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每年暑假，启明星的孩子们都不会停下探索的脚步。
他们会做些特别酷的事情，今年也是!
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赢下哈佛辩论委员会夏令营一等奖
参加哈佛辩论委员会夏季研讨会公共论坛夏令营的学生，绝大多数来自美国本地，而且要通过简历筛选才能入围。
我们的9年级学生林子朔、许书凯和徐恩淏不但顺利拿到入营资格，还全部晋级到14强。
其中，许书凯和美国当地学生组队，经过一共12轮比赛，最终拿下公共论坛辩论赛的一等奖！
他说：“其他辩手的辩论基础都相当扎实，一开始我只是想去向他们学习一下，从没想过会赢！我想，取得成绩主要是因为平时和辩论校队的同学一起训练，还有我有一套适当的练习方法！”
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夺冠TOC ASIA全国辩论赛
TOC ASIA举行夏季线上全国总决赛，我们有3名中学生参加。他们的成绩让人眼前一亮：
9年级的许书凯和友校同学组队，拿下公共论坛辩论高中组冠军，同时斩获优秀辩手奖；
8年级学生袁思成和李青迈挺进公共论坛辩论初中组1/4决赛并获评优秀辩手奖。
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晋级世界学者杯耶鲁冠军赛
在大连举行的2024世界学者杯全球赛上，启明星学生共捧回18座奖杯，摘得98枚金牌和74枚银牌，其中8组启明星学生晋级WSC耶鲁冠军赛。鼓掌！
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国际青少年中文写作大赛获奖
暑期里，北皋校区小学中文增益项目的孩子们收到好消息：6位5年级同学在第三届国际青少年中文写作大赛中获奖：
赵小瑜获全球冠军、潘明诚获全球卓越奖，顾鹏远获中国内地赛区冠军，肖凯严获中国内地赛区季军，陈启维、孙德雯获中国内地赛区优异奖。
中文增益项目的指导老师柳慧说，孩子们只用了很短时间就完成了参赛文章，能取得这样的好成绩，得益于他们之前在中文增益项目中的大量阅读，还有对中国历史文化的深入探究。
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出战北京市青少年马术锦标赛
5年级学生赵小瑜爱好马术（场地障碍）。8月11日，她代表朝阳区出战2024北京市青少年锦标赛，获得90CM级别团体亚军，105CM级别个人第四名。
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完胜21公里半程马拉松！
7月27日，珊瑚少儿半程马拉松接力赛（崇礼站） 开跑。启明星7年级学生王睿辰和小伙伴们组成的星光跑队一举夺冠，完美收官21公里越野长跑！
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走进美国名校
7月28日至8月8日，启明星学生的首个大学访问团赴美访问了纽约、波士顿、费城等地的13所高校，包括普林斯顿大学、麻省理工学院、纽约大学、哈佛大学、哈弗福德学院、宾夕法尼亚大学等。
访问团由我们经验丰富的中学升学指导负责人Melissa Meltzer Warehall带队，Warehall老师曾任芝加哥大学招生副主任兼出版部总监，中学部教师郭紫音和10名学生随行。
大家参观大学校园，听取大学招生官和在校学生的介绍，并在每次访问后进行信息整理，为未来择校做好准备。访问期间，学生们也领略了当地文化。在纽约，他们乘船观看自由女神像；在波士顿，他们坐着鸭子船直驶查尔斯河游览历史遗迹；在费城，孩子们第一次打迷你高尔夫。他们还品尝了地道的美国美食。
Warehall 女士说，明年将规划一条完全不同的路线，前往北美西海岸，让学生有机会了解更多大学。
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设计“走近历史”的行程
这个暑假，10年级学生王康睿完成了一个非常有意义的实习项目！——为皇家亚洲学会等机构策划开发的行程完成可行性调研。
二战期间，美国飞虎队和空军与中国人民合作，在远东战场有力地打击了日本。王康睿调查的线路行程从北京开始，经过浙江，最后终止于中国西南，帮助沿着这条线路旅行的人们重拾1940年代中美合作对抗法西斯的历史。
7月23日至27日，王康睿前往浙江，围绕这条线路收集资料，进行实地考察，访问博物馆（见上图），完成了项目可行性的调研和路书草稿。
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参加GCI峰会
7月下旬，10年级学生胡敬恩（上图左二）作为GCI奖学金获得者，前往苏格兰参加Global Citizenship Initiative（GCI）峰会。
峰会期间，她和来自全球各地的几十位学生一起，在导师指导下，为在他们各自社区里设计和实现服务项目展开奇思妙想。胡敬恩的项目是为北京的孩子实施可持续发展课程，在孩子们心中埋下保护绿色星球的种子！
胡敬恩说，峰会上的小伙伴和导师从不同角度提出看法和建议，启发她从之前从没思考过的维度审视自己的项目，非常开阔眼界。
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入选首届力求改变的英才计划
7月15日到22日，首届力求改变的英才计划 （“FFC”）第一期学习峰会在哥伦比亚大学北京全球中心召开，来自全国10个省市的19位致力于解决紧迫社会问题和环境挑战的优秀高中生，参加了为期8天的沉浸式学习体验。
19名学生全部来自优秀的中学，是一众申请者中遴选出的佼佼者。启明星9年级学生黄吉瀚也入选其中。他作为年龄最小的学生之一，迅速适应环境，自信地在座谈中分享自己关于改善农村儿童口腔健康问题的探索，介绍自己执行相关项目的经验和体会。
在接下来为期一年的时间里，吉瀚将和同组伙伴参加FFC峰会论坛、线上学习课程和体验式学习，在导师指导下完成自己设定的社会创新项目。
开学了，启明星孩子的“酷”成长无限进行中，欢迎持续关注！
（文中学生年级均为2023-2024学年年级）
开学啦，你的新学年是什么颜色的？What is your color for the new school year?
欢迎Jonah Olken-Dann：熟悉中国又富有责任感的新任中学校长！Welcome Our New Secondary School Executive Principal!
This summer was scorching, but no attempt to keep cool can match how cool our students are!
The students at Daystar never stop exploring, even during summer vacation. They are always doing cool things, and this year is no exception!
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Winning Champion atthe HarvardDebate Council Summer Camp
Most participants in the Harvard Debate Council's public forum summer workshop are local American students, and they must pass a resume screening process to attend.
Daystar’s 9th graders Tony Lin, Evan Hsu and Nigel Xu all secured spots in the camp, and all threeadvanced to the top 14.
Evan Hsu teamed up with local American students and, after 12 rounds of competition, won thechampion in the Public Forum Debate!
He said, "The other debaters had a solid foundation in debating, and at first, I just wanted to learn from them. I never thought I would win! I think my achievement is mainly due to the training with my school's debate team and following proper practice methods!"
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Winning the TOC ASIA National Debate Championship
TOC ASIA held the finals for the Summer Nationals Online, and three of our secondary school students participated. They all achieved remarkable results:
9th grader Evan Hsu teamed up with students from other schools and wonthe high school division Championship in Public Forum Debate and also received the Outstanding Speaker Award.
8th graders Carson Yuan and Maimai Li advanced to thequarterfinals of the middle school divisionin Public Forum Debate and were also recognized asOutstanding Speakers.
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Advancing to the Yale Championship
of the World Scholar's Cup
At the 2024 World Scholar's Cup (WSC) global competition held in Dalian,our students brought home 18 trophies, won 98 gold medals, and 74 silver medals, with 8 teams advancing to the WSC Yale Championship.Applause!
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Winning Awards in the Global ChineseWriting Contest for Young Writers
During the summer, students from the Chinese Enrichment Program at Beigao campus received good news: six 5th graders won awards in the 3rd Global Chinese Writing Contest for Young Writers:
Sofia Zhao was achampionin the Global Awards category , Mingcheng Pan received anexcellence awardin the Global Awards category, Leo Gu was achampionin the Chinese Mainland Awards category, Michael Xiao wonthird placein the Chinese Mainland Awards category, and Will Chen and Yoyo Sun receivedmerit awardsin the Chinese mainland Awards category.
The Chinese Enrichment Program teacher Liu Hui said that the students had completed their competition essays in a short time, and their success was due to the extensive reading they did in the program and their deep exploration of Chinese history and culture.
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Competing in the Beijing Youth
Equestrian Championship
5th grader Sofia Zhao loves equestrian sports (show jumping). On August 11, she represented Chaoyang District in the 2024 Beijing Youth Equestrian Championship, winning second place in the 90cm team event and fourth place in the 105cm individual event.
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Completing a 21-kilometerHalf Marathon!
The Coral Trail Children's Half Marathon Relay (Chongli Station) took place on July 27. Daystar 7th grader Vanessa Wang and his teammates formed the Starlight Running Team. They successfully completed the 21-kilometer cross-country race, winning the championship!
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Visiting Universities in the United States!
From July 28 to August 8, the first university visit group from Daystar Academy traveled to the United States, visiting 13 universities in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, including Princeton University, MIT, New York University, Harvard University, Haverford College, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The tour was led by Melissa Meltzer Warehall, the highly experienced Secondary School Head of College Counseling at Daystar. Mrs. Warehall is a former Assistant Director of Admissions and Director of Publications at the University of Chicago. She was accompanied by Secondary School teacher Ms. Catherine Guo and 10 students.
The group toured university campuses, heard from university admissions officers and current students, and conducted information summaries after each visit to better prepare for future school selection. They also participated in leisure activities in each of the cities. In New York, they took a boat cruise to see the Statue of Liberty, in Boston, they toured the historic sites in a Duck Boat that drove directly into the Charles River, and in Philadelphia, the students played their first-ever round of miniature golf. They also experienced typical American fare including an Italian dinner in Boston’s North End and a BBQ lunch in New York. After a meal in New York’s Chinatown, they enjoyed ice cream at the famous Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.
Mrs. Warehall mentioned that next year's visit will be planned with a completely different route to theWest Coast of North America,to give students the opportunity to learn about more universities.
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Designing a Historical Hiking Route
This summer, 10th grader Kerry Wang completed a very meaningful internship project! The project focused on conducting a feasibility study for a hiking route being developed for organizations such as the Royal Asiatic Society.
During World War II, the U.S. Flying Tigers and Air Force worked with the people of China to effectively combat Japanese forces in the Far East theater. The hiking route starts in Beijing, passes through Zhejiang, and ends in southwestern China. As they follow the trail, hikers can reconnect with the history of Sino-American cooperation against fascism in the 1940s.
From July 23 to July 27, Kerry Wang traveled to Zhejiang to collect information on the route, conduct field research（please see above pictures）, complete a feasibility study and draft a route map.
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Attending the GCI Summit
In late July, Daystar 10th grader Kelly Hu attended the Global Citizenship Initiative (GCI) Summit in Scotland as a GCI Scholarship recipient.
During the summit, she and dozens of students from around the world were guided by mentors as they brainstormed ways to design and implement service projects in their respective communities. Kelly's project was to implement a sustainable development course for children in Beijing and plant the seed of protecting our planet in their hearts!
Kelly mentioned that her peers and mentors at the summit provided a variety of insights and suggestions that inspired her to view her project in ways she had never considered before and helped to broaden her vision for the project.
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Being Selected for the FirstFellowship for Change Cohort
The inaugural Fellowship for Change (FFC) took place at the Columbia Global Center Beijing from July 15 to July 22. Nineteen outstanding high school students from 10 provinces and cities across the country participated in an 8-day immersive learning experience. These students are dedicated to solving pressing social and environmental challenges.
The 19 students were selected from a large pool of applicants who attend excellent schools. Daystar 9th grader Huang Jihan was one of those selected.As one of the youngest students in attendance,he quickly adapted and confidently shared about his exploration into improving oral health issues experienced by rural children during the discussion. He also introduced his experiences and insights from related projects.
Over the next year, Jihan will participate in FFC summit forums, online courses and experiential learning with his team as he is guided by mentors to complete his social innovation project.
School Starts Again, and the "Cool" Growth of Daystar students Continues. Stay Tuned!
(All student grades mentioned are for the 2023-24 school year.)
开学啦，你的新学年是什么颜色的？What is your color for the new school year?
欢迎Jonah Olken-Dann：熟悉中国又富有责任感的新任中学校长！Welcome Our New Secondary School Executive Principal!