Dear HD families，
With the start of 2024. HD Ningbo School is about to celebrate its tenth birthday. Over the past decade, HD School has transformed from an idea to a seed, and then grown to become a vibrant and robust tree. Following HD Ningbo School, we succeeded in opening campuses in Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, and Nanjing in the following seven years. I am honoured to be able to walk on this exciting but no means easy journey with all of you.
The rapid changes and development across the world over the years have made us realise how important it is to present our views, history, and culture in a language, text, and logic that the world can understand. It is our responsibility and mission to cultivate the next generation of talented individuals with Chinese roots and global prospects, meanwhile exploring a path of future-ready education from local contexts.
Our number of students at HD/HT Schools has increased dramatically from the initial 108 at the Ningbo Haishu campus in September 2014 to over 8000 students by September 2023 in five of China's top cities, and all of our schools across China have encompassed the K-12 spectrum. All these happened in less than a decade, and this is remarkable by any standard.
Memories of HD Kindergartens
2nd HD Kindergarten Charity Bazaar
Goodbye, HDHS Kindergarten
Looking back at the summer of 2014, we started to envision the future of education in the shade of camphor trees in the quiet courtyard at No,10 Jiefang South Road, Ningbo. Along this journey, we have encountered countless "surprises" made many curricular breakthroughs, and experienced the growing pains of school relocation and organizational fission during our take-off. Much to my delight we have a team with great passion and professionalism for education. This organisation is filled with vibrance and it seems that any changes or even reforms can be quickly accepted, integrated, and expanded in our Ningbo campus. l would like to call this team "an iron army", for it is you who make me believe that dreams are in our hearts, and the road is under our feet.
Memories of HD Primary School
Integrated Chinese Curriculum
Our exploration in education over the past 10 years has made me deeply realize that cultivating internationally-minded Chinese citizens is not just a slogan, but about deep understanding of national curriculum standards, the localization of international curricula and resources, and the integration of the two based on unified assessment and educational objectives. In my opinion, good education is universal and there is no difference between the international and domestic. All good education is about inspiring children's intrinsic motivation, and this motivation comes from the inner calling and passion within each of us.
Memories of HD Secondary School
Kaiming attened HFI International Day
In the blink of an eye, HD Ningbo School is about to send off its seventh class of graduates. The past six classes of graduates, carrying the imprint of HD School, have set off from Ningbo to various parts of the world, Some of them have already stepped into their careers, while others continue to further pursue their studies in universities around the world. As l see them grow and become globally fluent whilst being proud of their Chinese national identity, l am even more convinced that a bright and grand future is already on its way.
Last but not least, l am very grateful for this era, which has allowed private education in China to find its soil to exist , develop, and become an indispensable force in the education ecosystem of China. If you ask me how to define the success of HD and HT Schools in the next 10 years, I think it should be that our school can not only attract more outstanding local students, but outstanding students from around the world, and help them become the best version of themselves through our integrated curriculum.
Finally, I wish all HD families a happy and healthy new year and all the best in your endeavours.
Yours faithfully,
Tao Sun
Chairman of Elite K12 Group
