03.26 校長(zhǎng)信 Principal's Newsletter 丨瑞得福國(guó)際學(xué)校超級(jí)學(xué)術(shù)夏令營(yíng)

深圳瑞得福學(xué)校將于7月4日至7月29日舉辦一期活力滿滿、激勵(lì)人心的超級(jí)學(xué)術(shù)夏令營(yíng)。

Academics at RDFIS: Super Summer Camp

RDFIS學(xué)術(shù)動(dòng)態(tài)：超級(jí)學(xué)術(shù)夏令營(yíng)

RDFIS will be offering a dynamic, inspiring, and highly motivating Academic Super Summer Camp starting on July 4th and ending on July 29th. During the camp, participants will improve their critical thinking skills, become better English speakers and writers, learn new skills and habits of mind that will give them a leg up on the 2022-2023 Academic School Year, and much more! And to think that all of this will occur as they make new friends and have fun!

深圳瑞得福學(xué)校將于7月4日至7月29日舉辦一期活力滿滿、激勵(lì)人心的超級(jí)學(xué)術(shù)夏令營(yíng)。在夏令營(yíng)期間，同學(xué)們將能提升自身的批判性思維技能，成為更好的英語(yǔ)演說(shuō)者和寫作者，學(xué)習(xí)新的技能和思維習(xí)慣。這個(gè)夏令營(yíng)將幫助大家在2022-2023學(xué)年取得更大進(jìn)步!在同學(xué)們結(jié)交新朋友、獲得新樂趣時(shí)，所有的這些目標(biāo)都會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)!

The camp is open to students that will be entering grade 7, grade 12, and every grade in between. While the details are still being arranged to ensure that the camp is well-organized and effectively designed, the teachers are already in place and the following details can be shared:

夏令營(yíng)將對(duì)7到12年級(jí)的同學(xué)開放。具體細(xì)節(jié)仍在計(jì)劃安排中，我們將確保整個(gè)夏令營(yíng)活動(dòng)組織良好，課程設(shè)計(jì)有效。與此同時(shí)，夏令營(yíng)的教師已經(jīng)協(xié)調(diào)到位，以下是可供大家查看的部分確定信息：

CAMP LOCATION is RDF’s beautiful and newly renovated campus

CAMP DAYS are from Sunday through Friday, where students arrive on Sunday and return home on Friday.

ACADEMIC TOPICS INCLUDE English Writing and Speaking; Math SAT Prep; TOEFL; Leadership and Public Speaking; Applied Mathematics and Computational Tools; Conversational English; and Great Works of Chinese Literature.

NON-ACADEMIC activities that are fun, enriching, team-building, and conducive to students having greater all-around success will be offered.

夏令營(yíng)舉辦地是瑞得福新裝修的美麗校園

夏令營(yíng)的開營(yíng)時(shí)間是從星期天到星期五，參加的學(xué)生在星期天到達(dá)學(xué)校，星期五回家。

學(xué)術(shù)主題包括英語(yǔ)寫作和口語(yǔ);SAT預(yù)備數(shù)學(xué);領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力和公共演講;應(yīng)用數(shù)學(xué)和計(jì)算工具;會(huì)話英語(yǔ);以及中國(guó)文學(xué)名作鑒賞。

同時(shí)將提供趣味十足、豐富多彩、團(tuán)隊(duì)合作、有利于學(xué)生更好發(fā)展的非學(xué)術(shù)活動(dòng)。

Because spaces are limited, registration will occur on a first come, first served basis. Stay tuned for registration dates and further details. You won’t want to miss out on this tremendous opportunity!

由于參加名額有限，報(bào)名將以先到先得的方式進(jìn)行。請(qǐng)繼續(xù)關(guān)注報(bào)名日期和之后的詳細(xì)信息。您一定不想錯(cuò)過(guò)這個(gè)絕佳機(jī)會(huì)。

Spotlight: Nick Vest

本期焦點(diǎn): 藝術(shù)老師Nick Vest

Full Name:Nicholas (Nick) Frank Vest

Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)

Grew up in: Lititz, Pennsylvania

Favorite Hobby:Playing golf

Favorite Place: Georgia (the country)

Great Admirer of:Philosophy

姓名：Nicholas(Nick)Frank Vest

出生地：美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞州蘭開斯特市

成長(zhǎng)于：美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞州利蒂茨

最喜歡的愛好：打高爾夫球

最喜歡的作家：村上春樹

最喜歡的地方：格魯吉亞(國(guó)家)

最崇拜：哲學(xué)

What first brought you to China?

是什么(原因)讓您來(lái)到中國(guó)的?

After majoring in Fine Arts at the best ceramics program in the world (Alfred University), I got a Master’s in Fine Arts (ceramics) from Kansas State University. After graduate school, I taught for a year at Kansas State University. I then went to Europe for a year, which included six great months in Georgia. I returned to Philadelphia for 3 months where I was offered a chance to go with a friend to do a residency at a Ceramics Art Museum in Shangyu, Zhejiang.

在(阿爾弗雷德大學(xué))修完世界上最好的陶瓷項(xiàng)目(美術(shù)專業(yè))之后，我還獲得了堪薩斯州立大學(xué)的美術(shù)(陶瓷)碩士學(xué)位。研究生畢業(yè)后，我在堪薩斯州立大學(xué)任教一年。然后我去了歐洲，其中包括在格魯吉亞超級(jí)精彩的六個(gè)月。我回到費(fèi)城待了三個(gè)月，在那里我獲得了一個(gè)和朋友去浙江省上虞市的一家陶瓷藝術(shù)博物館駐地的機(jī)會(huì)。

How did you come to teach at RDF?

您是怎么來(lái)到瑞得福任教的?

I met my future wife, who is also a ceramics artist, in 2016 when I went to Jingdezhen to rent a studio to make artwork for an exhibition in Shanghai.Because Jingdezhen is the porcelain epicenter of the world and largest producer of porcelain and ceramics even still today, artists from all over the world want to go there to work. My wife and I started a residency for foreign professional artists and then a summer camp to help us pay for the residency. Once COVID struck,our residency program and camp had to pause. I then applied to teach here at RDF.

2016年，我去景德鎮(zhèn)租了一個(gè)工作室，為上海的一個(gè)展覽制作藝術(shù)品，在那里我遇到了我的妻子，她也是一名陶瓷藝術(shù)家。因?yàn)榫暗骆?zhèn)是世界瓷器的中心，也是迄今為止最大陶瓷生產(chǎn)地，世界各地的藝術(shù)家都想去那里工作。我和妻子為外國(guó)專業(yè)藝術(shù)家開辦了一個(gè)駐地項(xiàng)目，還舉辦了一個(gè)夏令營(yíng)，用來(lái)幫助我們支付自己的駐地項(xiàng)目費(fèi)用。新冠疫情爆發(fā)后，我們的駐地項(xiàng)目和夏令營(yíng)就暫停了。隨后我申請(qǐng)了在RDF教學(xué)的工作。

What is it about teaching that you find so alluring?

您覺得教學(xué)最吸引您的地方在哪里?

I have been surprised by how much I like teaching. I wasn’t sure how I’d like it. I can say that It has gone better than I expected. I like the energy of the students. I like that I get to rethink things that I haven’t thought about in some time. When you’re teaching you have to be sure that you can explain it bit by bit. I like seeing how the students understand and this in turns help me to fill in gaps in my own understanding.

我很驚訝我是如此喜歡教學(xué)。我曾經(jīng)不確定我會(huì)喜歡它。如今我可以說(shuō)我比我預(yù)想的更喜歡教學(xué)。我喜歡學(xué)生們的活力。我喜歡重新思索一些我已經(jīng)有很久沒思考過(guò)的事情。當(dāng)你在教學(xué)時(shí)，你必須確保你能一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地解釋它。我喜歡看到學(xué)生們是如何理解的，這反過(guò)來(lái)又幫助我填補(bǔ)了自己理解上的空白。

Why is art important to a school’s curriculum?

為什么藝術(shù)對(duì)我們的課程很重要?

Art should be in the curriculum because it fosters creative thinking. Art is, of course, open-ended. In art there is no predetermined end goal. Students must chart their own path and make their own goals. I think that art is more important for students than it is for the world. Of course, there are certain artists who have been very important, such as Picasso or Manet, who made real philosophical changes in the world through art. I would not make an argument that art in general is valuable in the way that medicine or science is, and rare is an artist who has a real effect on the culture outside of their community. Art making as a practiced skill however, can do for an individual what those rare artists due for the culture at large, which is why it is such an important thing to offer to students.

藝術(shù)應(yīng)該被納入學(xué)校課程，因?yàn)樗芘囵B(yǎng)創(chuàng)造性思維。當(dāng)然，藝術(shù)是開放的。在藝術(shù)中沒有預(yù)先確定的最終目標(biāo)。學(xué)生必須規(guī)劃自己的道路，制定自己的目標(biāo)。我認(rèn)為藝術(shù)對(duì)學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)比對(duì)世界更重要。當(dāng)然，也有一些非常重要的藝術(shù)家，比如畢加 索或馬奈，他們通過(guò)藝術(shù)使世界發(fā)生了真正的哲學(xué)變革。我不認(rèn)為藝術(shù)追求與醫(yī)學(xué)或科學(xué)同樣的實(shí)用價(jià)值，(我知道)能對(duì)他們所在社區(qū)之外的文化產(chǎn)生真正的影響的藝術(shù)家不多。然而，藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作作為一種實(shí)踐技能，可以陶冶個(gè)人從中獲得那些本應(yīng)由少數(shù)藝術(shù)家為整個(gè)文化提供的價(jià)值，這就是為什么藝術(shù)對(duì)學(xué)生如此重要。

What advice do you have for RDF parents?

您對(duì)RDF的家長(zhǎng)朋友有什么建議?

Think about your student as an individual, especially when it comes to thinking about college. Pay more attention to program fit than ranking or prestige. Of course, ranking matters—my undergraduate school had the best ceramics program in the world—but only if the ranking applies to your child. In other words,make sure the ranking fits what’s good for your student. I was accepted into the top graduate ceramics program, but I decided to go to another school for some very specific reasons. I am glad that I made that decision.

把您的孩子當(dāng)作獨(dú)立的個(gè)體，尤其是在考慮大學(xué)的時(shí)候。比起排名或聲望，更多地關(guān)注專業(yè)項(xiàng)目(對(duì)孩子的)適合度。當(dāng)然，排名很重要——比如我的本科學(xué)校有世界上最好的陶瓷課程項(xiàng)目——但前提是排名適合您的孩子。換句話說(shuō)，確保排名是有益于您孩子的學(xué)習(xí)的。我曾被一個(gè)最頂尖陶瓷研究生項(xiàng)目錄取，但由于一些很具體的原因，我選擇了去另一所學(xué)校就讀。我很高興我做出的那個(gè)決定。

What advice do you have for RDF students?

您對(duì)RDF的同學(xué)們有什么建議?

Read. When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I only read art theory and non-fiction. I thought I needed to learn a lot of facts. That was fine but I don’t read any of that stuff anymore. I only read novels now. I think you learn as much from fiction as you do from reading about facts. Read in your non-native language.Read in your native language. Seek books out that cover topics that you enjoy. If what you’re reading is tedious, just stop and find something else.

多閱讀!在我青春期末期和二十歲出頭的時(shí)候，我只讀藝術(shù)理論和非虛構(gòu)作品。我認(rèn)為我了解的事實(shí)越多越好。雖然確實(shí)如此，但我再也不怎么讀那些作品了。我現(xiàn)在只讀虛構(gòu)文學(xué)作品。我認(rèn)為閱讀虛構(gòu)文學(xué)作品中學(xué)到的東西和非虛構(gòu)作品學(xué)到的一樣多。既要閱讀非母語(yǔ)書籍，也要閱讀母語(yǔ)書籍。尋找涵蓋你所喜歡主題的書籍。如果你讀的東西很乏味，那就停下來(lái)找別的書來(lái)讀。

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