ANNOUNCEMENTS

   (10/24/08) The legendary American Chinese investigator Dr. Henry C. Lee met with Principal Weichu Xu during his visit to Worcester and shared his greetings to Chinese people in MASSBCLS and in the community! More about Dr. Henry Lee

   (8/19/08) 2008 FALL Semester Class Schedule

   (7/16/08) Education Counselor Ai Fanglin and Education Consul Fang Dongbo from Chinese Consulate General in New York visited Principal Xu Weichu in Worcester.

   (5/30/08) MassBCLS principal Weichu Xu met with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick during his visit to Shrewsbury Public Library. Visit the Ni Hao blog to read about the details of Governor Patrick's visit!

   (4/02/08) MassBCLS principal Weichu Xu is now a blogger for Telegram.com! He will be updating his Ni Hao blog with relevant news from the local Chinese community here in Massachusetts. Please visit the Ni Hao blog here!

   (2/14/08) People's Daily overseas edition has featured our Chinese New Year festival in their journal! See it here.

   (2/10/08) Happy Chinese New Year! We had a wonderful celebration last weekend to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rat! Please visit our photo gallery for all our pictures and read the WorldJournal article about our festival!

   (1/13/08) Happy New Year! MassBCLS will be having its annual Chinese spring festival celebration on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008! Please join us for great performances and activities for all! For details, see our flier (PDF).

   (12/16/07) SCHOOL CANCELLATION NOTICE: Due to the weather conditions, there will be no classes today, Sunday 12/16/07.

   (11/21/07) Happy Thanksgiving! MassBCLS was recently featured in a Telegram & Gazette article titled "Character Development: Youngsters learning Mandarin", which covers Chinese language in public schools. Read about it here!

   (10/19/07) MassBCLS participated in the annual Spirit of Shrewsbury Oak St. Expo! See all of our pictures in the photo gallery, and read about us in the Telegram and Gazette article featuring this event!

   (9/30/07) Pictures of our 8th Global Chinese Elementary School Students Composition Contest winners have been posted here on the main page. Also please note that some minor changes have been made to the classes, so check the classes page for the latest class schedule.

announcements, including this semester's class schedule.


Congratulations to our three students who have won awards in the 8th Global Chinese Elementary School Students Composition Contest! See their award certificates here.

   (6/24/07) Artwork from this semester's art class students have been posted in the pictures section, come take a look at their creations here!

   (6/21/07) World Journal has written an article covering Mr. ChiKong Shue's presentation this past Sunday.

   (6/10/07) Please see our newest school announcements regarding important upcoming dates and events!

   (5/28/07) Mr. ChiKong Shue, who is Chairman of the New England Chinese Information and Networking Association, the founder and chief executive of several companies, and an investor, will give a presentation titled "Life Planning" on Sunday, 6/17/07 from 2-4pm at UMass Medical School.

This presentation is organized by MassBCLS, EMC Asian Circle, and UMass Medical School ACOO. Please see our flier for more info.

   (4/23/07) MassBCLS students performed at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center on Easter Sunday! Pictures are posted at right.

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Welcome to Our School!


The Beijing Chinese Language School offers a variety of different leveled classes in Chinese, mathematics, and art. Students from prescho l through grade 12 are welcome to attend. During school semesters, classes meet every Sunday afternoon. We are located at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, just off of Route 9.


The legendary American Chinese investigator Dr. Henry C. Lee met with Principal Weichu Xu at Worcester



From left: MassBCLS Principal Weichu Xu with Dr. Henry C. Lee



Education Consulor from Chinese Consulate General in New York visited MassBCLS at Worcester



From left: MassBCLS Principal Weichu Xu with Education Counselor Ai Fanglin



Principal Xu Weichu accompanied Counselor Ai Fanglin and Consul Fang Dongbo visited Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis, who just visited China in April 2008



Governor Deval Patrick Visits Shrewsbury Public Library


Photos from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's visit to Shrewsbury Public Library on May 30th, 2008. You can visit the Ni Hao blog to read about the details of Governor Patrick's visit.

From left: MassBCLS Principal Weichu Xu with Governor Deval Patrick



From left: Shrewsbury School Committee Chairman Mr. Mark Murray, Superintendent of Shrewsbury Public Schools Dr. Anthony Bent, and MassBCLS Principal Weichu Xu



MassBCLS Principal Weichu Xu Blogs for Telegram.com!


Our principal Weichu Xu is now a blogger for Worcester's Telegram and Gazette at Telegram.com! His blog, titled "Ni Hao", will feature news related to the local Chinese community here in Massachusetts.




2008 MassBCLS Chinese Spring Festival


Happy Chinese New Year! MassBCLS had our annual Chinese spring festival on February 3rd at Shrewsbury Oak Middle School, with a number of wonderful cultural performances! Click the pictures below to enlarge, and please visit our photo gallery for more pictures. You can also read about us in the World Journal article and the People's Daily (overseas edition) article featuring this event!

We'd also like to thank all of our generous sponsors who helped make our celebration possible! Please scroll down to see some of our sponsors, and click the following link to see our full list of sponsors.

Mulan Arts Group performing the dance "Flying a Kite"



K-class students performing "Song From A Leaving Son"



Chinese class students from St. John's High School performing "Peach Flower in Blossom"



Lion dance performance



From left: Consul Li Guo Zao, Congressman James McGovern, MassBCLS principal Xu Wei Chu, Consul Fang Dong Bo



UMass medical students performing "Tibetan Dance"



Guzheng (Koto) solo by Tian Jingping




1st grade students performing Children's song




MassBCLS students performing the song "The World is So Very Small"




SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT INCLUDE:

     Chinese Consulate General in New York

     Binhai Foreign Trade and Economic Bureau

     Dr. Raymond Zhou

     Immigration attorney Pan Yaran

     University of Massachusetts Medical School

     Quinsigamond Dental - Phone: (508) 421-9355


MassBCLS Chinese Spring Festival Celebration Coming Soon!


MassBCLS will be hosting its annual Chinese spring festival celebration at Shrewsbury Oak Middle School on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008. Join us for exciting performances and activities! Please see flier below for details. (Clicking the flier will bring up a PDF version.)





Beijing Dongzhimen High School Principal Visits Shrewsbury


Principal Shang Jinhua of Beijing Dongzhimen High School visited Shrewsbury public schools. Photo below is from the farewell party.



From left: Massbcls Principal Dr. Weichu Xu, Superintendent of Shrewsbury public schools Dr. Anthony Bent, Principal Shang Jinhua of Beijing Dongzhimen High School, Shrewsbury High School principal Mr. Brian Reagan, and Superintendent of Needham public schools Dr. Daniel Gutekanst.