Today marks the 107thanniversary that SAS first opened our doors to 38 students in 1912. We’ve celebrated some of the school’s past legends during Founders Week 2019.
1912年，上海美國(guó)學(xué)校首次開(kāi)學(xué)，迎來(lái)第一批的38位學(xué)生。今天，上海美國(guó)學(xué)校迎來(lái)了建校107年校慶。在2019年創(chuàng)始人紀(jì)念周期間，我們慶祝了上海美國(guó)學(xué)校過(guò)去的一些傳奇故事。
Today, we celebrate a legend from the present.
今天，我們慶祝上海美國(guó)學(xué)校最近的一個(gè)傳奇故事。
It was Saturday, August 10, 2019, and Typhoon Lekima was pounding Shanghai with strong winds and sheets of rain. With the start of the 2019-20 school year just days away, faculty and students were finishing up preparations to welcome new families to SAS.
2019年8月10日星期六，臺(tái)風(fēng)利奇馬席卷上海，狂風(fēng)暴雨不斷。2019-20學(xué)年即將開(kāi)始，上海美國(guó)學(xué)校的教職員工和學(xué)生正在為迎接社區(qū)的新成員做最后的準(zhǔn)備。
At 2pm, everyone gathered their raincoats and umbrellas and headed out through the storm to go home. What no one realized at the time is, the typhoon was no longer just outside. Because in the middle school music rooms, rain water was pouring in from doors and walls and even coming through drains. The water level was just about to reach the cardboard boxes piled high with sheet music for the new year, when SAS middle school Assistant Principal John Ashenden walked by.
當(dāng)天下午2點(diǎn)，大家穿好雨衣，撐起雨傘，準(zhǔn)備頂著暴風(fēng)雨回家。大家當(dāng)時(shí)不知道的是，臺(tái)風(fēng)的影響范圍已經(jīng)不再僅限于校外。在初中部音樂(lè)教室里，雨水正從房門(mén)和墻壁以及下水道倒灌進(jìn)來(lái)。當(dāng)時(shí)，上漲的雨水即將浸濕裝滿(mǎn)了新學(xué)年要用的樂(lè)譜的紙箱。就在這時(shí)，上海美國(guó)學(xué)校初中部副校長(zhǎng)John Ashenden從音樂(lè)教室門(mén)口經(jīng)過(guò)。
Quickly alternating between panicked calls to security and grabbing all the sheet music boxes and instruments he could, John carried each and every one of the music supplies to safety. Thus began a clean-up process that carried on until past midnight. John is quick to credit all the help he received – from the security team, facilities team, and even Tommy’s Guys, the men in the ubiquitous green uniforms. As for us? We are quick to credit John’s fast-acting response – something we’ll be reminded of every time we hear our students play a pitch-perfect note this year.
John趕緊一邊打電話(huà)通知學(xué)校安保部，一邊抓住他可以夠到的所有紙箱和樂(lè)器，將音樂(lè)用品一個(gè)一個(gè)地轉(zhuǎn)移到安全地帶。隨后的清理工作一直進(jìn)行到了后半夜。John對(duì)大家提供的幫助深表感謝，包括安保隊(duì)、設(shè)施隊(duì)以及身穿綠色制服的Tommy團(tuán)隊(duì)。至于我們？我們對(duì)John做出的快速反應(yīng)深表感謝。現(xiàn)在，每次聽(tīng)到學(xué)生完美地演奏音樂(lè)，我們就會(huì)想到這一點(diǎn)。
GRATITUDE. EVERY DAY AT SAS.
感激，在上海美國(guó)學(xué)校的每一天。
About Us 關(guān)于我們
Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School (SAS) is the largest and most established international school in China. In short, it's the kind of school you wish you would've attended when you were a kid.
創(chuàng)建于1912年，上海美國(guó)學(xué)校是中國(guó)最大的也是歷史最悠久的國(guó)際學(xué)校。簡(jiǎn)而言之，如果你能回到小的時(shí)候，這會(huì)是一所你想要去的學(xué)校。
