2018年6月7日，英国爱德华王子亲临上海，走进校园，向上海哈罗学子们致以诚挚祝福，并与参与了爱丁堡公爵奖的哈罗学生进行了亲切交流。
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2018年6月7日，历经两年的精心筹备，世界著名学府哈罗公学在亚洲的第四所国际学校——上海哈罗外籍人员子女学校举行了盛大而隆重的开幕典礼。英国爱德华王子亲临上海，走进校园，向上海哈罗学子们致以诚挚祝福，并与参与了爱丁堡公爵奖的哈罗学生进行了亲切交流。英国驻上海领事馆总领事吴侨文先生、上海市浦东新区政府副区长李国华先生、上海市浦东新区教育局局长诸惠华女士、哈罗国际学校创办人、哈罗国际主席兼首席执行官邱达强先生、哈罗国际常务董事梁永昌先生、上海哈罗校长库克先生等亦亲临现场观礼。
作为关注国际教育、旨在为更多国际化家庭提供第一手教育资讯的专业媒体，菁kids也应邀来到现场，见证上海哈罗发展史上这一具有历史意义的时刻。
开幕典礼上，从管乐演奏英国电影《007》的主题曲，到提琴协奏英国作曲家爱德华·埃尔加创作的著名乐曲《爱的礼赞》，哈罗学生们的表演无不透露着上海哈罗浓郁的英式教育氛围。
爱德华王子的到访体现了哈罗与英国王室的联系，而事实上，两者的渊源由来已久。1572年，哈罗公学正是在英国女王伊丽莎白一世的特许下成立于伦敦。逾四个世纪以来，哈罗一直秉承着“为未来世界培养具有领导力的人才”（Leadership for a Better World）的核心使命，培养出了众多领袖和领军式人物，包括英国首相丘吉尔、著名诗人拜伦、印度开国总理尼赫鲁和多名诺贝尔奖得主。
自1997年起，哈罗开始扎根亚洲，先后于曼谷、香港、北京、上海设立分校，办学成果卓著，每年皆有哈罗毕业生入读英国牛津、剑桥以及美国常春藤等世界顶尖高等院校。
当天，爱德华王子还特别与参与了爱丁堡公爵奖的哈罗学生进行了亲切的交流。该奖项于60多年前由爱丁堡公爵菲利普亲王创立，现已扩展至130多个国家及地区。获得该奖项的学生皆具备突出的社会责任感和个人潜能，在合作解决问题、勇敢面对挑战、乐于为社区做贡献这三个方面，与哈罗所倡导的领导力特质不谋而合。
作为“哈罗家族”的最新成员，上海哈罗的正式揭幕具有里程碑式的意义。正如哈罗国际学校创办人、哈罗国际主席兼首席执行官邱达强先生在致辞中表示：“上海哈罗是哈罗国际学校家族中最年轻的成员。尽管它是最新成立的，却也是特别重要的一个，因为上海是东西方文化融合的最伟大城市之一，亦是当前最先进的文化教育理念汇聚之地。”同时他也表示，“上海哈罗的揭幕不仅意味着哈罗家族又添新成员，更代表着中国社会、教育界以及家长和学生们对哈罗秉承的文化传统、教育理念的认同和对哈罗国际学校未来的期许。”
Harrow International School Shanghai Officially Opened
On Thursday, 7th June 2018, HRH The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex – the third son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England – opened the fourth Harrow International School, located in the Waigaoqiao district of Shanghai.
The Prince also toured the school, accompanied by Mr John Edwards, the British Consul-General, Mr Li Guohua, the Deputy District Chief of the District Government of Pudong New Area, Ms Zhu Huihua, the Director of Education Bureau of Pudong New Area, Mr Daniel Chiu, founder of Harrow International Schools and Chairman and CEO of Harrow International, Mr Eric Leung, Managing Director of Harrow International and Mr David Cook, the Headmaster of Harrow Shanghai. The pupils of the school cheered the royal party as they walked around the school.
As a leading media focusing on international education, jingkids was also invited to the event.
On the opening ceremony, students’ performance could reveal a rich atmosphere of English education at Harrow Shanghai, from their wind instruments’ performance of the theme song of the British film 007 to the violin playing of famous music Salut d’Amour written by British composer Edward Elgar.
Harrow has long had strong links with British royalty. Harrow School itself, in north-west London, opened in 1572, with a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I. Since then, Harrow has educated many great leaders in all walks of life, with names such as Winston Churchill, the famous poet Lord Byron, the founding Prime Minister of India Pandit Nehru, and several Nobel Prize laureates. So, for over four centuries, Harrow has adhered to its core mission of ‘Leadership for a Better World’. From London, the traditions, heritage and reputation of the school have spread around the world.
The first international school appeared over twenty years ago in Bangkok, when Harrow opened there in 1997. Hong Kong, Beijing and now Shanghai have followed. A strong academic reputation has been established in the international schools, with Harrow graduates going on to study at the world’s top universities, such as Oxford, Cambridge and the Ivy League schools of the United States.
A special moment for The Prince was when he was introduced to and interacted with the Harrow pupils who have participated in The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. The Award was founded more than 60 years ago by The Prince’s father, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who it is named in honour of.
The programme has now been expanded to over 130 countries and territories, and pupils who achieve the Award have to demonstrate personal responsibility and leadership,as well as great fortitude and individual fitness. Teamwork is another essential characteristic. Success in the Award is widely considered a major asset toacademic studies, personal development and that all important search for acareer. The Award programme, which is very much a part of the school’s mission of ‘Leadership for a Better World’.
Shanghai has a special significance as the location of the newest member of the Harrow family of schools. As Mr Daniel Chiu, founder of Harrow International Schools and Chairman and CEO of Harrow International, pointed out in his speech, ‘Although Harrow Shanghai is our newest, it is a particularly significant school, as Shanghai is one of the world’s greatest cities where the East meets the West, and it is also the place where the most advanced cultural and educational ideas converge.’ He continued, the unveiling of Shanghai Harrow not only means that the Harrow family has added a new member, but also recognises the cultural traditions and educational concepts of Harrow along with the expectations for the future of Chinese society, education, parents and pupils.
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