亲爱的孩子:

欢迎你回到美丽的校园，说校园美丽，不是指楼房和操场，而是因为这里有善良而正直的你我。

我要告诉你，我们的学校每天都是新的。你每天都在进步，因为有了你的日日新，苟日新，又日新（出自《礼记·大学》，意思是如果能够一天新，就应保持天天新，新了还要更新）我们的学校才充满生机和活力。

开学第一天，我想告诉你四个真相，这些真相你会在一生中慢慢发现并受益。

1.每个生命同样精彩，无论别人如何评价你，你自己其实真的很优秀！这个世界一定会因为你而更加美丽。能改变世界的不是物质财富，而是你的美德、智慧和爱。因此你要努力在这些方面提升自己。

2.  梦想不是空的，梦想其实具有强大的力量。尤其是那些能够成就别人，利益世界的梦想具有最强大的力量。你的梦想越崇高伟大，你进步的力量就越强大，因此不要畏惧愚痴者和短视者的耻笑，勇敢地高举你的梦想，积极乐观地生活和学习，全世界就都会帮你。

3.  趋乐避苦是一切生命的共性，快乐学习、快乐长大是你的权利和自由。但快乐有短暂和长久之别，也有低级和高级之别。我给你个小任务，从此以后慢慢去发现，哪些快乐才是高级的、长久的呢？发现了及时告诉老师和家长好吗？

4.  你的生命你做主。有没有人告诉过你，其实你不需要家长和老师的催促。你是一个独立的生命，无需别人给你安排时间和任务。上天从来没有规定你此生将是什么样，国家也没有规定，父母也没有规定，老师也是一样。你要成长成什么样子，上天、国家、父母和老师只会支持你，只要你想！新的一年，咱们约定自己把自己照顾好？加油！

好了，亲爱的孩子，我和你分享了四个真相，最好回家和父母一起细细品味，我们一起践行，看谁可以成为大家的楷模吧！

祝福大家新的一年都能自主学习，开心成长！新的一学期，我们设置了更多有趣的挑战在等待着你，让我们一起期待吧！

你的大朋友们：

Dear students,

Welcome back! 

A school is nothing without students. It has lost all its life. The return of students brings energy, excitement and brings the building to life with joyous laughter, active bodies, and curious minds so we are happy to welcome you all back for the second semester. 

Let’s work together to make this semester a very positive one. 

We encourage you all to be independent learners and to be the best that you, individually, can be. We encourage you to make wise choices, to think for yourself, and not to be afraid of making mistakes either. Mistakes are new learning opportunities there is no such meaning as perfect. 

We encourage you to work to discover your strengths and make them shine and look to improve the things you think you are not good at. They may prove to be your greatest talents those that you haven’t discovered yet. Be courageous, be a risk taker. 

We want you to be happy in school and to find that happiness through learning and discovering new things by yourself and with your classmate’s teachers and parents. Share with your parents about your learning. Ask their help sometimes but also learn to solve things yourself.  Never be afraid to ask questions that is how you truly learn and to be fascinated, not scared, by things you don’t understand and want to work out. Don’t be scared to speak out in English and in Chinese. We will support you. 

The responsibility is being given to you to find out what you are really interested in learning about, for yourself, and always remember that your talents will be different to your classmates because you are all unique with your individual passions, ideas, and skills.  Make your own choices. 

We wish you a very happy new year of the ox. Welcome back to OCAC. Have a wonderful semester of new learning.

Your friends,