Dear teachers, students, parents, and friends:
Greetings to you all!
On bidding farewell to 2023, we are filled with reflective sentiment for the past, great expectations for the future, and best wishes for everyone, and are welcoming 2024 with our open arms.
The flames of war make us cherish peace and prosperity even more. While mourning for the unfortunate individuals who have lost their families, homes, and even lives, we can’t help but sigh: we are not living in a peaceful era but in a peaceful country.
This year, we have been awed by many significant events: the zest of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou still burns brightly, the ten-year anniversary of the "Belt and Road" initiative continues to bring joy, and the swift response in earthquake relief efforts continues to warm our hearts.
This year, our community, like a large ship, has been breaking waves with high spirits. The outstanding application results of the 2023 graduates earned us the title of the "most surprising dark horse in the most competitive application season for Ivy League colleges." It also proves the correctness of the path we have always adhered to, namely "run the school according to the laws of education." Additionally, our school has been awarded the "Excellence in Teaching and Learning" Award by ACT GAC China. Furthermore, our community received the "Outstanding Student Outcomes to International Higher Education" award at the International Higher Education Annual Summit held by US News Global Education and British Council IELTS. Both are professionals’ recognition of our school's talent cultivation model.
This year, we have made big breakthroughs in our international academic exchange. In July, General Principal Bowen Chen, Foreign Principal Chris Moses, and Academic Director Chuman Lin went to the United States to attend the 2023 AP Annual Meeting and the International Association for College Admission Counseling Global Annual Meeting respectively. They also visited several universities to get the latest information on studying abroad and college admissions, strengthening connections with universities to better assist our students in their growth and college admissions. In October and December, we respectively carried out our German Cultural Exchange Program and our Morocco World Leadership Program, allowing our students to expand their worldview through observing the world and enabling our community to have a deeper connection with the world.
This year, we have steadily advanced our "Building Shanghai" project, consulting experts across fields to gradually expand the scope of our explorations and deepen our understanding of various industries. Students have not only gained deeper insights into areas they are interested in, but also grown through hands-on practice.
This year, we have consistently promoted high-quality community service projects for society, even though they were challenging and exhausting. Our "Hongrun Education Salon" has been held for fifteen sessions, in which we integrate social resources to help alleviate difficulties of parents and students in education. We joined hands with two special schools, "Gansu Jiuquan Special School" and "Qingpu Zhujiajiao Special School," to participate in the "Special Olympics Play Unified " event, using our efforts and enthusiasm to help special children integrate into society. We also successfully hosted the "Cycle for Love" event, where our beautiful campus served as both the starting point and our original intention.
The approval of our high school credentials is the most exhilarating achievement for our community this year. This not only affirms our school's results, but has also propelled our community's development into a new stage and onto a new platform.
Thank you all for your contributions to our community's growth over the past year, for your own efforts towards excellence, and for the strength you have gathered for our shared bright future.
In 2024, we will still stand heart to heart and hand in hand, building a warm and harmonious community; we will still adhere to an educational philosophy aligned with the laws of education, to be a school that commands respect; we will still persevere in doing what is right no matter how difficult it is, to bring about the metamorphosis and growth of our students.
Please believe in the power of believing!
Best wishes for our own growth and our children's!
May there be peace and prosperity for the nation and the world!
Happy New Year to you all!