2015 AYLUS Parents’ Appreciation Event
The holiday season is just around the corner, and what better to show our appreciation for our parents. There aren’t enough ways for us to thank them for everything they do for us, whether it be making us food or driving us everywhere. But this Holiday season, take a moment to give thanks to our loving and wonderful families!
Join AYLUS in our Parents’ Appreciation Event! Show your gratitude for your parents by cooking them a meal, decorating the house, shoveling snow, or any other way you can think of! Post a picture or story of yourself doing to earn Aylus honor points!
Each submit will receive one honor point. The featured story or picture will receive two honor points.(picture above: the Thanksgiving meals prepared by Christie Yu for her family
below: the roasted turkeys prepared by Jessica Fan and Alexander Wang for their families )
Coordinators:
High School Contact: Sophie Wen at sophiewen1999@gmail.com
Elementary-Middle School Contact: Julia He at crystalmoon1324happy@gmail.com
Julia HeA Junior founder of AYLUS prepared wonderful Thanksgiving meals for her family. Please take a few minutes to enjoy the video she prepared for us.Julia is current a 8th grader, she has contributed the very first event video for AYLUS. Her sweet voice for all AYLUS videos has left all members great memory. Now she is taking the leading roll again. |
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2015 AYLUS Food Drive
Initiated by Hill Yin and Leo Tong, AYLUS launches 2015 AYLUS Holiday Food Drive. We call all branches and members to donate and collect canned food and deliver to local Food Bank or other charities to help those needed.
Who: All students K-12
When: Now – December 22, 2015
How:
In this link (http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/) you can
find the food bank near your community. Try to bring happiness to others in this Holiday season and make it a happy holiday for all. We urgent each branch president to post your branch activities with photos at aylus.org website to share your experience. For any questions and instructions about 2015 AYLUS Holiday Food Drive, please contact coordinators: Hill Yin: yinyuanyi@gmail.com or Leo Tong: Leotong123@gmail.com
Participated Branches:
- San Marcos – branch president : Jason Zhou
- Chicago – branch president: Cissy Xiao
- Sugar Land – branch president: Lauren Yang
- West Long Island – branch president: Aric Zhuang
- Pearland – branch president: Kevin Chen
- Fairfax – branch president: George Cao
- San Jose – branch president: Leo Tong
- Houston – branch president: Clio Sun
- Miami – branch president: Shangtao Wu
- San Diego – branch president: Stephen Yang
- Fort Bent – branch president: Eric Wu
- Silicon Valley – branch president: Sophie Wen
- Manhasset – branch president : Hill Yin
- South Boston – branch co-president: Christie Yu and Allen Xu
- Arcadia- branch president: William Lin
2015
AYLUS
Essay Contest
Choose one of the topics:
1) “Yes, I can help”
2) Why do you love AYLUS?
3) Giving is receiving
Deadline: December 10th, 2015
Length: 200-600 words
Coordinator: Christie Yu
Committee: Emily Wang (chair), Christie Yu, Sophie Wen, Lauren Yang, Cissy Xiao, Jonathan Liu, Alex Lin, Eric Wu, Shangtao Wu, Luvena Huo, Claire Wen, Bradley Yu, Jessica Fan
The 2015 AYLUS Essay Contest offers students the chance to demonstrate their writing skills while additionally showing their passion and love for the AYLUS community. The top three papers in each grade category will be featured on the AYLUS website and will be used by the organization for future charity events. Participants will enter in the categories of grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Please submit in a Word document format along with the writer’s full name, age, grade, e-mail address, and picture. We will need a picture of the writer to publish the written work!
AYLUS will honor contestants with volunteer hours for the time spent working on the essay. Download the volunteer hours request form at http://aylus.org/documents-
Winners will be contacted by e-mail by January 1st, 2016. Please submit your essay or email questions to Christie Yu at essay@aylus.org and cc copy to it@aylus.org.
2015 AYLUS Essay Contest Flyer(PDF)
Click here to appreciate the insights of our young authors!
The AYLUS Art Contest provides young artists with the opportunity to develop their creativity and spread their passion to the world. The top three pieces in each grade category will be featured on the AYLUS website and will be used by the organization for future charity events.
Who: A
nyone in grades K-12
Deadline: November 15, 2015
What: All 2D mediums. 3D and digital art not accepted. Art that contains nudity or supports drug use/violence is prohibited.
How to Enter: Create an original work of art based on a topic of the artists’ choosing. When complete, take a clear high resolution photo of the entire piece of art in good lighting. Email the photo of the entry to gallery@aylus.org along with student information (name, age, grade level) and information about the art (title, medium). Event coordinator: Emily Wang.
The 2015 AYLUS Art Gallery Event Flyer (PDF)
Click here to enjoy the spectacular artworks!
Featured Artworks
2015 AYLUS CLEAN UP THE WORLD EVENT
William John, president and co-founder of AYLUS has initiated and organized the 2015 AYLUS Clean Up the World Event in September. The event was a huge success. 13 branches participated in the event. Volunteers from AYLUS came out to clean parks and beaches to help their communities. William put great effort to plan and manage the event, updated event’s progress on AYLUS website and Facebook and contacted branch presidents to encourage more members to get involved in the event. This event provided the opportunity for all the members to contribute to the world by making it cleaner and more beautiful. It was highly praised and supported by all the members and officers.
The 2015 AYLUS Music From Heart Event
The Music From Heart Event encourages young musicians to spread their love for music to the hearts of others by recording and uploading their music pieces to YouTube. The most outstanding pieces will be selected to be included in CDs for future charity events. Event details and rules are available here. Event coordinator: Lauren Yang.
Christie Yu
Donates Her Art Book
IMAGINE
to AYLFUS
Christie Yu, Cofounder and Vice President of AYLUS, has donated her art book IMAGINE to AYLFUS for fund raising. Christie loves arts. She recently received Scholastic National Medal 2015 for her piece of art Morning. Christie is current a high school student at Wellesley High School. Her art book IMAGINE is available at AYLFUS Book store.
Math Wizards Released AMC Tutorial Videos
For more than 60 years, students across the country have taken up the challenge of America’s longest-running and most prestigious math contests, The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC). Dedicated to strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation’s youth, the AMC program identifies, recognizes, and rewards excellence in mathematics. Every year, at thousands of schools in every state, more than 350,000 students take part in the AMC challenge.
Hill Yin and Eric Wu, co-founders of AYLUS, have released their AMC tutorial videos on AMC!
To help high school students to prepare for the American Mathematics Competition (AMC), Hill Yin (a USAJMO qualifier) and Eric Wu (a TX representative at the MATHCOUNTS National competition) have devoted their summer time to develop a series of AMC tutorial videos. Check out their latest releases!
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