白珊·安妮高中周讯（21）

 

 

 

Dear Baishan AWS Family,

 

尊敬的白珊·安妮高中的家长和学生们：

 

This has been a very productive week here at Baishan AWS.  Many students have been able to submit late work while learning new content.  The faculty have also been finalizing plans for the last several weeks regarding grading and ceremonies.

 

本周是非常富有成效的一周。许多学生能够在学习新内容的同时提交了迟交的作业。在过去的几周里，教师团队也一直在确定最终评分和结业典礼的计划。

 

I want to personally thank all of the parents who were able to attend the parent-teacher meetings last Friday.  Teachers have seen an immediate positive response from the students with late work submissions and refreshed attitudes toward new learning in classes. 

 

我非常感谢上周五参加家长会的所有家长。老师们看到了学生们在家长会之后的积极反应，他们提交了迟交的作业，并且在课堂上的学习态度也有了很大改观。

 

The last day for the delivery of new lessons for all grade-levels is June 26th.  The 10th grade reports will be sent home on July 2nd.  Three of our older students have selected to take advantage of the QAIS Summer Program by taking classes that will help with their academic English. These students will attend normal evening classes and continue to stay on campus until July 9th.  Students who chose not to attend the Summer Program will be dismissed on Friday, June 26th.  Ninth-graders taking the Zhongkao will continue with a normal school schedule and prepare for the test between June 29th -- July 9th.  These 9th graders will be dismissed from school July 9th.  The 9th-grade reports will be mailed home on Friday, July 10.

 

6月26日，下周五，是本学年各年级结课的最后一天。10年级的成绩报告将于7月2日发送给家长。我们有三个学生选择参加美亚国际学校的暑期课程，这将有助于他们学术英语水平的提高，在7月9日之前他们将继续留在校园并参加正常的晚间学习。选择不参加暑期课程的学生将于6月26日（星期五）下午离校。6月29日至7月9日期间，参加中考的九年级学生将继续进行正常的学习计划，为考试做准备。参加中考的9年级的学生将于7月9日离校。九年级学生的成绩报告将于7月10日星期五发送给家长。

 

An awards ceremony will take place on Friday, June 26.  Students will have a poetry reading, celebrate some of their art and academic accomplishments.  Winners of the 9th and 10th grade Academic Awards and the Most Improved awards will be announced, along with several traditional awards adopted from Annie Wright School in Tacoma.

 

6月26日，下周五，我们将举行本学年的结业典礼。学生们将进行诗歌朗诵，展示并庆祝他们在这一学年中创作的一些艺术作品。此外，我们还将公布九年级和十年级最佳学术奖，最具进步奖以及美国塔科马安妮怀特学校颁发的几个传统奖项。

 

Baishan AWS, along with most schools, recognize that Semester 2 has been an unusual year for classes and grades.  Baishan AWS has accommodated in the favor of the students by determining that students who received Ds will earn a Credit (CR) for the semester grade.  Students who did not pass the course will receive a No Credit (NC).  Baishan AWS feels that this will benefit all students and account for the very unusual learning environments.  These decisions were made in consultation with Annie Wright School - Tacoma, Washington and with the understanding that universities will be expecting similar approaches from many schools. 

 

白珊·安妮高中和大多数学校一样，第二学期对于学生来说是很特殊的一个学期。白珊·安妮高中将从学生角度考虑，课程成绩是D的学生将在成绩单上写明获得该课程本学期的学分（CR），未通过该课程的将写明无学分（NC）。白珊·安妮高中认为在特殊的学习环境下这将有利于学生。这是在与美国华盛顿塔科马的安妮怀特学校协商后做出的决定，相信大学也会理解在这种特殊情况下很多学校都会采取类似的做法。 

 

 

 

1 - Parents and students attending parent-teacher meetings on Friday, June 12.  

 6月12日，星期五，家长和学生参加教师面谈会。

 

Gator Games: Red Ties defeat the Green Ties!    

鳄鱼游戏：红领带打败绿领带！

 

 

 

Congratulations to team Red Ties for winning the Gator Games on June 8th.  These series of games challenged the 9th-graders and 10th-graders in fun competitions. 

 

祝贺红领带队伍在6月8日的比赛中获胜！九年级和十年级的学生在这一系列的游戏中进行了相互挑战。

 

 

 

2 - Green Tie Henry celebrates after winning a round in the Gator Games!

 绿领带Henry庆祝一轮比赛的胜利！

 

 

Humanities with Ms. Kim Brauer 人文科学

We’re finishing up our study of how quality of life indicators can help us assess and compare development across countries. Our Grade 9s have putting some key geography tools to use this week – plotting quality of life indicators onto scatter graphs to look for correlation, for example, and negotiating in groups to rank the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in order of importance.  

 

本周在九年级的地理课上，我们正在完成关于生活质量指标如何帮助我们评估和比较各国的发展情况的研究。学生们本周使用了一些主要的地理工具-绘制分散图上的生命指标以寻找相关性，例如，根据重要性对联合国可持续发展目标进行分组讨论和排序。

 

The Transcontinental Railroad was the “moonshot of the 19th century” – a technological wonder that powered the Industrial Revolution in the US. The achievement brought recognition and thanks to the 20,000 Chinese laborers who worked on the railroad – but this warmth was brief, and discrimination and exclusionary politics followed. Our 10th grade historians are studying the effects that these immigration politics had on US Chinese communities throughout the late 1800s. 

 

横贯美国大陆的铁路是19世纪一项不太可能实现的伟大壮举——推动美国工业革命的科技奇迹。这一成就要感谢在铁路上工作的2万中国工人 ——但这种感激是短暂的，而且歧视和政治排斥随之而来。本周10年级的历史学家们正在研究这些移民政策对整个19世纪末美国华人社区的影响。

 

Science and Math with Mr. MacKeigan 数学和科学

 

For grade 9,  we looked at transformations of plane figures--translations, reflections, and rotations and compositions of transformations of plane figures and their mapping rules. Additionally, we looked at symmetry and congruence transformations.

 

本周在九年级的几何课上， 我们研究了平面图形的变换——平移、反射、旋转以及平面图形的合成及映射规则。另外，我们还研究了对称和同余变换。

 

For grade 10, we finished the draft of the powerpoint and did a practice presentation for our unit assessment  on bacterial diseases. Additionally, we concluded our study of genetics, looking at autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant diseases.

 

本周在十年级的科学课上，学生们完成了PPT演示课件的草稿，并对细菌性疾病这一单元的评估进行了实践演示。此外，我们总结了所学的遗传学的知识，分析了常染色体隐性和常染色体显性疾病。

 

English with Ms. Jenn Roth 英语文学

 

The year is quickly coming to a close and the students have been working hard on their final writing projects. Ninth grade students are ending the year by writing original poetry that will be performed at the end-of-the-year program on June 26th. The performance will be recorded on video and shared with parents! Tenth grade is writing a narrative around the theme of "paying it forward," in keeping with the novel study they've been engaged in.

 

本学年已经接近尾声，本周学生们一直在努力完成最后的写作任务。九年级的学生将在6月26日的结业活动中表演他们的原创诗歌，以此来结束本学年。学生们的表演将被录制成视频并与家长分享！十年级的学生正在围绕小说"Paying it Forward”的主题写一篇记叙文，近期他们一直在进行小说的研究。

 

Chinese Literature with Ms. Emilia Zheng  中国文学

 

中国古典文学是中国文化体系中最辉煌灿烂、最经久不衰的文学瑰宝。我们从3000多年前的《诗经》名篇——《采薇》、《桃夭》开始，学习赏析了《楚辞》、汉赋、魏晋诗文等经典名篇，体会了中国古典文学艺术作品的奇特魅力。本周，我们继续一起领略唐诗、宋词的风采，或粗犷，或飘逸，或幽远，或细腻，精选了“诗仙”李白的《将进酒》和宋代“婉约派”词人柳永的《雨霖铃·寒蝉凄切》来重点赏鉴，并以小组合作的形式，于下周完成本单元“古典文学艺术”的专题海报。

 

Accelerated Algebra II with Mrs. Hinman  代数II

 

Students are finishing their final unit in Trigonometry this week and next. After students finish unit 8, they will have one additional week to finish any unfinished work from unit 7.

 

在代数II的课上，学生们将于本周和下周完成三角学最后一个单元的学习。学生们在完成第八单元的任务后，将有一周的时间来完成并提交第七单元未完成的作业。

Visual Art with Mr. Lorne Brandt  视觉艺术

 

 3 - Green Tie Katherine's interpretation of folk realism artist Norman Rockwell.  

绿丝带Katherine对民间现实主义艺术家Norman Rockwell的诠释。

The Art students were challenged to find photographs that demonstrate various taught compositional strategies, including S-composition, framing, depth-of-field, and vantage point.  Students were instructed to annotate them by drawing lines on top of the photo that help illustrate how the artist used the artistic strategies effectively. 

 

本周在视觉艺术课上，学生们被要求找到展示不同的构图策略的照片，包括S构图、框架、景深和有利视角。学生们被指导用线条在照片上注释并说明艺术家如何有效地运用艺术策略。

 

Students will be challenged to become photographers this next week and discover how they can create professional-looking photos by using these researched skills.

 

下周，学生们将面临作为一名摄影师的挑战，并探索如何利用所研究的技能创作出看起来比较专业的照片。

 

Students are encouraged to catch up with all prior lessons before moving on to recent tasks.  Assessments close June 26.

 

本学年的课程评估将于6月26日结束，在开始最近的学习任务之前，学生们被鼓励完成并提交之前的所有作业。

 

4 - Max S., Photograph Compositional studies   Max S., 摄影构图研究  

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