In this gorgeous golden autumn season, on the morning of 28th September, Anqing Foreign Language School’s east campus observed the grand opening of the 11th Middle School Students’ Track and Field Sports Meet. The annual autumn sports meet has already become a great event in campus life, which won warm praise from teachers and students. The opening ceremony was attended by Section Chief Li Aixia with Municipal Education and Sports Bureau, Anqing Foreign Language School’s President Madam Huang Wenli, Vice Principals Yan Hongping and Liu Bing, Principal Assistants Lao Guolin, Qian Zhihong and Lu Dan as well as all the teachers and students from the Senior High Department and some parent representatives.
At the march-in ceremony, as the biggest highlight of the opening ceremony, the brilliant and creative modern fancywork of 56 ethnic costumes made everyone in a happy mood. Students in each class wore different folk dance costumes to showcase the culture, folk customs and other characteristics of the ethnic group they represented. The passion of the commentator flew in the sound wave and the dream of the athletes echoed and floated in the slogan. The admission ceremony was followed by an amazing performance of a large-scale dance ‘Love My China’. 56 ‘ethnic groups’ were singing and dancing joyously, dressing in colorful ethnic costumes. They formed the Olympic rings logo with full enthusiasm and the fastest speed. Overlooked from the air, the Olympic rings waved with music, which became the most beautiful scenery of the sports meet.
After the large-scale dance performance, we held the solemn flag-raising ceremony and opening ceremony, the latter of which was hosted by students Zhang Yu, Hu Weiye, Pei Dandan and Xu Feiyang. Vice Principal Liu Bing delivered an enthusiastic and inspiring opening speech in which he hoped all the athletes would inherit the sports spirit of ‘Friendship First, Competition Second’ and demonstrated the style and skills to make the sports meet a satisfactory and triumphant event. Furthermore, Section Chief Li Aixia with Municipal Education and Sports Bureau made a fantastic speech, after which athlete representative Shi Xuechun and referee representative Jiang Jun made vows respectively on the stage. Finally, President Madam Huang Wenli announced the start of the 2018 autumn sports meet, which signaled the official beginning of the fierce competition: sports carnival, dreams on the road.
After two days, with the unity, efforts and endeavor of all the teachers and students, Anqing Foreign Language School’s 2018 autumn sports meet was successfully concluded. On the afternoon of 29th September, Anqing Foreign Language School grandly held the closing ceremony of the 2018 autumn sports meet and the broadcast gymnastics and martial arts performance in Grade 7 and Grade 10. The closing ceremony was presided over by Vice Principal Liu Bing and attended by the school leaders. President Madam Huang Wenli delivered the closing speech on behalf of the organizing committee, in which Madam President highly affirmed the smooth implementation of the grand event, extended her warmest congratulations to the athletes and winning classes on behalf of Anqing Foreign Language School, expressed thanks to the referees, staff, all the teachers, students and hoped students could continue to carry forward the sportsmanship of ‘Higher, Faster and Stronger’ and carry on Anqing Foreign Language School’s spirit of unity, progress, courage, bravery and industriousness to let the healthy body, noble sentiment, team spirit and fighting spirit become the foundation of students’ academic achievement.
To conclude, September in Anqing Foreign Language School was a month full of energy and passion. This sports meet fully demonstrated students’ spirituality of solidarity, friendship and aggression, which was a successful review of our school’s sports work. We expect all the teachers and students to carry forward the sportsmanship, because life lies in movement and let us become healthy and beautiful members of Anqing Foreign Language School!