Lunar New Year: Community Celebrates Year of the Tiger
Mandarin student Anson Mancebo ’24 helps a Lower School student with a Jianzi (hacky sack) game.
Lower School students do a coloring activity.
A Lower School student competes in a Da-Bai-Tu chopstick race.
A Lower School student competes in a Da-Bai-Tu chopstick race.
Mandarin student Lilliana Palmer ’23 helps a Lower School student spin a prize wheel.
Ryan Hurst ’25, Anson Mancebo ’24, and Chloe Scolnick ’25 participate in a drawing activity.
Alexander Hoffman ’24 masters the Diabolo yoyo.
Mandarin student Alison Rimas ’23 creates a conical hat.
Mandarin students adorned the Innovation Space with festive decorations.
Diana Zhang ’25 and Cathy Wu ’24 do calligraphy.
Haleigh Jacobs ’23 and Grace Papas ’23 pose at the Temple Fair.
Today, Middle and Upper School Mandarin classes hosted their annual Temple Fair in celebration of the Lunar New Year, which is observed by many in China and around the world. After last year’s event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mandarin teachers Yuhong Jia and Frances Fremont-Smith led students in decorating the Innovation Space and creating activities for community members of all ages to enjoy.
During the Assembly period, Hebe Qiang ’23 and Jerry Dong ’23 led performances by students and outside artists, including a Lion Dance, erhu music, popular Chinese songs, and presentations about the Lunar New Year’s history and cultural significance.
A guest artist performs on the erhu.
Rachael Rosenberg ’27 sings a song in Mandarin.
Kai Wen ’22 plays the ukulele.
James Wang ’22 and Neel Kumar ’22 sing “Yi Jian Mei.”
James Wang ’22 sings a song.
Middle School Students perform a dance number.
Mandarin students Madeline Hsiao ’23 and Lilliana Palmer ’23 do a presentation about the cultural significance of the Lunar New Year.
Mandarin students Madeline Hsiao ’23 and Lilliana Palmer ’23 do a presentation about the cultural significance of the Lunar New Year.
Hebe Qiang ’23 and Jerry Dong ’23 lead the assembly.
Austin Hsiao ’23 plays the saxophone, and Bede Paasch-Pearce plays the upright bass.
Middle School Mandarin students perform a dance.
Guest artists perform a Lion Dance.
Guest Artists perform a percussion piece for the Lion Dance.
Director of Library Services Elyse Seltzer also shared a Wakelet list of Lunar New Year reading resources.
Edan celebrated four years on The Gator's staff. In addition to editing stories, he also took photos for The Gator and was a member of the Creative Arts Diploma Program for Visual Arts. Edan finds photojournalism to be a fun method of artistic storytelling.
