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，上海美國學校首次開學，迎來第一批的38位學生。今天，上海美國學校迎來了建校107年校慶。在2019年創始人紀念周期間，我們慶祝了上海美國學校過去的一些傳奇故事。
Today, we celebrate a legend from the present.
今天，我們慶祝上海美國學校最近的一個傳奇故事。
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，臺風利奇馬席卷上海，狂風暴雨不斷。2019-20學年即將開始，上海美國學校的教職員工和學生正在為迎接社區的新成員做最后的準備。
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.
當天下午2點，大家穿好雨衣，撐起雨傘，準備頂著暴風雨回家。大家當時不知道的是，臺風的影響范圍已經不再僅限于校外。在初中部音樂教室里，雨水正從房門和墻壁以及下水道倒灌進來。當時，上漲的雨水即將浸濕裝滿了新學年要用的樂譜的紙箱。就在這時，上海美國學校初中部副校長John Ashenden從音樂教室門口經過。
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趕緊一邊打電話通知學校安保部，一邊抓住他可以夠到的所有紙箱和樂器，將音樂用品一個一個地轉移到安全地帶。隨后的清理工作一直進行到了后半夜。John對大家提供的幫助深表感謝，包括安保隊、設施隊以及身穿綠色制服的Tommy團隊。至于我們？我們對John做出的快速反應深表感謝。現在，每次聽到學生完美地演奏音樂，我們就會想到這一點。
GRATITUDE. EVERY DAY AT SAS.
感激，在上海美國學校的每一天。
About Us 關于我們
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.
創建于1912年，上海美國學校是中國最大的也是歷史最悠久的國際學校。簡而言之，如果你能回到小的時候，這會是一所你想要去的學校。
