親愛的家長、老師與同學們 Dear Parents, Teachers, and Students:
非常感恩家長、老師、同學與志工們的體諒與配合，上星期幾乎所有的老師、同學與志工都穿上了人文學校制服。所有學校同仁特別在此向大家表示誠摯感謝，也期望大家繼續努力與堅持，讓慈濟人文學校成為一個安全整齊的學習環境。
With cooperation from parents, teachers, students, and volunteers, almost all teachers, students, and volunteers wore their uniforms last week. School staff would like to give their sincere appreciation to everyone. We also hope that everyone will continue adhere this practice and keep our school as a safe and peaceful place for learning.
校園花絮 – 九、十月份行事曆 September Highlights:
• 9/26 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。孔子誕辰及教師節。打擊樂器停課一次。
September 26th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will take place after class. September 28th is Confucius’birthday as well as Teacher’appreciation day for many Chinese. Salute your teacher!!
There will be no percussion class today due to teacher’s schedule conflict.
• 10/3 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動正式開始。
October 3rd is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will be held after class.
• 10/10 – 哥倫布紀念日停課一次。
October 10th is Columbus Day. No school today!
• 10/17 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動正式開始。
October 17th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will be held after class.
• 10/24 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動正式開始。
October 24th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will be held after class.
• 10/31 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動正式開始。
October 31st is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will be held after class.
教師與學生園地 Teacher & Student Activities:
• 請老師與同學們記得穿著制服到校。
Teachers and Students please remember to wear your uniform to school.
• 需要要轉課外班的學生，請於九月二十六日以前向課外活動組長Jeff申請辦理。
If students want to switch their extracurricular choice, please make requests to Director of Extra Curricular Jeff Lin prior to 9/26. The transfer request form can be downloaded from https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BQJ4T5uPj3sNDY5MDM3ZmUtMWM0Mi00Y2E4LWIzNWMtMzE3MmZmZmI1ZmNm&hl=en
• 新英格蘭中文學校協會將於九月二十五日(星期六)上午十一時五十分在波士頓僑教中心舉辦慶祝教師節的活動，以示感謝中文教師們的辛勞，歡迎老師們踴躍參加。除了表揚資深教師外、還有聚餐、摸彩、介紹茶藝流程及民族服飾展示等活動。
New England Association of Chinese Schools (NEACS) will host a appreciation party to honor Chinese language teachers at Boston Chinese culture center located at 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461 on Saturday 9/25 11:50 AM. In addition to a ceremony to honor senior teachers, a luncheon and a variety of Chinese cultural activities will also be held for benefits of all teachers.
慈濟園地 Tzu Chi Activities:
• 慈濟將參與九月二十五日的貝得福市市集‘Bedford Day’ ，歡迎家長同學一起報名來做志工。
Tzu Chi Academy will participate in Bedford town fair on 9/25. We welcome parents or students volunteers to participate.
• 慈濟基金會波士頓聯絡處訂於九月二十五日(星期六)下午一時至三時，舉辦講座「認識阿茲海默症」。阿茲海默症 (Alzheimer's disease) 是常見的一種老人失智症。這種疾病導致心智功能出現障礙，譬如思考、溝通、記憶、判斷力等嚴重喪失，以致影響到日常生活，對於病人本身、家屬和健康照護體系都造成極大負擔。所以為了提供給您所愛的人更好的照顧，認識這個疾病是很重要的。本次講座將導引您認識阿茲海默症的徵兆、評估與治療方式，並討論照顧病人時應注意的事項。
主講人林佩蓉博士現於塔夫茨醫療中心擔任助理教授，專職研究衛生政策與健康經濟學。敬請邀約親朋好友蒞臨參加。慈濟基金會波士頓聯絡處地址: 15 Summer Street, Newton, MA 02464 電話: 617-762-0569
Tzu Chi Foundation will host a medical lecture titled “Understand Alzheimer’s disease” at its Boston Service Center on 9/25 1:00-3:00 PM. Alzheimer is most common form of elderly dementia. The disease can cause symptoms such as short-term and long-term memory loss, confusion, irritability and aggression, mood swings, and language breakdown. As the disease progresses, it can seriously interfere with the daily life of the patients and causes significant stress and suffering to their family members. It is important to understand this disease so that the patient can be administrated the appropriate care. This lecture will lead you to recognize the early onset of the disease, seek the appropriate clinic treatment, and give the proper care to your love ones.
Our lecturer, Dr. Lin, is currently an assistant professor in Tufts Medical Center. Her primary research interests are the public policy and economics of healthcare. All are welcome.
證嚴上人的叮嚀與靜思語 Master Cheng Yen’s Teaching and Jing-Si Aphorisms:
慈悲，不一定要靠給予豐富的物質來表達，最重要的是一顆知足的心；更不應貪求別人的物質以滿足自己，貪欲若無止境，人生就不會快樂，而且會造許多罪業。
Compassion does not necessarily have to be expressed by giving others material help. The key is to remain self-contented but not to yearn for material pleasure. Greed will only result in karma and an unhappy life.
去除對身外物的貪念，內心自然會寧靜清明，眼界也就會開闊。
So long as we can rid ourselves of greed and excessive desires, we can have our mind clear and vision afar.
專業有雄心，不要有野心。
Pursue your profession with aspiration but not ambition with malicious intent.
人人都能和睦，不起貪婪之心，就不會造作惡業破壞天地。在生活中，每個人都可以做到環保，人人都可以做大地的醫師。
If everyone can rid of their greed and live peacefully with others, we will no longer create karma and devastate our living world. If everyone becomes conscious of the environment in his or her daily life, then everyone will contribute to the healing of our mother Earth,
「有」則惜福，「無」則知足。
Cherish your possessions when you still own them and remain self-contented when you do not.
用不分別的心去愛每一個人，就是平等。
Love without prejudices achieves true equality.
放棄現在，就會後悔過去，迷失未來。
Giving up the present only lead us to regret our past and lost our future
