Dear Parents and Teachers,
1. The Parent Association is organizing a picnic at
Duke Island Park on Oct.19 Sunday.
It starts at 10:00am. The park is located in Bridgewater. The site is #5. They are preparing many new programs and a Barbeque (Hotdogs,
Hamburgers, Chicken wings, Baby Ribs and Sausages). The cost for the food is $5
each adult and $3 each child.
2. Mrs. Junxia Xie is going to start the Mulan Quan
class between 2:30-3:30pm. If you are interested, please register at school
office.
3. Ms. Fong Hui is going to start an art class at 3:30pm in the classroom B208. See attached class description. If you are interested,
please register at school office.
4. A Press
Conference Open To The Public
NEW RUTGERS-EAGLETON POLL:
ASIAN-AMERICAN VOTER PREFERENCES IN THE 2008
ELECTION
Learn The Views of Asian Americans in the NJ-NYC
Metro Area and How They
Compare Nationally
You are invited to the Eagleton Institute of
Politics on Tuesday,
October 14th, from 1:00-2:00pm to hear the results
of a groundbreaking
survey that sheds light on the voting preferences
of a growing and
under-studied segment of the electorate. The
National Asian American
Survey (NAAS) was designed and conducted by Jane
Junn, Associate
Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, working with
researchers at the University of Southern California, and the University
of California at Berkeley and Riverside.
The multi-ethnic, multi-lingual study is the most
comprehensive survey
to date of Asian Americans' political attitudes and
values. Interviews
of more than 4,000 Asian Americans with an
oversampling in the NJ-NYC
area were conducted in English, Cantonese,
Mandarin, Hindi, Japanese,
Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
Junn, who is also faculty director of the
Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, will
present the survey's findings on the Asian American
voters in the New
Jersey-New York metropolitan area. The Eagleton Institute of Politics
was one of the NAAS survey sponsors.
Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing
segments of the
electorate and may be a pivotal voice in the 2008
presidential
election. Since the 2000 Census was conducted, New Jersey has seen a
29% increase in its Asian American population.
The public is invited to attend this press
conference.
If possible, please RSVP: www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/Events.html
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or 732-932-9384, ext. 331.
5. A conference “Positive Parenting Raising
Confident Children” will be held in the Ramada Inn (60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ ) on Saturday, October 11, 2008 (11:30am - 5:00pm).. See detail below.
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Dear Clubbers and Friends,
You may have learned about the upcoming conference
on Chinese-American parenting practices (CAP2008) from the local Chinese
newspapers. This will be the 5th annual parenting conference organized by the
PCE Club in collaboration with DuoWei News, to be held in the Ramada Inn (60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ ) on Saturday, October 11, 2008 (11:30am - 5:00pm). The
theme is "Positive Parenting Raising Confident Children". The keynote
speaker is Dr. Alice Ginott, an internationally renowned scholar and expert on
parenting. You are cordially invited to register for the this significant
event. Here is the registration form url:
http://www.pceclub.
org/portal/ capRegister. php?year= 2008
If you register prior to 10/1/08, it is free for
club member families (who paid $60/yr or $30/half yr) and $20 for non-member
families, each family will receive a Dr. Ginott's book "Between Parent and
Child" with her autograph. For those who registered before 10/1/08 but did
not pay by then, the fee is still $20 for all, but with no book gift. Any
registration after 10/1/08 will charge $25 with no book gift. Seats are limited
(150 seats). So please register early to ensure availability.
If you google "Dr. Alice Ginott", you
will find much information on her. The link below has a good brief desbription
about the book and herself (in Chinese): http://www.bingling books.com/
books/hzbndsgw. htm
In addition to the very important keynote speech,
the conference will also feature the very popular program - "Fishbowl
Forum" in which a group of young adults including high school students and
college students in the center of the audience to share their views and
observations on Chinese parenting styles and the effect of these practices on
their development. The forum will be moderated by Ms. Joy Zhao, who is
specialized in elementary education and community counseling. She has extensive
experience in teaching Chinese to learners across grade levels and of various
language backgrounds. Currently, she is the director of YingHua Day School, a private school that offers Mandarin-English bilingual education with an
internationally- focused curriculum.
The last but not the least program is the panel
discussion. Five invited parents/experts will take time to share their
knowledge, experience and recommendations in various aspects of parenting with
the audience. I will be the moderator.
Here are the highlights again:
Subject: CAP2008
Theme: "Positive Parenting Raising Confident Children"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alice Ginott
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Time: 11:30am - 5:00pm
Location: Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset,
NJ
11:30am - 12:00pm: Registration
12:00pm - 12:15pm: Welcome and Conference Opening
12:15pm - 1:45pm: Keynote Speech by Dr. Alice
Ginott
1:45pm - 3:30: Fishbowl Forum (with teenagers
speaking up their thoughts)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Panel Discussion with Parents and
Experts
The conference will be adjourned at 5:00pm SHARP!
Online registration: http://www.pceclub.
org/portal/ capRegister. php?year= 2008
Website for conference info: www.pceclub. org
Contact People: Dennis
Wu：732-238-0576； Yingting Zhang732-548- 7731; Angela Chiu
732-275-1758; Cindy Yu: 732-423-3130, pce club officers: pceofficer@pceclub.
org
Looking forward to seeing you at the conference,
Yingting
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