Breakfast with the Chancellor

This week at VIS Junior High, Chancellor Huang started off his mornings by sharing breakfast with students from different classes, taking the time to connect with them and welcome newcomers into the VIS community.

In addition to students sharing stories from their winter break and Lunar New Year celebrations, Chancellor Huang also took the opportunity to introduce several summer learning opportunities. He previewed the CIC Summer Camp and English Credit Course in partnership with our Canadian partner school, CIC, for Grade 6 students, and spoke with Grade 8 students about CIC English Credit Course + McMaster STEM Program, giving them new ideas and inspiration as they begin planning their future learning paths.

During the breakfast conversation, Chancellor Huang also shared a book he has recently been reading in Taiwanese, Ji̍t-hue Siám-sih (#日花閃爍), written by author Un Jio̍k-kiâu (#溫若喬). The work is a collection of one hundred poems written in rare Taiwanese vocabulary. The Chancellor invited Grade 7 student Lotus, who previously participated in a Taiwanese Hakka language Junior High School Language Competition, to recite one of the poems, Tshâ-hue (柴花). Her reading captivated the audience and added a meaningful touch of culture and language to the morning gathering.

與 Chancellor 共度早餐時光

本週，VIS Chancellor Huang 多次造訪國中部，透過溫馨的早餐時光與學生交流，在輕鬆的氛圍中拉近彼此距離。Chancellor 陸續與不同班級的同學共享晨光，傾聽學生們的想法，也親自歡迎新加入 VIS 的同學。

除了學生們踴躍分享寒假與農曆新年的旅程與趣事外，Chancellor Huang 也藉此機會向同學們介紹多項暑期學習機會：與六年級和七年級同學預告 VIS 與加拿大夥伴學校 CIC 合作的暑期遊學團與英文學分班，也與八年級學生分享暑期在麥克馬斯特大學 的STEM 課程，為同學們帶來新的學習方向與未來暑假規劃的靈感。

早餐交流中，Chancellor Huang 也分享了自己最近閱讀的一本臺語書籍《#日花閃爍》。這本由作者 #溫若喬 所寫的作品，以優美的臺語詞彙寫成一百首詩。Chancellor 特別邀請曾參加臺灣客語字音字形比賽的 G7 Lotus 同學現場朗誦其中一首臺語詩〈柴花〉，同學們聽得津津有味，為這段晨光時刻增添了一份文化與語言的溫度。