【国旗下讲话】坚定目标,努力前行——Ryan校长为全校师生送上新春寄语

Good Morning and Welcome Back To Joy International School!

早上好,欢迎大家返校。

I hope that you have all had a very warm and meaningful holiday time with your families. I can guarantee you that all the staff and teachers here at school have been thinking about you a lot over break and have missed you during the time away. Now, we are back together again, and it is so nice to see all your faces and hear all your voices. Here at this school, you are valued and cared for.

我希望大家和你们的家人们度过了一个非常温暖和有意义的假期。我相信学校里所有老师在这个假期里都很想念大家。现在,我们又聚在一起了,很高兴又见到你们,听到你们熟悉的声音。在这所学校,我们很重视并且关心大家。

This morning as I walked outside, I could smell flowers for the first time. Take a deep breath. Can you feel it? Spring has arrived. And with Spring has arrived a great opportunity for us. Spring is the beginning of the new cycle. 

今天早上当我在外面走路的时候,第一次闻到花的味道。深呼吸,你能感觉到吗?春天到了。随着春天的到来,我们迎来了一个绝佳的机会——春天是一个新周期的开始。

Do you remember how tired we felt at the end of the last semester? By the end of the year during winter time, it is hard to find the energy. But now can you feel the new momentum? We are on the top of the mountain. There is energy to run down. Can you feel the wind? It will blow us from behind and give us momentum to move forward. 

还记得上学期末我们感到多累吗?年底冬天的时候,很难找到我们的活力。但是现在你能感觉到新的动力吗?就好比我们在山顶上,有着足够的力量往下跑。你能感觉到风吗?它从我们的后方吹向我们,给予我们动力往前进。

We have an opportunity to move forward with purpose and passion. Let’s consider our goals. I want you to know that the school supports you in your goals, but what is most important is that you understand your own goals for yourself. This is true about high school, middle school, and even primary school. You must consider what you are trying to achieve if you are going to be successful. 

我们现在有机会带着目标和激情向前迈进。让我们想一下我们的目标。我想让你知道,学校会支持你去实现你的目标,但最重要的是,你需要了解自己的目标!无论是高中、初中甚至小学都是如此。如果你想要成功,你必须考虑你正在努力地去实现什么!

At this school, our goal is that each of you would feel safe and deeply cared for. Our goal is also that each of you would have hope and belief in a positive future. Our goal also that you would understand yourself and express your true self to the people around you. And finally our goal is that you would have high achievement in everything you set your mind to. These are our core values. Love. Faith. Integrity. Excellence. 

在这所学校,我们的目标是让每个学生都能感觉到安全,感觉到我们深切的关心;我们的目标也是让每个学生都对积极的未来抱有希望和信念;我们的目标也是让你了解自己,向周围的人表达你真实的自我;最后,我们的目标是对于你下定决心的一切,你都能获得很高的成就。这些就是我们的核心价值观——仁爱,信念,正直,卓越。

If you can hold onto these, then they will influence you every day when you are in class, when you are studying, and when you are doing your exercises. If you can hold onto these, then they will spread into every aspect of your life. Once you can do this, then you are on the path to being truly successful in school and in life. 

如果你能坚持我们的核心价值观,那么它们每天都会影响着你。比如,当你在学习的时候,或者是当你在做练习的时候。如果你能抓住这些,那么它们就会蔓延到你生活的方方面面。一旦你能做到这些,那么你就走上了在学校和生活中真正成功的道路。

You cannot do it all at once. I want to encourage all of you to think deeply about your goal, and then I want you to make some small changes in your life in order to go in the direction of the goal. It doesn’t need to be something so big. The best way to change and grow is to make some small change in your habits and then stay consistent. 

你不能一次性就做到这些。我想鼓励大家深入思考你的目标,然后希望你在自己的生活中做一些小的变化,朝着目标的方向前进。这并不是说需要你做一些巨大的改变。改变和成长的最佳方式是改变你的习惯,然后坚持下来。

Now is the Spring time, and it is time to begin our new year with deep values and good habits. Let’s have a great year together. Thank you.

现在是春天,是时候以深刻的价值观和良好的习惯开始新的一年了。让我们一起过一个伟大的一年!谢谢!