親愛的家長、老師與同學們 Dear Parents, Teachers, and Students:
上周有兩位同學在學校跌倒，所幸沒有同學受傷。希望老師與家長們提醒孩子們注意安全。
We had two students fell in school last Sunday. Fortunately, there were no injuries. We strongly urge teachers and parents to remind students about their safety.
學校在上次家長會中曾宣佈考慮更改目前中文教材，新教材已於上週收到，將於本週日十時在餐廳陳列，歡迎家長們參閱並提供學校意見參考。
School announced in last parent/school conference about intention to change current language textbook. The new textbooks have arrived about a week ago and will be available at cafeteria at 10 Am this Sunday for review. School encourages all parents to offer comments and suggestions.
天氣漸冷，請家長、老師與同學們要注意保暖以免受寒。
Mercury is dropping; we urge all of you to wear proper clothing.
十月三十一日第三堂課將舉行萬聖節活動，讓同學們在繁忙的課業中享受一點輕鬆的時刻。學校特別要感恩家長們與志工們的辛勞與奉獻。活動內容請參考網頁。
Halloween party will be held at the third period on October 31. We hope all students can enjoy and relax a moment during their busy school year. School would like to thank all parent and volunteers for their hard work and contribution to make everything possible. Please check the web page for detail.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-QJ4T5uPj3sZDk4ZTllMDgtMGQ5NS00YTgyLWE0ODItZmViMzA3MmE0ZDVl&hl=en&authkey=CNOnhcsC
校園花絮 – 十月份行事曆 October Highlights:
• 10/24 - 正常上課日。第三堂課課外活動。武術課停課一次。
October 24th is a regular school day. Extracurricular activities will be held after class. No martial arts class today due to teacher’s schedule conflict.
• 10/31 - 正常上課日。第三堂課將舉行萬聖節活動，歡迎所有人包括老師和志工當天穿著萬聖節服裝到校。 課外活動停課一次。
October 31st is a regular school day. A celebration will be hold for Halloween at the third period. Everyone including teacher and staffs are encouraged to wear their costume on that day. No extracurricular activities today.
教師與學生園地 Teacher & Student Activities:
• 為了學生的安全，請老師們(包含課外活動)與同學們記得穿著制服到校。
For student safety, teachers and students please remember to wear your uniform to school.
慈濟園地 Tzu Chi Activities:
• 慈濟基金會波士頓聯絡處訂於十月三十日(星期六)下午一時至三時，舉辦「心靈講座：如何與家人相處」。
您是否曾感嘆與家人的相處比與朋友相處還難﹖或者自己的孩子總是比較聽別人的話呢﹖本次講座將以分享討論與合作學習的方式，共同探討與家人相處可能遇到的難題以及如何有良性的互動。如果您在這方面有豐富的體驗，也歡迎您與大家一同分享。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 St, Newton, MA 02464 電話：617-762-0569
Tzu Chi Boston presents “Seminar for Mind and Soul: How to interact with your family” on Saturday Oct. 30 at 1 - 3 pm.
Have you ever felt that it seems harder to interact with your family than with your friends? Or your child appears to be more open to other people’s influences? This seminar will apply discussion and group learning to explore collectively the difficulties in facing family members and ways to produce positive interactions. If you have experience in this area, we would love to hear it. Please invite your friends and family to attend the seminar. Tzu Chi Boston office is located at 15 Summer St. Newton, MA 02464. Tel: 617-762-0569
家長園地 Parents Activities:
• 萬聖節(十月三十一日)愛心爸爸媽媽工作分配項目
會場佈置：蕭惠菁、梁莉敏、貝小敏
收發糖果：Paul、臺琬如、徐禎禧、邱玫玲
維持會場秩序：Robeit、Joseph
萬聖節10/31當天，會場仍然需要愛心爸爸媽媽們的協助，諸如：佈置會場、攜帶家裡可以佈置的裝飾品至會場、捐贈糖果或餅乾(小玩具亦可)、裝糖果的籃子或桶子(請略作裝飾)。再則，若有攜帶裝飾品至會場者，請將名字或小朋友就讀班級，標示於裝飾品上，以利歸還作業。
Halloween Parent Volunteer Duties Assigned:
Party Setup: 蕭惠菁、梁莉敏、貝小敏
Candy Distribution: Paul、臺琬如、徐禎禧、邱玫玲
Keeping orders: Robeit、Joseph
On the day of Halloween (10/31), we still need our loving parents to help many tasks such as setting up the tables, bringing and arranging decorations, donating candy or cookies (small toys are also welcome), bringing baskets or buckets for candy (please put on some decoration). If you plan to bring decoration items to the party, please put name and grade of your child on the decoration, so that we can return them for their rightful owners after the party.
• 歡迎家長們於本週日十點到餐廳參閱美洲生活華語教材。
New textbooks have arrived and are available for review at cafeteria at 10 AM this Sunday.
• 成人瑜伽課已於上星期開始在多功能教室上課(9:45-11:15 AM)。免費試課期將於10月31日結束。歡迎大家共襄盛舉。
Adult Yoga class has begun last week at school multipurpose room. Free trial period ends on 10/31. Everyone is welcome.
• 由於貝得福鎮的年度慶典活動，學校將無法於十二月十九日使用體育館和餐廳，希望家長們見諒。
Due to the booking of an annual holiday event at Bedford, the JGMS gym and cafeteria will be unavailable on Sunday 12/19. We will still have access to the classrooms. Thank you for your understanding.
證嚴上人的叮嚀與靜思語 Master Cheng Yen’s Teaching and Jing-Si Aphorisms:
• 感恩可以打開我們的心結，並且啟發我們的悲心。
Appreciation and thankfulness open our mind and instigate our compassion.
• 天災來自人禍，人禍的源頭，在於心——惡心、惡言、惡行，傷害家庭、危害社會、禍及天下。
Natural disaster comes as results of human vices. The origin of human vices is our desire and greed. Evil desire, evil words, and evil behavior cause harm to our family, danger to the society, catastrophe to the world. Vice.
• 戒慎心念，自我要求——為造福人群而活，莫為自我享受而活。
Guard your mind and heart carefully and demand yourself to live for the benefits of all humankind instead of your own enjoyment.
• 為眾生來人間是菩薩，為自己來人間是凡夫。
Buddha comes to our world to enlighten others while ordinary people only care for themselves.
• 一個人要先點亮自己的心光，才能引發別人
One needs to enlighten one’s mind before lead others.
