Graduation: an end, a beginning, an accomplishment
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WHAT is graduation? Is it an end or a new beginning? Is it an achievement and a rite of passage? Is it an accomplishment? Will it be emotional? For sure, it is a highlight in every school’s calendar.
At YCIS Century Park campus (Secondary), it is all of the above. For the graduating Class of 2017 it will be both a new beginning and an end. There is the uncertainty of leaving a close-knit campus and community, a place where the students have thrived in their most recent educational years. There is also the excitement of a new beginning, with the students well-prepared for the next steps in their educational journey.
Graduation certainly marks an achievement — fulfilling the school’s graduation requirements in completing a well-rounded program which enables the students to be an active, contributing member of society, ready to take on adulthood and deal responsibly with the new challenges which may come their way.
At YCIS Century Park campus, our students have, at a minimum, dual language capabilities coupled with a unique bi-cultural understanding of both East and West, often with a third or fourth language fluency which enables the students to communicate well in the languages of the nations who will be at the forefront of the world’s future economic leadership. Successful completion of the IB Diploma Program has led past graduates to the top universities in the world, including those in the Ivy League, Vassar, Chicago, Stanford, and others.
However, academic success is only part of a successful student’s repertoire. Service learning is an aspect dear to the philosophy of YCIS and with the experiences our students have in this area, they will carry with them the attitudes to help make our world a better place. The experiences of a strong extracurricular program provide leadership opportunities and outlets, whether in athletics or performing arts or elsewhere, which will enable the students to have a healthy work-life balance in the future.
Graduation marks a passage of time. It is a beginning and an end; a chance to celebrate an accomplishment and also look ahead with anticipation.
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