万双网讯  10月30日上午，美国芒兹帕克学院（Mounds Park Academy，简称MPA）总校长Dr. Lori-Anne Brogdon、高中部校长Mark Segal、万科梅沙书院校长窦连辉一行到访深圳市万科双语学校。万科梅沙书院校长助理郭润尘、行政专员王一羽同行。我校杨帆校长、周金凤主任、牛楚原老师陪同并参与座谈。

On the morning of October 30th, Dr. Lori-Anne Brogdon, Head of School of Mounds Park Academy (MPA) in the United States; Mark Segal, Upper School Principal; and Dou Lianhui, Head of Vanke Meisha Academy, visited Shenzhen Vanke Bilingual School. Guo Runchen, Assistant to the Head of Vanke Meisha Academy, and Wang Yiyu, Administrative Specialist, accompanied them. Our Principal Yang Fan, Director Zhou Jinfeng, and Teacher Niu Chuyuan accompanied them and participated in a discussion.

芒兹帕克学院位于美国明尼苏达州圣保罗市，1982年建校，是一所PreK-12独立私校，现有约570名学生，在明尼苏达州私立学校中位列第二。校训简短而有力：“Dream Big. Do Right.”

Mounds Park Academy is located in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Founded in 1982, it is a PreK–12 independent private school with about 570 students and ranks second among private schools in Minnesota. Its motto is brief and powerful: “Dream Big. Do Right.”

参观校园时，嘉宾一行来到架空层活动游戏区。Brogdon校长被AI互动游戏屏吸引，兴致勃勃地邀请身旁两位校长一同体验投球游戏。她玩得专注投入、活力十足，并称赞互动体验很好，现场气氛也随之轻松热闹起来。

During the campus tour, the guests came to the covered ground-floor activity and game area. Dr. Brogdon was attracted by an AI interactive game screen and excitedly invited the two principals beside her to try the ball-throwing game together. She played with focus and energy, praised the interactive experience, and the atmosphere became relaxed and lively.

上午九点，正值一至六年级大课间。跑操的孩子们看到操场边的美国校长，一边跑一边大方地招手问候：“Hello, teacher!”校长们又来到跳绳的低年级孩子中间，看着孩子们随跳绳的节奏轻盈起落，一张张小脸上洋溢着专注与兴奋。有的孩子一边好奇张望一边继续跳着；有的则停下来，仰起脸望着笑容可掬的美国校长，大方地互动击掌。伴着欢快的音乐，嘉宾们也做起拉伸运动，与孩子们共享美好的运动时光。

At 9 a.m., it was the morning recess for Grades 1–6. The children doing running exercises saw the American principals by the playground and waved and greeted them cheerfully while running: “Hello, teacher!” The principals then walked among the younger children who were jumping rope, watching them rise and fall lightly to the rhythm, their little faces beaming with concentration and excitement. Some children kept jumping while looking on curiously; others stopped, looked up at the smiling American principals, and happily exchanged high-fives. Accompanied by cheerful music, the guests also did some stretching exercises and shared a wonderful time exercising with the children.

随后，嘉宾一行来到创客工坊参观。工坊里陈列着孩子们在多学科融合探究中设计的PBL项目作品。Brogdon校长在一份汽车介绍资料前停下脚步——那是八年级新能源汽车项目的学习资料。她仔细阅读其中的汽车发展史，并讲起小时候家里的汽车以及父亲送给她的第一辆车，笑言那或许是她对汽车和机械热爱的起点。Brogdon校长童年记忆中的汽车，与孩子们眼前的新能源汽车项目，在这一刻形成了生动的时空呼应。

The guests then visited the Maker Workshop. The workshop displayed PBL project works designed by the children through interdisciplinary inquiry. Dr. Brogdon stopped before an introduction to cars—learning material for the eighth-grade new energy vehicle project. She carefully read the history of automobile development and talked about her family’s car when she was a child and the first car her father gave her, joking that it might have been the starting point of her love for cars and machinery. In that moment, the cars in Dr. Brogdon’s childhood memories formed a vivid echo across time and space with the children’s new energy vehicle project before them.

在人工智能教室，七年级学生正在上设计课。孩子们围绕汽车的组成与拼装展开探究，尝试让小车动起来。Brogdon校长对此很感兴趣，她坐到学生身边观看零件组装。学生自信大方地用英语与校长交谈，话题从生活、作业延伸到兴趣爱好和科学概念，话匣子一打开便收不住，对话流利自然，师生都沉浸其中。另一边，Segal校长和窦校长也饶有兴致地观看学生操作，不时与学生交谈，询问他们对小车行驶的思考和对“系统”概念的理解。

In the AI classroom, seventh-grade students were having a design class. The children explored the composition and assembly of cars and tried to make small cars move. Dr. Brogdon was very interested and sat beside the students to watch them assemble parts. The students spoke confidently and naturally with the principal in English. Their topics ranged from daily life and homework to hobbies and scientific concepts; once they started talking, they could not stop, and both teachers and students were immersed in the conversation. On the other side, Principal Segal and Principal Dou also watched the students’ operations with great interest, talking with them from time to time and asking about their thoughts on how the small car ran and their understanding of the concept of these“systems.”

嘉宾一行还依次参观了一年级的拼音课堂和九年级的自主学习课。在艺术教室，孩子们正在学习艺术家徐冰的人造字——这是一种将英文字母重新组合成汉字方块形态的书写系统。临别时，七年级学生送上特意为嘉宾准备的作品，学生在作品中用人造字的方式写下了芒兹帕克学院和梅沙书院的校训。随后，校长们来到图书馆，二年级学生正在上阅读课。看到美国校长，孩子们一下子围了上来，有的问“你来自哪里”，有的说“给你看这本书”。Segal校长兴致盎然地与孩子们互动。孩子们的热情与校长的笑意交织在一起，为校园增添了一抹生动而温暖的亮色。

The guests also visited, in turn, a first-grade Pinyin class and a ninth-grade independent learning class. In the art classroom, the children were learning artist Xu Bing’s “Square Word Calligraphy”—an artificial writing system that recombines English letters into square Chinese-character forms. At departure, seventh-grade students presented works specially prepared for the guests; in these works, the students wrote the mottos of Mounds Park Academy and Meisha Academy in this artificial script. The principals then went to the library, where second-grade students were having a reading class. Seeing the American principals, the children immediately gathered around; some asked, “Where are you from?” and others said, “Let me show you this book.” Principal Segal interacted with the children with great interest. The children’s enthusiasm and the principals’ smiles intertwined, adding a vivid and warm touch.

随后的座谈会上，我校学生代表、教师代表与美方嘉宾进行了交流。学生代表蒋欣桐、潘光量、毛懿睿、杨静怡分别提出了自己的问题。问及美国学校最看重培养学生的何种品质，Brogdon校长的回答是批判性思维：独立思考，不被外界评价左右，能自己决定人生。Segal校长补充，同样重要的是“不被任何人定义”。这与万双的日常实践不谋而合——我们同样在鼓励孩子保持好奇心、敢于提问、独立思考，树立自己的远大理想目标，在项目式学习中锻炼解决问题的能力和创造力。

At the subsequent discussion meeting, our school’s student and teacher representatives exchanged views with the American guests. Student representatives Jiang Xintong, Pan Guangliang, Mao Yirui, and Yang Jingyi each asked questions. When asked what quality American schools value most in cultivating students, Dr. Brogdon answered: critical thinking—independent thinking, not being swayed by external evaluations, and being able to decide one’s own life. Principal Segal added that equally important is “not being defined by anyone.” This coincides with Vanke Bilingual School’s daily practice—we likewise encourage children to stay curious, dare to ask questions, think independently, set ambitious goals, and develop problem-solving skills and creativity through project-based learning.

在教师代表提问环节，张嘉来老师就芒兹帕克学院爵士乐团的演出机会提问，Brogdon校长介绍，学校会联系俱乐部演出，校内餐厅与咖啡馆也可供学生表演。谈到美国学校的i-Term——整周做研究、零分数、学生自选，李润泽老师也介绍了我校探究式学习与项目式学习。中西学校路径不同，思考的都是如何让孩子在真实情境中学会自主研究。武奕含老师就个体与社会学科的课堂组织、学生协作进行提问，Brogdon校长介绍说，高中开设社会学、法学、政治学等学科，学生在小组讨论中共同完成协作任务。杨校也介绍了我校的做法：开设经济学、哲学、历史等课程，鼓励学生走进博物馆，在全球背景下探讨议题。

During the teacher representative Q&A session, Teacher Zhang Jialai asked about performance opportunities for Mounds Park Academy’s jazz band. Dr. Brogdon explained that the school arranges performances with clubs, and the on-campus cafeteria and café are also available for student performances. Speaking of the American school’s i-Term—a full week of research with no grades, and student-chosen topics—Teacher Li Runze also introduced our school’s inquiry-based learning and project-based learning. Chinese and Western schools take different paths, but both are thinking about how to help children learn to conduct independent research in real-world contexts. Teacher Wu Yihan asked about classroom organization and student collaboration in Individuals and Societies. Dr. Brogdon explained that the high school offers sociology, law, political science, and other subjects, and students complete collaborative tasks together in group discussions. Principal Yang also introduced our school’s approach: offering economics, philosophy, history, and other courses, encouraging students to visit museums, and discussing issues in a global context.

活动最后，嘉宾一行来到剧场，与全体九年级同学见面交流。窦连辉校长鼓励同学们：要尽早在自己擅长的方向上发展自己，持之以恒地去努力。这番寄语既是对九年级同学的勉励，也为本次交流画上了温暖而有力的句号。愿同学们带着中西融合的国际视野，在热爱的赛道上坚定前行，在真实的情境中努力探究，成长为更好的自己。

At the end of the event, the guests went to the theater to meet and exchange with all of the ninth-grade students. Principal Dou Lianhui encouraged the students to develop themselves as early as possible in the direction you are good at and persevere in your efforts. This message was both encouragement for the ninth-grade students and a warm and powerful conclusion to the exchange. May the students carry an international perspective that integrates Chinese and Western elements, move forward steadfastly on the track they love, strive to explore in real-world contexts, and grow into better versions of themselves.

资料提供：王子玮

翻译：夏尚汝

翻译校对：Timothy Beers

初审：王子玮

复审：陈诺斯

终审：周金凤

排版：马葳