峰会、越野、苗寨行......启明星孩子的假期有多“彩色”？
卓越是启明星一项重要的核心价值观，我们鼓励学生向“更强”、“更好”迈进；而我们培养的也不只是学术优秀的学生，我们鼓励孩子们在各自关注和擅长的领域发展。
刚刚过去的这个暑期，启明星学生在不同领域探索，我们为孩子们的勇气鼓掌，他们的努力和付出应该被“看见”！
我们也知道，有更多孩子一样卓越，一样精彩！
启明星学生参加苏格兰GCI峰会
7月24日至8月1日，启明星9年级学生王康睿作为GCI奖学金获得者，前往苏格兰的圣安德鲁斯大学，参加GCI（Global Citizenship Initiative）峰会。
峰会期间，王康睿和来自全球各地的几十位学生一起，为设计和实施各自的全球服务项目接受导师辅导，学习和练习相关的知识与技能。比如，大家参加了设计思维技能的工作坊、哈克尼斯课程，收听如何培训设计和组织活动的讲座，也学习了商业和创业的知识。会议期间，他们还拜访到苏格兰当地的诗人、歌手，领略苏格兰文化。
王康睿反思说，这是一段特别难得的经历——被“扔进”这样一个完全陌生的环境，不仅高强度地锻炼了他的社交和英文能力，更让他惊奇地发现，原来，全球都在面对类似的问题：
我的全球服务项目是关于推动北京北皋地区和牛栏山地区的环保发展和塑料回收的，和来自美国、摩纳哥的参会者的项目关注点类似。峰会上的另一个焦点是教育公平问题，来自越南、加纳、突尼斯和土耳其的参会者的项目都和它相关。这说明，一个个问题不是孤立的现象，而是全人类要共同面对的问题，只有当我们能够联合起来，从点出发，连成线，最后成为一个覆盖全球的网格，才能够解决社会上的诸多问题。”
下一步，王康睿就要在启明星的校区和牛栏山社区陆续开展他的全球服务项目了，让我们支持他！
季刀苗寨之行
一放暑假，5年级的王玺诺就拉着几位小伙伴去了贵州的季刀苗寨，探望当地的小朋友，兑现自己关注“优质教育”的承诺。
小时候，王玺诺去过季刀苗寨，那里的小朋友缺乏教育资源这件事深深印在他的记忆中。于是，规划5级PYP毕业展的时候，他很快就决定从17项联合国可持续发展目标里选择“优质教育”作为展览主题。在展览中，他介绍了当地小学的教育资源情况，并制定了向苗寨小朋友捐赠图书的计划。在5月的团结日上，他申请了摊位继续推介项目，并最终在暑期带着募集来的书籍和善款，和好朋友刘禹含、孟子萱、蔡馨谊、张焜丁、张俊，一道踏上了前往凯里季刀苗寨的路。
在苗寨，他和伙伴们陪小朋友们做游戏，给他们讲山外的新鲜事，送去书籍和零食。一起吃饭时，苗寨小伙伴们不断抛出关于外面世界的问题，对山外的一切很好奇很向往，让玺诺很感触，也更加坚定他为这些小伙伴做些事情的决心：“明年暑假我会继续做这件事，争取做到更好，带更多人去认识苗寨，并推出向苗寨小朋友介绍科普内容和为他们募捐书籍的网站！”
世界学者杯获佳绩
8月8日至14日，从世界学者杯北京区域赛晋级的10支启明星学生代表队参加了在厦门举行的全球赛。孩子们表现出色，共斩获金牌62枚、银牌87枚，其中7支队伍挺进了11月将在美国耶鲁大学举办的总决赛！我们的带队老师关青茹也获得了“年度优秀领队”的称号！
新加坡数学竞赛获奖
暑假期间，启明星获得新加坡数学竞赛晋级的学生前往新加坡参加全球数学奥林匹克挑战赛。
成绩揭晓，我们的2名学生获奖：来自北皋校区的3年级学生牛牧晴获得金奖、铜奖，来自三里屯校区的李见翔获得铜奖。
本次在新加坡举行的赛事，有30个国家1600多名选手参赛。颁奖现场参赛国驻新加坡29国大使都到了现场。
李见翔（左）和牛牧晴
崇礼168超级越野赛
关注运动和健康是启明星社区的传统，即便在假期里，启明星学生也不会放松锻炼。7月，十几名启明星学生参加了崇礼168超级越野赛10公里越野。
孩子们很努力、也很艰辛地完成了比赛，囊括了多个年龄组的、包括冠军在内的多个奖项，为他们喝彩：周秦、刘奕杰、郭尚文、赵若清、杨昀达、王睿辰、林和颜、李青迈、杨斐、张慕涵！
孩子们在比赛中也体现着关爱、卓越的启明星核心价值观。“大孩子们前一天已比赛完，第二天一早小孩子们赛前，王睿辰等学生就突然出现，自发到赛场给师弟师妹们鼓励加油，让几个一、二年级的孩子都特别开心，最后两个女孩拿到了第一、第二，男孩拿到了第三、第四！” 热心家长、6年级学生杨昀达的妈妈说。
联合国75周年国际儿童艺术创意展
8月，联合国75周年国际儿童艺术创意展暨ICAE国际儿童画展中国巡展在北京举办，19名启明星学生的作品入围参展。展览主题是联合国可持续发展目标，契合启明星社会创新项目一直以来关注的焦点，成为学生艺术地表达自己所知所学的平台。
我们的中学视觉艺术老师高梦雅受邀担任评委，中学中方校长贡明也接受了媒体采访。
“一棵树”在今日美术馆展出
7月，三里屯校区小学部全体小学生和艾毅幼儿园三里屯校区小朋友一起创作的、展览现场唯一一棵由回收材料制作的大树在北京今日美术馆亮相。
作品名为《大树，我们的家园》，是一棵完全由回收材料制成的、真人大小的银杏树，由三里屯小学部美术老师高巍指导完成。
从艾毅幼儿园到启明星5年级的大约300位学生都参与到这棵树的制作中。1至4年级学生制作树的四季，5年级学生制作动物！原料包括糖果包装纸、衣架、废旧毛巾、雪碧瓶，幼儿园的孩子们制作昆虫……
创作这件艺术品的方法反映着启明星的教育信念——即一切都是相互关联的，我们今天做出的行动会对身边的世界产生影响。
Excellence is an important core value at Daystar, and we encourage our students to strive to become stronger and better. We not only cultivate academically outstanding students, but also encourage students to develop their own areas of interest and things they are good at.
This past summer, Daystar students explored a variety of fields. Let’s applaud their courage. Their efforts and dedication should be recognized!
We also know that there are many other students with equally exciting achievements!
Daystar Student Attends GCI Summit in Scotland
From July 24 to August 1, Daystar Grade 9 student Kerry Wang went to the University of St Andrews in Scotland to attend the GCI Summit as a Global Citizenship Initiative scholarship recipient.
During the summit, Kerry, along with dozens of students from around the world, received mentorship on designing and carrying out their respective Global Service Projects. They also learned relevant knowledge and skills. For instance, they participated in workshops on design thinking skills, engaged in Harkness Table classes, listened to lectures on how to design and organize activities, and learned about business and entrepreneurship. During the summit, they also had the opportunity to meet local Scottish poets and singers to experience Scottish culture.
Kerry Wang reflected that this was a particularly rare experience– being “thrown into” such completely strange surroundings did more than improve his social and English skills; it also made him realize that the world is facing similar issues:
My global service project aims to promote the development of environmental protection and plastic recycling in Daystar's Beigao campus and Beijing’s Niulanshan community. This is similar to the project focus of participants from the United States and Monaco. The summit also focused on the issue of education equity, which is related to the projects of participants from Vietnam, Ghana, Tunisia and Turkey. This shows that these issues are not isolated phenomena, but issues that humanity needs to face together. Only by working together can we move from being individual points to forming lines of connection. Eventually, we can create a global network to solve many of society’s problems.”
Going forward, Kerry Wang will begin his global service project at the Daystar campus and in the Niulanshan community. Let's support his efforts!
A Visit to Miao Village
During summer vacation, Grade 5 student Aiden Wang took several of his classmates to visit the students in Jidao Miao Village in Guizhou to fulfill his promise of focusing on “high-quality education”.
Aiden visited Jidao Miao Village when he was younger. The lack of educational resources for the students there made a deep impression on him. When planning his Grade 5 PYP graduation exhibition, he chose “high-quality education” as his exhibition theme from the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. He presented on the educational resource situation faced by elementary schools in Jidao Miao Village and created a plan to donate books to students there. For Unity Day in May, he applied for a booth to continue to promote his plan. Ultimately, with the help of his parents, he journeyed to Kaili Jidao Miao Village with his good friends Liu Yuhan, Meng Zixuan, Cai Xinyi, Zhang Kunding and Zhang Jun to deliver the books and donations they had collected.
He and his friends played games with the students in Miao Village, told them about new things outside the mountains, and gave them books and snacks. While eating together, Aiden was deeply touched by the questions students asked about the outside world. This strengthened his determination to help these students. Aiden said: “Next summer, I will continue to do this, but I will strive to do better. I want to bring more friends and introduce them to Miao Village. I also want to create a website to introduce science-related content to the students in Miao Village and collect books for them.”
Achievements in WSC
From August 8th to 14th, 10 Daystar Academy outstanding student representative teams from the World Scholar's Cup Beijing Regional Competition participated in the global competition held in Xiamen. The students performed remarkably, winning a total of 62 gold medals and 87 silver medals, and 7 teams advanced to the finals that will be held at Yale University in the United States in November! Our team coach Ms. Venus Guan also received the award of "Coach of the Year"!
Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge (SIMOC) Awards
During summer vacation, Daystar students went to Singapore to participate in the SIMOC. The results have been announced, and two Daystar students won awards: Cherry Niu, a Grade 3 student from Beigao Campus, won both a gold and bronze award, and Shaun Li, a student from Sanlitun Campus, won a bronze award.
More than 1,600 students from 30 countries participated in the competition held in Singapore. Ambassadors from 29 of the participating countries were present at the award ceremony.
Shaun Li(left) and Cherry Niu
Chongli 168 Ultra Trail
Focusing on sports and health is a tradition in the Daystar community. Even during holidays, Daystar students continue to stay active. In July, more than a dozen Daystar students participated in the 10-kilometer Chongli 168 Ultra Trail.
The students gave their all to finish the competition, and won multiple awards, including champion awards, across several age groups. Let's applaud their achievements: Zhou Qin, Liu Yijie, Guo Shangwen, Zhao Ruoqing, Yang Yunda, Wang Ruichen, Lin Heyan, Li Qingmai, Yang Fei and Zhang Muhan!
The students also demonstrated Daystar’s core values of caring and excellence during the competition. “Even though the older students had already finished competing the day before, Wang Ruichen and her friend suddenly appeared the next morning before the competition began for the younger students. They went to the track to encourage and cheer on their younger schoolmates, making several first and second graders particularly happy. In the end, two girls got first and second place, and the boys got third and fourth place!” said the enthusiastic mother of Grade 6 student Yang Yunda.
United Nations 75th Anniversary International Children's Art and Creativity Exhibition
In August, the United Nations 75th Anniversary International Children's Art and Creativity Exhibition and ICAE International Children's Art Exhibition China Tour were held in Beijing. The artworks of 19 Daystar students were shortlisted for exhibition. The exhibition theme centered on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which aligned with the focus of the Daystar Social Innovation Project. This provided a platform for students to express their knowledge and what they have learned in an artistic way.
Amy Gao, a secondary school visual arts teacher, was invited to serve as a judge. Grace Gong, the secondary school Chinese principal, also gave an interview to the media.
“One Tree” on display at the Today Art Museum
In July, the only large tree made of recycled materials made its debut at the Today Art Museum in Beijing. It was created by all of the elementary school students from Sanlitun Campus and the students from Ivy Kindergarten's Sanlitun Campus.
The artwork is titled Big Tree, Our Home and is a life-size ginkgo tree made entirely of recycled materials. It was completed under the guidance of Vivian Gao, an art teacher at Sanlitun Elementary School.
Approximately 300 students from Ivy Kindergarten to Daystar Grade 5 participated in making this tree. The Grade 1 to Grade 4 students made the four seasons of the tree, and the Grade 5 students made the animals! The raw materials included candy wrappings, hangers, old towels, and Sprite bottles. The kindergarten students made the insects.
The method used to create this work is a manifestation of the educational belief held by Daystar: everything is interrelated, and the actions we take today have an impact on the world around us.
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