团结日：在一起，我们就更有力量！

5月13日，艾毅教育集团年度盛典团结日暨启明星学校建校20周年，在启明星学校北皋校区盛大登场！

来自艾毅教育集团和旗下14个校区的社区成员齐聚北皋校园。

源于庆祝启明星加入艾毅的团结日，让所有社区成员又一次体验到“大家在一起”的幸福感和力量：

重头活动以纪念启明星建校20周年的火炬接力开场——

20位学生在家长志愿者陪伴下，接力传递“火炬”，寓意建校20年的启明星核心价值观和传统累月经年，传承不断。

在艾毅教育集团总裁、启明星学校执行校董许尚杰带领下，来自艾毅各个校区的成员绕场游行。这是团结日的传统项目，象征艾毅各个社区依循共同的方向汇聚、前行……

达人秀从来都是团结日的重头戏。小演员们来自艾毅的各个校区——启明星北皋、三里屯和泉发校区；艾毅集团三里屯校区、三元桥校区、卓锦校区、新城国际校区，还有远道而来的天津生态城校区的小朋友！

孩子们的节目可以用“斑斓”形容：器乐演奏、舞蹈、演唱、戏剧、诗歌朗诵、社会创新项目演讲、还有科学实验！

你也许会稀奇：演出里怎么还会有科学实验展示和社会创新项目演讲？因为，这是团结日“多元和合 勠力同德”主题的体现，也是艾毅教育集团和启明星教育理念所倡导的——不拘一格是宝贵的意识和品质，我们鼓励学生勇敢探索并表达自己的热爱与理想，并为学生提供这样的机会和舞台。

北皋校区4年级学生顾鹏远向大家讲述自己的科学实验。三里屯校区3年级学生张恩雅关注流浪动物问题，她介绍了自己研究的产生流浪动物的原因，还有自己和小伙伴怎样为流浪动物打造了庇护所。

前来为演出助阵的，还有启明星家长合唱团和启明星家长舞团，以及另类摇滚Fluflafen乐队。精彩的演出一次次将现场气氛推向高潮……

团结日也展示了全社区为身边带来积极改变的坚持和用心。

在现场可以看到，不少学生和家庭为启明星长久支持的慈善项目开展的活动。

扶助孤残儿童成长和学习的仁育苑和启明星有着常年合作。团结日上，他们的摊位被安排在主舞台旁。启明星的家长和学生帮忙现场运营和宣传，为仁育苑进行义卖。仁育苑的老师说，接下来，会把精力和资源投入仁育苑在甘肃等外省分的项目中去，去支持那里留守儿童的学习和心理辅导。

朱晨昊是另一位常年接受启明星社区辅助的孩子。2019年，启明星筹集善款帮助他完成了心脏移植手术，并在继续为他筹款支付常年服药的费用——11年级学生在团结日现场售卖有机草莓、1C班家长编织手工饰品义卖并代卖朱晨昊自己做的手工艺品……

其实，5月8日到12日，启明星举行了2022-23学年度的 “力求改变的一周”，北皋和三里屯校区学生通过各自的行动，为各自支持的慈善项目或机构募集善款：

三里屯校区的学生前往最近的三里屯社区，向大家介绍流动儿童基金会，为他们筹款；北皋校区的中学生在Rotary Club of Beijing赞助的体育嘉年华上通过运动项目筹款；小学生参加慈善义跑募款。

所有这些善意的行动在团结日达到高潮。孩子们一周的努力，加上团结日现场设摊机构的捐赠，总共为如下机构募得善款：

为身边世界持续带来积极的改变并不容易，但殊为可贵的是坚持不懈。艾毅和启明星教育所培养的，就是拥有如此胸怀和能力的世界公民。我们坚信这样的目标正在实现，不单因为我们走在正确的道路上，还因为我们身后还有一直在一起的、团结共进的整个社区！

再次感谢给予团结日活动支持的每一个你！家长、学生、老师、学校和集团各个部门的同事，还有到场的每一位客人！期待明年团结日和大家再相见！

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On May 13, Ivy Education Group’s annual Unity Day and Daystar Academy’s 20th-anniversary celebrations kicked off at Daystar Beigao Campus.

Community members from Ivy Education Group and the 14 Ivy schools gathered at Daystar Beigao Campus.

Unity Day, an annual event celebrating Daystar’s incorporation into Ivy Group, once again brought everyone together and reminded us of the strength of unity:

The torch relay was the highlight of the opening ceremony and was used to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Daystar’s founding.

Accompanied by parent volunteers, 20 students passed the torch, symbolizing the passing on of Daystar’s core values and traditions over the past 20 years.

Led by Jack Hsu, Chairman of Ivy Education Group, members from Ivy schools marched around the venue—a Unity Day tradition that represents the unity of Ivy communities as they move forward in the same direction.

Daystar’s Got Talent has long been a highlight of Unity Day. This year, we enjoyed three hours filled with 37 excellent shows. The talented performers came from the Daystar Beigao, Sanlitun, Quanfa, Ivy Sanlitun, Sanyuanqiao, Orchid Garden, and Central Park campuses in Beijing and Eco-city Campus in distant Tianjin.

The children presented a variety of colorful performances including instrumental music performances, dance, singing, drama, poetry reading, Social Innovation Program speeches, and scientific experiments!

You might be wondering: Why were scientific experiments and Social Innovation Program speeches in the show? The answer is that these activities align with the Unity Day theme of Diversity and Unity and represent the educational philosophy advocated by Ivy and Daystar. The freedom to express oneself is precious. We encourage students to bravely explore and express their passions and dreams while providing them with opportunities and stages to make this expression possible.

Leo Gu, a Grade 4 student from Daystar Beigao Campus, explains his scientific experiment to the attendees. Enya Zhang, a Grade 3 student from Daystar Sanlitun Campus, introduced why she decided to research the reason for stray animals and how she and her friends built a stray animal shelter.

We also invited the Daystar Parents Choir, Daystar Parents Dance Club, and the alternative rock band Fluflafen to make the show even more exciting.

Unity Day also demonstrated the persistence and sincerity of the communities in making a positive difference in the world around them.

At the event, we saw students and parents engage in activities to support Daystar’s traditional charity programs.

Our Learning House, a charity institution that helps orphans and children with disabilities, has been a Daystar partner for many years. This year, their booth was next to the main stage. Daystar parents and students helped them manage the booth and hold charity sales. The teachers from Our Learning House told us that they plan to devote more resources and time to projects in Gansu and other provinces to help the left-behind children there receive a better education and mental health support.

Zhu Chenhao has also been a beneficiary of Daystar community service over the years. In 2019, Daystar raised funds to help cover the cost of his heart transplant and continued to raise funds to pay for his medication after the surgery. During Unity Day, Grade 11 students sold organic strawberries and parents of students in the 1C Class sold handicrafts they had made as well as those made by Zhu Chenhao.

The 2022-2023 Week for Change was held from May 8 to May 12. Students at the Daystar Beigao and Sanlitun campuses raised funds for their chosen charity projects and organizations:

Students at Sanlitun Campus went to the nearest community, Sanlitun, to introduce the work being done by MCF and raise funds for MCF schools. Secondary school students at Beigao Campus raised funds during the sports carnival sponsored by Rotary Club of Beijing, while elementary school students participated in a charity race.

All of these philanthropic endeavors culminated on Unity Day. The entire week of student effort, combined with the booths and stalls set up on Unity Day, raised a considerable amount of support for the following organizations:

Making a positive difference in the world around us is certainly not an easy task, but it is extremely meaningful. We at Ivy and Daystar endeavor to cultivate open-minded and capable world citizens. We believe this goal is being achieved, not only because we are on the right track, but also because we are backed by a community that is united with us.  

We would like to once again thank everyone for supporting Unity Day: Thank you to the parents, students, teachers, Ivy and Daystar staff, and all of the guests who attended. We look forward to seeing you on Unity Day next year!

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