【United States】 The fundraising dinner for Dr. Tong Yi, who is running for re-election to the Walnut School District Education Committee, was grandly held
News Express】 Xiao Bo Reported by Roland Heights
Dr. Tong Yi, Chairman of the Teaching Committee of Walnut Valley United School District Y. Tony Torng) held a fundraising dinner on September 1 to announce his re-election to the school district's board of education. More than 200 politicians, businessmen and politicians, including Allen Wu, Mayor of Walnut City, Ruth Low, Mayor of Diamond Bar, Stan Liu, former Mayor of Diamond Bar, Jerry Tang, Chairman of Walnut Water District, Larry Redinger, Layla Abou-Taleb, president of Edison, etc. Leaders of the overseas Chinese community attended the evening event.
Dr. Tong Yi said that in the past 9 years, he has learned how to become a good school district education committee, and also learned how to make a school district better, and a good school district needs to have a very good team, a good principal, teachers and parents to cooperate with students. At present, the school district is very successful, and the members of the school district's teaching committee are doing their best. He is running for re-election so that the good Council can continue to serve the community. In the future, his team will pay more attention to the school district's security, educational quality and supervision duties to ensure that children grow up in a safe environment and provide them with a better education. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the communication between schools in the school district, and the most important thing is to increase the budget so that schools have better resources.
Dr. Tong Yi expressed that she attaches great importance to the daily inspection of 15 schools in the school district, to understand the students' class situation, and to participate in important related activities. Examples include homecoming days, parent-teacher conference meetings, award ceremonies, ball games, academic competitions, student physical and mental health lectures, arts and fundraising performances, school exchanges and graduation ceremonies. The passion for feeling like you're investing in education can see results in your students. Dr. Tong Yi also attaches great importance to the interaction with parents, participates in parents' meetings, solves problems for parents, and becomes a bridge for parents to communicate and help each other with the school district.
In their speeches, elected officials such as Walnut Mayor Wu Lilun, Diamond Bar Mayor Liu Min'er, Former Diamond Bar Mayor Zhang Wenbin, Walnut City Water District Chairman Tang Jili, Walnut District Education Committee Larry Redinger, Layla Abou-Taleb and other elected officials unanimously affirmed Dr. Tong Yi's contributions to the Walnut School District over the years.
Walnut Mayor Wu Lilun said that Dr. Tong Yi has a very rich experience in the Walnut School District, he is a political decision-making leader, very good at the work of the School District Education Committee, in different fields, different student needs and parents and teachers' requirements, as well as the improvement of the school and other aspects of the promotion are very achievements, calling on everyone to continue to support Dr. Tong Yi, re-elected to the School District Education Committee.
Dr. Yi Tong is currently the Chairman of the Walnut Valley United School District Education Committee, and since he was first elected to the Board of Education in 2013, he has been committed to developing STEM science education in the school district, and has served as a mentor for many years at the Diamond Bar and Walnut High School Robot Club. At present, there are robot teams, FIRST robot competitions, abacus and mental arithmetic competitions in the school district from elementary school to high school, young engineer theories for high school and college students, App creative competitions, and academic research reports and poster competitions for high schools and college students. He has devoted himself to and supported the school's music and arts projects, such as drawing the future for grades K-6, participation in music and dance projects and fundraising, and exchange activities for overseas students.
It is reported that Dr. Tong Yi is a science and technology academician of Boeing, who has been deeply involved in the community for many years, and has served as the president of the Diamond Bar Chinese Association, participating in volunteer services such as the High School Parents' Association, the Friends of the Library Association, and the Supervision Committee of St. Anthony's College. At Boeing, he is the representative of the Asian American Association, and he has also won awards such as Asian Engineer City Hero and Volunteer of the Year.
Dr. Tong Believes that Asians cannot be outside the community and politics, and in addition to actively participating in community service and mainstream society, they must also strive to devote themselves to the management and decision-making departments. Participating in the mainstream of the community is not a matter of gathering for photos, but more importantly, continuing to do things that are beneficial, contributing and meaningful to the community in a spirit of service and selflessness. That's why he decided to run for re-election, because educating and serving the next generation is what he feels is the most meaningful thing
According to reports, Dr. Tong Yi has received endorsement and support from all the members of Walnut City and Diamond Bar City, the Education Committee of Walnut Valley School District, and the members of Walnut Water District.
