今天，是更新学校期盼已久的十周年校庆。十点整，盛大的校庆庆典在学校操场举办，由更新交响管乐团的开场号角揭开序幕。

更新教育创办人兼CEO李倩女士&外方学术校长Michael Shackleford先生

更新教育创办人兼CEO李倩女士发表了校庆致辞，回顾过去的十年，展望更新未来十年的发展——

“尊敬的领导们、来宾们，亲爱的老师们、家长们，以及我们最可爱的学生们：

Respected leaders, guests, dear teachers, parents, and our most beloved students:

大家好！在这个特殊的时刻，我很高兴能与大家一起聚集在此，庆祝我们学校成立十周年的生日。今天，有近五百名名学生和一百多位教职工与我们同在。

Hello everyone! At this special moment, I am delighted to gather here with all of you to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Transformation Academy's founding. Today, we are joined by nearly five hundred students and over a hundred teaching and administrative staff.

回想起十年前学校第一次开学时，面对的仅是五名学生（其中包括我的两个孩子）和两位老师，那时的我怎么也没有想到会有今天这样的场景。

Reflecting on the first opening day of our school ten years ago, we were faced with only five students (including my two children) and two teachers. I could never have imagined the scene we have today.

如果用一句话来总结过去的十年，我想说：“十年来，我们从未敢忘记初心，因为相信，所以坚持！”

If I were to summarize the past decade in one sentence, it would be: "Over these ten years, we have never forgotten our original aspiration; it is because of our belief that we have persevered to the end."

在过去的十年里，学校经历了三年大疫、两次搬迁，以及无数次的挑战和困难。我们常常感叹变化总是比计划来得快。

In the past ten years, the school has gone through a major pandemic lasting three years, two relocations, and countless challenges and difficulties. We often lament that change always comes faster than planned.

环境在不断变化，情况总是千变万化，但始终不变的是我们的初心。我们在爱的环境里以高品质的教育，更新生命，培养和塑造卓越的服务型领导者。众所周知，这是我们学校的使命，这就是我们的初心。

The environment is constantly changing, and situations are ever-evolving, but what remains unchanged is our original intention. We exist to transform lives and train servant leaders through high quality education in a loving environment. As we all know, this is our school's mission; this is our original aspiration.

这是十年前我们确定的方向，十年来我们相信使命必达。信是所望之事的实底，未见之事的确据。

This was the direction we set ten years ago, and for a decade we have firmly believed that our mission can be accomplished. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

因此今天我们站在这里，也将是我们未来十年前进的目标。

Therefore, today as we stand here, it will also be our goal for the next ten years to come.

在座的同学们，我想给你们播放一段“声音”......知道这是什么声音吗？这是最近在加州大学伯克利分校期末考试周被称为“死亡周”的声音，在午夜12点，在宿舍里，大学生们仍在为了考试而备战，并通过集体尖叫来缓解压力。

To the students present, I want to play you a "sound"... Do you know what this sound is? This is from what is known as "dead week" at the University of California, Berkeley during finals week. At midnight in the dorms, college students are still preparing for exams and relieve stress by participating in a collective scream.

这段录音是你们的学姐——也是十年前那五个学生之一，同时也是我家的大女儿——亲自录制的。她也参与了其中。

This recording was made by your senior sister, who was also one of those five students ten years ago and is also my eldest daughter. She participated in it as well.

他们离科技中心硅谷很近，最新科技触手可及。但学习并不总是有趣的，坚持也并不总是容易的。他们现在所经历的，也许将是你们未来可能面临的。

They are close to Silicon Valley, the technology hub where the latest technologies are at their fingertips. However, studying is not always fun, and persistence is not always easy. What they are experiencing now may well be what you will face in the future.

请相信，未来由你们书写。所以无论周围环境如何变化，请怀揣梦想，勇敢地坚持下去！

Please believe that the future is written by you. So no matter how the environment changes around you, hold on to your dreams and continue bravely!

今天在座有两位我的见证人，一位是上海东方阶梯学校的陈伟校长，另一位是大家熟悉的Mike Shackleford先生。

Today we have two witnesses among us, one is Principal Chen Wei from Shanghai Dongfang Jieti School, and the other is Mr. Mike Shackleford, whom many of you know well.

当年我说“我有一个梦想......”时，他们选择了相信我。陈校长为更新学校的五名学生提供了东方阶梯学校的一间教室，那间教室成为了更新学校的起点；Mike先生则是数次飞越千山万水，在过去十年中陪伴更新学校风雨兼程。

When I said "I have a dream..." they chose to believe in me. Principal Chen provided a classroom at Dongfang Jieti School for the five students of TAS, which became the starting point of TAS; Mr. Mike has flown over thousands of miles multiple times to accompany Renewal School through thick and thin over the past decade.

让我们以热烈的掌声感谢他们！同时，请大家也给自己鼓掌，感谢你们选择更新学校，相信更新学校！

Let us thank them with warm applause! At the same time, please give yourselves a round of applause for choosing TAS and believing in TAS!

希望在未来的岁月里，无论发生什么，请与更新学校一起继续坚持！我们的使命必将达成！
We hope that in the years to come, no matter what happens, please continue to persevere with TAS! Our mission will surely be accomplished!”

一起来看看今天的精彩瞬间吧！

更新学校学生会的同学们花费了三十天的时间，从idea到图案设计再到落地，带着全体中学部的学生用便利贴和纸板完成了整幅作品Mission T，以庆贺母校建校十周年。

过去十年，

我们经历耕耘、磨练和沉淀。

未来岁月，

我们唯一可以确定的是：

环境仍将不断变化，

教育政策仍将不断更迭，

我们仍将身处潮水涌动的处境之中。

更新将继续持守我们的锚，

然后走入水深之处。

教育的意义，也许并非短期当下可见。

但生命更新的力量，终将在岁月长河中得以彰显。

让我们共同向光而行，相信更新使命必达！

❤️