2011 HXGV Star Athletes Award Recipients

Student	Star Athletes Award	Introduction
Deion Cheng	Gold	Deion currently is a sophomore attending STEM High School in Downingtown School District. Besides a straight A-student in school and learning Chinese at Chinese schools, he has been actively participating in various school- and community-sponsored activities. He has practiced martial art at Brandywine Martial Art Academy for the last 6-7 years and earned his black belt early this year. He played on his high school freshmen soccer and basketball teams and competed with the high school track and field team the past school year. He was a member of the freshmen 4x100 meter relay team who qualified in the regional competition and competed in Penn’s Relay this year. During his spare time, Deion likes to play piano and video games, and ski in Pocono in the winter.
Chelsea Tang	Gold	Chelsea 虽然在美国出生和在英语环境中长大，她却对学习中文充满了浓厚的兴趣。从她5 岁第一次去拜访住在中国的亲人们之后，Chelsea开始尝试着讲中国话，尽管这之前她全都讲英语。几年过后，凡是听过她讲中国话的人都以为她是从中国大陆来的小姑娘。尤其她进了大费城中文学校，Huaxia Chinese School at Great Valley后，在学校所提供的优越的学习中文的环境里和在张缨老师优秀的教学中以及在家长的敦促下，Chelsea的中文无论是在听，说，还是写作方面，凭借她的认真好学，努力向上，勇于迎接挑战，和持之以恒的精神得到了很大的提高。以上这些也在Chelsea积极参加大费城中文学校举行的各项活动中得以展现。 Although Chelsea was born in the US and grows up in English speaking environment, she is really interested in studying Chinese. Chelsea attempted to learn speaking Chinese after her first visit to our family in China as she was five years old. Before that, she only spoke English. A few years later, people thought Chelsea just came from China while she was talking in Chinese. Especially after Chelsea attended to Huaxia Chinese School at Great Valley to study Chinese, her listening comprehension, reading and writing skills have progressed quite significantly. Her achievements are attributed to her curiosity and challenging spirit, to a wonderful studying Chinese environment provided by the school, and to an outstanding teacher, Zhang Ying. Chelsea also always actively participated in school activities and made various achievements. 2009-2010 学年写字比赛 特等奖 2010-2011 学年写字比赛 优秀奖 华夏中文学校大费城分校演讲比赛 特等奖 华夏辩论赛低年级组 三等奖 4/10/2010 参加中华文化历史地理知识竞赛 2010年10月作文《康乃馨》 By: Chelsea Tang 《萤火虫》第一期 2010年10月出演华夏中文学校大费城分校文艺作品小品 《吉祥三宝》 华夏运动会 5/1/2011 少年女子组田径400米 第一名 少年女子组田径100 米 第四名 少年女子组4乘100米接力赛 第三名
Yuge Xiao	Gold	Hi, I’m Yuge Xiao (肖雨格). I am 14 years old and will be starting my freshmen year at Conestoga High School in Sept 2011. I was born in Singapore but moved to the United States when I was 8. My hobbies include reading, singing, pin-collecting, tae-kwon-do, and track & field. I started tae-kwon-do when I was 5 and currently hold a black-belt. I first got interested in track & field when all my friends signed up for the track team in 7th grade. Wanting to get involved in a school sport, I signed up as well and got hooked. My favorite events in track & field are the 100m, the 400m, long jump, and shot put. Track and tae-kwon-do have taught me to keep on trying, no matter how hard things get, because that’s the only way I’ll ever succeed.
Michael Yang	Gold	Hi, I am Michael Yang, one of Hua Xia Chinese School’s four selected athletes. I am an 11^th grader at Great Valley High School and a very avid track runner. I have attended Hua Xia for two years now attending the SAT classes. At school, I am the president of my school’s Future Business Leaders of America Club and will hopefully be a captain of my school’s track team. In track, I mainly run the 400 meter dash, and have a personal record of 52 seconds in the event. I also run the 200 meter dash and have a personal record at 24.5 seconds in that event. This year, I hope to run on my 400 meter relay team and make states or even nationals. I have had a great time at Hua Xia Chinese School these past two years and intend to attend for two more years, especially the annual track meets.