提到校园文化，你会想到什么？有丰富内涵的校训、校歌？随节日活动不断变换的环境装饰？大型体育赛事前提振士气的啦啦操表演？换做是你，会以什么样的方式促进校园文化建设？福州西湖国际学校高中&学院部的几名学子给出了众人万万想不到的答案：

What comes to mind when you think of school culture? School mottos and songs with rich connotation? Decorations that change with festivals and events? Cheerleading performances to boost morale before major sports events? What do you think would be the best way to improve school culture? Several High School students from Fuzhou Lakeside International School gave an answer that no one could have imagine.

是的！他们给学校造了个健身房！

Yes! They built a gym for the school!

一切要从GAC社会情感学习（SEL）课程说起。用授课教师Mr.Marko的话来说，SEL课程对学子教授的是21世纪不可或缺的一系列“软技能”，如人际沟通、时间管理、学术诚信、排除干扰保持专注等一系列社会情感能力。

It all started with the GAC Social Emotional Learning (SEL). In the words of instructor Mr. Marko, the SEL program teaches students “soft skills” that are essential in the 21st century. These skills include competencies such as making social connections in different environments, understanding the emotions of others, maintaining focus despite distractions around them, the importance of academic honesty, and similar ones.

这门课程以团队项目式学习为主要学习方式，学生首先探索与六种SEL能力相关的活动，理解它们如何影响学校、工作和个人生活。接下来学生组成团队，通过小组合作，将这些技能付诸实践，制定计划并执行对学校文化产生积极影响的活动和方案。在整个项目式学习中，学生会持续学习、应用SEL策略来组建安排任务，提高与他人的沟通能力，更好地管理自我情绪，并在不断的挑战中做到持之以恒。

The program focuses on team-based project-based learning, where students first explore activities related to the six SEL competencies and understand how they impact their school, work, and personal lives. Next students form teams and work in small groups to put these skills into practice by developing plans and implementing activities and programs that positively impact school culture. Throughout the project-based learning, students continue to learn and apply SEL strategies to form scheduling tasks, improve their communication skills with others, better manage their self-emotions, and be persistent in the face of constant challenges.

最后，团队将展示和分享他们的项目成果，反思实践过程，并自我评估成长和表现。通过SEL课程的学习与实践，学生便可将社会情感技能应用到学习生活的各个领域之中。

Finally, teams will present and share their project results, reflect on the process, and assess self- growth and performance. Through the learning and practice of the SEL project, students will be able to apply social-emotional skills to all areas of their academic and real life.

来自FLIS高中&学院部的Daniel, Kerim, Elsie, Jonas同学均为健身爱好者。接到Marko老师布置的课程项目后，几人逐渐萌生了为学校建个健身房的想法，这既有助于鼓励学子拥有健康的体魄，自然对校园文化建设也就大有裨益。他们分析了这一项目的目标、意义、可行性、所需支持等等因素，又针对每个组员的特长进行了严谨的分工，从平面设计到器械价格调查、从校内沟通到施工协调……终于，在四人的努力及学校的大力支持下，FLIS健身房于今年大功告成！

Daniel, Kerim, Elsie, and Jonas from FLIS High School & Academy are all fitness enthusiasts. After knowing the team’s going to do a project, the idea of building a gym for the school came to them as a way of encouraging students to be fit and healthy, as well as contributing to the culture of the school. They discussed the goals, significance, feasibility, and support needed for this project, and then divided up the work according to each team member's specialties, from graphic design to equipment price survey, from communication within the school to construction coordination. Finally, thanks to the efforts of the four of them and the school's strong support, the FLIS gym was completed this year! 

回顾这段经历，四位学子均表示在SEL课程中学习到的不少技能对项目运作有很大帮助，比如时间管理技能、沟通技能等等，Kerim同学表示，“SEL课程其实就是帮你掌握一些实现目标的方法”，虽执行过程中涌现了一些问题，但正因团队成员与学校教职员工的不懈沟通，才能取得眼下成果，在这一过程中，先前学习到的种种知识也得到了锻炼。

Looking back on this experience, all four students said that many of the skills learned in the SEL program were very helpful to the operation of the project, such as time management skills, communication skills, etc. Kerim said, “SEL program is basically about how you can approach your goals, there are many factors in the program where they teach you communication, management, and so on”. Although some problems arose during the construction process, it was due to the unremitting communication between the team members and the school staff that the results were achieved, and in the process, all the knowledge learned earlier was also practiced.

Daniel同学认为完成GAC-SEL项目帮助自己建立了一种“关联感（a sense of network）”，让他看到了事物与事物之间的联系，专注力也得到提升。回顾、反思健身房项目时，Daniel真诚建议大家要积极寻求适配自己的资源，并学会适应和变通。从他的表述中不难看出社会情感技能与关联感及专注力的正相关：完成一个项目需要接触无数人、进行海量沟通，沟通技能的强化意味着建立联系的能力增强；而能够更好管理时间、时时自省的学生往往拥有更强大的专注力。

Daniel believes that completing the program helped him develop a “sense of network” that allowed him to see the connections between things and improve his ability to focus. When reviewing and reflecting on the gym project, Daniel sincerely advises everyone to actively seek out the resources that work for them and to learn to adapt. It is easy to see the positive correlation between socio-emotional skills and the sense of connection/focus from his expression: completing a project requires contact with countless people and a huge amount of communication, and the strengthening of communication skills means the ability to make connections is enhanced, and students who are able to manage their time better and introspect from time to time tend to have stronger focusing skills.

时间管理、自我情绪管理、有效沟通以及灵活应变等能力是项目成功的关键因素，同时也是GAC-SEL课程能力培养的主要目标。不仅如此，ACT的调研还表明，参加过社会情感学习的学生比之他人，在亲社会行为、成绩提升、社会情感技能提升等方面具有明显优势。

Competencies such as time management, self-emotional management, effective communication, and flexibility are key factors in program success, as well as key goals for competency development in the GAC-SEL program. In addition, ACT's research shows that students who have participated in social-emotional learning have a significant advantage over others in terms of prosocial behaviour, increase in standardized achievement test scores, and improved social-emotional skills.

如今，FLIS健身房中常见教职员工及高年级学子锻炼的身影。采访结束前，Kerim同学与Daniel同学寄语学弟学妹：希望大家可以经常使用健身房、提出自己的想法，把健身房办得更好。Kerim同学豪迈补充道：我们作为先驱为大家开辟了道路，（你们）要让道路延续下去啊！

Lately, we've been seeing faculty, staff, and high school students working out in the FLIS gym! Before concluding the interview, Kerim and Daniel expressed a message to the younger students, “We hope that you will use the gym regularly, come up with your own ideas, and make it better than we have right now.” Kerim also added sincerely, “We are the pioneers, now is the next generation’s turn. We have started a path for you- make it longer, please!”

还等什么？动起来吧同学们，愿大家都拥有健康的体魄与强健的精神！

What are you waiting for? Let's get fit together. May you all have a healthy body and a strong spirit!