2019年12月4日-12月8日，由李春雷总校长带领的苏城外国语学校代表团对美国几所友好学校进行了考察访问。此次访问旨在落实姊妹学校项目和国际高中合作项目，为我校国际高中学生冲刺美国名校提前搭建好平台。

From 4th to 8th December 2019, General Principal Mr. David Li and his delegation paid a friendly visit to a few partner schools in the U.S. Aiming at implementing the partner school project and building the platform for our international senior high school students to help them get admitted into top universities of the U.S.

代表团一行重点考察了一所位于康州首府东哈特福德的IB高中——Connecticut IB Academy（CIBA），双方达成了重要共识，并签署了合作备忘录。

The delegation focused their visit on an IB high school in East Hartford, the metropolis of Connecticut—Connecticut IB Academy (CIBA). An important agreement was reached, and MOU was signed by both sides. 

从上海浦东机场到纽约肯尼迪机场，飞行了十三个小时

13 Hours’ Flight from Shanghai Pudong to JFK New York

双方介绍情况    Introduction

东哈特福德区教育局领导和学校校长对苏城外考察团的来访非常重视，局长Nathan Quesnel先生和康涅狄格IB高中校长Kathleen Simoneau女士与李春雷总校长一行进行了简短的寒暄，随即进入要点交流。有意思的是，两位校长都有20多年IB三大项目（PYP，MYP和DP）的实践和管理经历，共同的阅历一下子拉近了彼此之间的距离。

Both the District Superintendent and the school principal valued our visit. After a brief greeting, Mr. Nathan Quesnel and Ms. Kathleen Simoneau immediately talked about the key points with Mr. David Li and his delegation. Interestingly, both principals have been engaged in PYP, MYP and DP for nearly 20 years, which largely helped to narrow the distance between the two parties.

学区教育局局长做情况介绍

The Education Bureau Director of the school district made an introduction

学区领导与二位校长亲切交流   

A warm chat

全天日程安排非常紧凑。上午交流之后，Kathleen校长带领我们深入参观学校各类设施设备，并与我们一同入班听了中文、化学、生物、计算机科学等随堂课。

The whole day schedule was very intent. After the meeting, Ms. Kathleen guided us to have a campus tour to look at the school facilities. Also, we observed several classes such as Chinese, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, etc. together. 

学校大厅入口多种语言，体现IB的多元文化意识

The IB multiculturalism is everywhere

学生们正在上中文课

The students were having Chinese class

学生的中文板书

Students’ writing in Chinese

访问中，李春雷总校长和一位来自福建的12年级的女生进行了交流，孩子非常优秀，从她选择DP生物高水平（HL）课程就能看出，她告诉总校长，目前正在申请七所大学，目标学校就是位于康州的耶鲁大学。

During the visit, General Principal Mr. David Li also had a communication with a Year-12 girl from Fu Jian. Her choosing of DP Biology HL makes it obvious that she is excellent in her academic learning. She told Mr. Li that she’s now applying for 7 universities in the US, and her target school is Yale University in Connecticut. 

李校长和郑玉婷同学合影，鼓励她努力学习，祝她梦想成真

Mr. Li had a nice chat with Zheng Yuting and wished her a promising future 

午餐后，两位校长就合作协议文本逐句进行修订。下午三时，双方在各自团队的见证下，成功签署了《合作备忘》。备忘包括教师“影子工程”，确定每年教师交换项目；高中各年级学生浸润式交流学习项目，以及课程开发与实施共享项目。至此，苏城外国语学校与康涅狄格IB高中正式成为姊妹学校。

After lunch, two principals worked on the revision of the MOU. At 3 p.m., the two schools successfully signed the MOU, witnessed by the delegates from both sides. This MOU includes the ‘Shadowing Program’ for teachers’ professional development, senior high school students’ ‘Immersion Program’, and the sharing of the teaching resources developed by both schools. Till now, Soochow Foreign Language School has become officially the sister school of CIBA.

两位校长互换合作文本

Two principals exchanged the signed MOU

双方互换礼物：苏城外的礼物是学生书法作品“教育为一生奠基”

Gift exchanging. The gift from SCFLS is a student’s calligraphy work

双方合影留念（从右至左：王彦萍、方周迎、李方华、李春雷、Kathleen校长，Nathan局长等）

Group photo.（ From right to left Rosamond Wang, Jessica Fang, Oliver Li, David Li, Ms. Kathleen, Mr. Nathan）

Let’s have a look at this IB high school.

CIBA 办学使命

CIBA  Mission Statement

NFA校方与我校考察团一行合影

A photo at NFA

NFA的使命    NFA Mission

考察中，双方就学校课程设置、分层选课、走班教学、学生每日作息时间、托福和SAT培训等内容进行了广泛交流。

During the visit, the two schools had an in-depth communication on topics such as the school curriculum setting, class election, mobile learning system, daily timetable, TOEFL and SAT training, etc.  

该校拥有百年历史的艺术博物馆Slater Museum。全美只有两所高中拥有自己的博物馆，另一所就是布什父子的母校菲利普斯安多佛中学。

The school has a century-old Art museum—Slater Museum. Only two high schools all over the United States have their own museums, and the other is the famous Phillips Academy Andover. 

NFA博物馆馆长亲自为我校考察团一行讲解

The Museum Director gave an introduction

我校参观考察的第三站是Canton学区几所优质学校。学区教育局长Kevin先生全程陪同，并详细介绍了每间学校的特色。

The third destination was Canton public school district. The Education Bureau Director Mr. Kevin made an explicit introduction to the features of each school.

学区教育局长Kevin先生全程陪同，并合影留念

Group photo

巧合的是，Canton高小墙面上也出现了这么一句话：Education for life.（教育为一生奠基。）这与我校的教育使命不谋而合。

Coincidentally, “Education for life” also appears on the wall of Canton Intermediate School, which is in line with our school mission.

Canton高中是该城市十大名校之一，获得U.S. News & World Report Gold Medal Winner荣誉称号。该校设置了艺体类特色课程，培养了众多艺体类名校学生。校长与Kevin先生进行了亲切交流，主要针对两校间的艺术、体育领域的交流以及国际校赛事宜，并就中小学教师交换项目达成了共识。

Canton High School is the top ten schools of the city, having the title of US News & World Report Gold Medal Winner. The featured curriculums of Art and Sports are offered to the students, which have successfully sent numbers of talented students to top universities. General Principal Mr. David Li and Mr. Kevin, Superintendent of Canton School District had a cordial exchange, focusing on the exchange in Art and Sports between two schools and international competitions. They also reached agreement on the exchange program for primary and middle school teachers. 

Canton 价值观    Canton Values

耶鲁大学  Yale University

西点军校的校训是“责任、荣誉、国家”

The motto of West Point Military Academy is "Duty, Honor, Country."

SCFLS International Senior High School Profile

中文撰稿：方周迎 

 英文翻译：方周迎、沈紫烟、金恺秋  

摄影：王彦萍 

英文审核：语言中心

编辑、排版、审核：校长办公室  宣传办