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上周，我們的新任理事Malcolm Pritchard博士來到啟明星學(xué)校三里屯校區(qū)和北皋校區(qū)。

他和理事會成員、學(xué)校管理團隊進行了面對面的溝通，還和中學(xué)學(xué)生共進午餐，并在之后進行了一場富含啟發(fā)的對話：

我想聽聽你們對啟明星的看法?！薄@是Pritchard博士引導(dǎo)學(xué)生反思自己的學(xué)習(xí)和成長環(huán)境；

‘‘現(xiàn)在，給你一支Magic Pen!（魔法筆）來改變學(xué)校里的一件事，讓它變得更好，你有什么想法？’’——這是鼓勵學(xué)生們大膽提出自己的需求；

“如果從改變自己開始，你會做什么？”——這是儒家的講求，修身為本，由己及人，先做人，后做事。

這樣的引導(dǎo)思路和啟明星23年來的堅持并行不悖，孩子們的思路立即活躍起來。

他們說，喜歡啟明星這樣“人人都相互認識的小型社區(qū)”，享受能在這里“做自己”的感覺；分享了各自的“從自己做起”；也坦言了心里的需求：

修建游泳池；

增加課后答疑時間；

中學(xué)生越來越多了，希望增加中學(xué)部教室；

獲得更多的實習(xí)和外部資源；

Pritchard博士說，他會堅守作為理事的職責，把孩子們的想法反映給學(xué)校管理團隊。

15分鐘不長，但它啟發(fā)學(xué)生思考，聯(lián)通學(xué)校和學(xué)生的需求，撬動了改變和成長。

啟明星創(chuàng)始人：如果孩子要在成長的路上走得更遠......

香港弘立書院前總校長Malcolm Pritchard加入啟明星理事會

Last week, Dr. Malcolm Pritchard, newly appointed Daystar Academy advisory board member, visited our campuses.

He met face-to-face with the Board of Advisory and the school’s leadership team, and over lunch led a focused 15-minute dialogue with secondary school students:

I’d like to hear your views about Daystar." — prompting students toreflect on their learning and growth environment.

"Imagine I give each of you a magic pen and ask you to identify one thing you would change to make Daystar a better school—what it be?" —encouraging them to boldly communicate their expectations and priorities.

"What change would you like to be? What do you want to change in your world—not the school, not your family, but where you are?"This embodies a Confucian perspective:start by developing one’s character, and extend that to others; focus both on being and doing.

This line of inquiry aligns with the principles and practice Daystar has upheld for the past 23 years, so it felt natural and familiar to the students.

They shared that they value Daystar as "a close-knit community where everyone knows each other," and they appreciate the freedom to "be themselves" here. Students also shared how they would "start with themselves" — while candidly expressing their needs:

* Build a swimming pool

* Adding more after-class Q&A time

* Expand the secondary school classrooms

* Gain access to more internships and external resources

True to his commitment as an advisory board member, Dr. Pritchard said that he would convey the students’ ideas to the school’s leadership team.

Though just 15 minutes, the conversation inspired students’ reflection, connected the expectations and needs of students and the school, and set meaningful growth in motion.

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