Thanh An Commune (Can Gio District) is the only locality in Ho Chi Minh City that is geographically far from the mainland. To reach students on the island commune, teachers have to travel more than 40 minutes by boat. Despite difficult working conditions, the school still strives to bring a joyful and warm Tet atmosphere to the management staff, teachers and students in the school.
Warm joy at the end of the year
For Ms. Tran Thi Nhung, homeroom teacher of class 5/1, Thanh An Primary School (Thanh An Commune, Can Gio District), the 2024 Lunar New Year is the first Tet away from home after many years of working. Born and raised in Ha Nam province, after graduating from university, Ms. Nhung applied for a civil servant exam in Ho Chi Minh City. After many years of teaching, she got married and had children in the island commune. This year, due to the difficult economic situation, the couple decided not to fly back to Ha Nam to celebrate Tet, instead the family stayed in Thanh An to celebrate the new year with colleagues and students at the school.
On the occasion of Tet this year, for the first time, Thanh An Primary School organized a festival to wrap Chung cake and Tet cake with the participation of all students, teachers and parents whose children study at the school. The cooked Chung cake and Tet cake were given back to the classes for students and teachers to enjoy together, the rest were given to poor households in the island commune. Along with that, the teachers also gathered together at the year-end party with artistic performances between groups to create a joyful atmosphere on the occasion of Tet and spring.
“My union group performed the song “Going Home” by musician Hua Kim Tuyen with the message to colleagues that after a year of hard work, Tet symbolizes reunion, so everyone should try to return to their families, be with their loved ones to chat, share the joys and sorrows they experienced in the old year,” said Ms. Nhung. Previously, from the beginning of January 2024, classrooms were decorated with apricot and peach blossoms, red parallel sentences, bringing the spring atmosphere to the school campus.
Similarly, with Mr. Bien Quoc Trong, Literature teacher, Thanh An Secondary and High School, before the Lunar New Year holiday, teachers and students of the whole school participated in the "Celebrating the Party, Celebrating Spring" festival with many team activities, folk games, and food stalls to create a joyful atmosphere at the end of the year. As for the management staff and teachers, the school organized a year-end meeting to say goodbye to teachers who were far away and returning home for Tet. Teachers who stayed in the island commune were given gifts by the school's board of directors and union to celebrate a full and prosperous Tet holiday.
Take care of the team's life
Mr. Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Principal of Thanh An Secondary and High School, happily said that thanks to saving on expenses during the school year, this year, the income for the school's management staff and teachers is higher than last year. This amount of money helps teachers have more conditions to shop and celebrate the warm Tet holiday with their families. In particular, the year-end meeting aims to bring a joyful atmosphere and strengthen solidarity among members of the school.
“My school has a total of 38 administrators, teachers and staff. Due to difficult travel conditions and limited income, the school leaders always pay much attention to motivating the team, helping teachers feel secure in their work and stay with the students in the island commune,” said the Principal of Thanh An Secondary and High School.
Regarding Thanh An Primary School, Principal Le Huu Binh shared that in the past, the school had a large proportion of teachers coming from other provinces and cities across the country. However, after many years of working, most of the teachers have started families and stayed in Thanh An to “settle down”, considering it their second hometown.
Currently, the whole school has only 3 teachers on the mainland, who travel by boat to the island every day to teach. To encourage the team spirit, on the occasion of Lunar New Year this year, the school organized many spring celebration activities such as decorating classrooms; making banh chung and banh tet; performing arts exchanges and awarding scholarships to students in difficult circumstances to create a joyful and exciting atmosphere, thereby integrating education for students about the spirit of mutual love, solidarity and sharing with the community.
At the 13th Session of the 10th Ho Chi Minh City People's Council held in December 2023, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council passed a Resolution on a number of specific policies for preschool children and primary school students in Thanh An island commune, Can Gio district from the 2023-2024 school year.
Accordingly, the city supports tuition fees for preschool children and high school students residing in Thanh An island commune who are studying at public educational institutions in the area. In addition, the city also supports money for organizing 2 sessions/day of teaching for high school students and lunch money for preschool children. In particular, from 2024, students residing in Thieng Lieng hamlet, Thanh An island commune who are studying at public schools will be supported with lunch money and transportation money.
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