重慶市育才中學&美國塔科馬市林肯中學 教育架起中美民間友好交流的橋梁

龍曉

3月初，中國駐舊金山總領(lǐng)事館向美國華盛頓州塔科馬市林肯中學校長埃爾文，轉(zhuǎn)達了國家主席習近平致該校師生的新春祝福，希望兩國學生繼續(xù)加強交流，做中美人民友好的橋梁和紐帶。

此前，在農(nóng)歷春節(jié)前夕，埃爾文校長向習近平主席致信，匯報該校近年來對華交流情況并致以新春祝福。

習近平主席與塔科馬市的淵源要從1993年說起，當時他任福州市委書記，率團對華盛頓州進行考察，并促成福州市和塔科馬市在1994年結(jié)成“姐妹城市”。從那時起，福州市和塔科馬市在文化、教育方面的交流逐漸增多。2008年，林肯中學和福州教育學院附屬中學結(jié)為“姐妹學校”。

2015年9月，習近平主席到訪林肯中學，意在進一步加強與美國民眾的互動。交流中，習近平主席鼓勵孩子們“讀萬卷書，還要行萬里路”。他歡迎大家多到中國走走看看，體驗和感知中國，更全面、更深刻地了解中國、認識中國、喜愛中國。林肯中學校長埃爾文以關(guān)鍵詞“閱讀”和“旅行”解讀習近平主席向該校學生講話的精髓。此后，他更是用實際行動深入中國校園，了解中國教育，以期達成雙方學校的精誠合作，促進中美教育人之間的深度交流。這其中，就包括林肯中學與重慶市育才中學在教育方面的友好交往。

據(jù)重慶市育才中學國際部負責人介紹，2017年至2019年，育才中學先后派出兩位教師參與“華盛頓州孔子學院外派漢語教師志愿者”項目，前往林肯中學擔任漢語教師。該項目為2010年重慶市教育委員會與美國華盛頓大學及西雅圖學區(qū)合作開辦。為進一步推進重慶市更多中小學參加教育國際交流合作，深化重慶市與西雅圖市的友城交流，重慶市教委邀請美國華盛頓州教育代表團于2017年11月來訪重慶。作為“對口”學校，林肯中學選擇重慶市育才中學為參觀學校，在雙方進行深入的交流和進一步的磋商后簽訂了《合作諒解備忘錄》。

這是埃爾文校長第一次來到重慶，他表示，中美兩國的友誼需要年輕人去繼承和發(fā)展，希望兩所學校能在教師和學生交換項目上達成合作，促進雙方的交流和進步。在此次交流活動中，他參觀了育才中學的校園環(huán)境，深入課堂了解國畫、民樂、書法、茶藝等中國傳統(tǒng)文化，還到雙福育才農(nóng)場基地體驗原生態(tài)的種植樂趣……育才中學的“行知文化”“生活教育”讓這位外國校長印象深刻，開展的外國教師教授的特色課程讓他贊不絕口，他感嘆中式教育豐富多彩、博大精深，并對學校朝氣蓬勃的學生給予了極高的評價。

2019年1月下旬，重慶市育才中學應(yīng)邀回訪美國林肯中學，深度交流雙方辦學理念，推動兩校教育、文化領(lǐng)域的合作，并洽談兩校《合作諒解備忘錄》中提出的學生定期互訪交流項目的具體方案等。訪問團還拜訪了林肯中學所在的西雅圖學區(qū)，并組織召開中美文化交流研討會，經(jīng)過與學區(qū)內(nèi)外派教師的交流，雙方一致同意全面加強與西雅圖優(yōu)質(zhì)教學資源、教育人才合作。

2019年10月，美國華盛頓州教育代表團再次訪問重慶市育才中學。此次參觀交流，聚焦育才中學豐富多彩的文化、藝術(shù)課堂。

正如在2021年農(nóng)歷春節(jié)前夕，埃爾文校長向習近平主席致信中寫道：“您希望兩國學生進行交流，我們也持有相同想法。在中美兩國經(jīng)受全球疫情考驗之際，現(xiàn)在是讓學生發(fā)揮引領(lǐng)作用，成為兩國相互支持榜樣的最佳時機。”近年來，林肯中學與育才中學近百名師生參與交流，2020年受新冠肺炎疫情影響中斷線下互訪，但雙方一直保持著線上交流。當疫情過去后，兩校會繼續(xù)外派教師項目，進一步推進定期開展師生交流互訪活動的計劃，持續(xù)加強與西雅圖優(yōu)質(zhì)教學資源、教育人才合作。相信在友好合作的大背景下，兩校乃至兩個學區(qū)間的文化交流之路將愈加寬廣、繁榮。

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In early March， the Consulate-General of China in San Francisco conveyed President Xi Jinping's New Year greetings for the teachers and students of Lincoln Middle School of Tacoma， Washington State， US to Principal Erwin， and hoped that the students of two countries could reinforce communication and act as a friendly bridge and link between the two peoples.

Prior to that， Principal Erwin wrote to President Xi Jinping on Lunar New Year's Eve to report on the communication between the school and China in the recent years along with his New Year greetings.

President Xi Jinping's stories with Tacoma date back to 1993. When working as the Party secretary of CPC Fuzhou Committee， he once led a delegation to visit Washington State and twinned Fuzhou with Tacoma as “sister cities” in 1994. Since then， communication mounted in cultural and educational aspects between the two cities. In 2008， Lincoln Middle School twinned with the Affiliated High School of Fuzhou Institute of Education.

In September 2015， President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Lincoln Middle School to further reinforce the interaction with the American people. During the communication， he encouraged the students to "travel ten thousand miles apart from reading ten thousand books". Moreover， he welcomed everyone there to visit China to experience and feel the country and to understand， get to know and appreciate it in an all-around and in-depth manner. Principal Erwin of Lincoln Middle School used the keywords of "reading" and "traveling" to explain the essence of Xi's speech to the students. After that， he also visited Chinese campuses to learn about Chinese education with practical actions in a bid to attain sincere partnerships between schools on both sides and promote the in-depth exchanges between Chinese and American educators， including friendly exchanges between Lincoln Middle School and Chongqing Yucai High School.

According to the director of International Department of Chongqing Yucai High School， the school sent two teachers to teach Chinese in Lincoln Middle School in a row from 2017 to 2019 and to participate in the "Washington State Confucius Institute Chinese Teacher Volunteers" project， a joint project among Chongqing Municipal Education Commission， University of Washington and Seattle School District initiated in 2010. To advance more primary and secondary schools in Chongqing to participate in the international education communication and cooperation， and deepen the friendly city communication between Chongqing and Seattle， Chongqing Municipal Education Commission invited the education delegation of Washington State， US to visit Chongqing in November， 2017. As the twinned-up school， Lincoln Middle School chose Chongqing Yucai High School for the visit and signed the Memorandum of Understanding after in-depth exchange of views and further negotiations.

During Principal Erwin's first visit to Chongqing， he suggested that the friendship between the Chinese and American people requires the inheritance and development of the youth and wished that the schools can unfold cooperation on the exchange project of teachers and students to foster the communication and progress of both sides. In the exchange， Principal Erwin visited the school campus and attended classes to learn traditional Chinese culture， such as Chinese traditional painting， folk music， tea art， etc and experienced the simple fun of planting in Shuangfu Yucai Farm Base... With Yucai High School's "culture of knowledge and practice" and "life education" leaving a deep impression on the foreign principal， he applauded the specialized courses taught by foreign teachers， commended the diverse and profound Chinese-style education and spoke quite highly of the motivated students of the school.

In late January， 2019， Chongqing Yucai High School paid a return visit to Lincoln Middle School， US at its invitation， exchanged the educational philosophy of both sides deeply， facilitated the educational and cultural cooperation between the two schools and discussed the specific plans of regular student exchanges included in the Memorandum of Understanding. This time， the delegation also visited Seattle School District， where Lincoln Middle School is located， and organized the Seminar on China-US Cultural Exchange. After communicating with expatriate teachers in the district， the all-around cooperation enhancement with Seattle on high-quality teaching resources and education talents was agreed by both sides unanimously.

In October 2019， the education delegation of Washington State， US visited Chongqing Yucai High School again with the focus on the enriched cultural and art classes of Yucai High School.

Just like Principal Erwin wrote to President Xi Jinping on Lunar New Year's Eve of 2021， "As we share your hope for student exchanges between our countries， it's now the best timing for students to spearhead and exemplify mutual support for each other when China and US are put to the tests of the global pandemic". In the recent years， nearly 100 teachers and students have been maintaining the communication online despite interrupted offline visits due to COVID-19 in 2020. After the pandemic comes to an end， both schools will carry on the expatriate teacher project， further boost the plan of regular exchange of teachers and students， and further strengthen cooperation with Seattle on high-quality teaching resources and education talents. It is believed that the path of cultural exchange will be broadened and bustled between the two schools and even the two school districts under the context of the amity and cooperation.

Photos/Provided by Chongqing Yucai High School

延伸閱讀

塔科馬市林肯中學

林肯中學（Lincoln High School）位于美國華盛頓州西雅圖近郊塔科馬市，塔科馬市處于西雅圖和華盛頓州州府奧林匹亞之間，是該州第三大城市。林肯中學建于1914年，是當?shù)刂陌倌昝＃彩菍W生生源多樣化的美國公立學校的代表。學生有著不同文化背景，是一所典型的多種族、多民族的學校，其中有亞洲血統(tǒng)的學生超過13%。學校多年來一直設(shè)有漢語普通話課程。2017年，中國重慶市育才中學的張惜晨老師在林肯中學擔任漢語教師;2018年，育才中學的周維老師接任，繼續(xù)在林肯中學任教。

林肯中學豐富的學生課外活課程極具特色，排球、高爾夫球、足球、網(wǎng)球、籃球、美式橄欖球水平很高，廣受贊譽。

重慶市育才中學

重慶市育才中學建于1939年7月，由人民教育家陶行知先生創(chuàng)辦，是全國著名的“師陶圣地，育才搖籃”。堅持“行知育才，教育為公”的辦學理念，形成了蘊含現(xiàn)代教育理念的、特色鮮明的“生活教育”育人模式。現(xiàn)有在全市起示范和輻射作用的數(shù)學、物理、綜合實踐、生物四大創(chuàng)新基地和美術(shù)、書法、地理等七大精品課程。

自2009年重慶市育才中學國際部成立以來，先后與英國、美國、加拿大、澳大利亞、俄羅斯、意大利、西班牙、葡萄牙、新加坡、日本、巴西等國家進行了國際交流與合作;現(xiàn)已與美國亞歷山大道森中學、美國林肯中學、英國海因斯中學、新加坡百德中學、俄羅斯下諾夫哥羅德第十三中學等近10所不同大洲的國際名校建立了校際友好合作關(guān)系，每年定期進行豐富多彩的師生互訪交流活動。