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NEWSLETT ER ㅊ Yantai Huasheng International School April 8, 2021 PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC) are scheduled for Monday, April 19. Parents are invited to meet with their child’s teachers to discuss student progress and goals. The time is planned to be reflective and action-oriented. Conferences can be an important part of the education process, giving parents time to ask questions and work together with teachers. While the Parent-Teacher Conference takes place in China time, our teachers are working across the globe in different time zones. As such, staff out of China have different time frames. Parents have an option to meet with out-of-country staff via Zoom either from home or from school. If you choose to meet with out-of-country staff via Zoom from school, another staff member will set up the meeting in a designated office for each teacher. Parents can reserve appointments with teachers through PowerSchool. Please refer to this guide that explains how to sign up for a meeting. Sign up closes at 11:59 pm, Tuesday, April 13. Printed report cards and MAP results (K-G10) will be available from the classroom teachers (ECC/ELEM) or from the front desk (SECD). Report cards that are not taken on the PTC day will be sent home through your child the following day. School staff and a few high school student volunteers will provide translation services for ECC and Elementary parents. Secondary students can translate for their parents with the exception of students in the ELS program, for whom staff members can be the translator. INTERNATIONAL DAY This year’s International Day will be held on Friday, April 23, from 11:45 am to 3:00 pm. This festival day is both a celebration of cultural diversity and an excellent opportunity to connect with school families. Please join us on that day! We will have a flag parade, international food festival, performances, and country booth exhibitions. More information will be shared next week. CALENDAR UPDATES We would like to provide you with some calendar updates. The latest calendar can be found here. Please refer to the updates below. • High School College Fair – May 15 • Spring Concert – May 28 OBIDO SPRING READING CLUB The Obido Spring Reading Club has come! It is a program designed to provide families in China with easier access to a wide selection of English, Chinese and bilingual books. More than 3,000 books for readers of all ages are available for sale. Please refer to brochures (ages 0-8, ages 7-13) introducing popular books and how to place an order. Orders are placed online and payment can be made by WeChat, Alipay, PayPal, bank cards or credit cards. Your order may be delivered to your home within 4-5 days of placing the order. If you require any assistance in making an order, please send a note to Library@yhischina.com.
NEW LUNCH MENU The cafeteria will luanch new lunch menu from Q4 Week2, which will be shared next week. SECONDARY ART EXHIBITION We would like to invite secondary parents to the first secondary art exhibition from 6:30-8:00 pm, next Thursday, April 15 in the YHIS band room on the 4th floor. There will be music performances by MS and HS after-school band clubs throughout the exhibition. We will celebrate the hard work and growth the students have shown throughout the year. Many of the artists will be available to speak about their artwork. We look forward to seeing you there. UNIVERSITY VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA On Friday, April 9, YHIS will be hosting a university visit from the University of Tasmania, which is a public research university located in Tasmania, Australia. Admissions representative Candy Han will be sharing from 2:30-3:10 pm in Room 305. High school students and parents are welcome to attend! TRANSITIONING JUNIORS PARENT INFORMATION SESSION If you’re the parent of a student in Grade 11, please join us for an information session for your child called Transitioning to Senior on Thursday, April 15, at 1:30 pm in room 107. In this information session, Mr. Samuel Goh, will address common questions that new senior parents often have. Our college counsellors will also be on hand to share some strategies to prepare your student for university admissions. STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS The Student Council elections for the 2021-2022 school year are coming up. This year, elections will take place in the spring for all officer positions, which will include the following positions: President, Vice President, Finance Director, Assistant Finance Director, Public Relations Director, Assistant Public Relations Director, Secretary, and Service Director (new position in 2021). On Friday, April 9, Student Council applications will be passed out in assembly to all interested students. After that date, students are also welcome to pick up applications from Miss Varble’s office any time before the application due date. Applicants for President and Vice President must be current 10th or 11th graders, while applicants for the other officer positions must be current 9th—11th graders. All applications, along with teacher recommendations and petitions, are due to Miss Varble’s office by April 22 at 4:30PM. Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted. All applicants will be interviewed by Student Council advisors to ensure that they meet the qualifications for their desired position(s). These interviews will be conducted from April 26 to May 7. When all interviews are completed, students will be notified whether or not they have been approved for the ballot. Approved students may then begin their campaigns on May 10 as they so desire. As part of the campaign process, candidates for President and Vice President will have the opportunity to address the student body in secondary assembly on May 14.
The elections for President and Vice President will take place on May 27, and the elections for other officer positions will take place on June 3. All secondary students in grades 6 – 11 will have the opportunity to participate in the voting process during lunch on those days. Results of the election will be announced in assembly the day following the elections. Student Council officers will then have the summer to begin discussing and planning together. In addition to the officers, a grade representative from each grade will be elected. The grade representative elections will take place in the fall in order to allow new students to apply. However, current students interested in being a grade representative should still fill out the application this spring, as the application process and the interviews will all take place during the aforementioned time period. The grade representative election will take place shortly after school resumes in August. If students have questions about the Student Council election process, students may talk to or email Miss Varble (lindsey.varble@yhischina.com). CELEBRATING OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY In celebration of YHIS’s 5th anniversary, the school is planning to put together a Community Cookbook of our different cultures’ food diversity! We would like to invite students, parents, and staff to contribute to this cookbook. There is no limit to entries or type of dish – entree, main, dessert, soup, baked products, etc. The recipe can be any type of food and preferably ingredients that you can find locally. You could send a picture of the dish and type out or send a photo of your recipe in English, Korean, Arabic, French, or Chinese. Recipes may be sent to Mrs. Alyssa Jeffers at alyssa.jeffers@yhischina.com. Please note that your family name will be printed under your recipe and all recipes must be received by Friday, April 23. Please refer to a recipe example below. We look forward to receiving your favorite recipe! ECC LUNCH FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM Please complete the lunch food survey link (LINK) to indicate if your child is bringing food from home or having school lunch. This would be helpful for the cafeteria team and the teachers to have an understanding of your child’s daily lunch plan. The survey closes at 11:59 pm, Sunday, April 11. The lunch menu is available on pages 5-6. Students will be served western lunch if there's no food order placed for the day.
Announcements from the Student Council YHIS STUCO SECONDARY MOVIE NIGHT YHIS Student Council is hosting a movie night on Friday, Apirl 9, celebrating the end of Quarter 3! All students from middle school to high school are welcomed. The movies we are playing are LaLaLand and The Greatest Showman. Students who want to participate need to pay 20 RMB for a participation fee. The participation fee will be automatically transferred from your ID card. The Student Council will also run food booths where students can purchase snacks/drinks to eat while watching the movies. We will be looking forward to your participation! After the secondary movie night, the bus will depart from school at 7:30pm. It will arrive at the following locations: Tingtao Dongmen – 7:40 pm Bihai Nanmen – 7:42 pm Tianma Dongmen – 7:55 pm If your student does not live near one of these stops, please pick your student up from the school at 7:30pm. YHIS SPIRIT WEEK From Monday, April 12 to Friday, April 16, YHIS is having a spirit week! The themes for the spirPit week are chosen as below: Monday: Pajama Day (Wear your pajamas!) Tuesday: Twin Day (Find a friend to dress the same with you!) Wednesday: Wacky Day (Dress weird!) Thursday: Zebra Day (Choose to dress in all-white or all-black!) Friday: Character Day (Dress like your favorite character!) Unlike Spirit days, the student council has decided to select two winners over the five themes based on persistency and excellence throughout the week. The first place will receive 100 RMB cash, and the second place will receive 50 RMB cash as prize. We will be looking forward to your participation!
MARCH SPIRIT DAY WINNER
The winners of March Retro Spirit Day held on March 12 are finally chosen! The winners are as
follow:
ECC - Branden
Lower Elementary - On Yu K. (G3)
Upper Elementary - Ellin S. (G4)
Middle School - Emma C. (G7)
High School - Bruce K. (G9)
Staff - Dr. Rico Corporal
Congratulations! Thanks everyone who has participated!
SCHOOL CALENDAR
• April 10 ỳ HS Soccer Tournament in Qingdao
• April 12-16 – Spirit Week
• April 15 – Secondary Art Exhibition
• April 23 – International DayECC/LOWER ELEMENTARY SNACK MENU
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Menu
April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16
Snacks Morning: Morning: Morning: Morning: Morning:
Honey Cupcakes, Red Chocolate Cookies, Cream Bun, Muffin, Apple, Chocolate Donuts,
Dates, Mangoes Milk, Cherry Banana, Orange Melon Dragon Fruit, Kiwi
Tomatoes
Afternoon: Afternoon: Afternoon: Afternoon:
Egg Tart, Yogurt, Afternoon: Cupcake, Banana, Custard Pie, Red Dates Cake,
Apple Bacon and Ham Black Pear Melon, Cherry Grape, Orange
Burger, Dragon Tomatoes
Fruit, Orange
LUNCH MENU
CHINESE LUNCH MENU
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Menu
April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16
Steamed Mixed
Fried Rice with Stir-fried Noodles Steamed Mixed
Grains Steamed Rice White and Brown
Eggs with Vegetables White Rice and Millet
Rice
Braised Pork with poached spicy
Steamed Chicken Kung Pao Chicken, Braised Beef with
Protein Cherry Juice, slices of pork,
with Chili Sauce, Sweet and sour fish Potatoes, Fried Pork
Food Stewed Beef with Stewed spine with
Coke Chicken Wing fillet with Pineapple
Tomato wax gourd
Sauteed
Fried Egg with
Stir-fried Eggs with Mushrooms with
Stir-fried Shredded Leek, Stir-fried Stir-fried Mushroom
Tomatoes, Green Green vegetables,
Vegetables Potatoes, Stir-fried Potato, Green and Cole, Braised
Pepper Organic Sauteed shredded
Broccoli with Garlic Peppers, and Eggplant
cauliflower carrots with
Eggplant
shredded chicken
Tomato and Egg Seaweed and Egg
Soup Mixed Congee Noodle Slice Soup Spicy Soup
Drop Soup Soup
Allergens Peanut Egg Egg Egg EggKOREAN LUNCH MENU
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Menu
April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16
Kimchi Chicken
Grains Steamed Rice Steamed Rice Korean Street Toast
Fried Rice Burrito
Beef Bibimbap
Quail Eggs in Sweet (Optional: Sausage in Tomato
Korean Curry
Sauce Gochujang sauce) Sauce Korean Meat
Protein Food Chicken
Crispy Boneless Grilled Boneless Dumplings
Fried Fish Cake
Chicken Chicken Leg
Beansprout with
Spinach with Garlic Spinach with Garlic,
Eggplant Sesame,
Vegetables Korean Beansprout Kimchi with Onion Stir-fried
Zucchini Korean stir-fried
with Garlic Mushrooms
mixed vegetables
Bean Sprout Soup
Others Beef Kelp Soup Fish Cake Soup Kimchi Tuna Soup Fish Cake Soup
Dessert
Seafood, Bean Egg, Wheat,
Allergens Egg Wheat, seafood Wheat, seafood
products Seafood
WESTERN LUNCH MENU
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Menu
April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16
Steamed White
Grains Spaghetti Bolognese
Rice Mexican Chicken
Polish Fried Rice Wrap
Baked Fish with
Fried Chicken Cutlet with Beef Baked Pork Neck
Herbs
Protein Food Grilled Chicken Leg Curry Beef Meat
BBQ Boneless
with Black Pepper
Chicken
Baked Slices Baked Tomato
N/A Italian-style
Potatoes with Cheese
Vegetables Black Pepper Broccoli Mashed Potatoes
Snow Peas with Black Pepper
and Spinach
Butter Broccoli
Pumpkin Cream Mushroom Broccoli Cream
Soup/Others Cake
Soup Cream Soup Soup
Allergens Milk, Wheat Milk Milk, Seafood Egg, Milk, WheatYou can also read
