Buffalo Weekly - March 16, 2022

SAVE THE DATE: PRINCIPAL'S TEA

On Monday, March 28, we've scheduled our Principal's Tea, a time of connection and sharing among school leadership and our parents. At the Tea, we'll focus on highlights from this year and let you know what's in store for next year. Our principals will share next year's staffing and structure, new programs and developments for 2022/2023 (including campus improvements), our education philosophy, and other information. The Tea will be on Monday, March 28 at a local hotel; exact time and location to be announced soon. Please save the date and plan to join us.

Q4 AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

After-school activities (ASAs) for Quarter 4 ASAs are open for registration on PowerSchool. Read more about our ASAs here.

We have had recent COVID restrictions regarding visitors on campus, but this does not affect the operation of our ASAs. All our students, staff, and outside coaches have had recent negative COVID tests, so after-school activities are continuing as usual.

Cancellations? In the event we must cancel an activity, which happens from time to time for reasons beyond our control, Ms. Xiong will email parents and the school will inform PTO language groups as soon as possible. If you do not hear that your child's activity has been cancelled, rest assured the activity will meet as usual.

Planned absense or tardy? If your child will be absent from or late for their after-school activity, please email the activity leaders and/or Ms. Xiong.

If you have questions, please contact After-School Activities Coordinator, Susie Xiong (susie.xiong@wyischina.com

COLLEGE PREP PARENT WORKSHOPS

Our College & Career Department is offering two upcoming workshops for parents of secondary students. Learn what steps we are taking to assist our secondary students in preparing for university and how you can help them in this process. Topics will include 4-year high school plans, standardized testing, well-rounded student portfolios, high school extracurricular opportunities, interest inventories, AP courses, university searches, and the new digital SAT.

Because of campus restrictions, workshops will be held on ZOOM.

1. KOREAN COLLEGE PREP WORKSHOP (Presented in Korean by Irene Kim): Tuesday, March 22 at 2PM.
2. COLLEGE PREP WORKSHOP (Presented in English by Sandra Carpenter): Wednesday, March 23 at 2PM. Recommended for parents of students in grades 8-11.
3. COLLEGE PREP WORKSHOP (Presented in Chinese by Linda Liu): Wednesday, March 23 at 2PM. Recommended for parents of students in grades 8-11.

Note: Workshops will be held on Zoom. Please RSVP HERE. If you have problems or questions, please contact our College & Career Counselors, Irene Kim (irene.kim@wyischina.com) and Linda Liu (linda.liu@wyischina.com).

CALENDAR UPDATES

We have updated our web calendar with a half day of school on April 1, as well as a full schedule of events for Spring. Below is a quick list. View complete information on our website calendar HERE.

SCHOOL DATES ADJUSTED

EVENTS ADDED

FIELD DAY

Field Day will be Friday, April 1. The event will begin around 8:30 and end around 11:00. School ends for the day at 11:30. Please note this is an update to our schedule - April 1 is now a half day of school.

As usual, students will be in teams by color, though teams are still being finalized. More information to come next week.

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

Registration is now open for new students who intend to enroll at WYIS in the 2022/23 school year. If you have siblings or friends wanting to study at WYIS in fall 2022, please fill out the application HERE.

CHANGES TO OUR EC3 PROGRAM

In the new school year 2022/23, our EC3 program will run from Mondays to Fridays with options for full days or half days.

If you have questions about our ECC program, please contact ECC/Elementary Principal, Dr. Hatten (william.hatten@wyischina.com).

WELCOME NEW WYIS TEACHER

We are pleased to announce to you a new WYIS staff member, Renee Young. Renee is from Indiana, USA, and has an extensive background in the health and wellness industry as a trainer and coach. Renee is currently in the US and will begin this week teaching Health classes remotely. Renee graduated from Indiana University with a dual major in English and Speech Communications. In addition to teaching Health class to students, Renee will also work on the Marketing and Communications team at WYIS. Renee will move to Wuhan over the summer and begin the 2022/2023 school year in person at WYIS.