Agency:	MSDE	Writer:		
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Project:	PIMA Awards 2016	Director:		
Title:	Chen Chen, Anne Arundel County	Art Director:		
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Code #:		Draft:	(can take pics of pics w/iphone)	

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SOT CHEN CHEN '01@4CG - CHEN CHEN         PIMA FINALIST, A.A. CO.OTS - PARENT INVOLVMENT MATTERS           AWARD -- UNDERWIPE --           CHOOSE YOUR SEAT               GET INVOLVED!		(SOT CHEN)
'As first generation immigration, I just feel really frustrated, that there is no Chinese community to join in. Especially when my kids approach to the school age.'	
USE A SIDESHOT -- THEN LAURA'S PICS (NUMBER 2 & 3)		(narrator track)
so chen chen got involved.	
		she contacted anne arundelcounty  schools -- found out about laura gardner's international leadership academy.	
SOT CHEN '01@6		(sot chen)
'I realized that the school is eager to -- the public school really care about immigration families' needs, and willing to build connections with us.'	
'LEADERSHIP ACADEMY'  SCREENSHOT - USE A TILT DOWN		(narrator track)
she worked her way through the training sessions designed to improve comjmunications with families such as hers.	
'WE CHAT' SCREENSHOTS -- OR SIDE SHOT OF HER SMILING		then -- a marvelous idea!	
		through the messaging app 'we-chat' --	
		chen created her own online community.	
SOT CHEN '01@2		(sot chen)
'The name is Chinese Parents of Anne Arundel County - we call it CPOAA.'	
USE PICTURE NUMBER 1		(narrator track)
word spread -- and texts started flying.	
		suddenly, chinese parents scattered throughout the county had the means to connect!	
SOT CHEN '02@3		(sot chen)
'From last summer until now -- only 10 months,  -- slice out middle here -- 'group member text nearly 10-thousand messages regarding school and education.'	
SOT CHEN '02@5		(sot chen)
'We do have lots of concerns...' slice out 'and issues' --	
SOT CHEN '02@6 (USE THE IPHONE SIDESHOT HERE)		(sot iphone)
 'so I just collect these to reflect to the AACPS --	
SOT CHEN '02@7		(sot chen)
'so that the Chinese parents will clearly know how to get involved in school.'	
SOT CHEN '02@2 (&THEN DEEPER IN) 		(sot chen)
'because the Chinese families are spread around the whole county -- (slice out middle) I try to keep these online group active...'	
SOT CHEN '02@8COVER W/USE PICTURE #4  -- THEN OUT TO HER		(sot - jr question)
(JR) 'Is it difficult to be a minority in a foreign country especially when language is such an issue?'	
		'Uh, yeah, it has a lot of difficult. Because Chinese and American has really different culture.'	
MOON FESTIVAL (PIC #5) TITLE ON BULLETIN BOARD		(narrator track)
chen needed something more.	
SOT CHEN '03@6		(sot chen)
'I cooperated with AACPS to set up a first Chinese Moon Festival event...'	
USE PIC #6 BOW & ARROW BOY		(narrator track)
enter the 'moon festival' -- held last fall at old mill middle school north.	
		now plays -- 	
USE PIC #7 WOMAN WITH HARP-TYPE INSTRUMENT#8 FOOD & #9 DESSERT		and music -- 	
		and food --	
		and desserts --	
		showed chinese culture to its finest.	
SOT CHEN '03@8		(SOT CHEN)
'I got support from AACPS, they support us funding, advocating, and coordinating with Old Mill Middle School North -- '	
BACKTIME BELOW		(narrator track)
and she got feedback!	
SOT CHEN '03@2		(sot chen)
'The first comments is from the Chinese parents group because they all said 'Oh wow that's so good to meet each other, we have a chance to meet each other because it's really hard in the real life, so -- '	
COVER W/PIC #11 PEOPLE EATING		(narrator track)
the event was a huge success.	
SOT CHEN '04@2 & DEEPER(COVER W/PICS #12 &13 - CHINESE MAN TEACHING YOUNG BOY WRITING?)		(sot chen)
'And we also realized that Old Mill Middle School North is an IB school, so they had American student that are learning Chinese -- slice -- 'so we also invite those students and their families to join our festival.'	
SOT CHEN '04@4COVER W/PIC #10 BOY SINGER		(sot chen)
'include one -- slice -- 'Old Mill Middle School student to sing a Chinese folk song to encourage them to learn, and to encourage them to practice what they learn in the classroom.' 	
PICS #14-17		(narrator track)
the kids played and the communities mixed over a feast of goodwill.	
SOT CHEN '05@1(COVER W/HER PIC AS YOUNG GIRL?)		(sot chen)
'I grow up in China, we -- I don't remember my -- the Chinese parents didn't get as much involved as American parents so that's a big difference --'	
SOT CHEN '05@4		(sot chen)
'Parents getting involved will help the kids build up their confidence -- slice -- 'achieve their academic success.' (nice smile to end)	
FREEZE & HOLD TO FADE		(narrator track)
chen chen, pima finalist, anne arundel county.