November 19, 2012
Dear Parents:
Happy Thanksgiving! This week we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We have planned a special assembly and teachers have prepared special activities around a Thanksgiving meal. We hope that the students realize the power of the holiday and the power of a grateful spirit. In honor of this holiday, there will be a short vacation; no school on Thursday or Friday, November 22 and 23. We hope that you have time to spend with your children.
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Psalm 100
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is He who made us, and we are His;
we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise;
give thanks to Him and praise His name.
5 For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.
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Merry Christmas! Decorations are coming up all over the school as kids are putting the final touches on their performances. There will be only one Christmas program this year; a combination of the talents of all of the students and all musical groups. Although students will not earn special points from your presence, please plan to attend on Tuesday evening, December 4, at 7:00. I’m sure that the students will planning class Christmas parties soon. We have included in this note information about our church Christmas festivities. Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth of Christ, so please attend a church of your choice.
Please prepare for a dress rehearsal of the annual Christmas program on Thursday, November 29. All students will perform, wearing their formal black and whites for both the dress rehearsal and the program on December 4.
God has been good to us all. We have all been learning; learning through daily lessons, learning through the Science Fair, Acts of Kindness, note taking, projects, assignments and tests. The first semester is always exciting and the second semester is always productive. We look forward to the second semester, with new friends joining our classes, Chinese New Year fun, the Myanmar fund raiser, Speech Meet, Spirit Week, Talent Shows, standardized tests, Spiritual Emphasis Week, and Graduation.
Quarterly exams are December 10-14. Christmas vacation is December 17-January 3. There are only three weeks remaining of the second quarter. Registration for the second semester is December 3-7, the week of the Christmas program.
Under God’s Grace,
Mrs. Chow
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親愛的家長:
感恩節快樂!這週我們一起歡渡感恩佳節假期，學校安排了一些特別的週會，我們也要求每位老師都要想出關於感恩節的特別活動。學校慣例一定要吃感恩節大餐，我們希望學生們能感受到感恩節的氣氛也學會感恩的人生態度。感恩節假期，學生、老師們可以與家人享受一起感恩的聚會，學校禮拜四及禮拜五不上課(11月22、23日) 。希望家長們能花時間與小孩們相處，一起述說感恩的事。
詩篇100
1 普天下當向耶和華歡呼‧
2你們當樂意事奉耶和華‧當來向他歌唱‧
3你們當曉得耶和華是神‧我們是他造的，也是屬他的‧我們是他的民，也是他草場的羊‧
4當稱謝進入他的門，當讚美進入他的院‧當感謝他，稱頌他的名‧
5 因為耶和華本為善，他的慈愛，存到永遠，他的信實，直到萬代‧
聖誕節的腳步也近了，時間過的真快，一年又過去了。學校聖誕節佈置及學生聖誕晚會都在預備中。今年學校只安排一個晚上慶祝聖誕的演出，結合了所有學生的才藝、音樂表演，在12月4日(週二)晚上七點開始，我們要求所有學生老師們都要出席這次的活動，這也是學校教育的一部分，教導學生遵守規定，學生們自己也會安排他們自己的慶祝活動，順便告訴大家，我們教會南港恩慈堂在12月1日(週六)晚上7點30分在旁邊公園也有點燈慶祝聖誕的活動，向社區百姓報佳音、傳福音，歡迎大家共襄盛舉。
11月29日(週四)的預演，請記得所有學生要穿著正式服裝參加， 12月4日晚上正式演出也要穿著正式服裝。學校規定如下，男生：黑色長褲、白色襯衫；女生：黑色及膝裙、白色襯衫。
上帝實在恩待我們、祂以美善對待我們。我們全校師生每天一起學習、成長，透過一些特別的活動，科學實驗展，每天的友善行為，做筆記，完成個案、考試等，都是我們學習成長的機會。第一學期對有些學生而言是興奮的，第二學期是有生產力的，可以看見努力的成果。我們期待第二個學期，有新的學生加入。第二學期，中國新年，為緬甸孤兒捐獻，演講比賽，加強士氣週，才藝表演，學生基測，靈命學習週，畢業典禮…等都是新的體驗。
期末考在12月10 ~ 14日，聖誕假期從2012年12月17日到2013年1月2日，這個學期只剩下三個禮拜了，下學期註冊繳費日自12月3日至7日，正好在學校慶祝聖誕活動期間，請不要忘記。
提摩太 前書1:15節
「基督耶穌降世，為要拯救罪人。」這話是可信的，是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是個罪魁。
在上帝恩典下的,
Mrs. Chow
