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It has been a pleasure to work with you throughout the years. Thank you for always making time to provide assistance whenever it was needed. I will miss your simple, but beautiful hand gestures to poems and songs. Wishing you wonderful retirement adventures! Happy travels!

Gina Chow

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Welcome to the AFY retiree Club! 😎

Dear Lori, It is treasured memories working with you at AFY all these years. I remember your first year on the third floor. I remember how the 6th graders told me they liked Mandarin class better than Cantonese class as they start learning Pinyin and songs in Mandarin class. I will always remember the joy of learning that you instilled in students. I want to thank you for the many times that you shared your knowledge of the Chinese language when we have questions. Also your wisdom and perspectives in teaching. May retirement be the start of a wonderful chapter in your life. Best wishes to you!

-Elaine

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Thank you for everything and I hope you have a lovely retirement! I always appreciated your humor, your joy, and your thoughtfulness. To this day, I still do my best to keep up my Mandarin (but I mostly speak Cantonese now eek!). I wish you all the best!

Sincerely,

Sara Marcopulos, Class of 2007

袁綺婷

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Ms. Chao,

Thank you for always smiling! You are so welcoming to the guzheng class since we began. May you have a wonderful retirement full of joy and adventure.

Ms. Jennifer Lim

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To such an amazing person

To such a great woman

To such a wonderful mother

To such a caring colleague

To such a dedicated teacher

To such a language warrior

To such an impact full individual

We say thank you and we appreciate you so very much! Congratulations!

Continue to explore and make great impacts for so many

Thank you,

Mr. Taylor

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Happy retirement 👍

-Parker Chou

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Dear Lori,

You are a gem!  Thank you for all your support in launching Zoe (Wong Mei Seung) Semler into the wondrous discovery of the Mandarin language. We were so fortunate to have you here at AFY. Congratulations on a well earned retirement!

Lily Wong and Phil Semler

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赵老师，

谢谢你帮助我完成中学学业。我很感谢您因为您不只教我中文，还有教我不同的生活技能。 我还记得在您班上和同学一起学唱歌。另外还有机会和同学练习发音。 希望您有一个非常好的退休生活。

一路顺风，

蒋义辰

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It feels like just yesterday! Thanks for all your years of teaching. Enjoy the next chapter of our life. Have a great time traveling!

Sabrina Huie

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Thank you very much for teaching us at AFY! Wishing you all the best. Enjoy your retirement life, kick back and relax.

Best Wishes,

Anderson and Lotuseana Ng (class of 2020)

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Congratulations, Ms. Chao! Thank you so much for your tireless dedication to teaching and educating our children. We wish you a wonderful retirement full of relaxation and time to enjoy the things that you love.

The Dere-Lee Family:

(Justin '12, Tristan '19, Madison & Cassidy '22)

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賀趙老師榮休之喜！趙老師每天開心環遊世界，日

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賀趙老師榮休之喜！趙老師每天開心環遊世界，日行萬里路，日讀萬卷書，身體健康，心想事成。陳倩儀 Eunice

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Congratulations on your retirement Ms. Chao! It was such a joy learning Mandarin from you in which now I am able to use in my career! Best wishes in the next exciting chapter of your life.

Tori Chie (class of 2006)

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Happy retirement to you! You were such a phenomenal teacher to me in middle school and I am forever grateful to have been taught by you! Wishing you all the best in this new season of life!

With love,

Kary Kwong-Lee

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for your years of service as one of the most incredible teachers I’ve ever known. You shaped many lives, including mine. I hope you enjoy a relaxing, happy, and well-deserved retirement.

Zoe Semler (黄美嫦) Class of 2006

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谢谢你的教导！祝你一个开心愉快的退休！

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谢谢你的教导！祝你一个开心愉快的退休！

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赵老师，

在我初中的三年学程里，你教我很多的知识。直到今天，我还记得在你的中文班里高高兴兴地学习中文语言和文化。我特别喜欢上课时你常常会带领我们一起唱中文歌与及背中文古诗。我也记得你教我们的中文语言用法，对我中文上继续的学习非常有利！我永远会记得你是最好的中文老师之一！谢谢你的教导！祝你一个开心愉快的退休！

刘憼仁（2023年尤方玉屏毕业生）

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Ms. Chao-Happy Retirement to you! Enjoy your time traveling and spending time with family and friends! Thank you for commitment to the AFY Students and the Community. We will be missing your singing and dancing. Our trips to China and Washington DC, were engaging and transforming. Best to you and your family.

L.ERNST

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Dear Ms Chao,

Thank you for being the best Mandarin teacher I ever had! You taught me a lot and prepared me for high school. I hope you enjoy your retirement!

Yu-Faye Yang

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Congratulations on your retirement, Ms. Chao! Thank you for your exuberance in the classroom and your dedication to the AFY students all of these years. Enjoy your new adventures and next phase of life ahead! So very exciting!

— The Liu Family

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Thank you Ms. Chao for all of your amazing work and all that you do for the students! Happy Retirement!!

Gabi, Elese W.

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Dear Ms Chao,

Thank you for all your hard work and congratulations on your well-earned retirement!

-左光正

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Wishing you all the best for a fun and fulfilling retirement. Still displaying the Class of 2011 Mosaic with Ms. Chao prominently displayed on top!

The Fong Family, Alec Fong (Class of 2011)

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Thank-you Ms. Chao, for teaching Isla Lee, Mandarin for the past two years and also your long service with AFY. We wish you well -- enjoy your next exciting chapter! Happy retirement!

-Aimee Chan

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We will miss you at AFY! Thank you for your patience and encouragement towards the students. You have left a tremendous impact on each and every one. Enjoy your retirement!

Shelly Howard

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Ms. Chao,

Thank you for all that you've done!

Wishing you a retirement full of health, happiness, love and travel!

---Anne-Liza

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Congrats! Thank you for teaching my so much throughout middle school. Without you, I would've never learned Mandarin as well as I did. I hope you get to travel a lot and eat good food.

Sincerely,

Isabella Dea

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Bye Bye Chao Low Shir. I am going to miss your

dancing and singing.

Graydon

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for being our Mandarin teacher for our 3 years in middle school. It has really been an honor to be a student for you! I hope you have a great retirement!!!!!

Brendan Kwong, 8-503

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Ms. Chao, have a great retirement and thank you for all the work you have done at AFY, and teaching all the students at this school Mandarin.

-Kevin Zhang

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謝謝你給我一個機會學中文。我的中文学习好了很多！

Thank you for teaching, we really appreciate how hard you try to teach this class. I improved a lot in my Chinese, and I wish you a happy retirement.

Sharon Huang, 2024, HR 8-503

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MS. CHAO- HAPPY RETIREMENT I AM WISHING YOU THE BEST ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TEACHINGS

COREAN E

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching us Mandarin for three years and dealing with our nonsense. I hope you enjoy your retirement!

Sincerely,

Madison M.

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Ms.Chao,

Thank you for the many years of teaching and the

effect you help your students. Hope you have an amazing

retirement. Thank you

-Jordan Chung

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亲爱的赵老师，

感谢您在AFY期间为我所做的一切。自从我开始向您学习以来，我的普通话口语和写作能力有了很大的提高。在这里的这些年里，你们让我深深地沉浸在中国文化中。恭喜您退休！你应得的。

你的学生，

陈玉兰

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Thank you for teaching me for three years. I appreciate it because I've actually learned a lot from you and it has helped me improve my Chinese.

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for being my language teacher for 3 years. Your classes have taught me so much and have been an amazing experience. Good Luck with your retirement.

-Argenta Mapel-Lee

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Thank you Ms. Chao for being a great teacher and always giving help and support. We have learned so much, not only about how to speak Mandarin, but also about Chinese culture. I'm so glad that we had the opprotunity to go on the 2024 CEP trip with you.

Caden Lin, 503 #17 - 2024

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Happy retirement! Have fun on your future travels

Zoey Li

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for all the great years where you taught us so much mandarin and Chinese culture. I hope you have a great retirement :D

-Avan Lam, 503-13

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Thank you for being such a happy teacher! I wish you a happy retirement, you really deserve this retirement. I really loved having class with you since it was always very entertaining and fun.

-Kyle Z

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I am grateful for your continuous work in helping and dealing with us. Thank you for my 3 years of Mandarin at AFY. From your long years to AfY dwindling down to your final days here; I hope for you to end the days strong. Yeah, again, thank you. I hope your retirement serves you well... :)

Sincerely, Brymiliana Zheng

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Hope you will have a good time while you are retired, and thank you for teaching at AFY for all these years. Hope You have a great time during your travels.

-Emily Tse 8-503

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Thank you for helping me with Mandarin since the start of middle school. You deserve this retirement.

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Ms. Chao- Happy retirement!!! Thank you for being our teacher for 3 years. Have a good time in retirement.

-Chloe Au Yeung

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Dear Ms chao,

Congratulations on retirement. Thank you for all that you have done as my teacher in middle school. You deserve this and I hope you enjoy it.

Sasja Donner

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Congratulations on your retirement and thank you for teaching us Mandarin.

Sincerely,

Maya Tom

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Thank you for being an amazing teacher! U taught me so much!

-Cody Lieu

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for your many years or dedication to AFY and their students!

-Mai Thurlow Lam

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Dear Lori,

It was a pleasure not only to work with you all these years, but for me to have taught your children and you mine! I wish you the best on your next adventure!

Blessings,

Suzy

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Dear Ms. Chao - wishing you a fabulous next chapter in your life! You have worked tirelessly and diligently to enrich the lives of the AFY students and community for many years, and we cannot thank you enough. Alec and Kelsey appreciate the Mandarin instruction and your influence helped them to take Mandarin in High School and they've just used Mandarin on a trip to Taipei in March this year! Lillian has enjoyed partnering with you on the CEP Scholarship Committee for many years! Enjoy your next adventures and we're sure to be seeing you around. As Principal Szeto says, once an AFYer, always an AFYer!

The Fong Family

Alec Fong 鄺世昌 Class of 2011

Kelsey Fong 鄺心如 Class of 2014

Greg & Lillian

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Hi Ms. Chao,

Thank you for all of your consistent dedication and hard work into teaching students a new language and life skills. I hope you enjoy your well deserved retirement!

Anya Tom

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Ms. Chao! You have been working at AFY for a long time and I know that you have worked hard through out your years as a teacher at our school. Thank you for your dedication. I believe that my Mandarin has improved since I entered your classroom and I am grateful for the times I was able to learn Mandarin with you for the first time. It was a honor to be influenced by you in your class!

Love,

RACHEL!

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Thank you, Ms. Chao. I had a wonderful time in your class! I hope you have a wonderful retirement!

Spencer Yam

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赵老师,

Congratulations on your retirement and a big thank you for all your years of service and dedication to the AFY family. Best wishes to you on many wonderful (and hopefully relaxing) adventures ahead! Cheers!

Love,

The Chiu family

(文轩，文骏，心慈）

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恭喜你，希望你一切顺利，以后顺心如意。谢谢你对学校还有小孩子们的教育。从始开始人生的新一段路程，享受生活。

Love Aileen (Zoey's mom)

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Happy Retirement Lori! You are a wonderful colleague and I will miss your smile and positive energy. Enjoy your time of travel and adventure in your retirement.

Karen

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Thank you for your many years of service to the AFY community. You've positively impacted so many students lives! -Jenn Lam (AFY parent)

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Hi Ms. Chao, All these great things I'm hearing about your legacy at AFY!! I wish you can stay one more year so I can be in your class?

Enjoy your retirement,

Oliver Mumm, 5th Grade - Rm 301

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Ms. Chao,

Happy Retirement! Wishing you the best in your future adventures. Enjoy!

Belinda

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for much of your dedication to this school and our kids. You have send home our kids who can speak, write, and recite Mandarin. I am blown away and thought to myself...I have Asian kids but they can speak the language! Your influence on them are real and profound. I wish you the very best in your retirement.

Parents of Angie Lee (2023 Alumni)

Audrie Lee (7th Grade)

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Congratulations on your retirement!! We will truly miss you at AFY. Thank you for teaching the middle school kids Mandarin.

Wishing you the best!

🩷

The Tse Family

Kaitlyn 謝敏珠 Class of 2021

Emily 謝敏宜 Class of 2024

Makayla 謝敏楓 Class of 2028

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趙老師，非常感謝您對學校的付出與給於學生們的教導，也謝謝您對羽飛和健鐵的關愛，除了中文，他們也學習到負責任與做人的道理。非常捨不得您退休，但天下沒有不散的筵席，希望您退休後，一樣每天漂漂亮亮，開開心心的享受。

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趙老師，非常感謝您對學校的付出與給於學生們的教導，也謝謝您對羽飛和健鐵的關愛，除了中文，他們也學習到負責任與做人的道理。非常捨不得您退休，但天下沒有不散的筵席，希望您退休後，一樣每天漂漂亮亮，開開心心的享受。

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Thank you that you have been a great teacher and also this year and last year is where I learned how to speak manderian and also I also like it and also when the times when everyone singed and then also some like teached me a lot during the time period that you where here and I hope you have a good retirement!!!

Anthony Wong-Zulueta 604 Huang ju jun

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Thank you for your effort and work in teaching children at AFY! Although we only had two years together, some of my favorite memories in class have come from yours, as I have looked forward to your class every single day. You have always been such a great teacher, and even though I spoke Mandarin before, your lessons have really helped me understand the language better and more clearly! Thank you for teaching Mandarin and being such an important part of AFY's history and family!

Love, Matthew Zheng.

愛，鄭小健。

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Congratulations on retiring! Thank you for the things that you've taught me and my classmates in Mandarin class, we've learned a lot from you! I hope you have a good retirement and be able to have some relaxation.

Malcolm Mac 莫鈞 604

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for being an amazing teacher and always teaching us new mandarin lessons. You also taught us the culture and traditions in Chinese culture and made class fun and exciting. You never made your classes boring and there was always something fun to do even when we had work to do.

~陳文李 604-5

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you so much for your years of dedication to this school. You have taught many students different Mandarin skills that they would never have learned without you. However, to me, the most important, real world thing that you have taught me is how to efficiently memorize long speeches. Best wishes and have a wonderful retirement!

-Jillian Stevens

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you so much for these two amazing years that you have taught me. I have learned so much because of you, including dialogues, poems, and songs. Thank you for being such an amazing teacher! I wish you the best during your retirement!

寧安楣

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for 2 wonderful years of Mandarin. I have learned a lot from these 2 years ever since 6th grade. I am happy to have you as my mandarin teacher. I am very grateful to have you as my Mandarin teacher. We will all miss you, have a great retirement. Thank You!

Daniel Ye-604

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching me about pinyin, tones, and pronunciation. In class, you would always make me laugh and you would do everything to entertain to the students. Even if you retire, you will be in our hearts forever.

--Felicia D. (7 - 604)

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you so much for helping not just be but so many other students during the past 2 years. I remember at the start of 6th grade I was very shy to speak In front of the class but you helped me build the strength to help me be more confident in my speakings. I also want to thank you for saving my grade and helping me whenever I had late work. I am so thankful for how many chances you gave me by letting me come in at lunch, and work on any of my missing or late work.

Asa Moore 604

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Hope you have a happy retirement and thank you for your many years of teaching us mandarin. Even though you have only taught us for two of the three middle school years, I am really thankful for all the work you put into nurturing our understanding of Chinese as a language and culture.

-Jason Huang 604

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Happy Retirement! Thank you for teaching me mandarin for two years and helping me learn all the mandarin that I know. Thanks to you, I have a comprehension of tones that will help me throughout high school and throughout my life. You provided a gateway into middle school that helped me adjust and answered all my questions. I hope that you will enjoy your well deserved retirement and have a healthy and joyous life.

Teagan Burns 604-4

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank You for teaching me mandarin in the past two years and for all the work you've done at AFY. I wish you a peaceful, joyful and relaxing retirement.

Sincerely,

Audrie Lee 604-13

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Thank you for teaching all of us. I have learned many things from you this year. Even though mandrain is hard you have made up many different ways to make it easy.

-calliope guillen HR604

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Thank you Ms. Chao for making me confident when on the speaking test. I also want to thank you for making me write better sentences and speaking in Mandarin. That will be useful when I'm going to China this summer and maybe attending summer school in China. I hope you have a happy retirement and hope you rest well

By Talis Ma-604

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Dear Ms. Chao, Thank you for teaching me and being such a great teacher. You've always helped me, even in my weak spots. I am very glad and grateful for having such a wonderful teacher. It was only because of you that I could learn a second language. Have a great retirement.

-Sincerely, Jonathan Xu

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Dear Ms. Chao, thank you for being an amazing teacher. You have taught me many things over the course of two years that I will never forget. I wish you the best. Thank you very much, enjoy your retirement!!!!

Mackenzie Quan-604

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Ms.Chao for teaching me how to sing, teaching us how to speak proper Mandarin and encouraging me to continue to try my best. Although sometimes I had low grades you would always support me and give me second chances to boost my grade. Thank you for making your class fun by making us laugh, letting us watch movies, and even taking us on a school field trip.(when you showed us the rocks and told us what they were about) I believe the new Mandarin teacher will be good, But you will forever be my Mandarin Teacher ! Thank You Ms.Chao , I hope you have a great retirement !!

Dillinger X -604

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Ms Chao, thank you for teaching us Mandarin and showing us more about Chinese society. I hope you have a good time in retirement!

Gino Quan 604-21

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Ms.Chao,

Thank you for teaching me Mandarin for two years! These two years of learning Mandarin was difficult, but I'll always be grateful for what you taught me. I really feel like all the speaking tests and writing tests helped me improve. Moving on in 8th grade and highschool, I'll continue learning Mandarin. I hope you enjoy your retirement and visit us in 8th grade soon!

-Rita Zuo 604-33

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Dear Ms.Chao,

Thank you for teaching me. I wish you a great retirement. You have been a good teacher. Your hard work and dedication will pay off soon...

604-25 Jayden

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Happy retirement! Thank you for being a great teacher and thank you for teaching me Mandarin. When I first started middle school, I did not know any mandarin. Now because of you I know how to pronounce pinyin better. I hope you have a great retirement!

-Adrian Ong

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Thank you for teaching Mandarin for so many years. Hope you can enjoy your next chapter after retirement!

604

Sandy

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching me Mandarin for as long as I have been in middle school. I have learned many aspects of Mandarin from you. I was so grateful to have had you in this time. I wish you happy retirement and safe travels. I hope you get to enjoy times with your family and continue with them safely.

Lillian H 7-604

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Dear Ms. Chao, thank you for teaching me Mandarin and always trying to push me and everyone to do their best. Thank you for also teaching me how to write better in Mandarin, and speak better as well.

From Herbert. B 604 #3

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Thank you so much for not only teaching us Mandarin and also inspiring us to work harder to improve our Mandarin. Now, I am able to pronounce my pinyin and tones much more fluently and accurately than two years ago. Thank you also for all the fun we had in your class like watching movies and dancing to Xiao Ping Guo. I hope you have an amazing retirement overseas.

Aarya Thota 604-24

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Thank you for being a good teacher to all of us and teaching us all mandarin, whether we know mandarin or not. You have taught many of us the right tones in mandarin, how to say things in mandarin, and just helping us learn a new language in general (for the people who know little to no mandarin) Thank you again and I hope you enjoy your retirement!

- Elisa Liu , HR 604 - #14

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Ms. Chao,

Happy retirement! Thank you for teaching me all about Mandarin and the skills to succeed in learning a new language. You've been a great teacher to me and helped my Chinese speaking and writing so much! I hope your new-found retirement will bring new and exciting experiences into your life. Thank you for teaching me Mandarin!

Stella Andrichak, 604

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching Mandarin at AFY. Everyone (me included), learned so much about reading and writing, all thanks to you. Hope you have a nice retirement!

Sebastian Hong 洪偉傑-604

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赵老师, thank you for everything you have taught us. I would like to say that I have learned a lot of Mandarin from you. Thank you for your kindness and everything you have taught me. I hope you enjoy your retirement!

From, 袁志尚

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Dear Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching me all the Mandarin that I know. I am so glad that I was able to learn from you. I hope you enjoy your retirement!

-Julianne Yeh 604 葉雅宜

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Thank you Ms Chao for teaching me how to learn tons and speak Mandarin. You taught us so much in Mandarin and how the class can speak it fluently. Thank you for your time here and I hope you have a nice retirement.

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Dear Ms Chao

Thank you for teaching us Mandarin for the past 2 years. I have learned many Mandarin words like movie genres and things we use in everyday life. You have done so much for our school and now we know Mandarin! You have shown us a lot of cool movies and told us all of your stories like your swimming progress. Congrats on your retirement.

Quincy Chou - 604

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During your 2 years of teaching me (in 6th and 7th grade) I have learned many new things, including how to speak mandarin with correct tones and how to simplify Chinese characters. I wish you a happy retirement and a good future

区大伟, Davin Avramenko-604

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Hi Ms. Chao,

Happy Retirement! Thank you for all you have done for me and every student that you have taught. Thank you for always being there in class. I hope you have a good retirement and create that YouTube channel.

-Samantha Li