Subject Selection Information Afternoon P. 5

PREVIEW

Three Way Conferences P. 8

University Counselling P. 14

It has been very busy last few months at AIC. We are just finishing our self-study for the IB 5 Year Review, and will be receiving our IB visiting team on April 19th. They will be on site for three days assessing our Diploma Program. A number of parents and students will be invited to meet the IB visiting team members. If you would like to participate, please write to Bob at bdarwish@aicib.org .

The 5 Year Review is l ike a quali ty control when the IB visits to check the school whether is running the DP

By Bob DARWISH

program effectively. The visiting team at the conclusion of their visit normally highlights school strengths and recommends a set of suggestions to improve systems in place.

For Our Pre-Diploma Program (9 and 10) and students pursuing AIC high school d ip loma, we have s e t ou t t o a t t a i n accreditation from the Middle States Association (MSA) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). These accreditation bodies measure school programs, performance and systems to ensure high

quality education for all students attending schools, such as ours. They also ensure that school continuously improve and have action plans in place to provide students with quality education which meets the needs of its time. Accreditation validates the school’s education philosophy and program and gives it credibility as

Quality Control Check at AIC

Newsletter Issue 6 02schools have to adhere to strict standards held by accreditation agencies. Both of these accreditation agencies are approved by the US Department of Education and have thousands of schools as their members both in the US and internationally.

All stakeholders benefits from accreditation. Accreditation assures parents that the school is evaluated and that its programs meet highest standards; students are assured that their diplomas count as it validates transcripts and that they can attend universities of their choice; and schools are assured that they are providing quality education and have quality systems in place which have the best of the students at heart.

Accreditation is a lengthy process. It generally takes 2-3 years before a school receives accreditation. The first step in the accreditation process is to determine whether a school can apply for accreditation and is a legal entity in that sense. Once this is done then the school is asked to complete an application form detailing their academic programs, the systems they have in place to make sure these a c a d e m i c p r o g r a m s are delivered effectively, assessment and reporting s y s t e m s , i n f o r m a t i o n about teachers and their qualifications, professional development programs, health and safety standards and systems and so on. This takes several months to complete. The report along with supporting documents is sent for evaluation. Once the acc red i t a t ion bodies read and decide that the school is worthy of becoming a member, they send a member to visit the school and validate the information present in the documents submitted. The visitor writes s a detailed report and recommends the school as a candidate school or provides a set of changes to be made before it can become a candidate school; then comes the self-study and a final visit.

On January 19th, 2017 MSA sent their delegate and AIC was evaluated. Two weeks ago we received the good news that we will be moving on to our self-study and final visit. This indicates that the school has established very good education programs and systems for delivering these programs. We are proud of this achievement as this means that students attending our 4 year program (from Grade 9-12) will have a great advantage when applying to universities overseas, particularly in the US and Canada. For most universities in Canada and some in the US, our students won’t have to do the IELTS or TOEFL to prove their English proficiency.

WASC will most likely be conducting their visit with the IB visit in April and we are excited to have them on our campus. We believe learning is a life-long thing and these visits will only make our school a better place for all of us.

AIC 质量把控检查

过去的几个月，AIC 非常忙碌。我们马上就完成 IB 5 年复审的自我审查，并且将在 4 月 19日迎来 IB 复审团。他们将在学校进行为期 3 天的 DP 项目评估工作。我们也邀请了一些家长和学生与 IB 复审团的成员见面。如果你想参加，

潘娜 翻译

请发邮件至 bdarwish@aicib.org 与 Bob 联系。

IB 5 年复审就像是质量检测。IB 复审团会检查学校是否有效地实施 DP 项目。在考察结束时，复审团通常会表扬学校的优点，并提出一些整改建议。

对于我们的 PDP 项目（9 年级和 10 年级），以及想获得 AIC 毕业证书的学生，我们已经着手申请“美国中部院校联盟”（MSA）以及“美国西部院校联盟”（WASC）的认证。这些认证授

权机构从学校的教育项目、成绩以及系统等方面进行评判，以确保接受教育的学生，就像我们的学生一样，都能享受优质教育。同时，他们也要保证学校采取行动，不断提升，为学生提供满足现代要求的优质教育。获取认证就是对学校的教育理念和教育项目的确认和可信度的认可，因为获取认证的学校必须严格执行认证授权机构所制定的严格标准。这些认证授权机构由美国教育部授权，在美国及世界其他国家有成千上万的成员学校。

所有的利益相关者都能从认证中受益。认证能让家长确信学校是经过评估的，并且学校的项目满足了最高标准；认证能让学生确信他们的毕业证是有效的，他们的成绩报告单是有效的，并且他们能按自己的意愿进入大学学习；认证能让学校确信它们提供了优质教育，并且拥有“以学生为中心”的质量体系。

认证是个漫长的过程。一所学校通常需要 2 到 3 年才能获得认证。认证的第一步是确定学校是否有申请认证的资格，是否是合法的学校。然后，学校须按要求填写申请表格，表格内容包括学术课程、确保学术课程有效实施的支撑系统、学生评价系统、师资及任职资格、师资专业培训项目、健康和安全标准与系统等。这些需要几个月来完成。完成后，形成报告，并与支持文件一并提交认证机构评估。认证机构审阅所提交的文件之后，再决定提交文件的学校能否值得成为他们的成员。如果答案是肯定的，认证机构会派一名工作人员参观学校，并证实所提交文件上的信息是真实有效的。这名工作人员会写一份详细的报告，推荐这所学校成为候选学校，或者提供一些能使其成为候选学校的建议。接下来的工作就是学校自我审查和迎接认证机构的最终来访审核。

2017 年 1 月 19 日，MSA 派代表来 AIC 进行了评估。两周前我们收到了好消息——我们可以进行下一步，准备我们的自我审查和最终来访。这表明学校已经确立了良好的教育项目和推进这些项目的系统。我们很骄傲能有此成就，因为这意味着，在我们学校学习的学生（9 到 12 年级）在申请海外大学时有一定的优势，尤其是美国和加拿大的大学。对于加拿大的大部分大学和美国的部分学校，我们的学生不需要参加雅思或者托福考试来证明他们的英语语言能力。

WASC 极有可能在 4 月份和 IB 工作人员一起到访学校。我们非常高兴他们来参观和指定。我们相信学习是一件终生持久的事，这些机构的到访只能让我们学校好上加好。

About MSA: is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association that performs peer evaluation and regional accreditation of public and private secondary/high schools and elementary schools in the Mid-Atlantic United States and certain foreign institutions of American origin. Its headquarters are in Center City, Philadelphia.关于 MSA：是美国六大院校认证机构之一，成立于 1887 年，是一个非盈利性协会，总部位于费城。MSA 为公立学校、私立学校和教会学校等院校进行认证，服务的地区包括美国的特拉华、哥伦比亚、马兰里、新泽西、纽约、宾夕法尼亚，

还有海外的欧洲、非洲、中东和亚洲。

About WASC: is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has jurisdiction over the U.S. states of California and Hawaii, its territories of Guam, American Samoa and Northern Marianas Islands, in addition to the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Pacific Rim, East Asia, and areas of the Pacific and East Asia where American schools or colleges may apply to it for service.

关于 WASC：是美国教育部授权的为公立和私立学校、学院和大学进行认证的权威教育机构。它的认证宗旨是以教育为中心，且认证是有一定有效期限，学校需要不断进行改进来获得下一轮的认证。它的评鉴工作严谨公正，考查全面。具有它的认证证明学校的办学方向与理念正确，教育教学优质，也向社会提供了学校的信誉保障，具有权威性与荣誉性。

A G9 student sent me an email on Friday,17 February about the possible threat of an avian H7N9 influenza virus to our community, by the pigeons we keep on campus. What has impressed me is that the student cares about our community. That is a good example of an individual’s effort to build a caring community at AIC.

Caring is one of the IB Learner profile attributes. Caring students “show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others.”

As an IB school, the AIC community has been actively promoting caring behavior to all members of the community. The list of examples of caring behavior is long and growing. The senior students help junior ones with their learning and life on campus; male students help female students carry their heavy luggage to their dorms; fundraising on AIC Fun Day for Couleurs de Chine to help female students in remote villages of the Greater Miao Mountains access to education; participating in the Guangzhou Terry Fox Run – the fundraising event for local cancer research; buddy system helps new students to integrate into our community; the CAS service project provides students with an opportunity to help themselves by helping others, getting involved in community service; health talks increase students’ awareness of healthy lifestyles; the mentor system assists students in their academic and personal life on campus, giving students reasonable allowances for mistakes, concentrating more on what is done well than dwelling on past failures. Students are encouraged to fully participate in their classes through learning experiences that emphasize opportunities for recognition based on academic achievement and the IB learner profile.

Caring involves treating people with kindness, love, respect and generosity, helping people in need, and being sensitive to people’s feelings. Mencius，the famous Chinese philosopher, said: “He who loves others is constantly loved by them; he who respects others is constantly respected by them.”

With love and respect, we can work collaboratively to demonstrate caring actions and attitudes, and thus develop AIC into an embodiment of a caring community.

By David CAO

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Working together to Build a Caring Community

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2 月 17 日，星期五，一个 9 年级的学生给我发了一封邮件。在邮件中，他说校园里养的鸽子对我们可能有潜在威胁。因为它们有可能携带 H7N9 病毒，并且我们也可能被传染。令我印象深刻的是这个学生对我们社区的关爱。尽个体之力，努力将 AIC 建成一个充满关爱的社区，这位学生竖立了一个很好的榜样。

关爱是 IB 学习者培养目标之一。具有关爱特质的学生 “ 能够对他人的需要和感受表现出理解、同情和尊重 ”。

作为一所 IB 学校，AIC 社区一直对所有的社区成员倡导关爱行为。关爱行为的清单很长，并且一直在延伸。高年级的学生为低年级的学生提供学习和校园生活方面的帮助；男生帮助女生把重行李搬到宿舍。AIC 趣味日为 “ 中国色彩 ” 募捐，资助大苗山偏远山村的女学生重返校园；参加广州泰瑞·福克斯慈善义跑活动，为当地癌症研究组织募捐；“ 一帮一 ” 伙伴制度帮助新生更快地融入我们的社区 ; CAS 服务项目给学生提供了通过帮助他人，通过参与社区服务以提高自我的机会；学校每年举办的健康讲座旨在提高学生健康生活方式的意识。导师制在学业和生活方面给学生提供协助，合理地允许学生犯错，注重学生的进步，而不是抓住他们过去的失误不放。我们为学生提供以学术成就和 IB 培养者目标为认可导向的学习体验，并鼓励学生全身心地投入到课堂学习活动中。

关爱意味着需要对他人友善，爱护，尊重和慷慨，帮助需要帮助的人，以及照顾他人的感受。中国著名的哲学家孟子说过，“ 爱人者，人恒爱之；敬人者，人恒敬之 ”。

让我们心怀爱心和尊重，通过关爱的行动，关爱他人，把 AIC 建成一个充满关爱的社区！

共创充满关爱的社区

IB Diploma Subject Selection Information Afternoon for Grade 10 Students on March 17,

2017 @ 14:30 By Bob DARWISH

AIC would like to invite the current Grade 10 students and their parents to the Subject Selection Information Afternoon. The event is scheduled to start at 14:30 on March 17, 2017 in the Victor Hall. In this event Grade 10 students and their parents will learn about the IB Diploma Program and DP requirements.

Additionally, students and their parents will have the opportunity to talk to teachers and the University Counsellor informally at the end of the session to ask questions they may have. This event is organized so that students and parents are aware of the IB Diploma Program, the subjects we are offering next year and the process involved in making decisions about subject selection at AIC.

We would also like you to know that during March and early April, mentors, DP1 and DP2 students will share their knowledge and experience of the IBDP to help Grade 10 students with their subject choices as well. It is important for our Grade 10 students to listen to these informal conversations in their mentor groups, to ask questions they may have, and to utilize the support system at school to make well-informed decisions.

The current Grade 10 students will have to make their choices by April 28, 2017 and submit their completed forms. Once these forms are collected, every Grade 10 student will be required to meet with Bob to discuss her/his subject choices. The purpose of this activity is to check that the course chosen is possible and suitable for the individual student.

We are looking forward to seeing all the parents and our Grade 10 students on that day. Please, arrive early to make sure that you do not miss any important information.

10 年级 IB 课程选课信息会 时间：2017 年 3 月 17 号，下午 2 点 30 分

亚加达国际预科（AIC）邀请 10 年级的学生和家长参加于 3 月 17 日下午 2 点 30 分在学校 Victor Hall 举行的选课信息会。届时，我们将会为所有的 10 年级学生及家长详细介绍 IB 文凭课程以及完成文凭的学术要求。

另外，学生与家长有任何疑问，都可在会后咨询老师以及负责学生升学的 Jeremy 老师。这次举办信息介绍会的主要目的是让学生和家长更好地了解文凭课程（IBDP），学校在下个学年所开设的课程，以及选课的程序。

此外，在整个三月至四月初，我们的导师，DP1 年级和 DP2 年级的学长学姐们也会与 10 年级同学们分享有关 IBDP 课程的一些知识和个人体会，以帮助他们更好地选择适合自己的学科。在导师组进行分享时，10年级学生要认真倾听，提出问题，确保了解了足够的信息，并利用学校的支持系统做出选课的决定。

10 年级的同学们需要在今年 4 月 28 日前做好科目的选择，然后递交填写完整的选课表。 一旦提交，每个学生都必须分别与 Bob 老师就所选的课程进行面谈，其目的是再次确认同学们选定的课程是适合他们学习的，并且是最佳的选择。

我们期望所有的 10 年级学生及家长都能准时出席会议。如果可以的话，请尽量早点到，以防错失重要消息。

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Science Department

Practical:

In the Group 4 Experimental Sciences subjects - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Environmental Systems and Societies, there are assessed practices in the form of IAs (Internal Assessment). It is where students demonstrate their skills in designing, conducting, and evaluating an investigation. In Biology, this is worth 20% of their final assessment; 80% is based on the i r ex te rna l ly assessed examination. So, it is important students develop their practical skills in class.

Last week, Athicha and Jeremy led the DP2 Biology class, where students investigated the anatomy of the heart, via a dissection. In the experiment, the students needed to dissect a pig's heart.

Some of the tasks involved:

Working out where the atrium and ventricles are in the heart.

What is the heart’s surface like?

A description of the differences in properties between

the coronary arteries and veins.

Measuring the largest diameter of the Aorta and the Vena Cava.

The students enjoyed the fun of the experiment, yet gained a context to apply their existing knowledge and understanding.

科学学科组

做实验吧，心脏解剖课潘娜 翻译

在生物、化学、物理和环境系统与社会这 4门科学实验学科中，实验是内部评价的一种方式。在实验里，学生们展示他们的设计调查、实施调查和评估调查的才能。在生物里，这占他们总成绩的 20%，另外的 80% 是卷面考试也称外部评价。所以，在课堂上培养他们的实验技能是很重要的。

上周，AIC 生物教师 Athicha 和 Jeremy 引导 DP2 年级生物课的同学们进行了心脏的解剖实验。在该实验中，同学们需要解剖猪的心脏。

The heart dissection

他们的解剖任务包括：找出心房和心室；心脏的表面像什么；描述冠状动脉和静脉之间的属性差异；测量主动脉和腔静脉的最大直径。

同学们都很享受实验带来的乐趣，同时也有效地在实践中运用了现有的知识和理解。

Three Way ConferencesBy Bob DARWISH

Three Way Conferences are to share with parents in the presence of their children (issues related to progress in class and other school based activities) how successfully, or unsuccessfully, learning is proceeding in all subjects. The intention is to involve everyone (student parent and teacher) in an open and honest discussion. Because students are the learners whose learning is being discussed, and they should be the most important stakeholder in the learning process. Where there is a concern, it is hoped that the most important response comes from the student. This is also a chance for parents to find out the type of help that can offer that is in the best interests of the students. At the same time, teachers at AIC want to know what parents are thinking, and parents are encouraged at the Three-Way Conferences to be frank about their perception of the academic program as it affects their children.

The second semester Three Conferences are for students of IEP, Grades 9, 10 and DP1 students. DP2 students will have Two Way Conferences after their Mock Exams.

Please, make appointments via Parent Portal on Engage.

If for some reason you have not been able to use Parent Portal so far, please contact Shao Hao Wu at swu@aicib.org requesting for your log in and password. He will ensure you have the necessary information to log into Parent Portal to make appointments. Upon logging in you should see your son’s or daughter’s picture and under it a message which says “Book Parents Evening” (find below a sample screenshot). Simply click on the link and you will be redirected to the page which will let you book

appointments with teachers.

The Three Way Conference will be held on March 24 (13:00-20:00) & March 25 (10:00-14:00). Since each meeting is approximately 10 minutes long, you must also make sure that you are ready to talk to the teachers: come prepared with questions, concerns and comments you may have. In this way everyone will be able to gain the best from the meetings and your limited time will be well used

NOTE:

a) While we would like to see all students, students with an average of below 4.5 must make the effort to come and see all their teachers.

b) All international students must attend the 3 way conferences. If your parents are not here, you must make an appointment with your teachers and discuss your progress. We can try to arrange skype interviews with your parents at a time that is most convenient for your parents and teachers.

c) The deadline for making appointments is at 16:30 on March 23, 2017.

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教师家长学生三方会议曹旭东 翻译

举办教师家长学生三方会议目的是为了让家长更好地了解学生在学校里各科的学习进展情况，也借此提供机会让家长、孩子和老师有机会坐到一起沟通谈话。在谈及学生的学习情况时，学生是主体，也是学习过程中最重要的负责人，所以在谈及与学生密切相关的问题时，我们希望有学生自己的回应和反馈。此外，我们的老师也希望借此机会能更多地了解到家长的想法。在此我们诚挚欢迎家长前来三方会议，坦诚畅聊孩子的学习情况以及对我们学校的教育项目和教学的看法。

第二学期的三方会议只针对 IEP，9 年级，10 年级和 DP1 的学生。DP2 的学生将在模拟考试后参加两方会议。

请通过 Engage 上的家长端进行预约。

如果因为某些原因，您不能登录家长端，请通过邮件联系吴少昊获取您的登录名和密码，邮件地址为 swu@aicib.org。他会给您提供必要的信息以确保您能登录家长端进行预约。登录进去后，您会看到您儿子或女儿的相片，在下面有一个“家长会预约”的信息（如截图所示）。点击链接您就可以进入与老师预约的界面。

三方会议定于 03 月 24 号的下午 1 点至晚上 8 点以及 25 号的早上 10 点至下午 2 点。由于每位学生及家长和科目老师的谈话时间大约在十分钟左右，所以请学生们也做好充分的准备，

提前想好你想和老师沟通的问题或者疑虑。另外各个老师的预约时间最好不要太紧密连接，请留足够的时间好让家长跟各个老师都准时的交谈。

提示：

1．我们希望在三方会议上见到每一位学生，特别是成绩在 4.5 以下的同学，请一定要确保参加会议并和所有老师沟通。

2．所有的国际生也都要求参加这次会谈，如果父母不能前来学校，则学生自己要跟每位老师预约好并进行谈话。我们也欢迎国际生的家长能预约老师在合适的时间里进行 Skype 的面谈和交流。

3．和老师预约的截止时间是 2017 年 3 月23 日下午 4 点半。

Why is reading so important? By Chrys HILL

We all know that reading is important but we do not often pause to consider … why? What is it about reading that makes it so important that it becomes such a big part of our schooling right from the very first day? There are so many ways to answer this question because reading is an essential survival tool of our time. Reading signs and posters gives us instructions from how to get to places, to how we should live our lives. Just consider the amount of written instructions that we come into contact with

each day of our lives. We are informed what to use for what purpose and where we can get it. We read about places we want to visit and we read about how to get there. These are very practical uses of reading and are about how we function in the world. But what about recreational reading? Books. Reading for pleasure is just as important as reading instructions. Maybe even more so!

Reading is generally done in silence. Your brain is focused and not cluttered with competing distractions and it is this point that makes reading so important. It is like an open highway for the brain. Peddle to the floor, information is racing into our brains unobstructed. Ideas and different points of view have access to us and we can experience the thoughts of others about everything in and out of this world.

Through reading we become exposed to new things, new ideas, new information. This in turn helps us become better people, wiser people, people who are more likely to make good decisions.

Reading exposes you to imagination and empathy. You begin to explore things from different angles and to see things you thought you knew well in a completely different way. This helps give you the tools to get your own creative juices working and enables you to blend your knowledge with the knowledge of others. You start to link more and more things together in imaginative and creative ways. New solutions and new answers emerge; all because we take the time to just sit quietly somewhere to read and be with our thoughts.

One of the most astonishing things about reading is the subtle transition where you begin to merge with the book. A well written story can literally take us out of ourselves and transport us into someone else’s world. While we are reading a story we briefly join ourselves with the mind of the author. We feel as they do, we hope as they do and we experience as they experience. I am hugely grateful for the privilege of being able to share moments of fantasy or penetrating insight in the company of some of my favourite authors. How else could I visit the ‘Invisible Cities’ or experience the passionate anxiety of 16th century Istanbul artists without ‘flying Calvino or Pamuk airlines’.

I have ‘dreamed’ the world and experienced amazing things with only a good book as my ticket.

阅读为什么如此重要？潘娜 翻译

我们都知道阅读很重要，但是我们很少停下来想一想这是为什么呢？是什么让阅读如此重要，以至于从上学第一天开始，阅读就是学业的一个重大部分。我们可以从多个方面来回答这个问题。因为在现代，阅读是一个基本生存工具。读指示牌和海报能

让我们获得一些信息，比如我们要去哪里，或者我们该如何生活。阅读能让我们知道为了到达目的，我们需要什么东西以及从哪里能得到这些东西。我们阅读我们想去游览的地方的相关信息以及如何去到那里。这些是阅读的实际用处，也是关于我们在世界上该如何活动。娱乐性阅读呢？书籍。为娱乐而读书和为获得指引而读书一样重要，或许更重要！

阅读通常是无声的。你的大脑高度集中，心无旁骛。这也是为什么阅读如此重要。它就像为大脑开放的高速公路。一踩油门，信息毫无障碍地涌进我们的大脑。我们接触到不同的观点和想法，而且我们可

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以感受其他人对这个世界和未知世界的想法。

通过阅读，我们接触到新的事物，新的想法，新的信息。这些反过来会帮助我们成为更好的人，更聪明的人，更容易做明智决定的人。

阅读能让你产生想象和共鸣。你会开始从不同的角度来探索事物，用不同的方式来看待你所熟悉的事物。这可以激发你的灵感，你开始将自己的知识和他人的知识融合。你开始通过想象和创造把越来越多的事情联系起来。我们有了新的解决方案和新的答案，这些都是因为我们花时间坐下来安静地阅读并且思考。

阅读最令人吃惊的是当你将自己融入书中后所发生的微妙转变。一个好故事能让我们脱离自己，进入他人的世界。当我们读一个故事的时候，我们体会作者的心意。我们感受他们的感受，期待他们的期待，经历他们的经历。我非常感恩我有幸跟我非常喜欢的一些作者分享奇妙时刻或深刻见解。如果不随“卡尔维诺或者帕慕克航线飞行”，我还能有什么方式参观《看不见的城市》，或者体验 16世纪伊斯坦布尔艺术家们强烈的焦虑。

把书作为机票，我才能遨游在我梦想的世界，体验世界之奇妙！

What are the CAS trips for?By Keith BUDD

Every year, in the first week of May, all AIC students pack into buses with teachers and head off for a week of Creativity, Activity and Service. This year will be no exception, and there are 5 trips planned. These trips, however, are not just a ‘holiday’ - they are a time to work on your own education and growth through Creativity, Activity and Service. They are a time to experience first hand the benefits an IB education is giving you, and how you can put the attributes on the learner profile into action in the real world.

On these trips you will get chances to INQUIRE about the local people you meet there, and how they live in harmony (or not) with their natural environment. You will get chances to become more KNOWLEDGEABLE abou t China , and the people of China and their daily lives. You will have opportunities to be THINKERS, and be REFLECTIVE about the activities you are doing and what you are learning about yourself and your friends

and teachers by doing them. You will Learn to be OPEN-MINDED, and accept the lives and lifestyles of others, and be CARING when you work with them as part of the service component of your trip. You will be PRINCIPLED in your interactions with others, and have to make the kind of real decisions in the real world that you need to do to become a RISK-TAKER, and ensure that you develop into a healthy, happy and BALANCED person.

So whichever CAS trip you are on, make sure tha t you bear the IB learner profile in mind and apply it to the real wor ld s i tua t ions you encounter. Be active, not passive, and take part in the world around you so you can better appreciate your place within it.

Qingyuan - one of this year’s CAS trips

Liannan - Visit AIC’s partner school, and the beautiful countryside around it

CAS 旅 行 是 为 了什么？潘娜 翻译

每年五月的第一周，AIC 所有的学生和老师一起坐上车外出一周去做CAS( 创造、活动和服务 ) 项目。今年也不例外，我们安排了 5 个项目。这些项目并不是“度假”项目，而是希望你们利用这段时间在创造、活动和服务项目中独立学习和成长，亲身体验 IB 教育带给你们的好处，并且学习如何在真实社会中践行 IB 培养目标所规定的特质。

在这些项目中，你将会有机会询问你遇到的当地人，了解他们是如何与自然环境和谐相处以及不和谐之处；你将会有机会更多地了解中国、中国人民以及他们的日常生活；你将会有机会变成思考者，并且反思你所做的活动，通过这些活动你对自己，朋友

和老师有何进一步了解；你将会变得思想开放，学会接受他人的生活和生活方式，并学会关爱他人。在和他人的互动中你会变成有原则的人；为了成为敢于冒险的人，你不得不做真正的决策，并且你要确保自己可以逐渐成为成一个健康、快乐和全面发展的人。

所 以， 不 管 你 参加 的 是 哪 个 CAS 项目，要确保将 IB 培养目标牢记于心，并把它们运用到你的现实生活中去。积极主动而不是被动地融入到你周围的世界，这样你才能更好地找准你在这个世界的位置。

龙脊和阳朔，是我们旅行目的地之一。

海南岛之旅，必定是不一样的体验。

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Applying to Alcanta International College for 2017-2018 Academic YearBy Feifei XIAN

For 2017-2018 Academic Year, AIC plans to recruit 85 students, with no more than 20 students in each class. Details are as follows:

Admission Process:

1. Schedule a campus tour or a trial lesson if needed.

2. Submit a completed application form and scholarship application form (if applicable), ID card or passport photocopy, 2 passport-sized bareheaded colour photos.

3. Pay a non-refundable application fee of RMB300.

4. Take entrance examination comprising English and Math written tests, 1 hour allowed for each, and an interview of 20-25 minutes.

5. AIC will notify applicants of the decision within

亚加达国际预科 2017-2018学年招生简章

two weeks. Accepted applicants will have to pay a non-refundable deposit of RMB12, 000 to secure a place. The deposit will be counted as part of the tuition fees.

About Scholarship:

AIC provides scholarships as below:

1. Academic Scholarship, eligible for students with excellent overall academic performance.

2. Merit Scholarship, eligible for students who demonstrate exceptional ability or talent in any of the areas: art, service and leadership, science or community network.

Eligibility:

1. Excellent academic performance or excellent grades in National Entrance Examination to Senior High School. 2. English competency.

在 2017-2018 学年，我校计划招收 85 人，小班教学，每班人数不超过 20 人。

招生明细表：

申请流程：

1. 预约参观学校，并视乎个人需要参加体验课；

2. 填写完整的入学申请表和奖学金申请表（如合资

格），提交身份证或护照复印件，和小一寸免冠彩色照片

两张；

3. 支付 300 元人民币报名费（不可退）；

4. 参加入学考试，包括笔试和面试（笔试含英语与

数学，时间各 1 小时，面试时间约 20-25 分钟）；

5. AIC 于两周内告知申请人录取情况，被录取的申

请人需支付 12000 元人民币入学保证金（不可退），以保

留学位。保证金在入学时会转化为学费的一部分。

奖学金：

AIC 提供的奖学金包括：

1. 学术奖学金，将颁发给总体学习成绩优秀的学生

2. 才能奖学金，将颁发给在下列领域有突出才能或天

赋的学生：艺术、服务和领导能力、科学、社区建设

申请条件：

1. 优异的学习成绩，例如中考成绩；

2. 良好的英语水平；

3. 在 AIC 入学考试中表现出色；

4. 对于申请才能奖学金的学生，需提供相关证明，例

如省市相关竞赛获奖证书或组织大型活动的证明。

申请人需提供：

1. 个人陈述（英文，500-800 字），说明申请奖学

金的理由和申请竞争力；

2. 一封现任或前任教师的推荐信（中文或英文）；

3. 曾经获得的任何奖项或荣誉证书的复印件；

4. 学校两年内全部成绩单的复印件；

5. AIC 2017-2018 年度奖学金申请表。

3. Exce l len t per formance in AIC ent rance examination.

4. If applying for Merit Scholarship, please also provide evidence of award certificates or leading role in activities

Scholarship applicants are required to submit documents as follows:

1. A personal statement of 500-800 words in English, explaining reasons and eligibility for the scholarship;

2. A letter of recommendation, in English or Chinese, from one of your current or previous teachers;

3. Photocopies of any awards or honours awarded;

4. Photocopies of all school reports from the previous two years;

5. Completed AIC Scholarship Application Form 2017-2018.

This month’s offers have seen more non-UK Universities accepting AIC students. Offers from the US, Canada Hong Kong, and The Netherlands have started to be given to our DP2 students. Three very prestigious Universities have given a dozen students an option to study with them, after they complete their IB exams. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of British Columbia, and University of Hong Kong are great universities, within the Top 50 in the QS Rankings. We now have 8 separate institutions within the Top 50 offering AIC students a place, 14 in the Top 100, and 20 in the Top 200. As the DP2 students send off their High School Transcripts to their Canadian and remaining US choices, many are hopeful to gain more options. The DP2 have now started their applications to universities in Australia, New Zealand, and continue to apply to EU and Asian institutions, including AIC’s first Medicine applicant.

DP1s have started to think about their personal

University Counselling By Jeremy FORRESTER

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s ta tements a l ready, a f te r having a sess ion demonstrating good practice in this task. This is an ongoing task that they are to start and consider throughout this semester.

Additionally, if you have been keeping up-to-date with the AIC WeChat group, you would know about the recent visits we have had, from Blue Mountain International Hotel and Management School (Australia and Pacific’s No. 1 Hotel Institution), and New York Film Academy.

The New York Film Academy speaker inspired many students into considering some of the large number of courses on offer there. Some students who were previously considering other options decided to change their outlook and start thinking more about other industries, such as those related to the media and film industries.

In the Blue Mountain’s meeting, the admissions officer described the school in detail. He showed figures that evidenced that BMIHMS has obtained an excellent reputation for providing hotel graduates to the industry, and close links with leaders in this field. BMIHMS has a unique way of teaching, in an industry specific simulated campus, with two paid placements.

大学申请进度

这个月，AIC 的学生们收到了很多英国区域以外的大学的录取通知。DP2 的学生们收到了来自美国，加拿大，香港和荷兰的录取通知书。其中，有三所非常著名的学校希望我们的 12 个学生在完成 IB 考试后选择去他们学校学习。香港中文大学，不列颠哥伦比亚大学，香港大学都是非常不错的大学，都是 QS 世界大学排名前 50 的大学。现在有 8 个排名前 50，14 个排名前 100，20 个排名前 200 的独立院校向 AIC 的 学生们抛出了橄榄枝。随着DP2 的学生向加拿大和美国其 他学校递交成绩单，他们有希望收获更多的大学录取通知 书。DP2 学生已经开始申请澳大利亚和新西兰的大学，也 在继续申请欧盟和亚洲院校，包括 AIC 首次申请的医学类院 校。

DP1 学生们经过培训，对 好的个人陈述标准已经有所了解。撰写个人陈述是一项持 续不断的任务，本学期要开始着手准备，并认真考虑。

另外，如果你在 AIC 微信 群里并且时时关注群消息，你就会知道我们最近的一些大学来访，有蓝山国际酒店管理学院（澳大利亚及太平洋地区排名第一的酒店管理学校）和纽约电影学院。

纽约电影学院代表激励许多学生去考虑在他们所提供的众多课程中做出选择。有些之前考虑其他选择的学生决定改变主意，开始更多地考虑其他行业，比如传媒电影相关的行业。

在蓝山国际酒店管理学院的见面会上，招生官向同学们详细介绍了学校情况。他通过数据说明BMIHMS 因为行业输出毕业生以及与行业领导者的密切联系而获得良好的口碑声誉。BMIHMS 有独特的授课方式，有酒店模拟式的校园和两处带薪实习地。

接下来的几个月，我们会看到更多的澳大利亚的院校来访，比如著名的墨尔本大学和悉尼大学。他们将与 DP1 和 DP2 的学生见面。

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The next few months will start to see more prestigious Universities from Australia visiting both DP1 and DP2 students, such as the University of Melbourne, and the University of Sydney.

AIC Book of the Month

To add to the diversity of resources, the AIC Library is proud to recommend the non-fiction book “Deep Vegetarianism” as the book of the month. In the genre of philosophy and ethics, author Michael Allex Fox explores

By Jessica BROWN

a deeper meaning of vegetarianism and its holistic aspects. Maybe you will reconsider your meal plan after this wonderful read!

Challenging the basic assumptions of a meat-eating society, Deep Vegetarianism is a spirited and compelling defense of a vegetarian lifestyle. Considering all of the major arguments both for and against vegetarianism and the habits of meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans alike, Michael Allen Fox addresses vegetarianism's cultural, historical, and philosophical background, details vegetarianism's impact on one's living and thinking, and relates vegetarianism to classical and recent defenses of the moral status of animals.

Demonstrating how a vegetarian diet is related to our awareness of the world and our ethical outlook on life, Fox looks at the different kinds of vegetarian commitments people make and their reasons for making them. In chapters that address such issues as the experiences, emotions, and grounds that are part of choosing vegetarianism, Fox discusses not only good health, animal suffering, and the environmental impacts of meat production, but such issues as the meaning of food, world hunger, religion and spirituality, and, significantly, the links shared between vegetarianism and other human rights movements and ideologies, particularly feminism. In an extensive chapter that addresses arguments made by advocates of meat-eating, Fox speaks to claims of humans as natural carnivores, animals as replaceable, and vegetarians as anti-feminist. He also addresses arguments surrounding the eating habits

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AIC 每月图书推荐

AIC 图书馆在其多样性的资源的基础上又增加了新的图书，本月自豪地推出非小说类图书《深层素食主义》。 在哲学和伦理学的范畴里，作者 Michael Allex Fox 全面地探讨了有关于素食主义的更深层的意义。 在这个精彩的阅读之后，也许你会重新考虑你的膳食计划！

《深层素食主义》挑战食肉社会的基本假设，是对素食主义者生活方式的一种英勇和强烈的辩护。考虑到所有反对和支持素食主义者的主要观点，以及食肉者，素食者和纯素食者的习惯， Michael Allen Fox 阐述了素食主义的文化，历史和其哲学背景，详细说明了素食主义对一个人的生活和思维方式的影响，并且把素食主义与古典和现代对动物的道德地位保护相关联。

通过描述素食主义者的食谱与我们对世界的认识以及我们的人生观的联系，Fox 关注了不同的人对素食的执着以及其背后的原因。他在不同的章节讨论了经历、情感、和选择成为素食主义

者的原因等方面的问题。Fox 不仅仅探讨有关身体健康，动物受虐，和肉类生产对环境的影响，而且还讨论诸如食物的意义，世界饥饿，宗教信仰和灵性等问题，而且，更具有意义的是，素食主义和其他人权运动和意思形态之间的联系，特

别是女性主义。有一个章节大篇幅讨论食肉主义拥护者的论点，Fox 谈到人类是天然的食肉动物，动物是可替代，以及素食主义者是反女权主义等观点，并表示反对。

作者还讨论了土著居民的饮食习惯，吃放养的动物和动物间食肉行为等相关争论。《深层素食主义》是迄今为止对素食观最全面的阐述和描述，揭示了支持选择素食主义的更广阔层面的哲学观点。本书意识到人类的生存在道德，政治和社会方面存在

问题，并呼吁人类以及个体有意识地理解这些问题，并对这些问题负有责任。

《深层素食主义》对素食主义的探讨生动，有争议，但是一定对任何一个对饮食选择，生活方式，动物和环境，以及个人伦理责任感兴趣的人具有吸引力。本书对学习道德哲学，道德，宗教，比较文化，生态和女权主义的学生和老师也是有用的。

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of indigenous peoples, eating free-range animals, and carnivorous behavior among animals. The most complete examination of the vegetarian outlook to date, Deep Vegetarianism reveals the broad range of philosophical views that contribute to such a

choice. It recognizes, and calls for, a conscious awareness of—and an individual responsibility to—the issues that exist in the moral, political, and social spheres of our existence.

With its lively and controversial discussion, Deep Vegetarianism promises to appeal to anyone looking to explore the relationship between dietary choice, lifestyle, the treatment of animals and the environment,

and personal ethical responsibility. It will also be particularly useful for students and teachers of moral philosophy, ethics, religion, comparative cultures, ecology, and feminism.