On August 14^th, 2016, with the expectations of their parents and teachers, the students of CCIAP gathered in Luoyang No. 2 Foreign Language School, starting their Grade 10 in China before leaving for Canada.

For all the students, characteristic and abundant courses and activities ahead of them aroused their curiosity and ambition of the coming school year, giving them hope for progress and achievements.

In the opening ceremony, Mr. Bai Fan, the principle of the school welcomed the students and their parents with a warm and inspiring speech. After that, one of the parents, Mr. Ding gave his expectation to the students, pointing out that having happiness, confidence, appreciation, vision are the true hope from both parents and teachers. Then, Shen Yuxin, as a representative of students, made a promise to do the best and cherish the school life in her speech. At last, the math teacher Miss Li Zhuorong and VPEA staff shared their speeches as well.

In the next two weeks, the students enjoyed their abundant courses including English Literature, with British teacher Mr. Steven Jacobs, Chinese, ESL, P.E., and etc. During these two weeks, they also had some outdoor activities, including swimming and visiting Wan’an Hill Forest Park, which left sweet memories.

In the first week of September, all the students and teachers held a five-day Homecoming Week. Homecoming Week is a traditional activity in North American high schools and universities at this time annually. It includes a special theme and a series of sports and cultural activities aiming to welcome new students and alumni back to campus. With the leadership of Ms. Xue Lian, our vice principle who is in charge of International High School Department, a variety of activities were held during this week, including Class Color Day, Cartoon Day, Rainbow T-shirt Day, International Day and Charity Day. On each day, they participate in a related activity, such as decorating the classroom, making clay miniatures, tie-dying t-shirts, presenting different countries and sell flowers for Teacher’s Day. On the next Monday of Homecoming Week, the students and teachers went to Luoyang Social Welfare Institute to help the disabled and show their care. They brought with a lot of gifts with the money earned on Charity Day.

During this series of well-planned activities, not only did the students actively participate, all the teachers also enjoyed a lot. Hope they could enjoy this coming school year as well.