北京君诚学校一周简报，带您了解不一样的君诚

　　01、教师节的礼物Teachers’Day gifts

　　月光所照，皆是故乡;金秋谢师，俱为桃李。与往年一样，君诚的学生们亲手制作教师节礼物。不同的是，今年种类多了很多，有手抄报、DIY鲜花、海报、贺卡……同学们用最美的礼物和感谢的话语表达对老师们的爱，对君诚学校的爱。让我们来看一看这些精彩的手工礼物吧!

　　The place where the moonlight shines is titled as the hometown. Students express their appreciation for their teachers in this golden Autumn. As in previous years, students of SIBS made their own Teachers'Day gifts. The difference is that there are a lot of varieties in this year, including hand-copied newspaper, DIY flowers, posters, greeting cards...Students with the most beautiful gifts and words of thanks to express their love to the teachers as well as the SIBS. Let's appreciate some of these wonderful handmade gifts!

　　02、中学部STEM课程剪影What’s happening in MS/HS STEM class?

　　STEM是一种跨学科的学习方法。在君诚，更具体的说，STEM可以应用到社会科学的每个历史文明阶段。在课堂上，通常每隔一个文明阶段，就会有3-4节STEM课，学生需要完成一些手工作品，比如：为石器时代创造考古工具，为古代美索不达米亚制作金字塔，在罐子里制作木乃伊苹果等。学生的任务是分组讨论、集思广益，运用批判性思维，形成一个初步的方案，通过不断的设计、调整和测试，最终完成作品。比如，对于石器时代，学生们制造了工具和篮子，在最后的演示环节，他们展示了他们的篮子是否足够坚固，能够携带几个不同重量的物体，或者他们的工具是否可以挖掘到一些"古代文物"。

　　在君诚的STEM课堂上，学生不需要准备额外的材料，只要他们完成所有的课堂活动和家庭作业，就能马上加入!STEM是展示所有工作领域如何融入社会科学的绝佳方式，它使学生们能够掌握我们的祖先如何成为创新者的第一手知识，并为我们的未来铺平道路。

　　“STEM is an interdisciplinary approach to learning-- science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—integrating a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications” (livescience.com, 2014).

　　STEM or STEAM (“A” is for Art) can be integrated into any class and is used in our Ancient History application phase of each civilization. In our classroom, towards the end of each civilization we have 3-4 STEM/STEAM days in which the students are given a challenge to complete, such as: creating archeology tools for the Stone Age, a Ziggurat for Ancient Mesopotamia, and Mummified Apples in Canopic jar for Ancient Egypt.

　　At SIBS, and more specifically in our classroom, I prepare all the materials needed for STEM days and let the students know that it is coming up… The students are given all of the materials in cases and able to begin immediately on the first day. They each has an article to refresh their memory and directions on what they will be making. They are tasked with brainstorming and coming up some possible challenges individually. Afterwards, the group comes together and creates a rough draft of some potential designs they will be making… They make the design and test it out multiple times before settling on a final design that their group presents to the class and attempts to complete whatever the final activity is… SO for the Stone age, they made tools and baskets and during the final presentation they showed us if their basket was sturdy enough to carry several differently weighted objects or if their tool could dig up the “ancient artifacts”.

　　STEM/STEAM is included into our classroom’s curriculum, students don’t need any additional materials, only a willingness to participate. Most of the students are so excited to participate and build/use their critical thinking abilities to come up with something unique! The students are required to complete all stations/classroom activities/homework in order to participate; if they are not finished, they use the time to complete assignments instead of participating in STEM.

　　STEM/STEAM is a great way to showcase how all the job fields integrate into history. It allows the students to have firsthand knowledge on how our ancestors were innovators and paved the way for our future. Geographers, Historians, Archaeologist, Scientists, Mathematicians, etc. all ultimately work together to bring us the very history we study today. IN our History class, it’s important to understand how all of these fields play different but important roles for each civilization.

　　STEM/STEAM is a great opportunity for each student at SIBS and I am so excited for the opportunity to learn with the students each day as they make their own advancements.

　　By Rienna

　　03、中学部艺术设计课程开课MS/HS art design courses open

　　君诚中学部艺术设计项目是本学年新开设的专业课程，该课程根据美国艺术课程大纲编写，旨在帮助有志于报考艺术专业的学生，通过专业指导完成作品集，冲击世界一流艺术院校。在本学期，面向6-10年级的学生采用“体验满意再收费”的模式，开设8次免费体验课，完全按照正式课程开展，并在ASA时段开设了艺术俱乐部/社团。

　　本周，是该项目的第一次课程。卢老师向同学们首先介绍了这门课的主要内容，如何开始准备作品集，以及艺术留学申请的一些要素，并向同学们展示了一些成功拿到世界一流艺术院校offer的学生作品。随后，开始指导学生在课堂上创作。同学们在第一次课上都很兴奋，也在努力配合老师的讲课节奏，积极互动。10年级有几个学生很喜欢动漫插画，卢老师也考虑在今后的课程中加入动漫的内容让学生在课堂上练习。

　　The art design project of SIBS Secondary School is a new professional course in this academic year. This course has aligned with the American Art Curriculum. The course will guide students professionally to complete their works, and assist the students who are interested in applying for art major in the world-class art colleges. In this semester, students from grade 6 to grade 10 will be offered 8 free trial courses based on the formal curriculum, which is named as the mode of"experience satisfaction recharging". SIBS also offer Art Clubs and Societies during the ASA period that could chance more students to demonstrate their artistic talents.

　　The first trial class was impletmented in this week. Mr Lu firstly introduced the teaching content, including preparation of the portfolio, the essential elements for applying the Art Major in the world-class art universities (colleges), and demonstration of artworks that made by the previous students who had successfully obtained offers. After that, students were guided to create their own works in class. Students in the first class were very excited and highly interactive. Several students in grade 10 are interested in cartoon illustration profoundly, so Mr Lu has been also considering adding the content to the curriculum that would be beneficial to their personalized learning.

　　04、君诚家委会代表和学校领导第一次见面会

　　The first meeting for SIBS PTA representatives and school leaders

　　本周二，君诚学校家委会代表和学校领导们举行了本学期第一次见面会。首先陈校和Dan校对学校的基本情况和本学年的主要目标作了详细介绍，小学Mark校长也强调了家校沟通有三点值得注意：1、交流 2、合作 3、友好。接下来两位家委会主席发言，她们分享了个人的一些经历以及君诚学校最新的变化，表示在家校衔接中，服务和沟通是最重要的，鼓励家长们多提问题并给建议。陈校和Dan校分别对家长们提出的问题一一作答。

　　Representatives of SIBS PTA and school leaders held their first meeting of the semester on Tuesday. Firstly, Head of the School Chen and Foreign Principal Dan have communicated the general information since the beginning of the term, and have shared main goals this school year. Principal Mark of elementary school also has shared three communicative rules with parents, including Communication, Cooperation and Friendship. After that, two chairmen of PTA shared their personal experiences and the latest changes of SIBS, saying that service and communication have been essential in home-school connection, and parents have been encouraged to ask more questions and offer advice. Head of the School Chen and Foreign Principal Dan also responded to various questions from parents.

　　四、五年级中秋节主题文化活动The thematic cultural activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Grade 4-5

　　四五年级开展了“我们的节日——中秋节”主题文化活动，目的在于深度挖掘蕴含在中秋节中的教育意义，使学生了解民族的风俗，传承民族的文化，弘扬民族的精神。老师引导学生搜集了有关中秋节的资料，分享中秋节的来历，教学生吟唱有关中秋节的诗词，让学生进一步了解并由衷地喜爱这一传统节日。

　　The Grade 4-5 carried out the "Our Festival - Mid-Autumn Festival" thematic cultural activities, It has guided students to understand the heritage of Chinese culture, customs, and spirits profoundly. The students have been enlightened to collect information about the Mid-Autumn Festival, share the history of the Festival, they have also been encouraged to sing the related poems. Thus students could comprehend and appreciate the tradition of our Chinese culture thoroughly.