{"id":21151,"date":"2025-03-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/?p=21151"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:08:53","slug":"mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/news\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Highet&#8217;s 20-Year Return: Every Brick Tells a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-1024x305.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-1536x458.png 1536w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-001-2048x611.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a cool spring morning, a familiar face walked into Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG) with a warm smile\u2014<em><strong>Mr. Kent Highet<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;from Australia. He taught math, science, and business here for&nbsp;<strong>14 years (2005-2019)<\/strong>. Five years after leaving, his special return showed what makes UIS education special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-002-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-002-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-002-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-002-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-002.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr. Highet\u00a0warmly embraced his former colleagues<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Foundation Stones to Growing Minds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u300cAlumni Story\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Highet clearly remembers helping start the Secondary building in 2014. For him, the classrooms got fancier, but what really matters here\u2014the trust between teachers and kids, the unspoken teamwork\u2014it\u2019s all still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Campus tour<\/em><br><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Computers Can\u2019t Replace :\u00a0Real Human Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u300cAlumni Story\u300d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking past homerooms with AI tools, Mr. Highet pointed to students laughing in the homeroom: &#8220;Computers can solve math problems faster, but they\u2019ll never replace *this*.&#8221; He smiled, watching a teacher high-five a student. &#8220;<em><strong>We\u2019re teaching kids how to be good humans\u2014how to care, how to work together. That\u2019s what lasts forever.<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Old Photos, Fresh\u00a0Memories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u300cAlumni Story\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Highet scrolled through his phone, showing memories: sleepy students on field trips, goofy teacher group photos&#8230; He still remembered every name. &#8220;These aren\u2019t just my memories,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They show how UIS teachers work\u2014we see every student\u2019s unique spark and help it grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-004-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-004-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-004.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr.Highet\u00a0showed us the treasured old photos stored on his phone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why This School Still Feels Like Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u300cAlumni Story\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Mr.Highet\u2019s eyes, today\u2019s students are more confident, but just like kids from 20 years ago, they crave real connections. That\u2019s UIS\u2019s secret: we keep getting better while staying true to what matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-005.jpg 1917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Interview with Mr. Hightet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Closing Thoughts: Education That Stands<\/strong><br><strong>the\u00a0Test of Time<\/strong><br><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u300cAlumni Story\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UIS, we know real education isn&#8217;t a business deal\u2014it&#8217;s about teachers and students growing&nbsp;together. This campus isn&#8217;t just buildings; it&#8217;s our North Star showing the way, and the safe port we always return to.&nbsp;<em><strong>For every Utahloy educator, it&#8217;s where our teaching journey begins, and where it truly matters.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author:\u00a0<em>Kiki Xiang<\/em>\u00a0| Consultant of Utahloy Education Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-614x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21158\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-614x1024.png 614w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-768x1280.png 768w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-922x1536.png 922w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006-1229x2048.png 1229w, https:\/\/utahloy.cn\/gz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mr-highets-20-year-return-every-brick-tells-a-story-march-2025-006.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a cool spring morning, a familiar face walked into Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG) with a warm smile\u2014Mr. Kent Highet\u00a0from Australia. 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