Student/parent engagement

My capstone project is the Chinese New Year Guard Rally. The purpose of this event is to enable students to experience Chinese traditional culture more deeply and be interested in learning Chinese. The event is arranged on the day before the Chinese New Year, which is New Year ’s Eve. We performed three times during the day so that all the teachers and students of the school have the chance to take part in this event. The first is for pre-k to second grade students, the second is for third to fifth grades, and the third is for sixth to ninth grades. Each performance takes 45 minutes, including Chinese songs, shadow puppet shows, Tai Chi, and handicrafts shows. The students participating in the performance come from different grades. Fine art teachers offered great support before and during this events.

The theme of our capstone project is Field Trip—Cyrus Tang Hall in China. The aim of the field trip is to let the students of Grade 5 and Grade 6 at LaSalle to take a closer look at objects that tell stories of China’s complex history, diverse cultures, while learning Mandarin. Objectives： The whole project will last several months which can be divided into three procedures: 1. Explore the Field Trip before March with Ms. Veitch. (We have explored the museum--- Cyrus Tang Hall in China on Feb. 11. I’ve taken many pictures of the exhibitions and got a lot of materials for creating Field Trip Plan. 2. Contact with the home teacher and school consulter to confirm the good perfect date for the trip according to the school calendar, which doesn’t affect students’ study and exam. (We originally planned to carry on the trip at the beginning of April when the weather gets warmer, but the date hasn’t been set because of the unexpected school closures because of COVID-19 on Mar. 17th. We will figure out the date when we go back to normal school teaching.) Get the students of Grade 5 and Grade 6 at LaSalle to explore Field Trip—Cyrus Tang Hall in China to take a closer look at objects that tell stories of China’s complex history, diverse cultures, while learning Mandarin. (when we complete the field trip, I will upload the pictures and maybe videos when the students are exploring the museum.)

There have been six Chinese events held this year at Suder. Due to these events, students and parents got to learn more about Chinese culture and traditional customs.

Capstone for Moos Elementary School is a big show for students. On spring festival, we will have a showcase for all the moos Chinese mandarin learners and parents and a dragon parade with students from different grade and a Chinatown tour. It will happen around Feb since it is the spring festival. The teachers will be on the fashion show and the fifth grade will be the MC. From Pre-K to Kindergarten will show poems, songs, art, and kungfu .So we need the support with the traditional costumes for the fashion show and the showcase actors and actress .Our school is an IB school so lots of students from different backgrounds , to help spread the impact and help increase their interest in Mandarin . On the Spring festival showcase, we may hold an art show to show their calligraphy work and paper cutting work too. After the showcase ,the students will be more acknowledge with what efforts they have done in Mandarin class. And their is an old saying in China, "Food is the paramount necessity of the people", so to know more about Chinese cultures, we will hold a spring-festival campus to the Chinatown. I will lead the students and parents visit Chinatown and tell stories about Chinese food culture and try Chinese food.