德威新一届学生会主席们立志推动变革 | New Student Heads Aspire to Reform
从左至右：Mason W. (学生会副主席)，Valeria L. (学生会副主席)，Flora W. (学生会主席)，Augustus M. (学生会主席)
在苏州德威国际高中学生会是一个学生领导组织，主要负责组织一些学生活动，例如管理和监督学生自主联课活动，推动学生群体的自主管理。新一届学生会主席们都雄心勃勃并且对实践他们的计划充满信心。他们是：学生会主席Augustus M.和Flora W.，学生会副主席Valeria L.和Mason W.。
他们为什么要加入学生会呢？
Valeria和Mason都是因为一位学姐而加入的学生会。Valeria说之前参加模拟联合国的时候认识了前学生会主席Nicole Z. （目前在剑桥大学就读，相关文章：玩游戏，支持女权，她获剑桥伯克利录取），非常欣赏这位学姐，所以她自己也希望跟学姐一样优秀，于是追随她的脚步加入了学生会。Mason在一次数学竞赛中认识了Nicole Z.学姐，也是非常佩服学姐的学术和领导能力，所以也加入了学生会。Augustus 说他希望给学校带来改变，增进师生关系，丰富学生生活，对学生会进行体制改革，为学生群体发声，他也很高兴在德威老师和管理层都非常尊重和支持学生的想法。Flora 说在德威施展自己能力的机会很多，她想要抓住这次机会加入学生会尝试一下，同时她也希望提高同学们在校的幸福指数。
竞选学生会主席是怎样的流程呢？
1. 先写申请书
2. 与学校领导团队面试
3. 与上一届学生领导们面试
他们是怎么在众多学生中脱颖而出的呢？首先因为他们都有着类似的诉求：
希望推动学生会结构的改革，提高团队内部活力
希望通过学生会内部分组来明确每个人应该做的事情
加强与德威英国国际学校的联系，一起组织学生活动
然后他们不同的个性特点也给学校领导们留下了深刻印象：
学校领导说：Flora就是那个会在校长面前有条不紊地说出自己的宏伟计划的女孩。她很有管理和领导能力，她曾经担任过学校慈善组织负责人
Flora W.
Valeria L.
Valeria是一个学术成绩非常优秀的女孩，她在IGCSE全球统考中获得了9A*的优异成绩（原文请看：祝贺Valeria全球统考IGCSE获大满贯 9A* )。个性上她是一个爱笑积极向上且笑容充满感染力的女孩。
Mason是一个有责任心的男生，做事情踏实，是学校乒乓球队副队长
Mason W.
Augustus M.
Augustus在与校领导面试时准备了详细的学生联课活动改革的计划，他很有想法且能清晰地表达，有实干经验，能制定出可行性高的计划
参加德威集团学生领导会议
今年1月17日，他们一起参加了在上海举办的11所德威学校学生领导会议，这次会议让他们学到了很多，与其他学校的来自世界各地的学生领导们交流，他们感觉到了自己英语语言能力上的差异，于是意识到了提高英语能力非常重要；在与其他德威学校的学生会主席们交流时，他们也学会了一些破冰技巧，以后会应用在学生会活动中；他们还接受了专业老师的指导，学习了如何从肢体语言等方面提升自己的演讲技巧。
对学生会工作充满信心
四位学生会主席在初中阶段几乎都担任过学生领导职位，为他们在德威担任学生干部打好了基础。虽然他们要到今年校庆日（Founder’s Day）之后才上任，他们都跃跃欲试想要开展工作了，他们经常一起开会讨论学生工作，并非常有信心自己可以为学校做出一些贡献。
为什么来到德威？
四位同学初中都来自公办学校，出于不同的原因来到了苏州德威国际高中：
Augustus来自南通，当初选择来德威是因为父母朋友的孩子Peter L.是德威第一届毕业生，Peter录取到了巴黎政治学院，后来进入了经合组织中小企业与创业创新部从事课题研究实习。他当时觉得德威能培养出这么优秀的学生非常厉害，所以很希望进入德威学习。
Valeria来自无锡宜兴，她当初来苏州报考了两所学校，来德威考试时迅速喜欢上了这里，她喜欢这里的硬件设施和这里的氛围，所以毫不犹豫地选择了德威。
Flora来自星海中学，她觉得德威跟公办高中很不一样，这里是纯正的国际教育，这里不仅仅重视学生的学术发展，还注重联课活动和体育活动，Flora自己就是一个体育全能儿：来到德威后她参加了校篮球队，排球队，还参加了各类体育竞赛活动。所以德威是她的最佳选择。
Mason来自苏州的一所公办学校，他当初选择德威也是看重这里纯西式的全人教育，培养学生的内在驱动力，在这里自学很重要，学生的主动性被充分地调动起来。
想要感谢的老师？
在德威，老师们都非常尊重学生，鼓励他们发表自己的观点。说到想要感谢的老师，他们提到了两位数学老师Mr. Crozier和 Mr. Mckelvey，他们讲课条理非常清晰，且充满幽默感，鼓励他们自主学习；计算机老师Ms. Monga非常认真负责，督促他们学好课程；还有一位化学老师Mr. Lam对他们不仅仅是学习上负责，在生活上也非常关心照顾他们。有一次Augustus说午休时间要开会，Mr. Lam悄悄地给他买了午饭送过来，不让他饿着肚子开会。
四位同学对新生们提出了以下建议：
1. 全方位提高英语能力
2. 提前规划自己要参加的活动和要做的项目
3. 积极参与各种各样的活动，尤其是体育活动和竞赛等。
New Student Heads Aspire to Reform
The student council at Dulwich International High School Suzhou is a student leadership organization that is responsible for organizing student activities such as managing and supervising student-led co-curricular activities, and promoting student body autonomous management. The new student council presidents are ambitious and confident in practicing their plans. They are: Head Boy Augustus M and Head Girl Flora W, Deputy Head Girl Valeria L and Deputy Head Boy Mason W.
Why join the student council?
Valeria and Mason both joined the student council because of a role model – Nicole Z, who graduated in 2018 and went to Cambridge University (related article:
Nicole Admitted to Cambridge, UC-Berkeley). Valeria said that she had met the former Head Girl Nicole in a Model United Nations meeting, and she really admired Nicole, so she wanted to follow Nicole’s footsteps and join the student council. Mason met Nicole in a math contest, and he also admired her academic excellence and leadership skills, so he joined the student council as well. Augustus said that he hopes to bring changes to the school, enhance the relationship between teachers and students, enrich student life, carry out internal reforms for the student council, and make student’s voices heard. He is also very happy to find that the school leadership respects and supports students' ideas. Flora said that there are many opportunities to demonstrate her ability in Dulwich. She wants to seize this opportunity to join the student council and prove herself. She also hopes to improve the happiness index of the students at school.
What is the process of running for student heads?
1. Submit an application letter
2. Interview with the school leadership team
3. Interview with the previous student leaders
How did they stand out among all the candidates? First, because they all have similar appeals:
1. They hope to promote the reform of the student council and improve the vitality of the team.
2. They hope to clarify what everyone should do through the internal grouping of the student council.
3. They hope to strengthen ties with Dulwich College Suzhou next door and organize student activities together.
Then their different personalities also left a deep impressionon the school leaders:
1. The school leader said: Flora is the girl who will speak out in an ambitious manner in front of the principal. She is very managerial and leadership. She has served as a charity leader before.
2. Valeria is a very academic girl. She has achieved 9A*s in the IGCSE global exam (related article: Achieving 9A*s in IGCSE). Personally, she is a girl who has an infectious smile and a positive attitude.
3. Mason is a responsible and down to earth boy, and he is the vice-captain of the school table tennis team.
4. Augustus prepared a detailed plan for the reform of student-led co-curricular activities during the interview with the school leaders. He has an ambitious idea and can express it clearly. He has related experience serving as a student leader in junior high school, and he is able to devise feasible plans.
Participate in the Dulwich Student Leadership Conference in Shanghai
On 17 January this year, the new student council presidents participated in the Student Leadership Conferences with all eleven Dulwich schools in Shanghai. This conference allowed them to learn a lot and communicate with native speakers of other schools. They felt the gap between their English language ability and that of native speakers. So they realized that it is very important to improve their English ability. When they communicated with student heads from other Dulwich schools, they also learned some ice-breaking skills, which will be applied in the student council activities in the future; they also received the guidance of professional teachers and learned how to improve their public speaking skills through body language and other aspects.
Confidence in the work of the student council
The four student heads have held student leadership positions in junior high school, laying the foundation for their role as a student head in Dulwich. Although they are not going to take office until this year's Founder’s Day, they are eager to start their work. They often meet together to discuss student work and are very confident that they can make a difference in the school.
Why come to Dulwich?
The four students came from public schools and came to Dulwich International High School Suzhou for different reasons:
Augustus came from Nantong. He chose to come to Dulwich because a son of his parents’ friend Peter L was one of the first graduates of Dulwich. Peter went to Sciences Po in Paris and later entered the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment) SME and Venture Innovation Department to do a project research internship. Because of Peter, Augustus thought highly of Dulwich and he hoped to study here.
Valeria cam efrom Yixing, Wuxi. She had applied for two schools. After coming to Dulwich, she quickly fell in love with it. She liked the facilities and the atmosphere, so she did not hesitate to choose Dulwich.
Flora is from Xinghai Middle School. She thinks that Dulwich is very different from the public high school. She likes the pure Western education, and academic is not the only thing the school focus on, co-curricular activities and sports are also important aspects of student life. Flora is a sports all-round student: she joined the school basketball and volleyball teams, and competes in lots of sports games. Therefore, Dulwich was her best choice.
Mason is from a public school in Suzhou. He chose Dulwich because of its pure Western holistic education that drives students intrinsically. Self-study is very important here, and students are motivated to study on their own.
Teachers to Appreciate?
At Dulwich, teachers respect students a lot, and they encourage students to express their own opinions. Referring to the teachers to appreciate, they mentioned two math teachers, Mr. Crozier and Mr. Mckelvey. Their lectures are very clear and full of humor, and they encourage students to learn on their own. The computer teacher Ms. Monga is very responsible and urges them to learn. There is also a chemistry teacher, Mr Lam, who does not only care about students academically, but also very concerned about their wellbeing. Augustus said that one time he mentioned that he would have a meeting during the lunch break, and Mr. Lam quietly bought him lunch and told him he didn’t want students to have meetings with an empty stomach.
Tips for freshmen:
1. Improve your English skills.
2. Prepare for activities and projects as early as possible.
3. Go to a variety of activities, especially sports and competitions.
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