岡本紗和さんは留学3年目の明るくて頑張り屋の現地高校3年生(グレード12)。先日留学先である「Dwight International School Canada 」のスピナー教頭より、紗和さんが「Golden Sparkplug Award/ゴールデンスパークプラブ賞」を受賞されたという大変うれしいご報告がございました。この賞は学校コミュニティーに顕著に貢献している生徒に与えられるもので、教師によって全校生徒の中から1名選出されています。この名誉ある賞の授賞式典で先生が紗和さんへ贈られたメッセージを下記のとおりご紹介させて頂きたいと思います。
Sawa has a positive presence that brings out the best in others. She is enthusiastic, hard-working, organized, gentle and kind.
Her guidance and maturity in the dorms is a gift to the girls that are on her floor. I often see girls in her room at night, needing to talk and be comforted.
Sawa’s maturity, pleasant attitude and patience make her a joy to work with. Sawa is the type of person who makes a community thrive. She often thinks of others before thinking of herself, and I have never seen her hesitate to help. Sawa is not polite because she has to be, she is polite, and kind, and caring, because these are the fundamental traits of her character.
Dwight is incredibly fortunate to have Sawa in our community. All of us who interact with her benefit from her steadfast commitment to being the best person she can be in every circumstance.
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