Worry about the responsibility first, then enjoy the success; From now on, adulthood is on our shoulders | International Academy 2026 Senior High School Adult Ceremony
Three years ago, you walked into the campus with aspirations. In the blink of an eye, time quietly flows by. Today, you have officially entered adulthood and ushered in a new starting point in your lives.
In the afternoon campus, senior students from the International Academy gathered under the door of Wisdom and Virtue, with a millennium cultural background, capturing the youthful moment of their 18th year.
At the moment the shutter is pressed, what remains is not just a smile, but also the three-year friendship and the youthful appearance that belongs to this spring.
From a teenager to a truly independent adult
Suzhou High School Xiangcheng Experimental Project · Xiangcheng High School
Executive Principal Kong Jianfeng
In adult etiquette, school leaders send growth messages to high school seniors. Over the past three years, you have gradually grown into young people with an international perspective, innovative spirit, and cross-cultural communication skills. In the face of the AI era and the constantly changing world, we hope that you will always maintain curiosity and learning ability, adhere to your ideals, be brave in taking responsibility, safeguard your inner sense of direction on the future path of life, and write your own wonderful chapters on a broader world stage.
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Always maintain curiosity and become a lifelong learner
Graduation is not the end, but a new beginning. I hope that students will always maintain curiosity and thirst for knowledge, and transform their learning ability into a lifelong driving force for growth. Don't just stay in textbooks, take the initiative to move towards the real world. Please remember: true growth does not lie in never falling, but in being able to start again after every fall.
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Adhere to ideals and take on global responsibilities
Remember the school motto and integrate personal ideals into the current of national development and progress. No matter where you are, in the face of cultural differences and world changes, you can maintain rationality and tolerance, actively face challenges with wisdom and courage, and strive to become a responsible and responsible young person in the new era.
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Refining character, guarding the inner lighthouse
The road ahead will not always be smooth. I hope that students will always maintain optimism and resilience, and bravely face challenges and setbacks. Recognize your strengths and weaknesses, and constantly improve your personality and character. Wherever you go, please uphold integrity, kindness, and gratitude, treat others well, and give back to society.
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Embrace independence and write a wonderful life
Traveling means truly independent growth. I hope that students can continuously improve their self-discipline and self-learning abilities, manage their own lives seriously, and actively integrate into the broader world. Please remember, family and alma mater will always be your warm harbor and strong backing.
Collective oath of coming of age ceremony
Write a letter to your future self
In the adult etiquette ceremony, the "Time Post Office" segment also left a special memory of students' growth.
Classmates pick up their pens and write down their expectations and wishes for the future, solemnly putting the letter into the mailbox, sending themselves and their 18-year-old state of mind to the future together.
From peers and
Real sharing from senior students
At the coming of age ceremony, Xu Yiqi from the high school Japanese class and Wang Yuanyi from the high school OSSD class, as outstanding graduates, shared their growth experiences.
At the same time, several former graduates of international colleges also "returned to the scene" through videos, telling real stories about studying abroad, university applications, and independent living.
These shares do not have grand preaching, but make the 'future' concrete and real for the first time.
Those words that I can't usually say out loud
When the gratitude video 'I Want to Talk to You' was played, the scene gradually quieted down.
Students, as adults, earnestly express their gratitude to their parents; Parents also use the camera to gently say things that are usually difficult to speak to their children.
Many households on site had red eyes. The worries, expectations, and reluctance hidden in daily life also quietly arrive in each other's hearts at this moment.
coming-of-age gift
A blessing from the academy
At the ceremony, the International Academy also prepared exclusive adult gifts for each senior high school student——
A graduation photo of the 2026 class of teachers and students
At this moment, as evidence, the light and shadow freeze, leaving traces of our journey;
A piece of magnolia luggage tag
When jade sees flowers blooming, it goes to mountains and seas, each blooming;
a thermos cup
Warm water knows how to move, slow fire produces light, and grows inward;
A canvas bag for the academy
Traveling light, all paths are paths, all encounters are lights.
May you carry this companionship from the academy and travel to a farther world; I also hope that no matter where I go in the future, I will still remember that this was the place where I started.
2023-2026 is the most precious period of your youth.
You are seeking knowledge, growing, and walking side by side in the International Academy; The academy has also accompanied you all the way, witnessing your growth from young and inexperienced youth to independent, confident, and responsible adults.
Eighteen aspirations, long live youth. May the flowers bloom like brocade here, and there is still a direction when returning! Thus, may all high school seniors of the 2026 cohort of the International Academy:
Once the coronation ceremony is completed, it travels across all realms;
Heart embraces all rivers, forming its own river and sea.
