砥砺前行，共克时艰 | 致全体美达菲人的一封公开信

发表时间：2020-02-03 22:05

截至目前，新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情确诊病例11823例，死亡病例259例，治愈病例243例。

为加强新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情防控工作，有效减少人员聚集，阻断疫情传播，更好保障人民群众生命和身体健康，国务院办公厅发布关于延长2020年春节假期的通知。美达菲学校也根据学校所在地政府规定延期开学。

致所有美达菲人的一封信

Dear all,

First of all, on behalf of The MacDuffie Schools, allow me to extend our sincere greetings and deepest respect to all the staff who are working in the front line of the epidemic. Thank you for being the people who are working so hard to fight this new disease and to protect the public throughout the world.

Due to the ongoing and evolving situation surrounding the coronavirus, we wanted to send out a message to all of our community. This is so that I can update you about the excellent work our schools and staff are doing to ensure that the student education will not be disrupted, no matter what the future circumstances may hold.

The MacDuffie School is closely monitoring the situation and health circumstances of all of our families and staff. The school will do all it can to support every member of its community to ensure safety and to deliver a well-planned and quality education to our students. The school will follow the rules set out by the Government and also will be a stable and honourable port of safety for all. To do this, the school has set out the following plan.

The school will physically reopen according the rules and advice from the local authorities. Currently, the school will remain closed until Monday 17th February 2020. The opening date of the school will be confirmed through future updates.

The International students will be issued with work and introduced to a new online education platform within the coming days. Teachers will be starting online lessons which will meet our high standards of education and all learning plans and syllabuses will be followed as normal. Attendance of our online learning platform will be fully credited and meet all academic requirements of The MacDuffie School. Students will be required to complete the work and full assistance will be made available to them through the school, teachers and class managers.

Please rest assured that school management is working hard to ensure that the high, internationally recognised standards of The MacDuffie School will be maintained throughout, that the situation will not affect the education of the students and that full support will be given to every student.

Further information will be sent out regularly to make sure our community has all the information that is needed to maintain their spirits and keep positive. We can make the most of our situation, study and education will mean that we can stay focused, have purpose and aim for our improvement, using time efficiently and positively for the benefit of us all.

MacDuffie China

致所有美达菲人：

首先，谨代表所有美达菲人对奋战在疫情第一线的所有工作人员致以最深切的问候和深深的敬意。感谢你们用血肉之躯所铸成的围墙，将那些原本人类未知的疾病，阻隔在离公众最远的地方。

面对愈演愈烈的冠状病毒扩散趋势，我们在此向美达菲学校在中国的所有校区发出一封公开信。以便各界了解美达菲学校所有教职员工为了保证学生学习质量和进度不会受到影响（因疫情造成延期入学所致）所付出的所有努力。无论未来我们将面临怎样的情况，我们都会尽力让学生获得最好的教育。

美达菲学校持续密切监测所有教职员工的健康和心理状况，我们将倾尽全力以确保每一位美达菲人的健康与安全，进而为每一位美达菲学子提供高品质的教育体验。

本校会遵循政府及教育部门的制定的相关规定，成为所有美达菲学校教职员工和学生的稳定而值得信赖的避风港。为此，学校制定了如下对策：

1、美达菲学校根据学校所在地政府规定延期开学，南京和上海校区开学时间暂定为2020年2月17日（星期一），天津校区也将延期开学，具体按照当地教育局主管部门要求规定开学时间。

2、如果疫情持续影响教学，我们可能无法通过面对面授课的形式向学生传递知识，为了保证所有学生的学习进度，同时延续我们一贯的高标准教学质量——我们将采取备用方法在线授课，学生会在这段时间用新的在线教育平台学习，学习计划也会按照已有的教学大纲进行。

3、同时我们会对在线教育平台内学生的出勤情况进行考核，校内的行政、教学和管理人员会对此提供有效协助，以期符合美达菲学校的学术标准。

学校管理层会为美达菲学校符合国际标准的高品质教学全力护航，并在未来持续提升我们的教学标准。从而保证此类突发状况不会对学生学习质量造成任何影响，即便面临更危急的情况，我们也会按照一贯的美达菲标准支持每一位学生。

如有新的进展，我们会同步通过校区及集团公众号发布信息。

教育为思想插上了翅膀，帮助每一个人找到前进的方向，从而帮助我们设定目标，积极有效地利用时间，告诉我们爱己及人这一真理。在此特殊时刻，让我们共同朝着思想与真理的方向不断前行。历史告诉我们，危难终将过去，而团结与信心会成为我们终生的宝藏。