親愛的家長、老師與同學們 Dear Parents, Teachers, and Students:
相信大家都享受了一個愉快又充實的暑假。在這個新的學年，學校也作了一些調整。由於個人或家庭因素，幾位教師決定離職。我們非常感謝他們過去的辛勤奉獻也祝福他們未來會更好。在教務主任的努力之後，數位新任教師已同意加入教學團隊。他們都很優秀而且也很熱衷於有機會與我們的學生與家長一起學習。除此之外，參考去年家長與同學的意見，今年靜思語教學方式將有所改變。經過資深慈濟成員與老師們的努力與溝通後，靜思語內容將被融入正常語言課程不再分開教授。我們的目標是要提供學生完整的語言與人文教育。
今年校務團隊並無異動，校長陳朝東師兄。金滿師姐繼續擔任教務主任的重擔，齊君明師兄副校長兼任校務秘書，如果您有任何疑問或建議，請隨時與他們聯絡，我們也很歡迎家長加入學校的志工團隊，一起為孩子們的教育做努力。感恩祝福大家!
We hope you all enjoy a happy and fruitful summer. As the 2011 school year is approaching, we would like to inform you of some recent progress and changes at the school. A few of our teachers (names) have left due to various personal reasons. We appreciate their past contributions and wish them best. With Sister Vickie’s strong recruiting effort, several new teachers (names) have agreed to join our teaching staff. They are all well qualified and very enthusiastic about the opportunity to be with our students and parents. In addition, in response to the feedback from students and parents, our Jing-Si Aphorisms teachings are significantly revised this year. Several senior Tzu Chi members and our teachers worked tirelessly over the summer to integrate the content of Jing-Si Aphorisms into our regular language lessons. There will be no longer a separate class for Jing-Si Aphorisms. Our objective is to combine language, compassion, and humanity so that our students can experience the comprehensive education.
There is practically no changes in school staff rotation this year.
Principal: Tony Chen (tonyc@teammax.com).
Vice principal and secretary: Chung-Ming Chi (cmc5418@gmail.com)
Academic provost: Vickie Charng (vcharng@gmail.com)
Extra-curricular activity: Jeff Lin (tatabox2@gmail.com)
Librarian and information: Joel Chou
Registration and outreach: Jennifer Ying (JYING332003@yahoo.com) and Laura Hsieh
Accounting and finance: Judy Chien
If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact anyone of them in person or by email. We also welcome parent to join the school as volunteers. Thank you and bless you!
校園花絮 – 九月份行事曆 September Highlights:
• 9/5 - 勞工節。本週不上課。
April 25th will be a regular school day with mid term exam. Extracurricular activities will take place after class.
• 9/12 - 正常上課日。第三堂課開學典禮。
September 12th is a regular school day. School opening ceremony will be hold at the third period and there are no extracurricular activities today.
• 9/19 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動正式開始。
September 19th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will begin today after the regular class.
• 9/26 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。孔子誕辰及教師節。
September 26th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will take place after class. September 28th is Confucius’s birthday and Teacher’s day in Taiwan.
教師與學生園地 Teacher & Student Activities:
• 開學典禮將於九月十二日第三堂課舉行，學生請穿著制服。
We will hold school opening ceremony on the third period on 9/12. Students please wear your uniform.
• 本學年的行事曆已經完成，請參考附件。
The 2011 calendar is available and please see attached.
慈濟園地 Tzu Chi Activities:
• 以啟發孩子善念，著重人文素養為辦校宗旨的慈濟波士頓貝得福人文學校將於9/12/2010 正式開學了！
人文學校將在開學前舉行第二次教師研習會，這次研習會，特別請到紐約人文學校王校長和李老師前來和大家分享慈濟人文教學。內容包括靜思語教學、人文課程如竹筒歲月、送愛到海地，環保、素食及手語示範，內容精彩，將是一窺與瞭解慈濟教育人文的難得機會。
研習會地點為慈濟波士頓聯絡處地址：15 Summer street, Newton, MA 02464
電話詢問：617-762-0569
Tzu Chi Academy will hold its second teacher training session this year at Tzu Chi Boston service center on Monday 9/6/10. We are thrilled to have Principal Wang and Teacher Ms. Lee from New York Tzu Chi Academy here to share their experience and expertise with us. They will cover Jing-Si aphorism teaching, humanity lessons such as sending love to Haiti, environmental protection, vegetarian and sign language demonstrations, etc., which is an excellent opportunity to learn and understand about mission and approach of Tzu Chi education. The session is open to anyone who is interested in education, Please call 617-762-0569 for more information and reservation.
家長園地 Parents Activities:
• 慈濟為提倡環保與健康，正舉辦素食班教授各類素食，不但美味健康又適合當學校午餐，有興趣家長請直接聯絡慈濟波士頓會所。
In order to promote environmentalism and vegetarian diet, Tzu Chi is holding vegetarian lesson in Newton service center. The lesson will show you how to make vegetarian dishes that are delicious and suitable as school lunch. If you are interested, please call 617-762-0569.
• 本學年家長會將於九月十二日早上十時於學校餐廳舉行，校務人員將向家長們報告學校今年的計劃與目標。請家長們準時出席。
Parent/School conference will be held at 10 AM on 9/12/10 in cafeteria. School staff will brief parents about the school plan and goal.
• 上學期懇親會將預定於十一月十四日11:30am在各班教室舉行。
The first semester Parent/Teacher conference will be held on 11/14/10 beginning at 11:30am in your child’s classroom.
• 請尚未完成報名手續的家長們儘速於開學當天(九月十二日)辦理。另外也請家長替學生購買制服。
Parents please register for their children on the first school day (9/12/10) if you have not done so yet. We also strongly encourage parents to purchase uniforms for students to wear. The uniforms will be available at school on 9/12/2010.
證嚴上人的叮嚀與靜思語 Master Cheng Yen’s Teaching and Jing-Si Aphorisms:
• 要如何才能人人心安呢？必須要有充滿愛的大環境，人人相互關心。
How could everyone all feel peace of mind? We must provide a loving environment that everyone shows compassion toward each other.
• 自小培養愛心，長大就不易有偏差行為，而製造社會問題。
Cultivation of compassion and love at young age can avoid developing problematic behavior and causing social unrest later.
• 時間，是成就一切的資本。
Time is the principle to pursue our every endeavor.
• 先合作再分工，分工要和心，和心才有力量。
Life is short and unpredictable, many think nothing but indulge themselves in pursue of.
• 別人有所成就，我們不要心存嫉妒，應該要起讚歎、歡喜心，這是擁有幸福人生的祕訣。
When we learn of other’s accomplishment, we should praise instead of envy them. This is the secret to lead a happy life.
• 每一天我都覺得生活在感恩的心念中，因為以感恩之心來生活，即使多麼辛苦都覺得非常快樂。
Every day feeling grateful toward others could provide us happiness even under extreme hardship.
• 人人都以「慈」「忍」實施於家庭、於一切眾生，人間便會長久散發「透澈的愛」的光芒。
If all could treat their family as well as everyone else with compassion and tolerance, our world will soon become a much better place filled with rays of love and hope.
