On April 28 of 2024, the Roslyn AYLUS branch helps out at the school of CCA- The Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island in the evening from 1:20 p.m.to 5:00 p.m.
In the first section of class, the volunteers go to their assigned classrooms which they will keep productive. The classrooms are based on the level of mandarin the students can manage, younger kids are grouped together which may cause trouble for the teacher. We assist the teachers in repeating and rereading Chinese characters in the textbooks to students and translating those characters to English for them to have a better understanding of the material. We also helped take the little kids to bathrooms and water fountains. In the classrooms, the volunteers would try to make sure the kids are focused on the lesson, and that they are not distracted by their classmates.
In the second section of class, the volunteers are assigned to a different classroom. In this section, the students were able to choose which classroom they want to be in. The school offers various cultural classes surrounding Chinese culture. Some examples of those courses include: arts and craft, calligraphy, dance, singing or Martial arts. Different classrooms had different expectations for the volunteers(TAs). In the arts and crafts class, the teacher requires volunteers to help the kids cut paper with sharp scissors or glue small delicate parts. Similarly, the calligraphy teacher asked the volunteers to help set up the student’s equipment. On the other hand, Martial arts teacher requires the TAs to watch for the students’ safety, stopping any students from taking any dangerous actions.
Members who participate:
Tiffany Lin (3.5 hours), Mingyao Xu (3.5 hours), William Wei (3.5 hours), Angeline Li (3.5 hours), Chloe Wu (3.5 hours), Simon Long (3.5 hours)
Reporter: Mingyao Xu
