重磅喜报！青岛为明学校国际部学子斩获USAD美国学术十项全能竞赛全国金牌！以及多个单项第一名！
2023 USAD
美国学术十项全能竞赛
3月24日至3月26日，2023USAD美国学术十项全能竞赛——主题：“破局之路 The Age of Transformation" 在海南省海花岛隆重举行！来自全国各地国际学校百余支队伍派出各自学术精英，如约齐聚海南省海花岛，共赴这项极具含金量的顶尖学术赛事。
青岛为明学校国际部学子经过五个月的备赛，在赛场上众力万钧、逐风破浪，尽显非凡实力，斩获包括研习模式学术大满贯全国金牌（第一名）、学术海报全国金牌（第一名）、学术写作全国金牌（第一名）等多项大奖！
青岛为明学校国际部学子经过五个月的备赛，在赛场上众力万钧、逐风破浪，尽显非凡实力，斩获包括研习模式学术大满贯全国金牌（第一名）、学术海报全国金牌（第一名）、学术写作全国金牌（第一名）等多项大奖！
学术全能达人
先来领略小将们夺得的各个奖项
- 学术大满贯
全国金牌（第一名）
National Gold Medal of Academic Grand Slam
(The First Place)
- 学术海报
全国金牌（第一名）
National Gold Medal of Academic Poster
(The First Place)
- 学术写作
全国金牌（第一名）
National Gold Medal of Academic Writing
(The First Place)
- 学术演讲
全国第四名
National Academic Speech
The 4th Place
个人 · 奖项Individual Awards
Coco Zhao-全国个人演讲
Medal of Individual Speech
银牌 National- the Silver
Coco Zhao-全国个人面试
Medal of Individual Interview
银牌 National- the Silver
Jason Wang-全国个人演讲
Medal of Individual Speech
铜牌 National- the Bronze
Jason Wang-全国个人面试
Medal of Individual Interview
铜牌 National- the Bronze
Tony Pan-区域个人演讲
一等奖
Regional- the First Prize of Individual Speech
Susan Qu-区域个人演讲
二等奖
Regional- the Second Prize of Individual Speech
USAD何谓学术界的顶级“奥斯卡”？
USAD美国学术十项全能(United States Academic Decathlon)，由美国非赢利性组织(USAD Association) 举办，是面向高中生的综合性学术性挑战，被誉为“通往世界名校的主题通识学术挑战”。USAD作为美国首屈一指的高中生综合学术挑战平台，迄今已经拥有超过50年历史。十项全能领域涉及社会科学、科学、经济、数学、语言和文学、艺术、音乐，并融入演讲、面试、写作的综合考察。
USAD美国学术十项全能堪比学术界的奥斯卡，凭借其跨学科的竞赛内容和极高的学术价值，受到美国社会的广泛认可。哈佛大学将USAD列为高中生课外学术活动的单独类别，历任美国总统也会接见USAD的获胜队伍。2018 年哈佛大学校方媒体The Harvard Crimson对历届新生的调研中显示, 有20%的哈佛新生在高中时参加以 USAD 为代表的通识类研习活动。作为电影《蜘蛛侠:英雄归来》的情节背景,全球青少年跟随蜘蛛侠的视角，领略了 USAD 对于美国高中生的重要意义。
收获满满 · 参赛心得
厚积薄发，总教练Darren Li总结赛季：
Firstly, I am very excited and pleased that our students from the ISD of Qingdao Weiming School have achieved excellent results in this USAD competition.
This is a great affirmation of their own general literacy and the efforts they have put in preparing for the competition in the past five months.The preparation for the USAD research track is extremely difficult,and students need to break through their comfort zone and use their spare time for preparation and learning.Being able to complete a competition is already a medal for pushing the limit and pursuing excellence.
Secondly,the achievement of students cannot be obtained without their own efforts and hard work,and most importantly,the strong support of resources from the school,targeted guidance from professional teachers,and constant encouragement and assistance from homeroom teachers.As the head coach,I have been deeply moved more than once by the independent thinking ability, leadership, and innovation that students gradually developed during the process.Finally,as shared in the competition coach forum,"Youth never fail, hard work is success."The spirit of perseverance bestowed on students and teachers by Qingdao Weiming School can surely help us reach one academic peak after another.
首先，非常激动和欣慰我们青岛为明学校国际部的同学们在此次USAD美国十项全能竞赛中斩获佳绩，这对他们自身的通识知识素养以及这五个月为准备竞赛所付出的努力来说都是一个很好的肯定。USAD美国十项全能竞赛研习模式准备难度非常之大，同学们需要突破自身舒适区，利用课余时间进行准备和学习。能够完成比赛本身就已经是突破自我、追求卓越的勋章。
其次，同学们成绩的取得离不开自身的努力拼搏，更离不开学校从资源上的大力支持、专业老师针对性的辅导以及班主任们无时无刻的鼓励与帮助。作为总教练，我不止一次的被同学们逐渐培养出的独立思考能力，领导力和创新思维所感动。最后，正如竞赛教练论坛中的分享所说：“青春没有失败，努力就是成功”，青岛为明学校所赋予学子和老师们的奋发图强和持之以恒的精神，定能助我们走上一个又一个的学术顶峰。
Coco Zhao：
Right after I signed up for the competition, I was in a daze because I previously did not have much experience with such a comprehensive, multidisciplinary competition in such little time.Coco
Then, from watching teaching videos, reviewing summaries, brainstorming, and sorting out divergent thoughts, we finally chose the academic theme of combining social science and economics. More specifically, the change in the relationship between European colonists and Native Americans.
Next, we started an extensive literature review and study. We needed to conduct analysis based on historical and social backgrounds. This is not only a summary of academic materials, but also included our own understanding and analysis of the topic. The second part was the resume and interview. Creating the resume allowed me to display my growth career after attending international courses and let me sink my heart into thinking and analyzing myself. Furthermore, interviews also covered many techniques related to speech, posture, body language, and on-the-spot responses.
Then, the preparations for subsequent processes including reading books, poster design, presentations, and super quiz sessions became more intense and substantial. We analyzed and studied outstanding poster works from previous sessions, and summarized experience points to apply to our entries. Repeated revisions to the previous three editions also require a balance between academics and design. Finally, there was a rehearsal for the speech. There were only three people in our group, so each of us shared a lot of pressure for the speech part. The result was very good after constantly practicing and strengthening our memory.
在刚报名比赛时，我是有些茫然的——因为之前少有这样综合型、时间有限、涵盖多门学科的竞赛。从观看教学视频、复盘总结、头脑风暴、将发散的思维梳理充足，最终选择社会科学和经济学结合的学术主题——欧洲入侵者和当地原住民关系的改变。
接下来开始了铺天盖地的资料查阅和学习，我们需要结合历史和社会背景展开分析，这不仅仅是对学术资料的总结，更多的是我们自己对于主题的理解和分析。第二部分是简历和面试——简历让我梳理了自己就读国际课程之后的成长生涯，并沉下心来思考分析自我。面试当中也涵盖了许多演说、状态、肢体语言和临场应变技巧。
后续的process book、海报设计、演讲和超级问答的准备更加紧张充实。我们分析研究了前几届的优秀海报作品，并总结经验要点应用到我们的参赛作品中。前后三版反复修改，也要在学术性和设计感当中找平衡。最后是演讲的排练，我们组只有三人，因此每人都对应分担了更多演讲部分的压力，通过不断练习、不断加强记忆，最终效果是很好的。
Susan Qu：
This year, I had the honor to team up with my classmates to participate in the United States Academic Decathlon General Education Competition and won the award of the national champion of the research track.
During the preparation process, our team successfully completed academic writing, speech, and interview through division of labor and mutual help. Later, we actively prepared for the offline summit. With the help of art teachers and foreign teachers, we discussed and planned the draft poster, pondered about wording and other aspects, and conducted several rehearsals. Each rehearsal revealed a new problem, followed by our corrections. Therefore, each edition of the poster had new innovations and breakthroughs, and we got better at explaining the content of the speech.
Hard work pays off. In the offline summit, we performed better than usual. At the same time, in the opening ceremony, the social party and the closing ceremony, I experienced the appearance of outstanding students from all over the country and was deeply inspired by the sharing of student representatives. What I gained from USAD competition is not only knowledge, but also the logic behind each discipline and the perseverance to break big tasks into small ones and finish them on time every day without delay. At the same time, I also want to thank all the teachers for giving us academic knowledge, time, and spiritual support. From them, I have learned the most respectable and responsible attitude towards things. These are not only what an exam paper can offer me, but also what will guide and shape my spiritual strength in my future study.
今年我有幸参加了USAD十项全能通识教育比赛。在备赛过程中，我们团队分工协作、互相帮助，顺利完成了学术写作，演讲与面试等内容。后面积极备战线下峰会的过程中，我们和美术老师探讨策划海报初稿，和外教老师修改演讲稿，并进行了很多次彩排。每一次彩排都会暴露出新的问题，然后改正它，每一版海报也都有新的进步与突破。
功夫不负有心人，在线下峰会中，我们发挥出了比平时更好的水平。同时在开幕式，社交晚会和闭幕式中领略了来自全国各地的优秀学生的风貌，也深受学生代表分享的启发。我在USAD竞赛中收获的不仅是知识，更是学习每个学科背后的逻辑和把大任务分成小任务并每天按时完成，不拖延的持之以恒。同时，也感谢每一位老师给予我们在学术，时间，精神上的支持，在他们身上我领会到了最值得尊敬的对待事情认真负责的态度。这些不仅仅是一张试卷能交给我的，更会化作在我之后的求学之路上指引并造就我的精神力量。
Alan Li：
The preparation process for USAD was very long. My tutors and I started preparing for this competition months before the competition.
During this period, I met a lot of challenges. I not only needed to prepare the content of my competition, but also needed to run in and communicate with my teammates and tutors. It was a big challenge for me, as I am always impatient.
At first, I thought I was entering the competition just to get a good award and make my resume more competitive. However, when I really stood on the podium and waved the school flag with more than 100 school representatives, I realized that what I cherish more than the honor I got was the teammates who fought with me and the teachers who supported me silently. Without their encouragement and support, I would never be standing on this podium that does not belong to me.
USAD的准备过程是非常漫长的，在比赛开始前的几个月，辅导老师们就开始动员我们着手准备了。这期间我遇到了很多前所未有的挑战——不但需要去准备比赛的内容，还需要和队友和辅导老师磨合和沟通。这对从前有些缺乏耐心的我来说是一个不小的挑战，很开心的是在这个过程中战胜了自己。
最开始参加这个比赛的初衷也许是想拿到一个奖项，丰富竞赛经历。然而，当我真正站到领奖台上以及作为学校旗手与一百多个学校的代表共同挥舞校旗的时候，我才意识到——比起我得到的荣誉，更值得我珍惜的是和我共同奋斗的队友们，以及在我背后默默支持的老师们。没有他们的鼓励和支持，我无法站在这个原本并不熟悉的领奖台上。
Neil Kimmet—
ISD Academic Director
Helping to guide students and assist with their preparations was a very rewarding experience overall.
Not only did I learn a lot more about my students through helping them to revise their resumes, but I also learned a lot about their character and work ethic through witnessing the amount of time that they devoted to their studies. Hopefully, through studying the subjects more deeply and using what they learned in the USAD competition, the subject and AP scores will be excellent as well. Finally, congratulations to the participating students for all that they accomplished, both in terms of awards and personal growth!
能够指导学生备赛是一次非常有意义的经历。通过帮助学生修改简历，我不仅对他们有了更多的了解，而且见证了他们在比赛和学术研究上的投入；同时我也对他们的个性和专业性有了更多的了解。希望通过此次在USAD比赛中深入的研究，同学们的AP和日常成绩也会更出色。最后，祝贺所有获奖同学，你们收获的不仅仅是荣誉，还有成长！
Paul—History Teacher：
I enjoyed working with the students who prepared for months to join the USAD competition.
It is not easy to prepare a research paper in one's own language, let alone in one's second language. But the students persisted and worked hard to understand their research topic. I was delighted to hear how well they did in the actual competition in Hainan. They represented our school well and learned much from the experience on effective research and group collaboration. I believe they set a great precedent for future students who hope to pursue the same competition in the future.
我很喜欢跟同学们一起准备USAD比赛的经历。用自己的母语准备一篇研究论文都不容易，更不用说用自己的第二语言了。但我的学生们坚持钻研，并努力理解他们的研究课题。我很高兴听到他们在海南的比赛中取得了超棒的成绩。他们很好地代表了我们青岛为明学校国际部，并从研究团队协作中学到了很多。我相信他们为目前在校的同学们树立了榜样，对未来希望参加这些竞赛的同学们来说，他们是当之无愧的表率。
