每周集會

　　本周美國威力塔斯學校集會依然從失物招領開始，提醒所有同學要從身邊小事做起。張皓校長每次都不放過任何機會來提升同學們的英文表達，隨機提問關于失物招領相關的詞匯。之后，張校總結了本周詞匯和語法測試結果，這是學好英文的重要基礎。本次集會重點強調宿舍管理制度和紀律情況，Demerit不是為了懲罰，目的是幫助同學們養(yǎng)成良好的學習、生活習慣。最后張校建議每位同學一定要準備一個error correction book (改錯本)，把每天各科的錯誤記錄下來并經常復習。只要大家持之以恒，我們就能見證滴水石穿的力量!

　　This week’s assembly started with lost and found, which reminded students to pay attention to the small things around us. Principal Larry Zhang randomly asked students the English expression of lost and found, taking every chance to help students with English expressions. Later, the principal announced the list of vocabulary test winners this week: congratulations to Celia who got 100 points and others who are on the list. Kids, you did well. Keep it up! Afterwards, principal announced that students’ progress report card will be issued this week, and announced the implementation of dormitory demerit (deduction) system along with students who got demerits last week, with the aim to aid students in developing good habits. Finally, our principal suggested that every student should prepare an “error correction book” in which daily records can be recorded and reviewed. As long as we persevere, we can witness the accumulation of knowledge over time!

　　Drama/七八年級戲劇表演首秀

　　經過近兩周對于戲劇的布景、人物、臺詞、演員心態(tài)的專業(yè)學習之后，七八年級的同學們分三組為我們獻上了他們的戲劇首秀。Ms. Goodson作為主持，還有Mr. kelsor, Mr. Nolden和Ms. Hinman等中外教老師們充當觀眾，觀看他們的表演。孩子們都非常興奮，表演時充滿活力，整個表演笑聲不斷，大家都很開心。

　　孩子們表演的三個故事，都是各組成員集體創(chuàng)編的新故事。雖然故事情節(jié)有點離奇也不同尋常，但這是孩子們靈感的結合，團隊智慧的結晶，所以每個孩子都表演的非常賣力，連平時最靦腆的同學都能在臺上大聲說出自己的臺詞。這就是戲劇課的魅力所在，讓每位同學都有勇氣來表演，發(fā)現不一樣的自己。

　　After 2-weeks of learning about setting, character, line and mindset, our lovely students from the 7th and 8th grades, who were divided into 3 groups, gave us their first rehearsal in drama class. Ms. Goodson hosted the rehearsal, and she also invited Mr. Kelsor, Mr. Nolden, Ms. Hinman and other teachers to come up and watch the show as the audience. The kids were all very excited, and their performance was full of enthusiasm. Everyone was laughing and enjoying the show.

　　The children performed 3 scenes. Every story was made up from the stories written by each group members. So the stories were all the combination of the children’s inspiration. Therefore, they all tried their best to perform the show. Even the shyest boy in the class could stand on the stage and say his lines loudly. That's the beauty of Drama class: every student receives the courage to show themselves, and discover something different about themselves.

　　吐槽大會

　　預告正如大家所期待的，學生會策劃舉辦的每次活動都會提升一個新高度。10月30日的萬圣節(jié)狂歡派對一結束，學生會又開始忙于準備下一個大型活動——吐槽大會(11月22日開始)!一提起“吐槽”，每個人一定都有一堆想要一吐為快的，什么污染呀，人際關系呀，或者手機什么的。在這個活動中，您可以友善地懟任何事物和人(當然是在對方同意的前提下)。我們真心希望大家能夠心動并付諸行動，期望各位同學踴躍參加報名!我們還會提供各種小禮品喲~

　　(九年級王雅萱Emma供中英文稿)

　　The Roast

　　Just as everyone expected, all of the activities that the student government organizes will grows more and more interesting. After the crazy Halloween party, the student government got to work immediately on the next huge activity----the Roast (at November 22th)! I believe all of you always have something to say on issues such as pollution, relationships between people and people, or cell phones and etc. In this activity, you can say anything on any issue to anyone (Of course you can comment on them only if you have their permission). We sincerely hope that you’ll be interested and would like to participate in it! Also, we will provide tons of gifts to the speakers! (-^v^-)

　　曲奇烘焙

　　導師Ms. Goodson老師和Ms. Hinman老師一改往日的教室座談形式，帶著自己組所有的女同學到自己家，學習每個美國女孩必備的一項技能——烘焙下午茶的小曲奇。同學們分為兩組，一組學習制作巧克力碎曲奇，另一組則負責雙層巧克力曲奇。在制作前，導師們先帶著同學們了解不同原料的英文術語，鼓勵孩子們在學習烘焙過程中運用這些詞匯。時間不知不覺就在歡聲笑語中過去了，最后每位同學拿著自己所做的甜點迫不及待地分享給其他同學，得到了一致好評!Mentor老師通過豐富多彩的形式使我們互相增進了解，潛移默化影響著我們，這是我們威校的特色之處!

　　(九年級李想蓉Caroline供中文稿，張宇嫻Rachel供英文稿)

　　During the mentor time on Thursday, we should talk about the conditions with the mentors in our classroom. But this week, Miss Goodson and Miss Hinman invited all their mentees to their apartment to study the skill which all the American girls can do——making cookies. We were divided in 2 groups; one of them for making chocolate chippings cookies, and the other team for making double chocolate cookies. Before the baking process, we learned the English versions of the different materials, and we use them very carefully during the party. Of course, we spent all 45 minutes in happiness. Finally, when we got the cookies which were made by ourselves, we got so excited to share them with our classmates, and they liked them very much. Mentors enhance teacher-student understanding using diverse methods and influence students in every way, which is one of the best features of Veritas!

　　急救培訓

　　作為一個Veritas的學生，每天都是在學習的叢林中行走。十一月十五日，Veritas很榮幸請來賽鷹探險公益組織幾位老師共同探討生命并現場演示如何自救或救助他人，我們在老師指導下也都體驗了黃金救援，心肺復蘇。我想分享我的體會。

　　首先，你要記住的件事是，如果你在市區(qū)，遇到危急情況一定要叫急救車。等等，那什么是荒野?Steff告訴我們，荒野是指離市區(qū)一小時車程的地方。

　　我們的生活很微妙。信不信由你，我們可能在其他平行宇宙里已經死了幾百萬次了。痛苦的事實是，死亡的原因只有兩個：變老與愚蠢。個原因為身體老去。70%的人因年老而死亡。預期壽命值只是一個數字，不要指望它。第二個原因為愚蠢(這里成績全A、GPA滿分的不要生氣哦)。你不知道如何拯救你自己或是他人的生命，而這可能是你致命的缺陷。

　　這次急救培訓所有同學都積極參與，每個人都學到了急救的基本知識與技能。再次感謝Steff, Limbo, and Michelle，讓我們感受到了生命的寶貴，并幫助我們應對突發(fā)狀況做好準備。

　　(十一年級郭旭東Jeremy供英文稿)

　　As a student in VERITAS, everyday is walking in the jungle of learning. Yesterday, 15th of November, VERITAS is honored to have three special guests from InsightAdventures to talk about life of ours. We learned what to do during the best rescue time and how to perform CPR on site. I would really love to share two things I have learned from it.

　　First, the one thing that you should keep in mind is that ALWAYS call ambulance if you were in urban area. Wait So what is wilderness? Steff has an answer. In his word, wilderness is an hour drive from urban area.

　　Our life is delicate. Believe it or not, we are probably dead millions of times at other parallel universe. The bitter fact is that there are only two reasons accounts for your death. Getting old is the first one: 70% of the humans died for being old. Life expectancy is just a number. Don’t count on it. The second reason is because you are too silly. Do not take it as an offense, in the face of your straight As and 4.0 GPA. You do not know how to save your life, or save others. That could be your only fatal flaw.

　　This is dedicated for Steff, Limbo, and Michelle, who reminded us how precious our life is and helped us to be prepared in saving lives in emergencies.

　　校園環(huán)保志愿者

　　本周四，威力塔斯志愿者小分隊繼續(xù)校園內清理垃圾的工作。本周帶隊的Sam Xu徐乾程同學與組員Ricky Yang楊天杰，Victor Wu吳松原，Elle Fang方悅同學團隊協(xié)作。十一月的北京，早已寒風瑟瑟，滿地的落葉更是使人感受到了冬天的氣息。不過我們的同學們不但沒有一句抱怨反而更加認真，好似要和寒冷的天氣比一比。希望同學們保護環(huán)境的熱情可以感染更多的人!

　　Our school’s volunteer team began to act again this Thursday on cleaning up the garbage on campus. Sam Xu (10th grade) lead his teammates Ricky Yang (10th grade), Victor Wu (10th grade), and Elle Fang (10th grade) to carry out this mission. Although the weather was cold, our volunteers still worked in the cold conditions with an even tougher attitude. We should praise these young kids for their spirit, and hope their passion to protect the environment can influence more people to join us!

　　共享單車志愿者

　　本周末我們單車志愿者服務隊活動照常，這已經是從成立開始第14次活動了。同學們分成兩組，在單車較多的地鐵站附近活動。通過我們的努力，活動路線范圍內的單車都被擺放得整整齊齊。最值得一提的是，在我們擺放過程中，一些準備停靠單車的路人也自覺將車鎖在同學們碼齊的單車旁邊。我們這個志愿活動的初衷就是要影響別人，向社會發(fā)起倡議，即使扶車只是一件小事，卻能喚醒人們的愛心，產生重要的影響。希望通過我們的努力使我們生活的城市更加整潔與秩序，也希望隨著我們活動的不斷展開，能有更多的人支持并加入我們。

　　This week we went on our Volunteer work, and this is the 14th activity we’ve done. The students were separated into two groups and worked around two subway stations. The bikes in our area of activity were all set in good order. One thing that deserve to be mentioned is when we were arranging the bikes, some passers-by would put their bikes next to the bikes which were already reorganized by us. The original intention for us to start this Volunteer work was to influence other people. I hope we can make the city more clean and tidy by making great efforts so that others notice the importance of this and take action as well; I also hope that according to our persistence, more and more people can support and join in us.