your calendar and bring everyone you know to this splendid show of China!
Thank you for your support and we're looking forward to seeing you at the great celebration of Chinese New Year of the Ox in 2009!
Gaoying Bolinger
12/3/2008 Spring Registration Starts on 12/7/2008
Registration for 2009 Spring semester will start this Sunday at the
school cafeteria. Please bring checks and the application forms. If
you have not received the forms, please download and print them from
our web site: http://www.pittsburgh-chinese-school.org/registration.htm
Please register before the end of this semester to qualify for the
discounted tuition/fee.
These culture classes will have extra fees that must be submitted
within three weeks in the classes: Dance (costume will be owned by
students, approximately $35), Calligraphy (material $10), Craft Arts
(material $10). Please do not include these fees in your registration
check.
11/22/2008 Thanksgiving party and seminar
Dear Parents/PCS Members:
Dear Parents/PCS Members:
Please mark your calendar that Pittsburgh Chinese School and CASTP will organize a Thanksgiving party and also a seminar together on Nov 22. You and your family members are cordially invited to this event.
When: 6:30pm - 12:00pm, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Where: Club House in Blueberry Hills Park (http://www.ifpaa. org/Directions/ BlueberryDirecti ons.html)
What: Dinner, Seminar, Karaoke, Dancing, Cards and Military Chess (SiGuoDaZhan) Games, etc
Menu: Chinese food (from local restaurant), drink, and pizza
Cost: $10/adult and $5/kid
We have invited three guest speakers to present a seminar, titled as "The Impact of the Current Financial and Economic Crisis". They are
1. Prof. Pierre Jinghong Liang, Associate Prof. of Accounting, Tepper School of Business, CMU
2. Prof. Yongsheng Wang, Assistant Prof. of Economics, Washington & Jefferson College
3. Frank Li, Wealth Management Adviser, Merrill Lynch
Each of these three experts will discuss from their own perspective the current financial/economic crisis, and will give answers to the those questions like what happened and why it happened, why we need a rescue plan, what people should expect in the coming years for the US and global economies, what will be impact to our life (job market, financial investments, and retirement plan), etc. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion open for general questions.
To ensure sufficient food for everyone, we would like to ask you to pre-register with us by send an email to Hongying Zhou (zhouhy_98@yahoo.com), the Director of CASTP Activities, indicating how many adults/kids will come to the party.
Thank you for your attention!
PCS Board
10/13/2008 Giant Eagle Cards Sale -- PCS Fund Raising
Dear parents,
Pittsburgh Chinese School will start to sell Giant Eagle Gift Cards at Cafeteria next Sunday. Last year's sale was very successful! You can easily exchange Giant Eagle gift cards to your favorite cards (Starbucks, Macys, Barnes and Nobles, etc.) at Giant Eagle. You can find a list of those cards at
http://giftcards.gianteagle.com/BrowseCards.aspx
FFor every $5,000 purchase of Giant Eagle gift cards, PCS will obtain 5% discount. All proceeds from the discount will be used in purchasing Chinese New Year Dinner Party's presents or gifts for students, etc. You won't lose anything (You will still gain fuel perks at GetGo) but help PCS and your children.
The class and parent who sell the most Giant Eagle Gift Cards will get a surprise!
br />
Your kind support is greatly appreciated.
PCS Board
9/25/08 Seminar: "How to apply for a college", will be held
on this coming Sunday. If you have
children in high school, this will be a great opportunity for you to
learn other people's experience in helping your children, step by step,
to make smart choices and right decision for college applications.
Title: How to apply for a college
Presenter: Qingshou Huang
Time: 3:00pm - 3:45pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008
Location: Cafeteria, Pittsburgh Chinese School.
9/25/08 Parent-Teacher Association(PTA) Meeting
Dear Parents:
Pittsburgh Chinese School PTA Meeting will be held on
September 28, 2008 from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Please bring
your questions and suggestions and come to attend the
meeting.
Time: Sunday, 2:30PM to 3:45pm, September 28, 2008
Place: Cafeteria of Allderdice High School /PCS
Agenda:
Board Report, Ms. Tao Hong, Chair, PCS Board
School Report, Ms. Gaoying, Principal, PCS
Financial Report, Ms.Qingshou Huang, Financial
Director / Mr. Yongjun Zhang, Treasurer, PCS
How to apply for college, Ms. Qingshou Huang
Comments and discussion, all participants
Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Thanks!
PTA, Pittsburgh Chinese School Board
9/20/2008
Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival
Pictures
Dear parents,
The 7th annual Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival
will be
held on Saturday, September 20 from 11am to 7pm in the
historic South Side Riverfront Park. It will
feature FUWA, official mascot of the Beijing Olympics,
as well as day-long stage performances, Asian food, a
Children's Area, demonstrations, free paddling in
dragon boats, and a variety of Asian arts and crafts.
For more information, please see the attached file for
the news release.
Pittsburgh Chinese School will set up a booth to sell
some traditional Chinese items. If you have something
which you think you no longer need it, Please consider
to donate to PCS. PCS is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
educational and cultural organization, your donation
is tax deductible. You can drop your donation items to
PCS on this upcoming Sunday. If you have any
questions, please contact Hong Tao at 724-612-9852 or
Jiping Shao at 412-913-3093.
Thank you very much for your support.
PCS Board
7/26/2008:
Annual Chinese School picnic.
Discounted Sandcastle Tickets are Back
Every year Sandcastle Water Park offers Chinese School and CASTP members the discounted tickets off more than 30% of their regular price, thanks to the help from Ms. Gaoying Bolinger. You can get a whitewater ticket for $17.50 (regular price $25.95)
To order the ticket online, click here and choose the tickets (whitewater ticket or season pass) you want to buy, and click “buy now” button, follow the instruction to complete your purchase. Whitewater tickets coupon code is
CASTPWWP and Seasons Passes coupon code is
CASTPSP. Sandcastle will donate $3.00 to Chinese and CAST-P for each Whitewater ticket (or $5.00 for each Seasons Pass) you purchased.
5/29/2008: Principal,
Ms. Gaoying Bolinger, was interviewed by Channel 11 (PCNC)
Night Talk host Mr. Mike Pintek on RASC.
5/27/2008: 借艾方林参赞在
CMU访问之机，我中文学校校长和副校长特意前往拜访。谈话期间，就对未来加强和支援地方社区的中文教育及文化普及做了些有关的讨论。从学校的方面来讲，很希望在未来有可能的情况下，能通过大使馆这个桥梁使我们跟国内的有关专业做对外文化推广的机构建立起关系。为提高我们学校教师的专业教学水平提供更多的培训机会；为在美国成长起来的华裔后代提供更多了解中国文化的机会，等等。
在谈话结束的时候，就目前大家都十分关注的"重建希望学校"的捐款问题做了很明确的保证。一定协助我们把这件事情做好，一定做到专款专用，把每一分钱都按捐献者的意愿行使。艾参赞还中肯的请求两位校长把他的话转告给大家：我代表中国政府和人民及灾区的百姓，对海外华人、华侨在祖国遭受到重灾时候所表现出来的人道主义精神至以崇高的敬意！感谢大家为能帮助灾区所作出的各种各样的努力！
4/28/2008: PCSEFI is going to hold its
2008-2009 school year Board of Directors election on May 4.You
may vote for up to five new board members from
the seven candidate.
尊敬的中文学校各位家长：
匹兹堡中文学校订于五月四日下午举行2008至2009学年的董事会选举。选票箱设在
餐厅，投票截止时间为下午三点。投票结束后将在餐厅进行记票并公布投票结果。
特此邀请每一位家长参加投票并监督投票结果。
不论有几个孩子入学，每位学生家长可投一张有效选票(父母各一)。请您从 七位候
选人中选出五位新董事。您的参与对中文学校非常重要。如因任何原因您不能到学
校投票，可将选票于五月一日（以邮戳为准）前寄到以下地址：
PCSEFI (Election)
P.O.Box 383
Wexford, PA 15090-0383
Thank you for your support and hope to see you at the meeting.
Sincerely,
Jiping Shao
Secretary
PCS Educational Foundation, Inc.
Dear Chinese School Family:
PCSEFI is going to hold its 2008-2009 school year Board of Directors
election on May 4. The ballot box will be located at the school
cafeteria. The deadline for voting is 3:00 pm. After the voting ends,
the ballots will be counted at the cafeteria and the results will be
announced after that. You are kindly invited to participate the voting
and witness the ballot counting process.
Each parent can cast one vote regardless of the number of children in
Chinese School. You may vote for up to five new board members from the
seven candidates. Your votes are very important to PCS. If you are
unable to attend the meeting, please mail the enclosed proxy, post
marked no later than 5/1/2007, to the following address:
PCSEFI (Election)
P.O.Box 383
Wexford, PA 15090-0383
Thank you for your support and hope to see you at the meeting.
Sincerely,
Jiping Shao
Secretary
PCS Educational Foundation, Inc.
2/10/2008:
Pittsburgh Chinese School's
Chinese New Year Celebration.
All teachers are required to be
at school in an hour early to set up game table in gym. All students
are required to gather in his/her own classroom by 2:10pm. They will
then be led by their teacher to the auditorium.
The Activity Schedule:
2:30pm - 5:00pm: Stage performance and student award (in Auditorium)
5:00pm - 6:00pm: Games and fun (in Gym)
6:00pm - 8:00pm: Dinner (in Cafeteria)
Click Here to Download Program Book.
2/2/2008:
Chinese New Year Celebration
二零零八匹兹堡春节大联欢
Click Here to Download Program Book.
1/10/2008:
Teaching Opportunities.
诚聘教师！
匹兹堡中文学校需要为2008年春季招聘下列新老师：
语文课：
低年级老师（K—3年级）
中年级老师（4—7年级）
高年级老师（8—12年级）
成人班老师
文艺课：
舞蹈老师
武术老师
围棋老师
二胡老师
如果您有兴趣来中文学校教课，请将您的申请简历寄至学校人事部信箱：
dxzheng@hotmail.com
（请在简历上说明希望任教的课程，并注明是否有在美工作许可）
电话联系：
校长： 高鹰 （724）816-1073
副校长：陈蓉 （412）498-2945
学校在收到您的简历后会尽快与您联系。
匹兹堡中文学校
2007年12月2日
11/26/2007: Essay Contest. The deadline for this competition is Dec.
2nd.You can download and print
Grid Sheet for
essay contest from
here.
More...
10/19/2007: Pittsburgh Chinese School will hold a special school faculty meeting on Saturday, October 27, 2007, starts at 4:30 pm, at Dynasty International Buffet More...
亲爱的老师们及校方全体工作人员：
在大家的共同努力和积极配合下，我们顺利地度过了半学期！
新学期开学以来，新校舍、新课程、新班级、新老师，以及有些班级试行新的教学方法和新教材，无论是教学上还是学校管理上，这不但是一次全新的尝试，也是一次全新的挑战。这使得我们在工作中难免出现诸多漏洞和疏忽，很多地方没能满足老师们的要求。在过去的几个星期里，正是老师们克服了很多方面的困难并作出了积极的努力才使得我们的教学能够正常地进行到今天。借此机会，我们向各位老师们深表歉意，并衷心地感谢大家的理解与支持。
在董事会的大力支持下，为感谢老师们的辛勤劳动，及为老师之间提供互相了解的机会，加强教学的统一性，校方定于本月27日星期六开教师会，并"宴请"大家，集歌、舞、学于一体，希望各位老师和校方全体工作人员踊跃参加，穿上你的红舞鞋，带上你的家人，让我们一起度过一个愉快的周末！
会议时间：
10月27日星期六，下午4点30分开始
会议地点：
Dynasty International Buffet
20111 Route 19 Cranberry Twp, PA 16066Tel: (724)
772-8883
会议议程如下：
1. 回顾与瞻望 -- 高鹰
2. 介绍校方全体工作人员 -- 高鹰
3. 教师雇用条件，合同与工资等事项 – 郑东霞
4. 课程设计 -- 陈蓉
5. 学生注册 -- 顾皓
6. 家长巡视 -- 彭文峰
7. 教材与图书 -- 谷咏梅
8. 阅读计划与教学大纲 -- 吕蝉
9. 老师自我介绍：每人三分钟，包括分享教学心得
10. 集思广议（欢迎大家对校方的教学与管理提出意见和建议）
11. 总结 -- 高鹰
12. 晚餐
13. 舞会：专请匹茨堡中文学校成人舞蹈班专业舞蹈教师 Bob & Jenny 领舞
晚餐(包括小费和饮料)价目表：
1. 所有老师签到后免费。
2. 随行成人（十岁以上）：每人$15 自费 。
3. 孩子价格（自费）：根据年龄，每人$2到$8不等 ；
两岁及以下免费。
敬请全体老师和校方行政人员参加此次盛会。
Please register for this event by replying to
gaoying@comcast.net or call Gaoying at 724-816-1073 or Rong Chen at 412-498-2945.
校长：高鹰
副校长：陈蓉
教务长：吕蝉
10/01/2007: Pittsburgh Chinese School will hold the Parent-Teacher Association meeting
on Sunday, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, October 7, 2007 at the
Cafeteria of Allderdice High School.
More...
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Meeting
Pittsburgh Chinese School (PCS)
Time: Sunday, 2:30PM to 3:30pm, October 7, 2007
Place: Cafeteria of Allderdice High School
Agenda:
Board Report, Mr. Yang Wang, Chair, PCS Board
School Report, Ms. Gaoying, Principal, PCS
Chan Lu, Curriculum, PCS
Comments and discussion, all participants
Dear Parents/PCS Members:
The new semester has begun. We are now at a new location. Thus, PCS/PTA plans to hold a meeting with parents of PCS students on October 7, 200 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, please visit the new PCS website at:
http://www.pittsburgh-chinese-school.org/.Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Thanks!
PTA, Pittsburgh Chinese School Board
Ziqing Zhuang/Qing Ye
9/24/2007: Pittsburgh Chinese School
Giant Eagle Gift Cards Sale
Dear parents,
As a part of fund raising effort, Pittsburgh Chinese School
will continue to sell Giant Eagle Gift Cards this year. Last
year's sale was very successful! These cards are good for
self-use or as gifts. For every $5,000 purchase of the Giant
Eagle gift card, the PCS will gain 5% profit. All proceeds
from the profit will be used in purchasing Chinese New Year
Dinner Party's presents or gifts for students, etc. If you
are interested in purchasing the gift cards, please complete
the order form and email it to
Ms. Qingshou Huang at
qingshouh@gmail.com by
10/10/2007 . No payment is needed
now. The class and parent who sell the most Giant Eagle Gift
Cards will get surprise!!! Your support is greatly
appreciated!
PCS Board
9/22/2007: The
Mid-Autumn
Festival is
approaching. As the tradition of the
Chinese school, we've prepared moon cakes for our students
and
teachers. The coming Sunday teachers should come to room 189
to get
those moon cakes for you and your students. Those teacher
who only
teaches culture classes should also come and get yours.
09/09/2007: The Fall 2007 semester begins. There will be a new semester orientation at the auditorium at 2pm. The school is moved to a new location, Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill.
08/25/2007: August 25th, 2007,
Saturday, 1:00 PM, Pittsburgh Chinese School is hosting a
lecture on "Heritage Chinese Schools and Main Stream Chinese
Language Education," as part of the teachers
training program. All parents are encouraged to attend this
lecture.
The lecture will be held in Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker
Hall A51, at CMU. The presenter is Mr. Xueming Lu, who is
the Vice Principal of Chinese School of Delaware as well as
a Ph.D student of Education at university of Delaware. Mr.
Lu's presentation is focused on building the concept of
heritage Chinese school to make connections to the main
stream Chinese language education. The foundation of the
concept centers on the curriculum design. Mr. Lu wishes to
emphasize that curriculum is a concept rather than course
contents, sequence, and delivery alone. When Chinese schools
are facing more and more non-heritage students, how should
Chinese schools decide the curriculum and respond to
different requests? Should curriculum design be different
from the main stream Chinese language education? How can
connections be made if there are different curricula? Mr. Lu
will also discuss challenges the heritage Chinese schools
have and how and where to establish partnerships with main
streamChinese language education systems.
Direction to the Giant Eagle Room in Baker Hall A51: Drive
onto Frew Street by Flagstaff hill. There is parking on Frew
Street as well as around Phipps conservatory too. Baker Hall
is right next to Hunt Library, which is at 4909 Frew Street
(can be used as Google map search). If you park around
Forbes, you may have to walk across the campus to get to
Baker Hall. The Giant Eagle room is at Baker Hall A51 in the
basement. You would have to go downstairs from the entrance.
Click here for CMU campus map.
07/07/2007: Pittsburgh Chinese School will have the
annual picnic for students and parents on August 5, 2007, it
will be held jointly with Chinese Association for Science
and Technology -- Pittsburgh Chapter. This is a
great opportunity for fun and to meet your new Principal,
Vice Principal and new board of directors. All the families
of the Pittsburgh Chinese School are invited. Please bring
friends and those who would like to know more about our
school to the picnic.
In order to better prepare for the picnic (most importantly,
to have enough food and drinks for you!), please do
pre-register for this picnic. We would like to see each and
all of you there!
When: 11:00 am 6:00 pm, Sunday, 8/05/2007
Where: Shelter #2, #3 in the Peterwood Park
of Peters Township
Direction: If you come from 19 South, turn left at W
Valleybrooke Rd for 2.2 miles, turn right at Bebout Rd for
0.4 miles, and then turn left at Meredith Drive for about
0.5 miles. You will first pass the beautiful Recreation
Center at 700 Meredith Drive , Venetia , PA 15367 . And the
two shelters will be on your left hand side, which is about
0.2 miles away from the Recreation Center.
Fee: Free for all kids (age < 18); Adult
$7.00
Registration: Mr. Cunqi Wang (
mailto:cunqiw@hotmail.com )
06/06/2007: We are selling 2007 Discounted SandCastle Water Park Tickets for PCS fund raising.
You can choose one of the following two ways to purchase the
discounted tickets:
Buy tickets directly from Gao Ying ( gaoying.us@gmail.com &
724-816-1073) or Jiping Shao( ping12180@yahoo.com &
412-372-6261) for $16.50/ticket. You save $8.45 per ticket.
Buy tickets online for $16.95/ticket and save $8.00 per
ticket. Just follow the steps shown below:
1. Go to this web address:
http://www.kennywood.com/store/sc_tickets_whitewater.html;
2. Click on "Add To Cart" for "Sandcastle Whitewater Pass
$24.95";
3. Enter the number of tickets you wish to purchase;
4. Enter this COUPON CODE: CASTPWWP, press Recalculate and
you will receive the $16.95 price per ticket;
5. Complete the rest of the purchase sequence with your
credit card;
6. Print your tickets from your home computer and you're
ready to visit Sandcastle. You may pass the coupon code to
your family, friends and co-workers and anyone who likes to
have summer fun!
05/25/2007: Ms. Gaoying Bolinger has been elected by
the Board of PCS to succeed Mr. Liqiang Tao as the new
school principal.
05/13/2007: In honoring PCS 30th
anniversary, the Chief Executive Onorato and Mayor
Ravenstahl have issued official documents to declare May 13,
2007 as "Pittsburgh Chinese School Day" in Allegheny County
and in Pittsburgh City.
04/27/2007/strong>: The final day of the spring
semester is 5/13/2007. On the final day, we will celebrate
our 30th Anniversary of Pittsburgh Chinese School. We will
have many invited guests and alumni coming to join us for
the celebration.
04/21/2007: There will be no school on
4/29/2007 due to a WTs Sunday activity.
04/15/2007: There is only one week left for
ordering Pittsburgh Chinese School 30th Anniversary
yearbooks. Please complete the order form and return it with
the payment to the Teachers' Office by 4/22/07.
04/14/2007: PCS is going to hold its
2007-2008 school year Board of Directors election in the
afternoon of May 6, 2007. The ballot box will be located at
the school office (Mitchell room). The deadline for voting
is 2:30 pm on May 6, 2007.
03/14/2007: The second teachers meeting
(12:30PM - 2:00PM ) will be held this coming Sunday in the
cafeteria.
02/27/2007: The following teaching
positions are open at PCS. If you are interested, please let
the Principals know.
1) Go teacher
2) Chinese chess teacher
3) Drawing teacher
4) Dance teacher
5) Singing teacher
02/07/2007: A seminar, titled as How U.S.
School System Is Organized and the College Education in the
U.S, will be held in the cafeteria on Sunday (February 25,
2007)
02/01/2007: PCS will hold Chinese New Year
Celebration in the afternoon on 2/18/2007. The New Years
dinner will be served in the cafeteria after the celebration
party. Please join us.
01/15/2007: School Open House will be held
on 02/04/2007. Please invite your friends and neighbors
coming to visit us.
12/16/2006: The first day of school for the
spring semester is 01/28/2007. Wish you have a nice holiday!
12/08/2006: The last day of the fall
semester is 12/17/2006. The End-of-school Talent Show will
be held on that day.
|
