Go-fourth project sponsor Mrs. Mary S. Wright was interviewed in her school classroom by NBC reporter in Rocky Hill School,East Greenwich Town,Rhode Island in the Unitied States of America. Mrs. Mary S. Wright’s great contribution to world peace education was recognized in many countries such as in Isreal,Russia,Romanian,China and also in the parts of the world.Mary S. Wright led Rocky Hill School delegation visiting China Zhixin Elementary School in Shaoguan City Guangdong Province in January, 2003. Mary S. Wright ’s go-fourth experiences in China were posted on Education-World.com.
Go-fourth project school partner from South China is Zhixin Elementary School of Shaoguan City in Guangdong Province. Go-fourth (Go For One United Respect Throughout Humanity).
The Project school partners usually have March Fourth walking a mile activity each year.The picture on the left was the of Zhixin Elementary school students walking along Zhenjiang River bank.
The project between Sino-US school was ever reported on NBC TV program.The project sponsor Mrs. Mary S. Wright in Rocky Hill School in Rhode Island.And the project coordinator in China is John Wu,the former fellow teacher in Zhixin Elementary School in Shaoguan City.
After Rocky Hill School delegation visited Zhixin Elementary School in January 2003, Rocky Hill School community had March 4th walking for peace in 2005. They were holding the Bilingual banner of peace.
For One United Respect Throughout Humanity “Zhu yuan Shi Jie He Ping”.
The picture on the right was Rocky Hill School peacemaking students walking on the sunny day in Spring of 2005.
Zhixin Elementary School principal Mr. Wang Xiangquan and Rockyhill School headmaster Mr. James Young from East Greenwich,Rhode Island,United States of America at the peace pole planting ceremony in Zhixin Elementary School campus on January 15th,2003
Two school headmasters children met under the peace pole.
Mr. Wang Zhixin Elementary School headmaster welcome James Young from American Rockyhi Hill Scholl in Rhode Island during the Go-fourth celebration in Zhixin school campus.Peace Pole planting ceremony,basket ball games,Chinese family visiting… It was amazing for this two schools to get together from two different continents.
( http://community.webshots.com/user/johnwuchina) celebration in the evening
Rockyhill School headmaster James Young’s letter (scanned by John Wu)
Dear Mr. Wang, (August 5th,2002 )
I am in receipt of your kind invitation to Rocky Hill School for a peace mission to China. We are most grateful that you have extended this invitation to our families and faculty. On behalf of Rocky Hill School, I wish to thank you for your efforts to bring our children and teachers together, face to face, to discuss the topics that stem from our “Go Fourth” curriculum under Mary Wright’s tutelage. As I am sure Mr. Wu has discovered in his correspondence with Mary, she is a very passionate educator and she has worked hard to bring children together around the hurtful issues of bullying and teasing.
Rocky Hill School is a country day school, set along the shores of Narragansett Bay in the smallest state in the union. Our current enrollment is 350 students within a Pre-Kindergarten through prep school continuum. In America, unlike Britain, a private school operates as a non-profit institution that is privately funded. Although we provide financial aid for those in need, and we have a somewhat diverse student body, most of our students hail from the upper class. Many of our parents work professionally in medicine, law and business. Our students are well educated and are future leaders of their communities. As a school, we believe we must do everything that we can do to promote respect for one another, not only throughout our own community, but wherever we travel. We have incorporated this social curriculum into our daily lives at school and, philosophically, we believe that, in addition to parents, we are in the best position to reach our young children before they learn to become intolerant of differences and disrespectful as a result of these attitudes. It is apparent that civility must be modeled at home and at school in an effort to teach children tolerance at an early age. At Rocky Hill School, we believe these teachings and open discussions among children, their families and teachers is more important than ever in a world where civility is fast waning.
We are delighted by the prospects of visiting China, and in particular, Guangdong Province, to participate in a forum with other families and teachers in an effort to discuss and, perhaps, resolve some of the issues that are inherent with growing up in a world full of conflict. Our students will enjoy having the opportunity to learn about life in China and how children learn to demonstrate mutual respect. We have a great deal to learn from one another, and perhaps your families and teachers would enjoy an exchange visit here some time in the future. We are in the process of arranging travel plans to China, the details of which will be communicated to Mr. Wu, as soon as possible. I know that you will understand that, as Headmaster, I reserve the right to cancel the trip at any time, if I believe that it is in the best interests of our families with regard to travel. As we have experienced last fall, no one can predict what the future holds, and I need to be as assured as possible, regarding the safety of Rocky Hill School families. With that thought in mind, we are proceeding with plans to be in China in January, 2003. We look forward to our visit and to meeting you, your students, teachers and parents face to face!
Kind regards,
James J. Young III, Headmaster
Email: jyoung@rockyhill.org
