Thank you for your many years of service and dedication to educate the students of AFY! We wish you all the best during your retirement years.

The Chou Family (Madison, Parker and Quincy)

祝您榮休後更加善待自己、不負時光、不負才情、行萬里路、廣交天下朋友，更祝您平安康健、萬事勝意！

趙西燕

Stephanie Ng

Sandra Zhao

Lauren Lim

Stephanie Li

Amy

Congratulations on your well-earned retirement! Thank you for your many years of service and dedication educating the students of AFY. We wish you abundant joy, relaxation, and great food in the years ahead.

The Cosselmon-Kwan Family (Hannah, Class of 2014 and Miles, Class of 2018)

Thank you for giving Andrew such a good foundation in Mandarin and your years of service to the AFY community. He enjoyed being in your class. Enjoy your retirement - you deserve it.

Love,

The King Family

Sincerely,

The Chang Family

(Abby-AFY class of 2021 and Collin-AFY class of 2025)

Natalie Wong

- Turk

-Jelena

Sincerely,

Margaret

Best,

The Wangs (Ian, Melissa, Colton, and Greta)

I met you in 2001 when I first started here at AFY. I had the pleasure of having Yosha as my student. As I was teaching my first year, I was learning from you and this is what will always remain with me: 年年歲歲花相似,歲歲年年人不同. Thank you for all the great Chinese proverb lessons. 謝謝老師! Wishing you an amazing retirement. Cheers to your new chapter! Let the fun adventures begin!

Susie Lam

Brendon & Julenne Ng🎉🥳🎊🥰

Stacey

Lucinda Hung

我现在还在想你，还记得你 2018 年跟我们一起去在中国的时候。真得很难忘的。希望你现有很轻松的退休。

-- 杨子婷， ‘18

周叔群 （‘20）

-Jamie Gee

The Avramenko Family (Davin and Gabriel)

It has been a pleasure working with you these last two years. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to AFY. I will miss seeing you on campus and seeing your enthusiasm for teaching Mandarin to all of your students. Thank you also for being a wonderful Mandarin teacher for Beckett. He has learned so much in a short amount of time. I wish you a wonderful retirement full of fun adventures. Please come back and visit your AFY family from time to time!

Warm Regards,

Kevin Chan

Thank you for teaching me and the class of 501 to speak Mandarin and writing in simplified Chinese. It was a pleasure to learn in your class and speak in Mandarin. You helped me correct my pinyin mistakes and made me stronger and more fluent in speaking Mandarin. I liked watching movies and hearing stories about you. I think you were the best Mandarin teacher that ever taught me! Hope you have a great retirement!

-Ellie Luu 刘芍妙 Room 501- #21

- Russell Chiu 501 - #9

501-15 李穎成

-罗成 501-20

From your student, Wilson Li

Abbie Auxier 501

Annie Li 501-14

- Mary Scott, 蘇明容 501- # 26

Thank you for the amazing teachings we had this year, without you I wont be able to learn or even know about Mandarin. One thing I learned from you this year is about tone marks. Without me learning this it would of been very hard for me to understand Mandarin I hope some day in the future we will meet again. Enjoy your freedom.

Jaydon Lam 501-#13

As my first year in AFY middle school, you are one of the more outstanding teachers I have met. You make an inspiring and exciting environment for you students and I appreciate how much effort you put into helping teach 10 years of Mandarin into 3 years. You have taught me the many different ways to look at Mandarin and you inspire me to keep learning and putting an effort into my learning here at AFY middle school. As one of my first times speaking Mandarin, you have shown me how easy it is to speak the language if you put enough effort into it. I also admire your inspiring actions and voice that can change a student's perspective of Mandarin. For example, you have changed my perspective of Mandarin from me thinking it is a hard and complex language to thinking that it is a easy and simple thing to comprehend. Your teaching is a different style from other teachers as you use dramatic effects to show your passion for teaching. At AFY, every middle schooler will show how much they love your teachings and we will never forget how much work you put in to teach us Mandarin.

Thank you, Ms.Chao,

we will always remember your impact on us and we will never forget your teachings.

Miles Cheung, 張君豪，501-8

Sincerely,

Arya Ibarra 501

Thank you for all your service and teaching. You have taught me all I know about Mandarin. I wish you the best for your retirement, and I hope you do well.

501-#5

翟令俊

Happy retirement! Thank you so much for teaching me how to speak mandarin. You taught me how to become a better mandarin speaker and writer. I hope you have a good rest of your life! Love, Claire Woo.

501-22-Maddelyn Montel

Thank you for all the things she taught us. I really appreciated everything and how you invented all kinds of ways to teach us mandarain. As this was my first time learning mandarain, i didn't really know how to speak it and I was unsure to try. However, you made it really enjoyable, so I felt more and more comfortable to learn. It was definitely a great pleasure of learning from you! You will greatly be missed by AFY, however I hope you have a

very adveturful and happy retirement! AFY will never forget your teachings at AFY! Thank you!!

Sincerely,

Zoey Zeng 曾曉晴 ， 6th grade 501 - 33

501

Celine Lam

• Liam Sin 501-27

Thank you for everything you taught me this year. You taught me poems and speeches that I really enjoy saying now. I also want to thank you for being the best Mandarin teacher! Thank you for everything you did for me this year. I hope you have a wonderful retirement!

Thank you,

Khloe Hau, 雷嘉欣, 501-#10

Thank you for all you have done for me and my classmates. As a person's first year of a whole new language, you made it easy for me to learn the language with your amazing teaching skills. Thank you for your work and I wish you a happy future!!!

501- 孟智诚

501-4 Class of 2026

Dylan Bernardo 孙家 "One Day Old"

-劉榮慧 HR 501-17

Matthew Ayala Rosales

Thank you for teaching us this school year before you retire! You taught many students things they never knew before. You were really fun to learn from and you were really unique with teaching! I hope all the Hong Kong and Taiwan trips were fun! Hope you have a good rest!

501-黄鈴儀

You were a really nice teacher, and really kind to me. I really enjoyed being in your class. I learned a lot about Mandarin thanks to your 拼音規則. I wish the best of luck for your retirement, and hope you enjoy every second of it. Thank you for working hard to make sure our work was neat and accurate. I will miss having you as a Mandarin teacher, and sure all of AFY will too.

Sincerely,

Beckett Chan 陳學成 6th grade 501-6

Thank you for teaching us all these years and supporting each and every one of us through AFY. Thank you for everything and congratulations on your retirement. Thank you for teaching me lots of new Mandarin words.

Best,

Raina Liu 501-18

Thank you for being such a great Mandarin teacher to us! You helped us have a great time in learning Mandarin. I really appreciate how much time you put into help us learn Mandarin. 希望你退休后每一天都开心顺利。

Jasmine Lo 罗绰敏 501-19

501-29

Aaron Tran

Thank you for all you have done for our school! You handle things quickly while being calm! With this, your teaching skills helped many students across AFY! Everyday, you inspire students while having a smile on your face! You will be missed!

Thank you,

Kyle Aoieong

Laila Williams ！

Thank you for being a great teacher, I am very glad to have you to help me. I was able to learn a lot this year because of you. I hope that you have a good life.

Thank you for this amazing 6th grade year. Thanks to you, I was able to identify all the pinyin rules to help me with my Mandarin speaking. With color coding, I'm now able to identify my tones much faster and easier. I hope you have a good life and thank you for helping me through times when I have trouble with Mandarin.

501 -7- London Che

Thank you for teaching us Mandarin this year it was wonderful having you as a teacher. I hope your retirement is good and that u have a good time. Being your student has been wonderful to me and maybe to others. I really wish you the best and I am sad you're leaving Alice Fong Yu. Love,

Cecilia Chen 603-1

Felix Li 603 #14

Thank you for teaching us and being a great mandarin teacher with hard work and dedication. I appreciate you helping everyone get better at mandarin no matter how hard it is. You have made many people a better mandarin speaker. Hope that you have a good retirement!!!

- Love,

Cailyn Szeto, 司徒雅文

Love always Nakayla

Thank you for teaching our 6th grade class, even though it is only for 1 year. I really enjoyed going to mandarin class, and I loved learning new things and new pinyin rules each week! I especially loved doing the Xiao Ping Guo dance. We will all miss you! I hope you have a good retirement, thank you for everything you taught us in mandarin!

- Elese Wu (wu xi lin), 603-31

Thank you for teaching us this year and for helping me learn my mandarin. (人 •͈ᴗ•͈) you have taught us many great things for us and helped us learn a new language. This will definitely help us in the future and I am very great full thank you.

sincerely, Thompson Lim

Thanks so much, ,

Larkin McFaul 😁

Thank you for your teaching. I have only been for a bit but your class has been amazing. Thank you for the amazing experience with Mandarin and I will never forget the way you taught. I will work hard and find new ways to study just like the ones you have taught my class. I hope you have a great time after all the work you

haｖｅ put in for this school. AFY and I will never forget the work you have done.

何芷晴

Thank you for all of your work you do for everyone at school for the years you have worked for. You helped improved everyone's Mandarin skills in many different ways. You taught many students and gave away your time to help people that need help. I hope that you have a good time after retirement and have a great time doing many new things.

Jaden

简彰 603-#10

Thank you for being a great teacher and helping me learn Mandarin for the first time. I have learned so much from you in just a year and I appreciate all your support. I hope you enjoy your retirement and have a great time.

-Francesca 603 #24

I can't believe your retiring! Especially when our class just arrived this year. Thank you so much for all you've done for me and I will miss you very much indeed. You have been one of my favorite teachers during my time in middle school! I hope our patches will cross again.

Sincerely Liam Hartmann

🥳🥳😆

Thank you so much for being my favorite Chinese teacher! You have thought me so much Mandarin this year. I really enjoy your class because we are always reciting poems, and that is one of my patients. You have put so much hard work and support into this school and it means so much to me that you do this for us. Please relax after all of this work, you deserve it!!!

From your 6th grade student,

Clarke Helland 何凯龙

Thank you for teaching me Mandarin. It was very fun! It was a wonderful experience for this year. It is sad I won't be able to be with you next year but still. Thank you for everything! Have a Happy retirement! Have an amazing time and be happy! Wish you best luck.^0^

Ava Phan 603

Ms. Chao,

Thank you for teaching me the tones during lunch. Thank you for teaching me mandarin. Have a great retirement.

From Ethan Louie

Jieyi Lin

Thank you for all you have done for this school. You have been a great teacher and I hope you enjoy the rest of your life. I am very grateful that I had you as my Mandarin teacher, and I learned a lot from you. You were funny and caring, and I wish you all the best!

Riley Hall 603 #5

I wish you the best for everything. When you go, you will be missed. Thank you for all the amazing mandarin lessons.

-From

Vin Tran

Best wishes,

Christopher Yu 603 #33

Congrats on your well-deserved retirement! We all deeply appreciate all the hard work that you've put in for us and your service here. I hope that your retirement is full of all of the happiness, good food, and great things that you deserve! All of us students and teachers are happy for you, and we wish you the very best.

We'll miss you,

Jacob Woo

Have a lovely retirement,Stephen Reid

Thank you for all you have done for the school. We hope you will visit us in the future or say "hi". Thank you for teaching me all the Mandarin that I know of right now. I hope you reach all of your goals in your life. I hope you enjoy your retirement and your time off work. You have truly worked hard on teaching at putting up with our class. You have made a great impact on all of the students that have gone the AFY. I hope that you will be able to have a bigger impact on other student around the world. I appreciate you teaching me all that Mandarin that I know. I will continue to work hard in my Mandarin and my studies. I hope that you have an amazing retirement. All the students and staff will never forget what you have done at our school and all the people here.

Sincerely,

Olivia Wong (603 6th grade student) 黃智欣

Congratulations on your retirement! You've done a great job teaching and you deserve this. I've learned so much from you and I hope you have a wonderful retirement. Your ways of learning have taught me so much and I hope to remember them throughout my Mandarin journey.

Written with all my heart,

Rhyan Olmeda

Have a great retirement,

Christy Chen, 603-2

安康

你的学生，

刘惠祺, Valori Lau 603-11

Congratulations on your retirement! Thank you so much for teaching me how to speak, read, and write Mandarin. I enjoyed your class and am lucky to have had you as my teacher during your last year at Alice Fong Yu. Take good care of yourself. I know you will have lots of fun adventures and we can’t wait to hear all about them. Please come back to visit us soon. Enjoy your retirement!

Claire Woo, 胡美怡, 501-32

Congratulations on your retirement, a well deserved new journey. Nathan 劉憼仁 (Class of 2023) and Valori 劉惠祺 have benefited much from your teachings. They show much enthusiasm and excitement from things you have taught them. So we are saddened that our other younger kids will not have the privilege to learn Mandarin from you. The knowledge and footprints that you have engrained in our kids will forever stay with them. Thank you for your many years of hard work and dedication in teaching Mandarin at AFY. You will surely be missed. Enjoy the next chapter in your life and have a happy and healthy retirement.

With Much Gratitude,

The Lau Family

-紀峻成 501-25

We are all grateful for your teaching in Mandarin over the years. I hope you had a great time and will have a good retirement. You will be remembered here at AFY. Thanks for being a great Mandarin teacher!!!!

-Ryan Santiago HR504-#21

感謝趙女士在 AFY 這麼多年的教學。我可以保證您教過的許多學生從您那裡學到了很多東西。我可以告訴你，我還學到了一些我以前從未了解過的東西。例如四個聲調，以及如何發音。感謝你的努力！

Ronin Sakai 阪井伟保-504 20

-王国芳 HR504

Thank you for helping be the first to teach me Mandarin. You helped me learn tones, pinyin, and Mandarin pronunciation. I hope you have a great retirement!

~ Corinne Hung

-Cincia Liu 504-14

-Carmen Liu HR:504

梁嘉城 HR-504 - 12

感谢您如此致力于教我们普通话。感谢您在我们遇到困难时给予我们耐心，并鼓励我们学习更多知识

祝你好这并致以最美好的祝愿!

郭垂琦 (504-18)

我還記得我六年級剛來的時候你讓我做的自我介紹。我也記得你在七年級陪伴我們的時候。我希望你在退休之後也能開啟一個更好的人生篇章！

Arthur Peng，彭家楊 504-17

Thank you for the many years of teaching me about Mandarin and its tones. I wish you a happy retirement and wish you the best for your new chapter!

-Megan Chak 504-2

Thank you for all your hard work that you've done in your time inside of this school. You were an amazing teacher for the short time that you have taught me. You persevered through all of the disruptions your students gave, but still taught anyway. You have taught all of the middle schoolers the basics of Mandarin in such a simple method, and I believe they are all very thankful for that.

-Anthony Zhu HR504-32

-- Graham Kreaden 504-10

亲爱的赵老师，

非常感谢您教我如何发音所有普通话声调，以便我可以继续我的语言之旅进入高中。我祝愿您拥有一个充满欢乐和冒险的当之无愧的退休生活。

-- 邓良安 504-10

You made learning Mandarin fun! Now I can use my skills in the future of my life, since Mandarin is one of the most spoken languages in the world!

Gwyneth Cheung

HR504-5

Clayton Aoieong 504-1

Thank you are teaching us about Chinese culture through your experience and life stories. You taught many things that I will remember for the rest of my Mandarin specking life. 我感谢您努力教我普通话并热心帮助我。希望你有一个美好的退休生活!!!

-Kaylee Taylor 504-24

-Michael Tan，504-23

Felicity Wong HR504-30

Obrigado por ser um ótimo professor no ensino médio. Agradeço toda a ajuda e tutoria extra que você me deu para garantir que eu obtivesse uma boa nota.

Alexander King 504-9

雖然我沒有被您教過，但是在去旅行的途中，您教了也幫助了我們好多事。謝謝您。

Jacy Tam 504-22

Thank you so much for your time and effort in teaching us the basics of mandarin. I learned a lot, and it set a good foundation for the rest of my Mandarin career. I appreciate your dedication to AFY, and wish you a relaxing retirement.

-Joie McFaul HR 504-15

Sincerely,

Joanna Wang HR504 #29

感谢您帮助我学习基本的普通话声调并始终督促我做到最好。我希望您有一个美好的退休生活并过上充实的生活。

-Monet Lee 504-11

Thank You,

Brandon Trinh 504-26

Thank you for teaching me most of the Mandarin I know. You have taught me many things 6-7th grade, and I have used all of the tactics you taught us in 8th grade to keep my learning efficient.
退休生活愉快!

504-4 Pierce Che

Stella Woo 504-31

周東泰- 504

Thank you for teaching me Mandarin that I can use in the future. Hope you have a happy retirement.

Nicholas 7-602

Taran Yang

楊健鐵

Brandon Auyoung Hr-602

-Isabella Martin

I am very grateful to have you as my teacher for about 2 years now. You helped us greatly with mandarin and taught us many new things. I was also able to improve my writing skills as well as my tones. It's sad to let you go but I am happy that you can finally retire. I hope you have the best time during your retirement and get to travel everywhere you want to go!

Emma Mau 7-602

Grayson Chan - 602

Thank you for teaching me Mandarin for two years. Even though I'm a Mandarin speaker, I have learned a lot from you from this and last year. I appreciate that you used to teach us while letting us have fun at the same time. I know that our class is difficult to control, but you've done your best and have been as patient as any teacher could ever be. You're the best Mandarin teacher I could have and I hope you have fun after you retire.

Katherine To

Congratulations on being retired! You have given every student here such a wonderful gift, by teaching us Mandarin, and doing so in such a caring, and enjoyable way. Thank you for your service, we will always remember your wonderful presence at AFY.

Emilie Highsmith

Thank you for everything you've done for us. I appreciate all the hard work you put to teaching us. I learned many things from you and I hope that you'll have a happy retirement. We will miss you!

-Ashley Wu 7-602 #30

Jessie Ma 7-602

Jessica Szeto 7-602

Thank you for teaching me for the past 2 years! I'm very thankful for you to teach me and my classmates Mandarin. You helped me with my pinyin and tones. I didn't know any Mandarin in the beginning, but now I am very confident with my Mandarin thanks to you and your hard work! Thank you for teaching the whole middle school Mandarin and I hope that you will have a happy retirement!

-Ellie Nguyen 602-21

-Tavi Tung

-Serene Paw 7-602#26

Thank you for being such a great Mandarin teacher! It was amazing to learn in your class. You've given every student a great time learning Mandarin and doing projects! I wish you a happy retirement and good health!

- Anson Gu 602

Jayden Wu 602

Thank you for the two amazing years of Mandarin class! I understand that this year may have been one of the most difficult classes to handle and I want to apologize on behalf of our class. I have learned so much from 6th grade to now and we will miss you when you retire from Alice Fong Yu. I hope you enjoy your retirement and take great care of yourself. Your dedication to AFY has inspired me to do the same and to continue my Mandarin journey.

-Isla Lee 李艾伦 HR 602-15

Aaliyah Ozawa

Thank you for teaching me for the past 2 years of middle school (6th and 7th grade). I learned a lot of Mandarin from you, from learning pin yin to learning how to read conversations and now how to write simplified chinese characters. Thank you so much for teaching me mandarin, I really appreciate it!

～ Arinsa Zhen 甄沛婧 HR 602-33

Thank you Ms. Chao, Thank you for being my mandarin teacher for me since I was in sixth grade. You were a great teacher for those two years and helped me improve my mandarin. I hope you enjoy your retirement and have a wonderful time. 谢谢

-Zachary Huang

Thank you for your years of teaching and the inspiration brought to many students learning at AFY. I wish you the best of luck and enjoyment through retirement and establish an even greater legacy. Furthermore, thank you for the two years of enlightenment on Mandarin and guiding me through student council.

Wholeheartedly,

Maxwell Kwan

Thank you for all the things you've taught me over the years. I wish for you to have the best time while in retirement.

Mariyah Brown .

Thank you for teaching me and others Mandarin. I know that you have been working hard over the years at AFY teaching many different students about Mandarin. Thank you for letting us watch movies and do other things in your class. I never knew how to write in simplified Chinese before you taught me.

Issac Chen 602-6

Thank you for being an amazing and dedicated mandarin teacher. I have had lots of fun in your class and your lessons have taught me lots of mandarin. I hope you have a happy retirement. Wishing you lots of fun, joy, and relaxation !

Chloe Lee

-Michael Chu 602

Thank you for teaching us Mandarin for the past two years. You have sharpened my Mandarin skills, and I am grateful to be able to speak this beautiful language. You have made me excited to learn about Chinese culture. Best wishes for your future and thank you.

Collin Chang

张英杰

Thank you for teaching Mandarin to our grade for almost 2 years. We are very grateful and had many memories in your classroom. Sometimes our class could be a lot to deal with, but we are all very grateful for all the work you have done to help us improve in Mandarin. Most of us would not be proficient or have right tones in Mandarin if it wasn't for you. Thank you. -Katelyn Chin 602

Thank you for teaching me everything I know about mandarin. I will remember how you taught me the four tones and how to color code. I hope you have a good retirement and hope you can relax.

-Myles Bautista 602

I appreciate you teaching Mandarin to AFY for the past 20 years and to thank you for teaching Mandarin to me for the past two years. I have learned many things from you and hope you the very best during your retirement.

Aidan Li

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

区大伟, Davin Avramenko-604

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

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

From, 袁志尚

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

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

- Elisa Liu , HR 604 - #14

Aarya Thota 604-24

From Herbert. B 604 #3

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

604

Sandy

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

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

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

Gino Quan 604-21

Dillinger X -604

Mackenzie Quan-604

-Sincerely, Jonathan Xu

By Talis Ma-604

-calliope guillen HR604

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

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

-Jason Huang 604

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Malcolm Mac 莫鈞 604

Love, Matthew Zheng.

愛，鄭小健。

Anthony Wong-Zulueta 604 Huang ju jun

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

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)

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

Belinda

Enjoy your retirement,

Oliver Mumm, 5th Grade - Rm 301

Karen

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)

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）

Spencer Yam

Love,

RACHEL!

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

The Fong Family

Alec Fong 鄺世昌 Class of 2011

Kelsey Fong 鄺心如 Class of 2014

Greg & Lillian

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

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

-Mai Thurlow Lam

-Cody Lieu

Sincerely,

Maya Tom

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

-Chloe Au Yeung

-Emily Tse 8-503

Sincerely, Brymiliana Zheng

-Kyle Z

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

Zoey Li

Caden Lin, 503 #17 - 2024

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Madison M.

• COREAN E

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

-Kevin Zhang

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

dancing and singing.

Graydon

Sincerely,

Isabella Dea

Thank you for all that you've done!

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

---Anne-Liza

Shelly Howard

-Aimee Chan

The Fong Family, Alec Fong (Class of 2011)

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

-左光正

Gabi, Elese W.

— The Liu Family

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

L.ERNST

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）

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

With love,

Kary Kwong-Lee

Tori Chie (class of 2006)

The Dere-Lee Family:

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

Best Wishes,

Anderson and Lotuseana Ng (class of 2020)

Sabrina Huie

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

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

-Parker Chou

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

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

Sincerely,

Sara Marcopulos, Class of 2007

袁綺婷

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

Gina Chow