Sports builds creativity, it helps people to think imaginatively. Playing sports helps you to stay motivated in school, and it gives you something to look forward to. You have to be on a team with someone as you learn to work through difficulties.

运动能使人更有创造性和想象力，一个喜欢运动的人走到哪里都会带着一股力量。经常进行团体运动，学生们会更加团结，很多问题会迎刃而解。

——James M. Glowacki

Mandy：I heard that you played basketball before, can you talk about that?

Mandy：听说您以前是篮球运动员，您能跟大家讲讲您和篮球的故事吗？

James ：I did. I grew up playing basketball in Detroit. And everybody plays basketball in Detroit. So I played all through grade school and high school. And I was a captin in high school. I only played a year of college basketball and I injured my knee, so I couldn't play in the high level. But I still love playing basketball.I usually watch basketball games.

James：是的，我出生在美国底特律，密歇根州，这是一个非常热爱篮球的城市。篮球在我的青年时代中扮演了很重要的角色，高中时，我成为了校内篮球队的队长，后来因为膝盖受伤只在大学打了一年篮球。但是，我现在仍然非常热爱篮球，经常会去看一些篮球的比赛，平时也会和朋友打球。

Mandy：What kind of students do you think that the International Department needs?

Mandy：您认为国际部需要什么样的学生?

James：We need all kinds. We need students who are very very high achievers, like you, like Maggie, Shawn, and Terry, super smart students.

James：我们需要所有类型的学生，我们需要非常积极向上的学生，像你，Maggie，Shawn，Terry，非常优秀的学生。

But we also need those students who are nontraditional. The ones who don't fit in at the domestic department, who don't want stay in class for 12 hours, who don't want to do Maths all the times. 

我们也需要些不传统的学生，那些不想一天十二个小时呆在固定思维的教室里，整天做着数学题的学生。

And if the International Department can have great students and struggling students, as long as we have students with good hearts. If students have a great heart, that's all we need to build a good school.

只要国际部有优秀的、努力的或者善良的学生，我们就能创建一所足够好的学校。

每个学生都是一粒不同的种子，如果说，社会是无处不在的阳光，家庭是栽培他们成长的土壤，那么学校就是孩子成长过程中源源不断的养分。我们的教育不是让每个孩子长成一名完人，而是要培养善良、向上、乐观、独立的个体。

Each student is a different seed. If society is the sunshine and the families cultivate the soil for their growth, then the school is the endless nutrient during the growth of children. We do not aim to make every child a perfect person, but to cultivate kind, upward, optimistic and independent individuals.

运动天生就带有让人朝气蓬勃的力量，所以在国际部我们非常鼓励学生课余时间、活动课时间参加各种运动项目。James还会亲自带着大家拔河、抛飞盘，打橄榄球、羽毛球、篮球、乒乓球、垒球等。

Sports are inherently inspiring, so in the International Department, we encourage students to participate in various sports in their spare time and activity time. Principal James will personally take everyone to tug of war, throw a frisbee, play football, badminton, basketball, table tennis, softball, etc.

学校和老师们发现她有体育特长，没有一味要求她专心学业，而是鼓励支持她利用课余时间，发展这一特长。她曾多次参加青少年高尔夫球比赛，斩获很多奖项。

The teachers found that she had strong sports skills and did not ask her to only concentrate on her studies, but encouraged her to use the spare time to develop this special talents. She has participated in youth golf competitions many times and won many awards.

对于一位16岁的孩子来说，这是一份压力，也是一份荣誉，学校和家庭的鼓励将是她最坚强的后盾，支撑她走得越来越远。

For a 16 year old teenager, this is a pressure and an honor. The encouragement of the school and family will be her strongest backing, supporting her to go farther and farther.

运动是活力的源泉，有一项热爱的运动更会给你带来一生前进的动力。培养孩子对运动的兴趣将使他们受益终生。

Sports are the source of vitality, and a loved sport motivates people in  life. Cultivating children's interest in sports will benefit them for life.

喜欢运动的孩子始终是阳光的、向上的。你听，教室外，国旗边，操场上，飘荡着孩子们爽朗的笑声，这就是最好的证明。

Children who enjoy sports are always sunny and highly spirited. Hearty laughters of them on campus is the best proof.