We're off to a harmonious start this semester! Fourth graders marked their return to their Global Music class by forming an ensemble and combining the melodious tunes of the ruǎn (Chinese string instrument) and the angklung (Javanese bamboo musical instrument). Primary School Music teachers previously performed using the angklung during the staff Chinese New Year gathering before the break.

本周, 学校迎来了新学期的开始。在首堂世界音乐课上，四年级的学生们组建了自己的乐团，将中国传统弹拨乐器"阮"，与来自印尼的竹筒乐器"昂格隆"相结合。在假期前的员工春节联欢会上，小学部的音乐教师们也曾使用昂格隆进行表演。

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Meet the STEM-Powered Girls from the Keystone Class of 2021

芝加哥大学、约翰·霍普金斯大学、罗切斯特大学……4位鼎石女生的科学梦 

Young girls around the world who are immersed in STEM education are actively challenging constructs and breaking biases to make way for people impacted by gender inequality. Such is the undertaking of four members of Keystone Academy's Class of 2021, all of whom are being driven by their growing knowledge of the field and enlightened by the strength of their cultural identity. Get to know these four STEM-powered girls in our special article this week in celebration of International Women's Day.

提到科学家，惯常的思维会自动将这个职业默认为男性，即使在这个倡导男女平等的时代。在三八国际妇女节到来之际，我们想带你认识这样4位鼎石毕业生：她们都是敢于追求、敢于冒险的女孩，她们都对科学有着无比的热忱，并在自己所探究的领域取得了出色的成绩，她们的梦想，就是成为能改变世界的科学家。 

Keystone Innovation Coaches Featured in Global Online Forums for Educators

数字化创新学习团队参与线上国际会议分享经验

Members of our Innovation and Digital Learning team have been invited to speak in international online conferences on digital learning amid a global health crisis. Innovation Coach (PS focus) Penny Ma presented at 21CLHK (21st Century Learning Hong Kong) in January, describing what a distance learning classroom looks like, referring to Keystone's practices and structures. At the same event, Director of Digital and Innovative Learning Sandra Chow spoke about building global competencies through intercultural education. Last month, our Innovation Coach (PS focus) Tina Peji joined EduTECH Asia's panel where she highlighted the importance of building trust and choosing appropriate tools so schools could sustain an online learning community.

近期，鼎石数字化创新学习团队的成员们应邀参加了一系列线上国际会议，探讨全球健康危机下的数字化学习。一月份，在21世纪香港学习会议（21CLHK）上，数字化创新学习指导教师（小学部）马胜男以鼎石的实践与机制为例，向与会者介绍了远程教育课堂的相关信息。 数字化创新学习总监郑善淇还就如何通过跨文化教育提升全球竞争力进行了发言。二月份， 数字化创新学习指导教师（小学部）Tina Peji 参加了亚洲教育科技（EduTECH）大会的主题讨论， 在发言中强调了建立信任，以及选择合适的软件工具以保证线上教育长期化需求的重要性。

Winners of Poster Making Contest on Food Waste Awareness Announced

海报设计比赛呼吁减少食物浪费

Keystone has organized a poster design competition for students to encourage everyone to reduce food wastage on campus, which reaches up to 5 tons—or over 200 sacks of 25-kg rice—every month. The contest took place last semester and saw a total of 133 entries from Primary and Middle School that were assessed by a group of school leaders and teachers. Nineteen posters ranging from the first to fourth prizes stood out among the entries. These will be displayed in Primary and Secondary dining halls for the rest of the school year. Winning students will receive group prizes, while participants will receive homemade cookies from Chartwells. The contest is part of Keystone's wider commitment to environmental protection and conservation.

大家可能想不到，每月校园内剩餐浪费平均达到近5吨（约相当于200袋大米，每袋25公斤），减少食物浪费刻不容缓。为此，学校于上学期面向小学生和初中生举行了海报设计比赛。活动开始后，共计收到了133张海报设计，评委会最终选出了19张海报，分别获得一等奖至四等奖。这些获奖海报将在本学年内在小学餐厅和中学餐厅悬挂并展出。获奖学生将荣获集体奖项，所有参赛学生亦将获得餐厅自制的饼干作为奖品。让我们对参赛获奖的学生们表示热烈的祝贺！

Junior Students Launch Online Support Platform for People with Eating Disorders

十一年级学生推出线上平台帮助进食障碍患者

A group of Keystone eleventh graders has initiated an awareness campaign to support people with eating disorders or those struggling with their body image. Team CerealLovers, composed of Jack He, Emma Wang, Kelly Yang, and Eugene Yuan, are developing a website and a short film to promote their cause. The juniors are doing this project through China Thinks Big, "a research and innovation challenge focusing on social impact and community implementation" aimed at high school students. CerealLovers are encouraging everyone to share stories through their website.

近日，四位十一年级的同学共同发起了名为  "如何克服主流审美压力和节食心态——进食障碍患者的自救指南"  的项目。由何俊实、杨开心、王梓凝、阮宇峻组成的"CerealLovers"小组，正在筹备相关网站建设并计划制作一部短片。该项目参加了"创新研究项目大挑战" (China Thinks Big， 简称CTB)，CTB 是以学术研究和社会实践推动社会创新的国际高中生大挑战。欢迎大家通过他们的网站分享自己的故事。

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How did putonghua and the pinyin come into existence? What is the right way to chant ancient Chinese poems? Can a Chinese dialect be used as a military code like the native American language in the film Windtalkers? How did ancient Chinese solve math problems without the symbol 'x'? We use our native languages so naturally that we won't notice their nuances unless they appear directly in front of us. Zheng Zining, a linguist who understands various Chinese languages and dialects, compiles about 50 stories on the development of languages, dialects, ethnic groups, and cultural diversity in both ancient and modern China. Re-Discover China in Its Languages is a book that can help us to see the unseen.

普通话与拼音是怎么形成的？读古诗词怎么才算科学？中国某个方言可以像电影《风语者》中的印第安部落语言那样作为军事密码吗？没有符号x，古代中国人是怎么解数学方程的？双语儿童梦怎样才能成功？我们日常生活中，使用语言是一件如此自然的事情——如同鱼儿在水中游，不会去关注"水"本身。语言学者郑子宁却看到了隐藏在表象下的这些有趣之处，结合汉语、方言、民族、文化的发展，把门槛极高的语言学，分为近50个精彩的问题与故事，为我们挖掘出那隐藏在语言中的中国记忆。