Spring is in the air, everything is recovering, and Griggs (China) member schools in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Kunshan welcomed the second semester of the 2024-25 school year. In this season of hope, each school held a unique and exciting opening ceremony to kick off the new semester and inject new energy into the students.

The Lantern Festival meets the opening, traditional culture cheering the heart.

ZWIS skillfully combined the opening ceremony with the Lantern Festival, bringing a feast of traditional culture to the students. Along with the festive sound of gongs and drums, the lion dance added a strong festive atmosphere to the opening ceremony. Ms Peggy Zhai, the principal, sent her best wishes to the students in her speech. Afterwards, the wonderful talent show, interesting riddles, exciting traditional games such as Lantern Throwing, Pitcher Throwing and Hoop Throwing, as well as the DIY lanterns and other activities made the students feel the charm of Chinese traditional culture in the midst of laughter, and injected full of vitality for the new semester.

Recognizing Excellence, Inspiring the Future

With the theme of “Recognizing Excellence, Inspiring the Future”, Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School held a grand and enthusiastic opening ceremony. As a warm-up activity, the talent show demonstrated the versatility and youthfulness of the students. Student representatives and teacher representative made speeches respectively, sharing their learning experience and outlook for the new semester. Afterwards, the school commended the students, classes and clubs who had achieved excellent results in different aspects in the last semester, setting an example and inspiring all teachers and students to keep up their efforts and make greater achievements in the new semester. Finally, General Principal Bowen Chen delivered a warm speech, in which he firstly sent his greetings and blessings for the new semester to all teachers and students, and recognized the hard work of all teachers and students in the past semester. He encouraged everyone to continue to carry forward the fine tradition in the new semester, to be innovative, to pursue excellence, and to create a better future together.

The first day of school was greeted with good news, and it was the right time to set sail.

The opening of the school year at Kunshan Global International IELTS Center Griggs Program was filled with good news, adding to the festive atmosphere of the new semester. The school sent the most sincere blessings to the students who achieved excellent results, and wished them to make persistent efforts in the new semester and achieve even more brilliant results.

Technology Empowers School, Smart Campus Shows the Future

Following the pace of the times, Kunshan Liren Foreign Language School integrated technology elements into the opening ceremony and reported the opening ceremony with DeepSeek. In his speech, the principal expressed his expectations for the new semester and presented awards to outstanding students. Then, the Class Book Drift Handover Ceremony was launched, symbolizing the transfer and sharing of knowledge. We wish the students to grow strong like saplings, be happy and have fun, and make their dreams come true.

New semester, new atmosphere, new journey. The member schools of Griggs (China) will devote themselves to the education and teaching work of the new semester with fuller enthusiasm and higher morale, and work hard to nurture more excellent talents! We believe that with the joint efforts of all teachers and students, we will be able to create another success and write a new chapter!