上海協(xié)和雙語高級中學

所在地區(qū)：上海 閔行區(qū)學校性質：私立學校

學費：暫無信息招生階段：高中 初中

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　　Towards the end of the last academic year, I was a little reticent when I heard that school parent evenings would be evolving into broader ‘Gubei Community Events’. I had quite enjoyed having a showcase room for my beloved Business and Economics Department, and the 5-minute appointments with parents had allowed me to conduct many meetings in just one evening. However, having now experienced the first two iterations of the new Gubei Community Events, I realise that I need not have worried; quite the contrary in fact.

　　上學期末，當我聽說上海協(xié)和雙語高級中學學校例行家長會的形式將略作調整，變成主題更為寬泛的“協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動”時內心還有些疑慮。畢竟我已習慣原有的流程：和整個商業(yè)與經濟部門一起布置展示教學成果的陳列室;在一個晚上高效完成所有的家長預約面談。而本學期，在我參與了兩次協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動后，我意識到這一嶄新活動形式的獨特魅力，原有的擔心實屬多余。

　　I am still able to celebrate the brilliant learning and teaching that goes on in the Business and Economics Department through the wall displays in both the corridors and classrooms in our subject zone. Furthermore, I find the ten-minute appointment slots, double the previous length, have enabled far more in-depth, personalized and meaningful discussions with parents about their children’s progress. It has been great to have the time to listen carefully and respond to individual questions and concerns, able to give more context and detail to the learning trajectories and teaching strategies involved. Although I see fewer sets of parents at any one community event, parents now can come to any of the events, so I will still get to see every parent who wishes to see me each semester.

　　活動中，走廊通道和教室內的展示欄都可以用來展示我所在部門的教學成果和學生作品。而與家長們的面談時間也由原來的5分鐘變成了10分鐘。作為教師，我們能夠與家長就孩子的學習生活進行更深入、更有意義的交流。我很高興能有相對充裕的時間仔細聆聽并回答每個學生的個性化問題，深入至個體學習軌跡和教學策略所相關的細節(jié)。單次活動所約見的家長人數雖有所減少，但由于次數增多，我仍然可以見到每一位希望與我交流的家長。同時，由于參與協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動的家長總人數日益增加，大家更能時常在活動現(xiàn)場相遇、暢談學生的成長。

　　Beyond this, there is another win from the new format too. Each department has now been given the chance of hosting an event related to their subject at one of the community evenings, and I had the fortune of being given a slot for a business and economics event at October’s GCE. Integrating the final of our Grade 9 Grizzlies Lair entrepreneurship competition was not quite logistically possible this time around, so we took the opportunity to run a Business and Economics related quiz. This proved a wonderful opportunity to invite all members of the school community to come and expand their general knowledge of the business world in a fun and accessible format. Mirroring the incredible enthusiasm that has been shown for the external NEC economics competition that the school is participating in (55 students have now signed up to take part), I was delighted to see Grade 9 students leading the way in taking part in the quiz, though students from all age groups were in attendance.

　　除此之外，新的活動形式也給各學科部門帶來了新的契機。每個部門都有機會在“協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動“中舉辦相關學科主題活動，商業(yè)和經濟學科部門就有幸舉辦了一次別開生面的知識競賽。事實證明，邀請全校師生前來參與活動，以生動有趣、簡明易懂的方式來科普商業(yè)世界的相關知識是非常具有可實踐性的操作。我很高興地看到自己所教授的九年級學生都興致高昂地參與了此次知識競賽。與此同時，我校有55名學生報名參與了今年的全美經濟挑戰(zhàn)賽。大家對商業(yè)與經濟學科的熱情可見一斑。

　　Opening with the first of three logo-recognition rounds, Mr Fedan reveled in being photographed wearing the golden Rolex crown. As other Reaction Lab inspired pics began making their way onto social media, an excited buzz around the quiz started to build, and before long the number of participants grew. The early Grade 9 leaders faced stiff competition when Mr Walsh and Mr Dumble themselves entered the fray and could not resist attempting some of the questions. Both showed a redoubtable knowledge of great inventors and a flare for car logos. However, when the school’s marketing guru and Visual Arts teacher, Mr Wun, started to turn the advertising slogans round into a musical jingles round, a capella style, they could take no more and stepped aside. This left the door open for Ian Ghys, Ethan Chen and Yuki Kin’s team to swoop in and claim first prize, closely followed by George Sun, Henry Deng and Joey Cao.

　　競賽第一回合是商標識別，大屏幕上展現(xiàn)了Fedan老師戴著勞力士一臉陶醉的照片。隨著其他充滿創(chuàng)意與趣味的題目圖片陸續(xù)登場(照片由我校的Reaction Lad社團學生提供)現(xiàn)場氣氛愈加熱烈，中途加入的參賽選手也越來越多。我校兩位校長Walsh先生與Dumble先生也加入戰(zhàn)局，他們對各大發(fā)明家諳熟于心，對各類汽車品牌更是如數家珍。領先的學生選手們不得不全力應戰(zhàn)才不至于太落后。而當題型由廣告詞轉變成我們視覺藝術課程教師Wun先生制作的廣告音樂鈴聲時，學生選手們又重新占據優(yōu)勢。最終由Ian Ghys ，陳奕嘉、金佑輝帶領的三支隊伍取得了第一，其余優(yōu)勝者為孫天助、鄧涵瑞與曹君羿。

　　Beyond the frivolity and good times, there was a serious takeaway from the evening. Some research studies have found that one of the best predictors of students' future success is not their mathematical ability, not their language skills, and not even their potential in economics. One of the most accurate predictors has in fact been found to be students' general knowledge. So read widely and be aware of what is going on in the world around you. It might just be the key to your success. And it might just have something to do with why I myself, along with my alter ego 'Griffix the Cruciverbalist', have such a love for crosswords. Happy quizzing!

　　“協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動”的夜晚輕松愉悅，充滿歡聲笑語，同時不乏重要的收獲：一些研究表明，預測學生未來成功與否的一大標志不局限于單一的數學技能、語言技能或經濟學技能，而是學生所掌握的知識面是否足夠全面。 所以，放寬眼界去多觀察了解這個世界，緊跟時局、體會時代的變化，這有可能成為你成功的關鍵。這也許就是我本人如此熱愛縱橫填字游戲的原因之一。盡情享受每一次知識競賽和協(xié)和古北社區(qū)活動吧!