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，上海美国学校首次开学，迎来第一批的38位学生。今天，上海美国学校迎来了建校107年校庆。在2019年创始人纪念周期间，我们庆祝了上海美国学校过去的一些传奇故事。
Today, we celebrate a legend from the present.
今天，我们庆祝上海美国学校最近的一个传奇故事。
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，台风利奇马席卷上海，狂风暴雨不断。2019-20学年即将开始，上海美国学校的教职员工和学生正在为迎接社区的新成员做最后的准备。
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.
当天下午2点，大家穿好雨衣，撑起雨伞，准备顶着暴风雨回家。大家当时不知道的是，台风的影响范围已经不再仅限于校外。在初中部音乐教室里，雨水正从房门和墙壁以及下水道倒灌进来。当时，上涨的雨水即将浸湿装满了新学年要用的乐谱的纸箱。就在这时，上海美国学校初中部副校长John Ashenden从音乐教室门口经过。
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赶紧一边打电话通知学校安保部，一边抓住他可以够到的所有纸箱和乐器，将音乐用品一个一个地转移到安全地带。随后的清理工作一直进行到了后半夜。John对大家提供的帮助深表感谢，包括安保队、设施队以及身穿绿色制服的Tommy团队。至于我们？我们对John做出的快速反应深表感谢。现在，每次听到学生完美地演奏音乐，我们就会想到这一点。
GRATITUDE. EVERY DAY AT SAS.
感激，在上海美国学校的每一天。
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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.
创建于1912年，上海美国学校是中国最大的也是历史最悠久的国际学校。简而言之，如果你能回到小的时候，这会是一所你想要去的学校。
