Currently, the Newtown High School community awaits the arrival of Mr. Ding. He has been delayed due to the visa renewal process in Beijing, China. In the meantime, Mr. Hiruo has been in touch with the Chinese Consulate, College Board, and Hanban Foundation to expedite the visa renewal, while Mrs. Greenfield has been pulling together professional contacts and lesson plans to provide a safety net for his Mandarin classes should his delay carry into the second week of school. Mr. Ding is expected to return Labor Day weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Newtown High School Sophomore Marina Lleonart Calvo was awarded the Bronze — third place in the 5th Annual Chinese Bridge U.S. High School Student Chinese Contest, held in Marlboro, Massachusetts at the International Academy of Boston on April 24, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

On the last day of the trip, the Newtown High School delegation made a cultural visit to the Temple Of Heaven, where emperors would visit three times a year to make sacrifices to the Gods to support agriculture.

The North Gate of the Forbidden City as seen from the Temple at the highest point of Jingshan Park.

Members of the Newtown High School delegation visited a silk processing plant and observed silk from its raw form to the finished product.

Members of the Newtown Public Schools Administration and Liaocheng #3 Middle School stand with some of the Liaocheng English teachers before the Farewell Luncheon.

Representatives of the Newtown Public Schools Administration met with members of the Liaocheng Administration (specifically Mrs. Song, Principal of the Liaocheng #3 Lower Middle School) to further our relationship by arranging a formal partnership between Liaocheng #3 Lower Middle School and Newtown Middle School and Reed Intermediate School.

Members of the Newtown High School delegation visited the Liaocheng #3 Middle School

Newtown High School’s Sister School, Liaocheng #3 Upper Middle School, has recently completed construction of their extensive science center, complete with a statue of Albert Einstein.

On the first day of the delegation’s visit to our Sister School in Liaocheng, a tour of the campus included stops at various classrooms and laboratories, including the calligraphy classroom pictured above.

An exhibit of student art was visited during the delegation’s visit to the Forbidden City.

Twenty-four members of the Newtown High School Faculty and Administration, with two members of the Newtown Public Schools Administration visited the Forbidden City in Beijing, China as part of their cultural indoctrination.  They will travel to Liaocheng, China to visit their Sister School and exchange ideas about education.  Jason Hiruo, Assistant Principal, met with Beijing University officials while the group above explored the Forbidden City and Tiananman Square.

The Newtown High School Delegation enjoys one if its first dinners in China.

Twenty-five teachers and administrators from Newtown High School arrived at Beijing International Airport today (Saturday afternoon in China, early Saturday morning in Newtown)

Want a summer camp to China, For FREE? Here is an opportunity for you to go to China. The sponsor of our Chinese program, Chinese Hanban, is providing a summer camp to all high school students(including those graduate this year and those to be enrolled in September). What you have to pay is only a round-trip ticket from and to U.S, which can also be obtained with the help of Hanban. Read the rest of this entry »

Students in Mr. Ding’s Chinese I class made a field trip to New York City, including a visit of Chinatown in Flushing, Queens and a conference with the Permanent Mission of the Peoples Republic of China to the United Nations, on March 24, 2010.

In the first leg the NHS students went to a Chinese buffet in Flushing, where the students practiced speaking Chinese with the waitresses as well as the customers. Then they went to a nearby Chinese bookstore where the students saw Chinese publications and Chinese cultural pieces, such as paintings, handcrafts, etc. Due to the shortened schedule, they didn’t make the trip to a Chinese supermarket intended for them to recognize the item names in Chinese.

The students then went to PR China’s Permanent Mission to UN. In the conference with the Chief Press Office, Mr. Liu Yutong, the students learned about China and UN, China and U.S., China’s policies, and raised a great variety of questions, covering topics such as global awareness, climate changes, environmental protection, U.S./China education, health care, etc. Some students even raised questions in Chinese, and got the response first in Chinese and then English.

Though a long day, the students were very enthusiastic and maintained great spirit during the whole trip, and many students expressed the hope of making such trips in the future.

The conference in P.R China Mission to UN is now online in their website at: http://www.china-un.org/chn/czthd/t675212.htm

The giving of gifts is an important tradition central to Chinese culture. Students enrolled in Diane Dutchick’s Painting 1 course recently created several pieces to be presented as gifts to members of the visiting Chinese delegation. This was a challenging undertaking with only four weeks of training in class.

Paige Olson, Morgan Kirol, Lillian Rodriquez, Emily Kopcik, Jamie Whelan, Lucy Reilly, and Dominique Allen all donated their work on behalf of NHS.

Thank you, to all artists!

感谢所有的艺术家

Newtown High School students, faculty, administration, and staff joined our Chinese guests and their host families in a final celebration prior to their departure for home.  Many thanks to the tremendous amount of time and effort contributed by all of those involved.  There is no way that this initiative could be as successful as it is without the generous and unselfish assistance that we have received.  Thank you.  Read the rest of this entry to see photographs from the farewell dinner. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a school activity for celebrating Chinese Spring Festival, involving students of Chinese I. In the pictures the lecture hall is decorated by the students so it looks like a Chinese household celebration. The students learned to make dumplings, gave presentations of how the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, and interacted with Chinese visiting students.

Newtown High School welcomed the delegation from our sister school – Liaocheng #3 Middle School – today.  After arriving from Beijing at John F. Kennedy Airport, students, teachers, and administrators were welcomed by their host families and student supporters at Newtown High School.  Thee delegation will be here for ten days and will be learning about our educational system as well as experiencing many aspects of American Culture.

There will be a

SCHOOLWIDE PEP RALLY

to welcome our Sister School Delegation from Liaocheng, China on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 7:10 am in the Main Gym.

Imagine receiving a scholarship to study for a year, semester, or summer in another country; with more than 600 scholarships available, this could be you. National Security Language Initiative for Youth is offering a great opportunity to study Mandarin in China, even with no previous Chinese learning experience. The application deadline is December 4.

Wang Haimei, Assistant Professor of English in the School of Foreign Studies at Shandong University of Finance, visited Newtown High School today to learn more about American secondary school education.  During her stay in Newtown, she will spend time at each of the school levels. [She is pictured above with the high school administration]

On his way to visit our sister school in Liaocheng, China, Mr. Dumais arrived in Beijing on Thursday, April 9, 2009.  Check back for more pictures and information from the trip.

Students enrolled in Mrs. Dutchick’s Painting courses donated several of their pieces as farewell gifts to the visiting delegation from China. Katie Temple contributed a reproduction of a David Merrill landmark in town, as well as two other paintings. Several other students contributed original art as well. Read the rest of this entry »

The Back Gym was transformed into a wonderful banquet space by the Culinary Apprentice Students for the Chinese Delegation Welcome Ceremony.  Read the rest of this entry »

On Monday, February 2, 2009, Students and Staff welcomed fourteen delegates from Liaocheng, China. Read the rest of this entry »

Newtown High School is proud to welcome a delegation of ten students, two teachers, and two administrators from our Sister School in Liaocheng.  The delegation, greeted by Mr. Hiruo and Mr. Dumais, arrived at JFK International Airport Sunday afternoon and received a warm reception from students and host families at Newtown High School Sunday evening. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome the Sister School Delegation!

Monday, February 2, 2009, 7:10 am, Main Gym

Blue & Gold Day!

Students in Chef Neumeyer’s Culinary Apprenticeship course are making preliminary plans for an auxiliary gym, in preparation for the arrival of the delegation from our Chinese Sister School.  The students plan to transform the gym into a sophisticated environment for the welcoming dinner.  Read the rest of this entry »

Carol Pelligra’s Ceramics students are creating clay pots in the style of ancient Chinese three-legged bronze pots in preparation for the visit from our Sister School in Liaocheng. Read the rest of this entry »

Interested in learning more about the community in which our Sister School resides?  Information on Liaocheng

Saturday, December 13, 2008, 3:00 pm

Please join us for a (free) presentation by the Western Connecticut Chinese-American Performing Arts Association.  The performance will consist of traditional Chinese choreography, instruments, and vocals.  For more information on the performance, please contact Richard Serbagi at 203.426.3961.

(The Western Connecticut Chinese-American Performing Arts Association is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote Chinese-American cultural awareness and the enrichment of local cultural life through the appreciation of Chinese culture within the American society.)

There will be a meeting on Monday, November 24, 2008 and Tuesday, November 25, 2008 in the NHS Lecture Hall at 2:00pm.  Please join us to learn more about the Read the rest of this entry »

• Principal Zhang
• 3-4 Teachers (probably English or Science)
• 10 students (Senior 2 all advanced level students) : 6 Boys and 4 Girls