Chinese New Year 2015

Parents were invited to try their hand at Chinese calligraphy to write traditional CNY and gospel  福音對聨 couplets.

The activity was led by a talented parent and the campus is now decorated with beautiful calligraphy thanks to the parents that helped put up those couplets and other bright decorations just in time for Cultural Week!

The students and teachers have worked hard to perfect their recitals, song, and dance and to provide activities during the week. It will be fun to see all the students dressed in their cultural dress!

Thanksgiving to Christmas is typically a busy time of year, but also a time to reflect and be thankful for your circumstances and people in your life and to show appreciation to those you are thankful for.

Campus Reps and parents expressed their appreciation to just about everyone at the school by hosting lunches and giving gifts during the time leading to Christmas break, but also took time to enjoy beautiful music performed by our students across all campuses.

The PA ExCo would like to wish you and yours a peaceful, blessed, Merry Christmas!

Christmas decorations

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." goes the song by Bing Crosby. Campus is looking a little festive thanks to parent volunteers who spent a couple days decorating. A lovely nativity set was borrowed from a P1 teacher - anyone know where PA can purchase one with figures about a foot or taller?

Christmas concerts start Friday evening - come enjoy performances by our talented students.

College Planning Forum

Friday, October 31 the school university advisors and  the PA hosted a college planning forum and Q&A time for high school parents. The evening began with parents grabbing a beverage and some hors d'oeuvres and chatting amongst themselves. For some it was a reunion of sorts since parents who may have helped at school during elementary years no longer helped out during secondary school years and had not kept in touch with fellow parents as time went by. For some it was a chance to meet new parents and compare experiences each family faced while planning for college. Regardless, it was nice to see the fellowship and after the windows were opened all enjoyed the cool evening air.

We were fortunate to have Teresa Tseng, Alex Wang, Amy Leung, and HK Fung as the guest speakers addressing topics such as Christian, American, and Hong Kong universities, the planning process, and how parents can support their student. Ms. Farley and Mr. Widdifield led an interesting simulation on the college admissions process and whether certain student qualifications would help or not.

There were over fifty high school parents in attendance and feedback indicated they were appreciative of the information presented by the speakers and from the handouts from the advisors.

Walktoberfest

Whew - Walktoberfest was a fun, busy day! It was nice to chat with so many parents as they stopped by our booth on the way to the Abundant Grace Memorial Gymnasium. We are happy that the uniform recycle initiative was popular. We would like to show our appreciation to our members this year by giving out a PA tote bag. If you didn’t collect one at Walktoberfest, contact us by email and we will pass one to your student.

Look for us at Walktoberfest!

The PA is collecting clean, gently-used uniforms your children have outgrown and will have them out at our table at Walktoberfest. Come by to meet and say hello to members of the PA ExCo and perhaps you'll find some items to fill gaps in your student's uniform wardrobe.

 

See you Saturday, October 18!

 

Meetings

It's already past mid-quarter - the Executive Committee have had two meetings discussing various agenda items and planning for the year as well as hearing overviews of meetings between Campus Representatives and their principals. Please contact us if you'd like to attend one of our meetings.

We are thankful that more people have stepped up to serve on the ExCo. We still have two positions with vacancies as you can see from the sidebar to the right or click the link to the ICS PA webpage
 
 Prayer Meetings have also had a successful start. Here is the schedule if you'd like to join.

 Don't forget we have a Facebook group as well set up to encourage communication between our members. Please join us by clicking: ICS PA Group