初中集会｜创意飞扬，链接你我，共同建立我们的社区文化！

9月20日，新学年的中学部初中第一次集会在国际部体育馆举行！首先，Arias老师欢迎了到场的同学们，并与他们一起高喊国际部斯巴达小勇士的口号，鼓舞了大家新学期的士气。

The first Middle School assembly of the year started off with a bang as Mr. Arias welcomed the students and got them in the right frame of mind by doing a THIS SPARTANS chant with them! 

随后，在充满热情的氛围中，Kapraun老师引领初中的学生们进行了元气满满的圆圈活动——Circles Energizer。在这项活动中，同学们不仅释放了积极的能量，也将同学们在开学两周以来练习的4个圆圈协议付诸实践：相互尊重、专心聆听、参与/放弃权利和赞赏/不诋毁，这四项协议也贯穿在国际部各年级的课程教学和各项活动之中。

With all that enthusiasm still flowing, the students followed Ms. Kapraun as she guided them through a Circles Energizer activity that’s use was two-fold. First to expel some energy and secondly to put into action the four Circles Agreements that the students follow: Mutual Respect, Attentive Listening, Right to Participate/Pass and Appreciations/No Put Downs. These four agreements are upheld and part of all levels of activities and classes conducted throughout the THIS Secondary School.

圆圈活动协议与国际部的核心价值观相辅相成，后者包括：身心健康、正直担当、尊重包容、探索创新、团结合作、领袖气质。通过寓教于乐的方式学习这些准则，学生、教师和家长都感到自己是国际部大家庭的一部分。这就是第一次中学集会的重点，即社区建设和团队建设。

The Circles Agreements go hand in hand with the Core Values that THIS holds and operates under through day-to-day activities and lessons. Those values being: Well-Being, Integrity, Respect, Collaboration, Innovation and Leadership. Through these connected sets of guidelines, students, teachers, staff and parents all feel part of the community at THIS. That was the focus of the first MS Assembly, Community-Team Building.

在经历了为期两周的社区团队建设以及校外团队建设活动后，学生们在集会上进行了与他们所学内容相关的活动。六年级的学生们与他们的英语老师Moraga先生合作，学习了约翰·丹佛的歌曲《Take Me Home Country Roads》，他们也在集会上为整个初中部唱起了这支歌，而这项小活动也是教师们将国际部核心价值观融入到活动中的一个小缩影。

After having finished a two-week Community Team Building Unit as well as a day of team building off campus the students today did activities related to what they have been learning. The 6th Grade students sang the song of John Denver “Take Me Home Country Roads” with their ELA teacher Mr. Moraga for the whole middle school as a collaboration activity.

在中学集会的最后一个环节，我们回顾了学年初李文平校长提出的新学年主题，即“链接”。因此，作为社区和团队建设的最后一项活动，老师们为每个班级分发了一张绘画纸和一些彩笔，每个班级的同学们合作创作一幅“涂鸦”式的海报，以表达开学以来在他们参与的活动和课程中所建立的链接。

To finish up the assembly we went back to the beginning of the school year, when Principal Li, Wenping gave the community a word for the year, which was CONNECTIONS. So as the final culminating activity for this round of community and team building each HR was given a sheet of butcher paper and some markers and asked to create a “graffiti” type poster that expressed the Connections that have been made within their HR during the activities and lessons they have participated in since the beginning of school. 

这个活动得到了同学们很好的响应，他们合作创作出了精彩的海报，展示了他们在这一学年到目前为止所建立的链接，并思考这些链接将如何帮助他们在接下来的几周学习中取得进步。

The activity was very well received and the students created great posters showing the Connections they have made thus far in the year and reflecting on how those connections will help them in the upcoming weeks of study.

祝愿同学们与老师链接，与知识携手，共同创造和拥抱思想更加充盈、眼界更加开阔、心态更加向上的自己！

May the students connect with teachers, hold hands with knowledge, and embrace a self that is enriched in thoughts with broader horizons and a more positive mindset!