秋风送爽，丹桂飘香，我们转眼来到了收获的季节。随着老生返校、新生加入，宏润博源2022-2023秋季新学期开始啦！

With the autumn winds bringing in the fragrance of osmanthus, the season of harvest has arrived in the blink of an eye. As our returning students came back to school and new students joined our community, the 2022-2023 SHBS Fall semester started.

8月31日，全体老师和学生在礼堂举行了盛大的开学典礼。

On August 31, all teachers and students attended a grand opening ceremony held in the school auditorium.

典礼开始前，屏幕上播放了精心制作的视频。视频涵盖了课堂学习、活动开展、毕业典礼等诸多内容。快乐的镜头让大家感受到宏润博源丰富多彩的日常生活。老师、同学与家长徐徐入场，秩序井然。

Before the ceremony began, elaborate videos were presented on the screen, which covered classroom learning, school activities, and the commencement etc. Everyone was impressed by the rich and colorful daily life of SHBS and the happy faces. Teachers, students and parents entered the auditorium before it officially started.

接着，两组同学为大家带来了极具感染力的歌舞表演。舞蹈《Sneakers》青春动感，点燃了整个礼堂。抒情歌曲《如果可以》旋律优美，赢得了观众的阵阵掌声。

Then, two groups of students presented very impressive singing and dancing performances. "Sneakers", a dance show, created quite a stir in the audience with its youthful rhythms. "If we may", a melodic ballad song, won a bust of applause from the audience.

暖场节目结束后，典礼正式开始。典礼由外方校长Chris和麻老师共同主持。首先，Chris向所有学生与家长介绍了学校的教师团队。他告诉大家，我们的教师队伍再一次成长壮大，拥有迄今为止最多元的背景与专业技能，并鼓励同学们遇到问题，积极寻求帮助。

The opening ceremony, which was co-hosted by Chris, Foreign Principal, and Ms. Irene Ma, began after the warming-up shows were over. First of all, Chris introduced our school’s faculty team to all the students and parents. He said our faculty team had grown even stronger, and boasted so far the most diverse backgrounds and expertise. Thus, he encouraged students to feel free to ask for help when they meet with problems.

之后，George Caballero老师作为教师代表上台发言，由陈皓一老师为大家翻译。George老师提到“榜样”的重要性，他督促自己为学生树立榜样，鼓励大家都向作出榜样的老师们和家长们学习，并告诉同学们，要时刻记得“责任、荣誉、尊重、正直”，这是能够让自己也成为榜样的优良品质。要永远做对的事、好的事、道德的事，即使这做起来并不容易。

Next, on behalf of all the teachers, Mr. George Caballero, spoke on the stage, and Ms. Chloe Chen translated for him. Talking of the importance of “role model”, he urged himself to set a good example for the students, and encouraged everyone to learn from role models --- teachers and parents who set examples for their kids. He also told students to always keep “Dignity, Honor, Respect and Integrity” in mind, because those are the values which will allow ourselves to become role models for others. He reminded us to always do what is right, what is good and what is morally acceptable even though it won’t be easy to do so.

学生代表也为我们带来了精彩的发言。

Representatives of students also delivered wonderful speeches.

冯同学告诉大家，“作为一名国际学校的学生，我们要具备全球视野，关注世界发生的时事，身处不确定的情境，要了解所面临的挑战，做出相应的改变”。

Bruce Feng told us, "As students of an international school, we should have global vision and pay attention to the current events in the world. Living in an era full of uncertainties, we should know about the challenges we face, and make changes accordingly."

黄同学作为新生代表则鼓励大家“选择自己的人生，自己的道路，成为最闪耀的自己”。

As a representative of the newcomers, Olivia Huang encouraged everyone to "choose our own life, pick our own path, and be our best selves".

潘同学向我们讲述了她如何在胆怯焦虑中逐渐寻找到自己的目标和方向，她用自身的经历启发我们，“要建立自信，面对机会的时候不要胆怯，哪怕失败了也并不可笑，只要付出努力了就可以看见回报。”

Pamela Pan shared with us how she gradually found her own goal and direction despite her fear and anxiety. She inspired us with her own experience to build self-confidence and not to be timid when facing opportunities. She told us that even if we fail, it’s nothing to be ashamed of and as long as you make your efforts, you will be rewarded.

最后，毕业年级的学长华同学给大家提出了建议，“希望预备年级和十年级的学弟学妹们抓住相对富裕的时间，提前做好升学计划。在保证学校学业表现的同时，多参加课余活动，探索自我；希望11年级的同学，把握好时间，关于申请的问题要及时寻求帮助；希望12年级的我们，在未来两个学期的最后冲刺阶段尽最大努力，为学校、为自己、为这四年交上一份完美的答卷，不留遗憾。”

Finally, Jack Hua, representative of the 12th graders, gave some of his advice to the younger students: "I hope that pre and 10th graders will make the best of their plentiful time and make a good plan for their college application in advance. I hope that you will do well in your studies as well as participate actively in extracurricular activities and explore yourselves. I hope that 11th graders will seize their time and ask for help in time about their college application. I hope that we, 12th graders, will do our best in the final sprint of our high school years so that we will live up to what our school has expected of us and to our own efforts in the past 4 years." 

颁奖仪式一直是开学典礼的重头戏。各种各样的奖学金种类令同学们大开眼界。从一千元的闻慧奖学金到两万元的创始人奖，同学们在掌声中上台领取奖状，合影留念。今年新12年级的同学们特别优秀，学校还增设了杰出创始人奖，将三万元的奖学金隆重地颁发给蔡同学，并希望大家都能向他学习，以他为榜样。当然，学校的蓬勃发展也离不开家长们的倾力相助，家长代表们也上台接受了学校的感谢。

The awarding session is always the highlight of the opening ceremony. Students were amazed at the variety of scholarships, ranging from the Wen Hui Scholarship worth 1,000 yuan to the Founders Award worth 20,000 yuan. Students stepped onto the stage amid the applause to get their awards and take group photos. As our 12th graders proved to be particularly outstanding last year, our school also added one Distinguished Founders Award to the list, and solemnly presented a scholarship worth 30,000 yuan to Hanxiao Cai. We hope that everyone will learn from him and follow the example he has set for our students. Of course, the prosperity of our school also owes a lot to parents’ help and support, so representatives of parents also received their awards on the stage.

最后，陈文国总校长为我们带来了受益匪浅的致辞。他希望同学们能够通过自己的持续学习与实践，至少“发现”四个方面：1、学习是自己的责任。2、确立人生理想与目标。3、人与人之间存在差异。4、培养自己的兴趣与特长。针对“如何更好地发现自己”，陈校长又提出了四个方式：1、在参与中选择。2、在信念中践行。3、在反思中改进。4、在感恩中付出。他强调，我们只有“发现”自己，让自己拥有更加充分的发展，才有可能发现更大的世界，才能对自己、对人类、对宇宙，有更深刻的思考、更宏大的憧憬、更实在的规划，更好地发展自己，成为融入与照亮世界的中国人。

Finally, Principal Bowen Chen, gave us a speech which benefited us a lot. He hoped that students could "discover" at least the following four aspects through their own continuous learning and practice: 1. Learning is one’s own responsibility. 2. Find your dreams and set goals in life. 3. People are different from one another. 4. Cultivate your own interests and strengths. In terms of "how to better discover yourselves", Bowen suggested four ways: 1. Learn how to make choices in practices. 2. Practice with faith. 3. Improve through self-reflection. 4. Devote yourself to a great cause with gratitude. He stressed that only by "discovering" ourselves and fully developing ourselves can we discover a bigger world, have deeper thinkings, a bigger vision of ourselves, mankind and the universe, and can we make a more realistic plan for ourselves and better improve ourselves so that we may become Chinese people who can blend in with the world and illumiante it.

开学典礼在一片掌声中圆满结束。新学期拉开了序幕，愿老师们和同学们能够在一片美好的期待与祝愿中不断前进，实现自己的目标与理想。

The opening ceremony was successfully concluded in a burst of applause. At the beginning of the new semester, may teachers and students keep making progress and achieve their own goals.