周日，美国威力塔斯学校的同学们参加了颐和园皇家园林文化体验活动。京剧老师给孩子们带来精彩的国粹艺术文化讲解、现场演绎了花旦唱腔及舞台走步，博得同学们阵阵掌声!随后全体同学绘制了京剧脸谱T恤，并且在专业双语讲解老师的带领下参观了颐和园著名的几大景点，了解了背后的历史文化故事。在这一天活动中，同学们对中国博大精深的戏曲文化、古代园林建筑特色及近现代历史文化等方面有了深入了解，为他们今后做讲解志愿者工作奠定了基础。
On Sunday, Veritas student volunteers went to The Summer Palace to experience ancient Qing dynasty culture and its architecture. In the morning, students experienced as well as participated in Beijing Opera that was led by Beijing’s own renown, Jin Nan Hui who taught the students how to sing, adjust their long sleeves (xifu) and to“theater” walk correctly. This related knowledge under the guidance of a great Beijing Opera actor was the highlight of the trip. A few minutes later all the students were invited into a kind of tea room and painted faces (lianpu) ontoT-shirts. Each student painted their own shirt and after photos were taken of allthe students together holding their artwork. Later in the afternoon, the groupof us went to the garden of Virtue and Harmony. They discovered Qing Dynasty technology of that time and how that time period leant influence with itsarchitecture that had profound implications on the Chinese culture. Theactivity set a solid foundation for the students for their later voluntary workas tour guides at the Summer Palace.
在本周的学生集会上，Elgut 校长颁发了纪律奖和卫生奖的荣誉奖牌。11年级的教室最为整洁有序，获得卫生奖“Yosemite 奖”。九年级获得纪律奖，希望孩子们继续保持!
Backat school, during the student assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Caleb Elgut awarded the winning classroom “the Yosemite Award” for having the cleanest classroom inwhich the recipients were the Grade 11th students (as expected) because theyhad the most organized and cleanest classroom environment. Let’s continue to keep up the good work! The winner of Honor of discipline was the 9th grade students who were singled out by many foreign and Chinese teachers. Well done,guys!
另外，Palomino老师发表了以尊重为主题的精彩演讲。他教育学生不仅要自我尊重，更要尊重他人和环境。从学生认真聆听和思考的神情中可以看出他们在学习如何尊重自我以及他人。
Also, Mr. Palomino shared his thoughts with the students on the subject of being respectful. He gave an effective speech on incorporating both self-respect and being mindful of the environment. The lookson the students’ faces indicated they were quite captured by Mr. Palomino lecture.
有志者事竟成!这周全校学生致力于教室卫生整洁。威力塔斯学生会主席十年级王昭元同学带头组织同学打扫教室，购买衣架，主动制定班级卫生条例，起到了模范带头作用。在王昭元同学的带领下，10年级的教室也被同学们整理的干干净净啦!
Where there is a will there is away,which we can easily attribute to Ricky in Grade 10 who also is the classpresident of the Student Council. This past week he led a class discussion aboutthe virtues of creating a sound and clean environment in the classroom that isconducive to learning. Not only to keep the classroom clean but highlyorganized and decorated. Atta boy, Ricky!
晚自习时间，张老师尽心负责帮助十一年级王宇飞同学学习托福。九年级祁老师悉心听取学生问题，耐心指导。七年级郭老师帮助何京堃同学整理科学课知识点。相信在我们中外教老师团队的共同的努力下，孩子们在学习和生活习惯上一定有质的改变和提高。
Mr. Zhang instructs Will during tutorial sessions on how to remember difficult words. Most teachers here try their best to make sure we answer all questions and address all concerns by the end of the day. For example, Miss Salia tutors Jack on how to summarize the main points in General Science. We believe our kids will improve with kind and responsible teachers around them.
周四组织志愿者活动分享会，由倪壮壮同学带领的MCF打工子弟学校志愿者服务小队和杨天杰同学带领的天云聋哑儿童康复中心的服务小队给大家作汇报。两个小队都做了很多细致工作，从中也学到了很多，希望在他们的影响下能有，能有更多的同学加入他们。助人乃快乐之本。他们在服务中逐渐清楚的意识到帮助别人的意义。两个小队为处在起步阶段的志愿者服务活动中起到了良好的组织带头作用。他们会在志愿者活动这项辛苦却有回报的历练中健康茁长的成长。
Tonight our students organized a volunteer activities meeting led by two volunteerteams ;one by Jim Ni and the other team(TianYu rehab center for deaf and mute children)led by Ricky Yang. Both teams have done a lot of voluntary work for the center helping others. These two students came to share their experiences with their classmates,encouraging more students to join their teamsand to offer assistance to the people in society who need help. Volunteerism begets happiness because it is awin-win situation for both the recipient and the giver. Theschool club and the students who volunteers to help the needy is a newconception at Veritas which has never been developed before,but our studentsare both lucky and glad to be the pioneers and thoughtful ambassadors of good will.
模拟第一次会议
Model Union Nations - 1st Session
我们的Palomino老师说，他非常荣幸可以旁听指导威力塔斯学生们的第一次模拟会议。这一晚的话题与当前的外交事务有关：欧盟和美国是否应该接受更多的叙利亚难民，让他们逃离他们国家的内战?在于雪同学的领导下，学生们开始对自己代表的国家进行介绍。王昭元和李君正同学代表的是朝鲜共和国，张绍伦同学代表俄罗斯联邦，其他10多名学生也分别代表了不同的国家，比如加拿大、伊朗等。
Mr.Palomino said, it was my joy and privilege to see the students of Veritas PrepAcademy do their first Model U.N. Session. The topic of the night was relevantto current foreign affairs: Should the nations of the European Union &United States accept more Syrian refugees fleeing their country's civil war?Led by Celia, students began by first having introductions among the various nations. Mr. Ricky Wang and Mr. Lee Li represented the hermit kingdom of the Republicof North Korea, Mr. Michael Zhang represented the Russian Federation, and morethan 10 other students represented diverse nations like Canada and Iran.
在各国介绍完之后，大家开始展开激烈的讨论。王语洋同学代表美国，她认为应该允许那些难民和受压迫的群众找到温暖的港湾。童箫同学代表加拿大，和其他人不同，他认为加拿大不应该接受难民，因为他们将无法适应加拿大和其他西方自由的社会。在辩论结束时，有利于难民的议案通过了。
After introductions were made, the proposal for the motion to allow more refugees was debated between the students. Ms. Aphrodite Yang (representing the UnitedStates of America) argued that refugees should be allowed as America has ahistory of allowing the poor and downtrodden come to her shores. Others likeMr. Tony Tony (representing Canada) argued that refugees should not be accepted because they would not be able to fit into Canadian and other Western Liberal societies. Yet by the end of the debate, the side favoring more refugees was able to pass the motion in favor of their side.
作为老师，他说我是怀着既担心又兴奋的心情参加的这次活动。他担心的是，这些问题不是假设的，而是目前正在辩论，并代表了许多人心声的论题。作为一个教育者，我也在考虑我能否帮助并鼓励我们的学生认真的去反思这些严肃的问题。然而让我高兴的是，我看到同学们勇敢的迎接挑战，不仅在模拟的辩论中，更多的体现在各种类型的威力塔斯的学术活动中。虽然这个世界可能对于每个人都是艰难的，但我相信我们正在培养一群谦逊且有灵性的未来领导者。
Asa teacher it both worries and encourages me to see students participate in the Model U.N. It worries me because I know that these issues are not hypotheticalbut are currently being debated and represented many people's fates. Can I, asan educator, help and encourage our students to be serious and self-reflectingabout these vast issues? And furthermore do I myself represent those values that we wish to impart to our students? However, much to my joy, I am encourageto see the students meet the challenge, not only in the Model U.N, but in theirvarious classes and activities at Veritas Prep Academy. While the world may betough and scary, I believe we are cultivating a good group of future leaders who will be both humble and inspiring in their future plans.
本周我们非常荣幸的邀请到武术大师陈凤萍女士来威力塔斯学校，为我们展示她的武学知识，并向我们介绍了太极拳。对于我们的学生以及外籍教师和助教老师来说这是一次非常难得的练习太极的机会。像大多数优秀的老师一样，陈大师表现出极大的耐心和理解，她慢慢地细心得教每一个人。经过一番努力，勤奋、专注和平衡这些太极理念，最终通过我们的肢体表现了出来。陈大师给我们每个人都留下了深刻的印象，我们非常期待她下次的到来，教授我们更多的太极动作。
This week the Beijing Veritas Campus was honored and pleased to welcome master martial artist Chen FengPing as she demonstrated her knowledge, understanding,and mastery of Taiji. Our students, foreign teachers, and teaching assistants received a rare opportunity to train under Master Chen and received insightinto the philosophy that underlies the deceptively complicated movements of Taiji.The movements involved with Taiji were unfamiliar and awkward to most of theparticipants, so it took everyone a number of tries before they were able tocatch on. Yet, despite this, like most great teachers, Master Chen showed great patience and understanding as everyone learned slowly but surely. The conceptsof diligence, focus, and balance all lend themselves to this type of physical expression and Master Chen did well to teach us this by the end of the lesson.In the everyone involved was left with an appreciation for Master Chen and herabilities and with the hope that she will return to us again soon.
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