Olivia 毕业于 Mcneil High School, 现就读于 Austin Community College。 曾做过中文学校的 volunteer。对孩子有耐心有爱心。
Kindergarten
Mi Dong
董谧
董谧是中文学校的学生家长 对孩子有爱心和耐心还有鼓励.2012 年起在长城中文学校任教。
1st-Grade-1
Xiao Li
李晓
李晓 京联大学文法学院法律系本科毕业 然后在 京市
崇文区人民法院经美。在 Austin community college 选修部分英文及计算机课程。2012 年起在长城中文学校任教。
2014-1015 是 board member。她对孩子有爱心和耐心 .
2nd-Grade-1
Zhiwen Zhang
张志文
Ms. Zhang has been teaching 2nd grade in AGWCS since 2007. She is well loved by the parents/kids and she was the recipient of the 2012 teacher’s award.
3rd-Grade-1
Weiwei Xu
徐薇薇
Weiwei Xu is an AGWCS parent and teacher of 3rd grade Chinese. She earned her Master degree in Chemistry. She has been teaching third grade Chinese for three years and gained great experience to involve and engage kids in the classroom and develop kids’ interest to learn Chinese happily. She is proud to teach our kids Chinese and culture.
Weiwei Ji has mastered multiple languages and the following is her belief about teaching the class: ''Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.'' (Plato, Greek philosopher)
5th-Grade-2
Haiyang Huang
黄海阳
Ms. Huang is an AGWCS parent and she received her Bachelor of Science Degree from East China University of Science and Technology and Master of Science Degree from University of Ottawa in Canada. She had taught in University of Shanghai Industry and worked as Research Officer at Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Glaxo before. She works as a System Engineer at Lucent Technologies. She is very engaging in her kid's Chinese learning and very responsible for the students of her class.
6th-Grade-1
Zhiming Si
司志明
Mr. Si has been teaching multiple classes since 2007, include 6th grade Chinese, Math 5 and Math Count classes. He gives his student challenges but also encourages them at the same time. He also reinforces the students to memorize the Chinese poetries learned through out of the years.
7th-Grade-1
Lily Li
李丽
A graduate of Zhengzhou University in China with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese literature and language. A radio station news announcer for 10 years and then a newspaper reporter for 10 years. Was recognized nationally by receiving the China News Award. Moved to the USA in 2010 and taught Chinese at the Las Vegas Chinese School.
Mr. Lai is an AGWCS parent. He loves contributing to the Chinese community and served as a vice principal during 2008-09 school year. He has been teaching Chinese since 2009. He loves Chinese literacy and also taught Chinese Writing and Badminton before. Several of his students have won the different Chinese Writing competitions in the past.
AP Chinese
Zhen Wang
王真
王真老师毕业于海师范大学 拥有 Plymouth State University 教育学硕士学位。她在 海延中学任教 5 年后，加入了 海美国学校 工作了 9 年多后和家人一起来美 定居。王老师有多年的班主任和教学经验 而且她同时熟悉中国和美国两种 同的教育体系。她很荣幸有机会能和大家一起在长城中文学校学习中文传播中国文化.
Bilingual Chinese Classes (Kids 2:00 PM-4:00 PM)
Class
Teacher
Brief Introduction
Kids Level-1
Ping Wang
王萍
2007-2012长城中文学校学前班. 2010-2012 AIS After School中文班.
Kids Level-2
Kids Level-4
Zhongwei Li
李忠伟
Ms. Zhongwei Li (李忠伟) received her Bachelor’s degree in English education and Master’s degree in Chinese Philology. Ms. Li teach 4rd grade Chinese and Chinese Water Painting and Calligraphy.
In additional to her education background, she had extensive teaching experience. When she taught Middle School Chinese in the 8th grade , she not only taught Chinese itself, such as characters, Pinyin, conversations, but also the Chinese tradition behind the language, such as Chinese customs, Chinese ancient Essay, poetry and Chinese Calligraphy. She also had taught English for 4 years. Outside the school classroom, she has experience of teaching Chinese Calligraphy and Water Painting, Chinese Koto (古筝, a traditional ancient instrument). She will bring her expertise along with the Chinese traditions.
Dr. Hui Zheng is currently a software architect who regularly applies mathematical knowledge in engineering solutions. Trying to help his own kids to learn math not only has got him interested in math education, but also has revived his dormant enthusiasm in math. He has enjoyed teaching Algebra I since 2013 and would like to continue to help more students discover the beauty of Algebra and math in general.
Math 5
Zhiming Si
司志明
Mr. Si is the lead teacher of Math 3-5. He has been teaching multiple classes since 2007, include 6th grade Chinese, Math 5 and Math Count classes. He gives his student challenges but also encourages them at the same time. He also reinforces the students to memorize the Chinese poetries learned through out of the years.
Pre-Algebra
Derek Ju
AMC10/12,
Pre-Caculus,
MathCounts/A MC8,
GeometryII
Jian Shen
沈健
When he was in high school, Jian Shen was the 2nd placed student in Chinese Mathematical Olympiad 1985, and was one of the six high school students in Team China in the 27th IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) in 1986. Jian Shen obtained his PhD in Mathematics from Queen’s University in Canada. Now Dr. Shen is a Full Professor and the Associate Chair in the Mathematics Department of Texas State University. Dr. Shen has published over 80 research papers in various areas of Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Combinatorial Matrix Theory, Additive Number Theory, Probability Theory, and Theoretical Computer Science. Dr. Shen has taught/coached/mentored thousands of extremely talented high/middle school students in both China and USA for the past 30 years, including two IMO medalists, two MathCounts national champions, one Siemens competition national champion team (winning $100,000 scholarship), two USAJMO national winners, and countless USAMO, USAJMO qualifiers. Dr. Shen has been the head coach for both Texas State Mathworks Team (representing USA) and Indonesia Team attending PMWC (Primary Mathematics World Contest) since 2009. In his leisure time Dr. Shen has been a distance runner for about 35 years, finishing his first Marathon race (42 km, or 26 miles) in 2003. His Marathon personal record was 3 hours and 35 minutes at the 2004 Austin Marathon. Dr. Shen loves kids and his favorite activity at home is playing with his three little boys.
Enrichment Classes (3:00 PM -5:30 PM)
Class
Teacher
Brief Introduction
ART I
Zoia
Zoia Jaana Hitzig has taught drawing, painting, digital
students of all ages to build key skills while also exploring the freedom of creativity. She studied art in an intensive high school program, in college, and in a jewelry apprenticeship. In her personal work, she has a special passion for tiny black lines, vivid colors, and little booklets. You can see examples of her work at http://mentoleum.com.
ART II
Abi Hernandez
University of Texas at Austin| College of Fine Arts| Studio Art| Art
Education
Chinese
Painting and
Calligraphy
Zhongwei Li
李忠伟
Ms. Zhongwei Li (李忠伟) received her Bachelor’s degree in English education and Master’s degree in Chinese Philology. Ms. Li teach 4rd grade Chinese and Chinese Water Painting and Calligraphy.
In additional to her education background, she had extensive teaching experience. When she taught Middle School Chinese in the 8th grade , she not only taught Chinese itself, such as characters, Pinyin, conversations, but also the Chinese tradition behind the language, such as Chinese customs, Chinese ancient Essay, poetry and Chinese Calligraphy. She also had taught English for 4 years. Outside the school classroom, she has experience of teaching Chinese Calligraphy and Water Painting, Chinese Koto (古筝, a traditional ancient instrument). She will bring her expertise along with the Chinese traditions.
Martial Art II
Steven Fontinelle
Coach Steven is an expert in Northern LongFist (Changquan) with experience in sword, saber, staff, and spear. He has been the head instructor of the University of Texas wushu club, Texas Wushu, for over 5 years and is also a founding member of the martial arts community organization Rivers and Lakes Kung Fu (Jianghu Wushu Dui). Steven has competed in several national level competitions and attended seminars taught by world class athletes such as world champion Zhao Qing Jian and USA wushu team member Gordon Tsai. Steven is passionate about spreading the art of wushu and believes that students learn best when the atmosphere is light and fun.
Wushu class will consist of learning the fundamentals of LongFist (Changquan), which include basic stances, punching, kicking techniques, and forms. Those with interest and ability will move on to learning various weapons and acrobatics. Contemporary Changquan is non-combative and for performance purposes. This makes it a perfect style for all ages and genders to train in.
Badminton
Beginner
Hong Li
李洪
Mr Li has been our badminton teacher since 2016. He has played badminton many years and would like to dedicate his personal time on this teaching position.
Badminton
Advanced
Cunfang Geng
耿存方
Mr. Geng has been a badminton teacher in AGWCS many years, and he dedicates his personal time on teaching badminton.
Chess I & Chess II
Scott Hall
Mr Hall started his chess learning since he is 8 yrs old. He enjoyed the strategy of the games and would like to share his experiences with his students. He is the president of the chess club in shcool, and like to dedicates his time on chess learning and education.
Yoga
Jun Liao
廖君
Ms Jun has been practicing Yoga for more than ten years. She has taken classes from many different teachers and studios in Austin. She learned Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, restorative Yoga and Yin Yoga.
She loves to bring full body mindfulness to her classes. Her favorite quote: By first bringing kind/loving attention to our own body and mind, we bring love-kindness to the people around us.
Kids Basketball 1
Matthew Zhang
张舒康
Coach Zhang is a Junior Varsity Basketball player at Westwood High School.
Kids
Basketball 2
James Zhang
张敬国
张敬国，男，汉族，中共党员。篮球一直是我的业余爱好，有过二年教小朋友篮球的经验。
GO
Austin Go Center
Austin Go Center was founded by Yi Kou, 3P, and some other strong players and members of Austin Go Club. Austin Go Center is dedicated to promotion of the game of Go in Austin area. It works to encourage people to learn more about and enjoy this remarkable game and to strengthen the Austin Go playing community by offering Go courses for different levels of players. It also helps to improve the education of children in the other subjects.
