Students Create Uplifiting Video For Pandemic

Westchester Country Day School students have created a video to encourage people throughout the world affected by the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. 

View the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/CmPhMl4ngyo

The video features WCDS Upper School students singing “Let the World Filled with Love,” a familiar song in China. It shows Lower School students writing positive notes in Chinese characters and sharing encouraging messages in Mandarin. Their messages include “Stay Strong” and “Keep Fighting.”

Dynasty Rui, a senior international student, and Mandarin teacher Shuang Xie worked together to coordinate the video project in February. The idea came as China faced the peak of the pandemic, yet the message holds true for other countries now effected, including the United States.

“Westchester has a Mandarin curriculum in Pre-K through 12th grades, and there is a small community of Chinese students and teachers at our school. There are also parents doing business with China, so we wanted to do something to show support,” said Xie. “We wanted to add something positive and make a difference, even if just in our own school community.”