親愛的家長、老師與同學們Dear Parents, Teachers, and Students:
波士頓慈濟前往海地賑災服務的師兄姐們，已圓滿達成任務平安回到波士頓。四月初學校將邀請他們與家長志工們一同分享心得。歡迎家長志工們踴躍參加。感恩您!
Boston Tzu Chi members safely came back from their humanitarian mission in Haiti. School has invited them to share their experience with our parents and volunteers in early April. Thank you!
校園花絮 – 三 四 月份行事曆 February Highlights:
• 3/28 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。家長會上午九時四十五分於餐廳召開。
March 28th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will take place after class. Parent school conference will be held in cafeteria at 9:45 AM.
• 4/4 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。
March 14th will be a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will take place after class.
• 4/11 - 正常上課日。期中考。第三堂課課外活動。
March 14th will be a regular school day with midterm. Extracurricular activities will take place after class.
• 4/18 – 春假停課。
There will be no school due to Spring Recess.
• 4/25 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。
March 14th will be a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will take place after class.
學生園地 Student Activities:
• 新英格蘭區中文學校中文聽打比賽將於四月十日舉行，有興趣同學請盡快與校方人員聯繫。
New England Chinese School Chinese typing competition will be held on 4/10. Students interested in competing please contact school staff for details ASAP.
家長園地 Parents Activities:
• 孔繁蓓職能治療師座談會 Free seminar by Fan-Pei Kung for parents
目前暫定三月二十八日上午10:30 到 11:20， 歡迎有興趣家長及志工參加(詳細請參閱附件)。
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• 靜思文物新進書籍、食物已到， 歡迎家長請購。
New Jing-Si books and food orders are here and ready for purchase. Parents are welcome to check out the newest items.
• 學校將於五月十六日開放給校外人士參觀，歡迎家長邀請親朋好友來訪。詳情請參考四月份通訊。
The school open house will take place on 5/16 from 10:30 to 12:30AM. We encourage parents to invite relatives, friends, and acquaintance come to visit our school. Details of this event will be published later.
證嚴上人的叮嚀與靜思語 Master Cheng Yen’s Teaching and Jing-Si Aphorisms:
• 人們常要求別人要對自己好，順自己的意；否則就埋怨、氣憤，拿別人的錯誤來懲罰
自己，這就是煩惱的來源。
We often take goodwill from others for granted and demand others to accept our wishes. When our demands are ignored or rejected, we often turn angry, frustrated, and self-pitying. This is exactly the sources of our troubles.
• 人生要「現實」才好──「現實」的真正意義，是不要幻想太多，要注重活生生的現
在，去做實在的事。
We had better recognize and accept the reality in our life. To do so, we should stop daydreaming and focus our energy to something concrete and achievable.
• 內心若不調和，身體行動就不會和氣，待人接物時就易發生衝突。
If we could not control our emotion, our demeanor will become unsettled thus resulting in more conflicts with others.
• 人生無常，要把握時間，用心於自己的言行舉止。
Life is ever changing. We must seize the time to improve our demeanor.
• 許多研究氣候、天災的國際學者，紛紛提倡 素食 ，清淡的飲食不但有助於健康，還能減緩溫室氣體的增加，對大地、氣候都有幫助。
Many internationally renowned climate researches are promoting vegetarian diet. Such diet is not only beneficial to our health but also reduce emission of green house gases.
