畢業生|王浩宇：熱愛生活的豐富，但絕不偏離篤定的方向

/ 畢業生·2024/

這個夏天，啟明星2024屆高中畢業生離開校園，奔向屬于自己的道路。在老師們眼中，他們是很“整齊”的一屆——學術表現都很優秀，做事可靠，有鮮明的個性，但接人待物待間不失禮貌。

篇幅有限，在《畢業生》欄目，我們將介紹其中的兩位，但其他學生像這兩位少年一樣卓越，是啟明星的代表。

我們會想念他們，也祝福他們！

王浩宇（Alvin Wang）

• 5年級從美國回國，加入啟明星
  

• 收獲帝國理工學院、倫敦大學學院、加州大學圣地亞哥分校、爾灣分校等知名學府的生物工程或生物技術專業錄取通知書

申請大學—>參加IB考試—>畢業—>休息—>負笈遠行……準備出國留學的12年級學生的生活大都是這樣。

可是，Alvin的有點兒不一樣。

準備IB大考的同時，他重啟了2022年的VFC項目（力求改變的創業），而且，拿到大學錄取通知書后，這項工作也沒停下。

他沒有像大多數12年級學生那樣，恨不得快快結束現在的學習和生活，撲向全新的世界，而是和伙伴們一起，重拾起一件在他看來完成的還不夠完美的工作，繼續打磨。

專注

VFC是啟明星特有的社會創新項目的一部分，培養學生的社會創新能力。

Alvin小組的VFC項目是設計并制作一款環保咖啡杯，賣給餐廳或是咖啡館。制作杯子的材料是甘蔗渣，每個杯子上印著專有的編號，這樣，使用杯子的人不但為可持續發展做出了貢獻，還能了解到自己位于這個項目隊列的哪個位置，非常有趣！根據學校的評估標準，咖啡杯項目拿到銀牌獎。

咖啡杯設計圖

SUMMER

重啟項目之后，Alvin和同學一起，繼續聯系廠家安排生產，也在探索更大的銷路。他說，未來有做商業項目的打算，繼續VFC是事先的演練。

為做商業項目演練，Alvin一直在嘗試。從7年級開始，他嘗試過建立教授數學的網站、開發服裝品牌、設計珠寶……雖然因為經驗不足屢屢失敗，但他從沒停下嘗試，也不羞于談論受挫的經歷。

10年級暑假，Alvin也參加了學校的實習項目，在一家高端餐廳實習。盡管餐飲行業并不是他未來想要從事的，但是根據他后來的反思不難看出，他還是在和市場品牌團隊的工作中學到了很多。

不因階段性目標的完成而暫停前進的腳步，也不因失利而喪失嘗試的興趣，心中總有明確堅持的方向和終身向學的動力，在Alvin這個年紀的少年身上，難能可貴。

“Alvin對自己想要做的事情很專注，也非常投入。”大學升學顧問主任Melissa Meltzer Warehall說。

Alvin也專注于自己的專業方向。或許源于家庭的影響，他喜歡生物工程和生物技術，于是敢于在申請大學時挑戰這些特別有難度的專業。

而拿到一把好offer之后，他也能據此做出果斷而冷靜的選擇——放棄帝國理工而選擇加州大學圣地亞哥分校：“雖然帝國理工的確更有名，但加州大學圣地亞哥分校的生物工程特別強！”

愛好

被老師形容為“學術能力非常強”的Alvin，也擁有廣泛的愛好和對豐富生活的強烈追求之心。

“我喜歡文學，喜歡蘇軾，如果不選擇生物專業，我會去學文學，當作家。”Alvin說。中學教了他3年的Peters老師給了自己很大啟發，讓他體會并擁有了寫作的樂趣和信心。

Alvin也喜歡全球旅行、登山徒步，6、7年級時和同學去露營探洞的經歷讓他記憶猶新；他還健身、練習Keep，開始為馬上就要開始的獨立生活學習做飯。他說，就連夾在漢堡里的醬也是自己親手配置的——低卡、高蛋白！

有時候，Alvin的積極主動也讓人印象深刻。11年級暑假，Alvin和同學們去泰國做CAS服務項目，無論是被當地人邀請一起唱歌，還是用泰語對話，用當地的方法生火做飯，他總是那個敢于第一個嘗試的人！

Alvin盡管是5年級回國才加入啟明星，但啟明星的土壤暗合了他個人的氣質，也符合了他的家庭對理想教育的期待。更重要的是，啟明星包容的雙語雙文化環境，支持他逐步實現中英雙語能力卓越，欣賞兩種語言文化的豐富和多彩，并從中汲取營養！

于是，在啟明星的日子里，Alvin始終能夠繼續按照自己的方向生長、盛放，并最終成為一位——用大家的話來說——有著都市靈魂，但對萬物都包容、開放的少年！

/ Graduates · 2024 /

This summer, the 2024 high school graduates of Daystar left school and embarked on their own journeys. In the eyes of their teachers, they are a generation of students with consistent performance – their academic achievement is excellent, they are reliable, they have great ideas and unique personalities, and they are polite and gracious.

Due to limited space in the Graduates column, we can only introduce two of them. However, all seven of our other graduates, like these two teenagers, are outstanding and represent Daystar well. We will miss all of them!

Alvin Wang (王浩宇)

• Entered Daystar in 5th grade, after living in the US for five and a half years.

• Alvin received offers of admission from several renowned universities, includingImperial College London, University College London, University of California, Irvine, and University of California, San Diego.

• He plans to studybioengineering or biotechnology.

For typical Daystar Grade 12 students who will study abroad, a normal year consists solely of:

Applying to universities ->

Taking the IB exams ->

Graduating ->

Taking a break->

then preparing to leave China to study...

However, Alvin's life during his final year of high school was a bit different.

For example, while preparing for his IB exams, he restarted his 2022 VFC (Venture for Change) company. Moreover, even after receiving offers of admission, he did not drop this project in favor of other priorities. Instead, he continued to pursue his passion.

Most 12th graders wish to quickly end their high school life, and rush into a new world, but not Alvin. Instead, he continued working on the incomplete project that he’d had to drop due to time constraints, and strived to complete and perfect it with the classmates who were his founding partners.

Alvin’s Focus

As an integral part of Daystar's unique Social Innovation Program, VFC fosters students' abilities to help solve societal problems and practice their entrepreneurial skills.

Alvin's VFC project is to design and manufacture an eco-friendly coffee cup, and then sell these cups to restaurants and cafes. The cups are made of bagasse, which is a byproduct of the sugarcane and sorghum manufacturing processes, thus utilizing material that would otherwise be discarded. Because of Alvin’s idea for each cup to be printed with a unique number, people using these cups not only contribute to sustainable development, but also know where they are in the project queue. How interesting!

Design of the Cup

SUMMER

After restarting the VFC, Alvin and his classmates continued to contact manufacturers to arrange production and explored sales channels. Alvin said that in the future, he has plans to do commercial projects, so continuing the VFC exemplifies Alvin’s passion for business.

Alvin has been experimenting with commercial endeavors throughout his life at Daystar. Since 7th grade, he tried his hand at setting up a website to teach math, developing a clothing brand, designing jewelry, and other initiatives. Although he suffered consecutive failures due to inexperience, he never stopped trying, and he was not shy to talk about his frustrations.

During summer vacation of 10th grade, he participated in the school's internship program when he interned with the marketing department of a high-end restaurant. He was placed based on his interests in business, and, though the catering industry is not what he wants to pursue in the future, according to his later reflections, he learned a lot from his work with the Marketing and Branding team.

“Alvin is very focused on what he wants to do, and also puts a lot of effort into pursing a variety of interests,” said Melissa Meltzer Warehall, the Head of College Counseling.

In Alvin's heart, he has a strong compulsion to persist and a lifelong motivation to learn. He does not get discouraged by disappointments, nor does he lose interest in trying when he encounters setbacks. This quality is rare in a teenager.

Alvin is excited about studying challenging majors. Perhaps influenced by his family, he likes bioengineering and biotechnology, so he dares to pursue these particularly demanding disciplines for his university studies.

After receiving several excellent offers, he chose where to enroll based on a reasoned analysis. In choosing the University of California, San Diego, instead of the more prestigious Imperial College London or the University College London, Alvin said, “Although Imperial College London is indeed more famous, biotechnology at University of California, San Diego is particularly outstanding!”

Strengths

Alvin, who is described by his teachers as “academically very strong”, also has a wide range of hobbies and a strong desire to live an enriching life.

“I also like literature, and I like Su Shi. If I didn’t choose to major in biology, I would study literature and become a writer,” Alvin said. He said Mr. Peters, his English teacher who taught him for three years in secondary school, gave him a lot of inspiration as well as the joy and confidence to write.

Alvin also enjoys traveling around the world, mountaineering and hiking. He remembers vividly his experiences camping and exploring caves with his classmates in 6th and 7th grades . He also works out regularly, does exercise in the Keep fitness app, and has started learning how to cook for his upcoming independent life. He said that even the sauce sandwiched in his hamburger was made by him, and was low in calorie, but high in protein!

Alvin’s eagerness is impressive. During 11th grade, Alvin and his classmates went to Thailand to do a CAS service project. When they were invited to sing by the locals, tried to have a conversation in Thai, or cooked over a fire using the local method, he was always the first one who dared to try!

Although Alvin joined Daystar late, after he returned to China in the middle of 5th grade, it is evident that the soil of Daystar perfectly matches his personal temperament as well as his family's expectations for an ideal education. More importantly, the inclusive bilingual and bicultural environment of Daystar Academy supported him to achieve excellent Chinese and English bilingual abilities, and to appreciate the richness and diversity of the two languages and cultures.

Therefore during his days at Daystar, he has continued to grow up and bloom in his own direction, eventually maturing into a teenager who, in everyone's words, has an urban soul, and is open to all experiences!

啟明星2024屆高中畢業生大學升學結果揭曉！Announcing Daystar's 2024 High School Graduates' College Admission Results!

愿你們欣逢屬于自己的道路！送別2024屆畢業生 A Farewell to the Class of 2024: May You Enjoy Your Future Paths!