聚光，再启行 | 学院制，让每一束光被看见 SUIS-HF House System

过去两周，初中部的走廊里多了些不一样的颜色，绿、蓝、黄、红的手环在孩子们手腕上轻轻晃动，像四道小小的彩虹。从开学初的学院介绍到社团招募，从社区行动说明到入院仪式，老师们和孩子们进行了一系列紧锣密鼓的准备工作。

Over the past two weeks, the corridors of the secondary school have been brightened by a splash of colour, with green, blue, yellow and red wristbands bobbing gently on the pupils’ wrists, like four tiny rainbows. From the introduction to the houses at the start of term to club recruitment, and from briefings on community initiatives to the induction ceremony, teachers and pupils have been busy with a series of intensive preparations.

四大学院，四个“家”

Four Houses, Four ‘Homes’

学院制是什么？对于初中部的孩子来说，它不是一个遥远的概念，而是一个跨年级的“大家庭”。

What is the house system? For pupils in the secondary school, it is not some distant concept, but rather a ‘big family’ that spans all year groups.

和合（Harmonia）、和融（Nexus）、和煦（Lumina）、和臻（Apex）——四大学院，四种颜色，四种精神。绿色代表平衡，蓝色代表多元，黄色代表包容，红色代表创新。每个孩子都有自己的学院，有自己的导师，有自己的伙伴。在班级之外，他们还有一个可以被称为“我们”的地方。

Harmonia, Nexus, Lumina, Apex — four houses, four colours, four spirits. Green represents balance, blue represents diversity, yellow represents inclusivity, and red represents innovation. Every child has their own house, their own tutor and their own peers. Beyond the classroom, they also have a place where they can say ‘we’.

学院制将一点点填满孩子们的校园生活，导师们也不再只是学科老师，他们会和孩子们谈心，记录他们的闪光时刻，陪着他们慢慢长大，这些日常的、持续的、有温度的小事，会织成他们在协和初中部的成长图景。

The house system will gradually become an integral part of the pupils’ school life. Tutors will no longer be merely subject teachers; they will have heart-to-heart conversations with the pupils, record their shining moments, and accompany them as they grow up. These everyday, ongoing and heartfelt gestures will weave together the tapestry of their growth at SUIS-HF secondary school.

社团与校队：在这个家里，找到自己的兴趣

Clubs and School Teams:Finding Your Passion in This Family

校队宣讲和学生自主社团招募轮番上场，孩子们的眼睛亮亮的，有的盯着足球，有的看着木板纸偶社团，有的已经在和旁边的小伙伴商量着要一起组建一个什么样的社团。“人人有归属，周周有活动”，不是一句口号，将是每一周真实发生的画面。

With school team presentations and recruitment sessions for student-run clubs taking place one after the other, the children’s eyes sparkled: some were fixated on the football, others were looking at the wooden puppet club, whilst some were already discussing with their friends beside them what sort of club they might set up together. ‘A place for everyone, activities every week’ is not just a slogan; it will be a reality that unfolds every week.

社区行动：被温暖的孩子，也开始温暖别人

Community Initiative: Children Who Have Been Warmed Begin to Warm Others in Turn

在这个家里被温暖的孩子，也开始学着把温暖传递出去。八年级的孩子们这周有了一件“大事”——社区行动课程正式启动。孩子们将在老师的带领下，走进真实的生活，选题很多，方向很广，但最重要的，是让孩子们在真实的行动中，去感受“我能为这个世界做点什么”。走出校园，他们不只是学生，更是负责任的公民。而这份责任感，正是从学院这个小小的“家”里，一点点生长出来的。

The children who have been nurtured with warmth in this school community are now beginning to learn how to pass that warmth on to others. This week, the S8 pupils have a ‘major event’—the Community Action Programme has officially commenced. Under the guidance of their teachers, the children will engage with real-life situations. There are many topics to choose from and a wide range of directions to explore, but most importantly, the programme aims to enable the children to experience, through real action, the sense of ‘what I can do for the world’. Once they step outside the school gates, they are not merely pupils, but responsible citizens. And this sense of responsibility has grown, little by little, from within the small ‘home’ that is our school.

“聚光，再启行”：最动人的一幕

‘Spotlight, Set Off Once More’: The Most Moving Scene

那天，灯光暗下来，两个主持人站定。台下，孩子们戴着四色手环，安静地等待着。这是初中部“聚光，再启行”入院仪式的现场。

That day, as the lights dimmed, the two presenters took their places. In the audience, the children, wearing four-coloured wristbands, waited quietly. This was the scene at the secondary school’s ‘Spotlight: Setting Off Once More’ induction ceremony.

“德星一相聚，直有千载光。”每一个孩子都是一束光，汇聚在这里，便有了照亮彼此的力量。

“When the stars of virtue gather, their radiance shines for a thousand years.” Every child is a ray of light; when they come together here, they gain the power to illuminate one another.

校领导为导师们戴上绶带，那一刻，导师们的肩上多了一份责任，孩子们的眼里多了一份安心。各学院依次起立，喊出那句熟悉的口号。拉丁舞的热情，钢琴的优雅，在仪式中交织。9年级的老生代表站上台，把去年自己经历的故事讲给新生听。新生们则低下头，在心愿卡上写下对学院和自己的愿景，台上是守护者，台下是接班人，这便是一场安静的传承。

The school leaders placed sashes around the mentors’ shoulders; at that moment, a sense of responsibility settled upon the mentors’ shoulders, whilst a sense of reassurance shone in the pupils’ eyes. One by one, the various faculties rose to their feet and chanted the familiar slogan. The passion of Latin dance and the elegance of the piano intertwined throughout the ceremony. A representative from the S9 senior pupils took to the stage to share stories of their experiences from the previous year with the new pupils. The new students, meanwhile, bowed their heads and wrote down their visions for their college and for themselves on wish cards. On stage were the guardians; in the audience were the successors – and so unfolded a quiet passing of the torch.

笔尖在卡片上沙沙地响，偶尔抬起头，眼睛里闪着光，孩子们的第一份期待，将会被妥帖地收藏好，陪伴他们走过初中生涯。喻霞校长站在台上，说了很多温暖的话，她希望学院对孩子们而言，是一段有长度的陪伴，一份有温度的接纳，一片有宽度的天地和一种有韧度的底气。

The tip of the pen scratched softly across the card; occasionally she looked up, her eyes sparkling. The children’s first hopes would be carefully preserved to accompany them throughout their secondary school years. Principal Ms. Wendy Yu stood on the stage and spoke many heart-warming words; she hoped that the college would be, for the children, a lasting companionship, a warm welcome, a world of boundless possibilities, and a source of resilience.

新学年，一起走

Let’s Walk Together into the New Academic Year

这两周，孩子们经历了很多个“第一次”。第一次戴上学院手环，第一次在社团招募表上写下自己的名字，第一次为社区行动选题“争论不休”，第一次在心愿卡上认真写下对未来的期许。

Over the past two weeks, the children have experienced many ‘firsts’. It was their first time wearing their college wristbands, their first time writing their names on club recruitment forms, their first time ‘debating heatedly’ over topics for community initiatives, and their first time carefully writing down their hopes for the future on their wish cards.

学院制工作已经全面启动。未来的日子里，学院集会会继续，积分榜会每周更新，导师的谈心会按时进行，社团活动会在周二和周四的下午如约而至。这些细碎的日常，会一点点长成孩子们在协和初中部的成长记忆。

The house system has now been fully implemented. In the days ahead, house assemblies will continue, the leaderboard will be updated weekly, form tutor meetings will take place as scheduled, and club activities will go ahead as usual on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. These little everyday moments will gradually become part of the pupils’ memories of their time at SUIS-HF secondary school.

聚光，再启行。愿每一个孩子，都能在这里找到自己的光，也愿意为别人亮一盏灯。

Gather the light, and set out once more. May every child find their own light here, and may they, in turn, shine a light for others.