GCLE 2025 Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony

Dear teachers, we will have the GCLE 2025 annual meeting and award ceremony on February 23 at YiFan New Event Center, 6000 Medlock Bridge Pkwy Suite 100, Johns Creek, GA 30022. You are cordially invited to join us to enjoy the event and connect with colleagues. Please reserve via this form before February 17. looking forward to seeing you in the gathering.

*Location: 6000 Medlock Bridge Pkwy Suite 100, Jonhs Creek, GA 30022
Time : Sunday, 02/23/2025 from 11:30 pm to 3:30 pm 
Fee: Free for GCLE members and invited students, and $10 for each family member; donation can be made on https://gcle.org/about.html
Contact : gclegroup@gmail.com 
RSVP: before 2/17/2025

As a friendly reminder, we will stop accepting the following nominations on February 9 at mid-night.
1. Nomination for Star Student: Star Student Nomination Form
2. If 2025 is your 5th year, 10th, even 15th, or 20th year of teaching Chinese language, you may apply by filling out this Certificate of Teaching Service Application Form
3. Nomination for Star Teacher nomination form?Teachers who have received this award previously can not be nominated again. Below are the Teacher of the Year from past years.

Poetry Declamation Contest Award Ceremony
at GCLE Annual Meeting

Dear students, in order to reward your enthusiasm in participating in GCLE's First Poetry Declamation Contest, we would like to invite you to participate in the 2025 GCLE annual meeting. We will celebrate by recognizing your achievements, listening to your poetry, declamations, making dumplings, and enjoying festive food. Please see below for the event info,
*Address: 6000 Medlock Bridge Pkwy Suite 100, Jonhs Creek, GA 30022
Time: Sunday, 02/23/2025 from 11:30 pm to 3:30 pm 
Cost: Free for GCLE members and invited students. $10 for each family member; donation can be made on https://gcle.org/about.html
Contact: gclegroup@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Please RSVP by 2/17/2025 on this link. 

Dear Teachers, thank you again for encouraging your students to participate in the contest.  We would love to see you at the event as well.  Please make sure your students receive this invitation as we do not have all of their emails. If neither you nor your student can participate, then please make arrangements to pick up the prize and the certificate.  We look forward to seeing all of you there!

Nomination for GCLE AWARDS and
Save the Date for Annual Meeting 2025

• Self-Nominations are not accepted;
• Two years as a GCLE member, one of which must be the current year (to be verified by the GCLE database);
• Three continuous years as a passionate Chinese language full-time teacher in a K-12 or university level Chinese language program;
• Recognized leadership in service to the Chinese language teaching profession in Georgia.

II. GCLE Certificate of Teaching Service Application
The GCLE Certificate of Service is designed to recognize a passionate teacher who has been serving the community for an extended period of time. 
1. ELIGIBILITY: If you are an active GCLE member and have dedicated your time and energy to Chinese teaching and meet the requirements below:

• At least one year as a GCLE member (you can join on https://gcle.org/member.html)
• And has been teaching Chinese in a weekend community school, K-12 school or a university for 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years  (the current school year may be included), etc,  i.e. you can apply for the Certificate of Service every 5 years of teaching.

 2. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE         
Please fill out the GCLE Certificate of Teaching Service Application Form by Sunday, January 19, 2025. The certificate will be presented to teachers with verified service at the 2025 GCLE annual meeting and we can share the good news to contacts of your choice to show your dedication in your profession.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jiaxing Weng at wengzhang@fultonschool.org.

III. Star Student Award:    
     Each school with an institutional or individual teacher GCLE membership is eligible to nominate ONE student as the GCLE STAR student for the 2024-2025 school year.  If you are a member, please fill out the Star Student Nomination Form to nominate your top student by Sunday, January 19, 2025. The final STAR student awards will be announced and presented with the star student certificate to the teacher who nominated the students at the GCLE annual meeting. The teacher can then present the student with the award at the appropriate school occasion before the end of the academic year.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Yingli Zhang at yingliz@tcsatl.org.

We wish everyone a wonderful and safe holiday season and a healthy and prosperous 2025!  And hope to see you all at our GCLE annual meeting on the afternoon of  February 23, 2025!