Newton Chinese Language School
  • Staff and Leadership
    • Administration
    • Board
    • Parent Committee
  • Teachers
    • Kai Cai / 蔡锴
    • Hui Chen / 陈卉
    • Jing Chen / 陈静
    • Lijia Chen / 陈丽嘉
    • Rui Chen / 陈锐
    • Yili Feng / 冯怡丽
    • Ying Ge / 葛莺
    • Huaizhong Han/韩怀中
    • Jinxia Huang / 黄金霞
    • Ming Kang / 康鸣
    • Guanghui Li / 李广辉
    • Qingjun Li / 李青俊
    • QuanJian Li / 李拳剑
    • Dana Liu / 刘丹娜
    • Donglin Liu / 刘东林
    • Jinya Liu / 刘金亚
    • Ke Lu / 卢珂
    • John Miao / 缪江永
    • Fang Pan / 潘芳
    • Baoqing Qian / 钱葆青
    • Shaohua Qu / 曲少华
    • Guo Tian / 田果
    • Fang Wang / 王芳
    • Han Wang / 王涵
    • Joy Wang / 王珏
    • Huiyi Yang / 杨惠仪
    • Lucy Tan / 杨悦
    • Junrong Yu / 余俊蓉
    • Yali Zhao / 赵亚莉
    • Yongmei Zhao / 赵咏梅
    • Li Zhen / 甄丽
    • Jason Zheng / 郑之高
  • Marketing Opportunities
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    • 60th Anniversary
    • 2019 Chinese New Year Gala
    • 2018 Chinese New Year Gala
    • Newton Serves Day
    • 2017 Chinese New Year Gala
    • Forum Questions Collection Form
  • About NCLS
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牛顿中文学校董事会


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Ling Zheng 郑 凌
Board Chair 董事长  ​
​zhengling@newtonchineseschool.org

Ms. Zheng has been teaching Chinese at NCLS since 2009. Her leadership at the school includes:
  • 2013-2014 Vice Principal
  • 2014-2015  Principal
  • 2015 - Present  Board Director, EC Member, SEP Working Group 
​​Ms. Zheng has previously worked at Bank of America as Vice President of Corporate Banking for 13 years

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​Lijuan Han 韩黎娟
Board Director, Principal 董事, 校长
principal@newtonchineseschool.org

Lijuan has served at Newton Chinese Language School since 2002. She taught Chinese for 16 years, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the School Journal from 2003 to 2006. She was Dean of Academic Affairs for the school year of 2018-2019, Vice Principal for the school year of 2019-2020, and Principal for the school year of 2020-2021 to Present.
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​With more than 30 years of experience in teaching and school administration management in both China and the US, Lijuan strives to create a supportive environment for teaching and learning. She is excited to work with the admin team together to help NCLS build on its previous successes and serve as the cultural and educational center for all as it has always been.

Lijuan received her MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons University. ​

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​​Faith Hu 胡凤飞
Board Director 董事
hufengfei@newtonchineseschool.org

​Faith was a parent at NCLS for 15 years and was a Weiqi (GO) teacher at the school for one year. For several years, she was part of both the Support Education Program and PCC, the latter of which she was president of in 2016. She was the vice principal in 2017. Starting from 2016, she has been a member of the Event Committee.

Faith currently works in a nonprofit company as a principal software engineer and technical leader for many projects. 

Faith received her BM in medicine from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, MS in Computer Science from Concordia University in Canada, and ECFMG Board Certified in USA.​

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Hong Gao 高 红
Board Director 董事
gaochunhong@newtonchineseschool.org

Ms. Gao has been part of in NCLS (Newton Chinese Language School) family since 2011. Her involvement in the school includes:
  1. NCLS students parent 2011-2012 
  2. NCLS adult dance class and adult vocal art performance students 2012-2019
  3. NCLS PCC (Parent Council Committee) member - fundraising treasure 2015-2016
  4. NCLS PCC Vice Chair, EC member, fundraising lead, 2016-2017
  5. NCLS PCC Chair, EC member, fundraising lead, 2017-2018
  6. NCLS Board Member, 2018-present, Vice Chair of SEP (Support Education program) ​
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​Ms. Gao is an actuary by trade. She worked in the Financial/Insurance industry for about two decades. Recently, she served as co-Chair of Chinese Actuarial Club (CAC) of Boston and Secretary of CAC North America. 

She is also a volunteer of the parent teacher organization of her kids’ grade school.

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Jing Wan 万 劲
Board Director 董事
wanjing@newtonchineseschool.org

Jing has been with the Newton Chinese Language School since 2012. Playing an active role in the NCLS community, Jing is a parent, board member, SEP volunteer, and past member of the parent committee. With an abundance of executive experience, Jing brings a wealth of expertise with particular strengths in strategic planning, risk management, corporate training and organizational development. 
 
Jing is currently a corporate vice president; she received her Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. In addition to her career, Jing serves on several advisory committees and boards of directors. 

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Shirley Chen 陈 卉
Board Director 董事
chenhui@newtonchineseschool.org

Ms. Chen has been part of the Newton Chinese Language School since 1999. She has been teaching Chinese since 2010. She has worked many roles at NCLS includes TA, Sub-teacher, Grade Leads and more are listed below:
  • Assistant Principal 2004-2006
  • Support Education Program (SEP) working group member since 2006
  • SEP Chair 2013-2016
  • Events Committee (EC) member since 2013
  • EC Chair 2018-2019
  • Lead Teacher for SEP China trip student team 2018 and team 2019
  • Artistic Director for NCLS Chinese New Year Gala 2017, 2018 and 2019
Ms. Chen is honored to be a school board member. She will continue to contribute her time and energy to NCLS community as always.
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Ms. Chen currently works in a nuclear power company as a senior electrical designer.


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Helen Cao 曹景雁
Board Director 董事
caojingyan@newtonchineseschool.org

Participated and involved in school wide activities in NCLS since 2006
  • Worked as dance teacher and TA for 5 years
  • Served as Chair of Events Committee for 2 years, member of EC for 5 years
  • Served as Director of Planning and Development for 2019-2020 school year
  • Sever as vice group leader of Support Education Program

​Inspired by all former and current volunteers of NCLS, Helen would like to bring her leadership and organizational skills to the school and help school grow. Helen believes that passion and responsibility will make a community strong. Helen has earned MS in MIS in 1999 and had worked at MetLife as DBA for 15 years. She started personal business in housing development and also supervise a branch of a clothing company.​

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Xiaoyi  Zhang 张晓毅
Board Director 董事
zhangxiaoyi@newtonchineseschool.org

With 16 years of experience as a Chinese language teacher, Xiaoyi holds a strong passion for Chinese culture. She formerly served on the NCLS Event Committee and previously led the NCLS teaching and research team. Over the course of her teaching career, her students have won many awards in various Chinese cultural competitions. She strives to support students to succeed, and has published a collection of student essays, “The Little Lotus Shows Sharp Tips.” 
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As a member of the Events Committee, she has worked to strengthen NCLS’ ties to the greater Newton community through collaborations with local community leaders, including Newton School Committee, NPS Superintendent, City Councilors, the Mayor, and the State Governor. Xiaoyi is proud to be a school board member and is inspired by NCLS’ dedication to building strong community. 
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Xiaoyi works at Panasonic as a Manager Technician.

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Jun Liu 刘 俊
Board Director, PCC Chair 董事, 家长会会长
​pcc-chair
@newtonchineseschool.org

Jun Liu joined the Newton Chinese School since her relocation to Boston in 2015.
Since then, she has been involved in a variety of school activities at NCLS, including:
  • NCLS PCC member 2017-Present
  • NCLS PCC Vice Chair 2020-2021
  • NCLS PCC Chair 2021-Present
  • NCLS Fundraising Committee 2017-Present
  • NCLS Support Education program member 2020-Present

She is enthusiastic about various charity activities and is the Director of Community Enrichment of the AAA. Because of her above mentioned work, Jun received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.

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  • Staff and Leadership
    • Administration
    • Board
    • Parent Committee
  • Teachers
    • Kai Cai / 蔡锴
    • Hui Chen / 陈卉
    • Jing Chen / 陈静
    • Lijia Chen / 陈丽嘉
    • Rui Chen / 陈锐
    • Yili Feng / 冯怡丽
    • Ying Ge / 葛莺
    • Huaizhong Han/韩怀中
    • Jinxia Huang / 黄金霞
    • Ming Kang / 康鸣
    • Guanghui Li / 李广辉
    • Qingjun Li / 李青俊
    • QuanJian Li / 李拳剑
    • Dana Liu / 刘丹娜
    • Donglin Liu / 刘东林
    • Jinya Liu / 刘金亚
    • Ke Lu / 卢珂
    • John Miao / 缪江永
    • Fang Pan / 潘芳
    • Baoqing Qian / 钱葆青
    • Shaohua Qu / 曲少华
    • Guo Tian / 田果
    • Fang Wang / 王芳
    • Han Wang / 王涵
    • Joy Wang / 王珏
    • Huiyi Yang / 杨惠仪
    • Lucy Tan / 杨悦
    • Junrong Yu / 余俊蓉
    • Yali Zhao / 赵亚莉
    • Yongmei Zhao / 赵咏梅
    • Li Zhen / 甄丽
    • Jason Zheng / 郑之高
  • Marketing Opportunities
  • Events
    • 60th Anniversary
    • 2019 Chinese New Year Gala
    • 2018 Chinese New Year Gala
    • Newton Serves Day
    • 2017 Chinese New Year Gala
    • Forum Questions Collection Form
  • About NCLS
  • Contact Us