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Grade 11 Assembly: Chess & Life

December 5, 2023

On the last day of November, Grade-11 students had their assembly with an introduction to the upcoming Christmas events and the board game chess. This year’s “Secret Santa” gift-giving campaign consisted of a Christmas sale and “white elephant” gift exchange. The Christmas sale allows students to purchase unique Christmas decorations and gifts, with the revenue raised going to donations/charity. The white elephant gift exchange is a creative gift-exchanging event where students prepare a gift with the prompt to “bring something that represents yourself” while receiving a gift from someone else.

Next, Jason from class 11(6) delivered a presentation on chess. The speech began with a brief introduction, interesting facts, and the benefits of playing chess. Key details about chess included how it was a game that only required skill and no luck, and how scientific research supported its benefits of fostering creativity and critical-thinking skills. Then, the story of a personal tournament experience wrapped up the assembly with the conclusion that chess taught him the important life lessons of perseverance, seeing the bigger picture, and learning from losses.

(Written by 11（6）Jason Li Pictures by Pengpeng Ouyang Supervised by Meijun Shi Reviewed by Qian Zuo)